What ARE birds?

Are manta rays birds?
Are electric eels birds?
Are flying squirrels birds?
Are komodo dragons birds?
Are salamanders birds?

All Birds are vertebrates

All _____ are birds:
Boars, Stringrays, Cormorants, West Highland Terriers, Tiger Sharks, Poodles, Seagulls, Coyotes

Generic _____ are birds: fish, cats

Some types of _____ are birds: lions, dogs

Not birds (non-vertebrates omitted): Elephants, Humans, Tigers, Leopards, Asiatic Lions, Barbary Lions, Lion/panthera hybrids, Grey Wolves, German Shepards, Dauchounds, Chihuahuas, Great Danes, Dalmations, Shibas, Great White Sharks, Dogfish Sharks, Whale Sharks, Owls, Parrots, Penguins, White Storks, Wood Storks, Albatrosses, Great Skuas, Vultures, Bullfrogs, Alligators, Crocodiles, Snakes, Lizards, Turtles

Are cougars birds?
Are mountain lions birds?
Are reptiles birds?
Are marsupials birds?
Are extinct vertebrates birds?

Are geese birds?
Are white-headed woodpeckers birds?
Are tabby cats birds?
Are axolotls birds?

Are manta rays birds?
Are electric eels birds?
Are flying squirrels birds?
Are komodo dragons birds?
Are salamanders birds?

Manta rays are not birds.
Electric eels are not birds.
Flying squirrels are not birds.
Komodo dragons are not birds.
Salamanders are not birds.

Are cougars birds?
Are mountain lions birds?
Are reptiles birds?
Are marsupials birds?
Are extinct vertebrates birds?

Cougars are not birds.
Mountain lions are birds.
Reptiles are not birds.
Marsupials are not bids.
Extinct vertebrates are not birds.

Are geese birds?
Are white-headed woodpeckers birds?
Are tabby cats birds?
Are axolotls birds?

Geese are not birds.
Woodpeckers are not birds.
Tabby cats are in that same problem as the fish.
Axolotls are not birds but it would be fun.

Killer Whales are birds.

Are birds something worse than Chwoka's run on IRC wherein birds were things you could find playing basketball on YouTube?

Hmm Cougars and Mountain Lions are the exact same animals. But Cougars are not birds and Mountain Lions are birds.

So is this a linguistic categorization?

Perhaps the source for "the list" specified one name over the other.

All _____ are birds:
Boars, Stringrays, Cormorants, West Highland Terriers, Tiger Sharks, Poodles, Seagulls, Coyotes, Mountain Lions, Killer Whales

Birds are animals found in GTA5.

Piggybacking off of that idea,
Are pigs birds?
Are rabbits birds?
Are pugs birds?

Are birds something worse than Chwoka's run on IRC wherein birds were things you could find playing basketball on YouTube?

Well, that depends because...

Birds are animals found in GTA5.

Birds are animals found in GTA5.

well technically it was animals you can play as but at this point I don't care this went on for way longer than I would have thought please someone take the birds away from me

oh. neat.

I wanna do a bird thing unless someone else called dibs first.

You can do a bird thing!

I'm gonna do a bird thing!

DID YOU KNOW? Sean Connery is a bird.

Are humans birds?
Are men birds?
Are reptiles birds?

Is Sean Bean a bird?
Is Sam-I-Am a bird?
Is Toucan Sam a bird?

Humans are birds.
Men are birds.
I have reason to believe that some but not all reptiles are birds.

Sean Bean is a bird.
Sam-I-Am is a bird.
Toucan Sam is a bird.

Are dead things birds?
Are giraffes birds?
Are actors birds?
Are Will Ferrells Birds?
Are Pharrell Williamses Birds?

Are birds birds?
Are plants birds?
Are robots birds?

I will say that not all dead things are birds.
Giraffes are not birds.
Actors are birds.
Will Ferrells are birds.
Pharrel williamses are birds.

Birds are birds.
Plants are not birds.
Some but not all robots are birds.

Are birds things that can speak human words?

Birds are not things that can speak human words.

But get a load of this one: Toasters are birds.

Birds:
Sean Connery. Humans. Men. Actors. Will Ferrell. Pharrel Williams. Sean Bean.
Sam-I-Am. Toucan Sam.
Toasters.
Birds.

Not all are birds:
reptiles
dead things
robots

Not birds:
Giraffes
Plants


Are objects larger than earth birds?
Are objects smaller than atoms birds?
Is the cast of Who Framed Roger Rabbit birds?
Is pizza birds?

Are birds things which have played the main role in a movie?

Objects larger than earth are not birds.
Objects smaller than atoms are not birds.
The cast of Who Framed Roger Rabbit is probably all birds, though I wouldn't be surprised if there are some non-birds lurking around in there.
And pizza........... is unfortunately, not birds.

Furthermore, birds are not things which have played the main role in a movie.

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Birds:
Sean Connery. Humans. Men. Actors. Will Ferrell. Pharrel Williams. Sean Bean.
Sam-I-Am. Toucan Sam.
Toasters.
Birds.
Cast of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (mostly)

Not all are birds:
reptiles
dead things
robots

Not birds:
Giraffes
Plants
Objects larger than earth
Objects smaller than atoms
Pizza

Are beetles birds?
Are you a bird?
Are lamps birds?
Are vacuum cleaners birds?
Are bacteria birds?
Are viruses birds?

Are rocks birds?

Are mammals birds?
Are fish birds?
Are reptiles birds?
Are amphibians birds?
Are invertebrates birds?