flightless bird
Wingless feathered creature
A flightless bird is a bird that has lost the ability to fly through evolution.
Penguins, ostriches, emus, and kiwis are flightless birds—their wings have adapted for other purposes like swimming or balance, or have become vestigial.
Most evolved on islands or continents where flight offered no survival advantage.
- ostrichLargest living bird
- emuFlightless Australian bird
- cassowaryLarge flightless Australian bird
- kakapoFlightless New Zealand parrot
- islandWater-bounded land mass
penguin · extinct species · moa · ground dweller · kiwi · great auk · rhea · dodo · New Zealand · natural predators · waddle · feathers · endangered status · nest · avian · grounded · extinct · chicken
aerial mastery
flightless birdalbatross
Long-winged oceanic bird
swift · frigatebird · eagle · falcon · hummingbird