Fogfighters Hungary

Top-Ten Countries visiting Fogfighters Hungary

1	United States
2	China
3	Viet nam
4	Russian Federation
5	France
6	Hungary
7	unknown
8	Ukraine
9	Canada
10	United Kingdom
11	Germany
12	Netherlands
13	Poland
14	Italy
15	Taiwan, Province of China
16	Seychelles
17	Australia
18	Romania
19	Indonesia
20	India
21	Thailand
22	Sweden
23	Brazil
24	Japan
25	South Africa
26	Lithuania
27	Argentina
28	Spain
29	Iran, Islamic Republic of
30	Chile
31	Luxembourg
32	Turkey
33	Moldova, Republic of
34	Korea, Republic of
35	Belarus
36	Malaysia
37	Venezuela
38	Switzerland
39	Singapore
40	Colombia
41	Hong Kong
42	Mexico
43	Mongolia
44	Czech Republic
45	Belize
46	Greece
47	Honduras
48	Estonia
49	Latvia
50	Bulgaria
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Birds Guide

Birds
Fossil range: Late Jurassic - Recent

Superb Fairy-wren, Malurus cyaneus, juvenile

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
(unranked)	Archosauria
Class:	Aves Linnaeus, 1758

Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, oviparous vertebrate animals characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and (in most) hollow bones.

Birds range in size from the tiny hummingbirds to the huge Ostrich and Emu. Depending on the taxonomic viewpoint, there are about 8,800–10,200 living bird species (and about 120–130 that have become extinct in the span of human history) in the world, making them the most diverse class of terrestrial vertebrates.

Birds feed on nectar, plants, seeds, insects, fish, mammals, carrion, or other birds.

Most birds are diurnal, or active during the day, but some birds, such as the owls and nightjars, are nocturnal or crepuscular (active during twilight hours), and many coastal waders feed when the tides are appropriate, by day or night.

Many birds migrate long distances to utilise optimum habitats (e.g., Arctic Tern) while others spend almost all their time at sea (e.g. the Wandering Albatross). Some, such as Common Swifts, stay aloft for days at a time, even sleeping on the wing.

Common characteristics of birds include a bony beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, high metabolic rate, a 4-chambered heart, and a light but strong skeleton. Most birds are characterised by flight, though the ratites are flightless, and several other species, particularly on islands, have also lost this ability. Flightless birds include the penguins, ostrich, kiwi, and the extinct Dodo. Flightless species are vulnerable to extinction when humans or the mammals they introduce arrive in their habitat. The Great Auk, flightless rails, and the moa of New Zealand, for example, all became extinct due to human influence.

Birds are among the most extensively studied of all animal groups. Hundreds of academic journals and thousands of scientists are devoted to bird research, while amateur enthusiasts (called birdwatchers or, more commonly, birders) probably number in the millions.