Birds

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The Roadrunner is not the fastest bird in the world. While it's known for its speed and is the fastest running bird capable of flight, the fastest bird overall is the Ostrich a flightless bird that can run up to 43 miles per hour. The roadrunner can reach speeds of up to 26 miles per hour.

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The largest bird in the world is the Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus). It is both the tallest and heaviest bird alive today. Reaching heights of up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) and weighing as much as 346 pounds (157 kilograms), the ostrich is a flightless bird native to Africa.

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A Hummingbird is a small bird from the family Trochilidae, the only bird capable of sustained hovering, flying backward, and upside-down. Native to the Americas, these birds have unique physical and behavioral traits, including long bills for nectar feeding, wing patterns that create a distinctive humming sound, and an ability to enter a state of torpor to conserve energy.

The Hummingbird is also the smallest bird in the world. Native to Cuba, it measures around 6 cm (2.4 in) in length, and males weigh approximately 1.95 g (0.069 oz). Females are slightly larger, weighing about 2.6 g (0.092 oz).

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The bird's-eye shot is attributed to Alfred Hitchcock in the movie, The Birds (1963).

A bird's-eye shot is a high-angle camera view from directly overhead a subject, simulating the perspective of a bird in flight to provide a unique overview or establishing shot of a scene, location, or action. This specialized camera angle can be used to establish scale, convey emotions like awe or terror, provide context, or create a detached, omniscient feeling for the viewer.

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The Spix's macaw is considered the rarest bird in the world, having been declared extinct in the wild in 2000. While approximately 180 remain in captivity, their natural habitat has been devastated. Another contender for the title of rarest bird is the Night Parrot, a nocturnal parrot rediscovered in Australia after being thought extinct. Sightings and sounds of the Night Parrot are rare, and it prefers remote areas.