Question

Ornithology is study of
a. Birds
b. Reptiles
c. Fishes
d. Fossils

Answer 1

Hint: Biology is considered as a natural science where it deals with many other diverse fields such as botany, zoology, biotechnology, and various other branches and other specialized disciplines, so Ornithology is also one of those specialized study come under biological studies.

Complete answer:
- Ornithology is the Greek word, where “Orins” means birds and logos mean theory or study, so ornithology is nothing but, the study of birds.
- So ornithology is the study of birds, and along with it also their ecology, evolution, and the physiology of birds and more about their natural and preferred habitats.
- All around 9000 to 10,000 species of birds are existing on this planet, along with 25 orders.
- In order to understand more about the birds, this Ornithology mainly tells about the unique characteristics features of the birds, which includes

> Migration- Ornithology mainly explains the migration of different species of the birds, which migrates to long distances for various reasons such as, to search for food, or for shelter and in any climate change.

> For Mating—where birds mate in a different manner, some birds, mate only for a particular season, while some mate many times throughout any time or throughout one season
So many birds have a voice, where they produce some special vocal call, for a variety of purposes such as to warn the predators, and to attract the opposite mates, etc.

According to research, mainly there are two categories of birds.
> Archaeornithes: All extinct birds have come under this group, and these birds had beaks which are tooted, and they also had a lizard-like tail example: Archaeopteryx
> Neornithes: This group includes both extinct and extant bird species, but this does not possess any teeth and may have short tail Example: Penguin, Duck, etc.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: Ornithology is applied in many fields in day to day life, where many domestic birds are daily used for many purposes such as eggs, meat, etc. But human activities show so much impact on the domestic birds, so care should be taken and economical ornithology is applied to reduce the ill effects.