Birds

Birds are the biggest group of land vertebrates characterised by warm blood, feathers, wings, breathing through lungs and egg laying.

Birds are bipedal - feet are usually adapted for perching and never have more than four toes. Hearing and eyesight are well developed but the sense of smell is usually poor. No existing species of bird possesses teeth. Most birds fly but some groups such as ostriches are flightless and others include flightless members. 

There are approximately 9,000 species of birds. At Hoo Farm we have over 30 different species ranging from Pasha the Lugger Falcon to Apollo the Bare Eyed Cockatoo.

Birds Of Prey To see the range of birds of prey at Hoo Farm please click below.	Parrots and Parakeets To see the range of parrots and parakeets at Hoo Farm please click below.
Flightless Birds To see the range of ratites at Hoo Farm please click below.