OAKLAND ZOO BIRD CROSSWORD HARD Down 1. A long soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display. 3. Baby parrots hatch helpless and require parental care. 7. Egyptian Goose genus. Across 8. Fischer’s Lovebirds are ______ nesters. 2. Oakland Zoo conservation partner that rescues, cares for, and 10. Pesticide used from the 1940’s to 1960’s that caused re-homes pet parrots. eggshell thinning in Bald eagles and California Condors. 4. Color of the Cattle Egret’s egg. 11. Oakland Zoo conservation partner that focuses on 5. Food of the California Condor. saving the California Condor population from 6. Group of birds that the Bald Eagles belong to. extinction. 8. The ridged part on the upper mandible of the Malayan Wreathed Hornbill. 12. Nests of the Lesser Flamingo are tall to prevent ______. 9. A group of birds intermediate between geese and ducks. 13. The Blue-bellied Roller is this type of specific 14. Where the Hornbill Nest Project is based. carnivore. 18. Another word to describe a social bird 15. Swahili name for the African Spoonbill. 19. The main predator of the emu. 16. Throat pouch of the Malayan Wreathed Hornbill. 20. Oakland Zoo conservation partner that helps many wild animals, including 17. The Hadada Ibis can be found around wetland ______. parrots. 21. Parrots ingest this to help them eliminate toxins 22. The Lesser Flamingo eats by ______ ______. obtained by eating unripe fruit. 23. Type of symbiotic relationship the Cattle Egret has with large mammals. 24. The Guira Cuckoo will ______, or preen other 25. The special name for some of the Blue-bellied Roller tail feathers. members of the flock. PO Box 5238 • Oakland, CA 94605 • T (510) 632-9525 • oaklandzoo.org .