A bird by any other name may not have evolved the same

A major five-year study of birds may result in the creation of new species and major taxonomic reorganization. For instance:

Flamingos and some other aquatic birds, such as grebes (freshwater diving birds) and tropicbirds (white, swift-flying ocean birds), did not evolve from waterbirds. This suggests that birds have adapted to life on water multiple times.

And:

Birds have had a complex evolutionary history after an early and rapid explosion of species that occurred sometime between 65 million and 100 million years ago.

Thos are just two of 10 things LiveScience says you probably didn’t know about birds.

Even many of the estimated 82 million birdwatchers in the U.S. may not know most of those 10 facts.