What ARE birds?

Are clocks birds?

Not all beetles are birds.
Am I a bird? .....I refuse to testify.
Lamps are not birds.
Vacuum cleaners are birds.
Bacteria are not birds.
Viruses are not birds.

Rocks are not birds.

Not all mammals are birds.
Not all fish are birds.
As answered before, not all reptiles are birds.
Amphibians might all be birds.
Not all invertebrates are birds.

Clocks are birds.

Are birds things that make distinct, often musical, sounds?

Birds are indeed things that make distinct sounds, though not necessarily musical sounds.

This was a fun bird game.

Woo! I am enjoying this game.

I'll step up next.

Hints:

• All birds are animals, but not all animals are birds.
  
• Humans are birds.
  

I'm turning in for the night, so toss a bunch of ideas up and we'll see how many birds we have in the morning!

Are any members of the crocodilian family birds?

Are any reptiles birds?

Are mammals birds?
Are invertebrates birds?
Are birds birds?
Are animals larger than humans birds?
Are animals smaller than humans birds?
Are pets birds?

Are birds birds?
Edit: Whoops, Earthexe beat me to that one.

Okay, are sharks birds?

For reference:

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• All birds are animals, but not all animals are birds.
  
• Humans are birds.
  

• Not all reptiles are birds.
  
• Not all mammals are birds.
  
• Not all invertebrates are birds.
  
• Not all birds are birds.
  
• Not all animals larger than humans are birds
  
• Not all animals smaller than humans are birds
  
• Not all pets are birds
  
• One member of the crocodilian family is a bird.
  
• Sharks are not birds!
  

And as a hint:

• Dogs are birds.
  

Are cats birds?
Are furred animals birds?
Are brown animals birds?
Are crocodiles birds?
Are alligators birds?
Are gharials birds?
Are caimans birds?

For reference:

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• All birds are animals, but not all animals are birds.
  
• Humans are birds.
  
• Not all reptiles are birds.
  
• Not all mammals are birds.
  
• Not all invertebrates are birds.
  
• Not all birds are birds.
  
• Not all animals larger than humans are birds
  
• Not all animals smaller than humans are birds
  
• Not all pets are birds
  
• One member of the crocodilian family is a bird.
  
• Sharks are not birds!
  
• Dogs are birds.
  

• Cats are birds!
  
• Not all furred animals are birds
  
• Not all brown animals are birds
  
• One member of the crocodilian family is a bird
  
• One member of the alligator subfamily is a bird
  
• Gharials are birds!
  
• Caimans are not birds!
  

To clarify: This topic requires specific classification (i.e. taxonomy), so for reference, crocodiles, alligators, and gharials are not in the same family, but alligators and caimans are.

Hint:
Not all species are birds.

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As a general statement, yeah, "Are birds ______" is definitely a snowclone.

In regards to this, apparently far too specific topic; however,

Snowclones are not animals or species therefore

• Snowclones are not birds!
  

Hint:

• Australian ghost sharks are birds.

I really hope someone will defeat this (possibly too-biology themed) topic. I recommend using the google as I did when figuring out what the heck a "snowclone" was. I figured it was a good idea but I do get paid money to teach people biology so I may have a bit of a bias.

Are American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) birds?

Are American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) birds?

American alligators are birds!

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Cattle are birds!
But Cattle birds (Cattle Egret) are not birds.


Most (if not all) fruit flies are birds!

Considering how there are only two species* of alligators, it's safe to assume that Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis) is in fact not a bird.

But I'll ask anyways. Are Chinese alligators birds?

*Extant species

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Chinese Alligators are not birds! (what is the difference I wonder???)
EDIT: CORRECTION: Chinese Alligators, aka, Alligator sinensis ARE birds.
All statements to the contrary should be disregarded.


All birds are extant species but not all extant species are birds.

Not all beetles are birds!

Chimpanzees are birds!


WOAH - I am sorry about the alligator confusion! I could blame wikipedia but the fault is clearly mine. Just for that I will give out a SUPER HINT:

There were no birds before 1998.

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Birds are not species discovered after 1997.

Zebrafish are birds.

Are birds species that only 90s kids remember?

Are birds species that have been classified into their own genus after 1997?

or a similar phrasing i guess. its pretty clear that it has to do with taxonomy but im trying to figure out exactly what it is. im not great at taxonomy.

wait... Are birds species that has had their DNA genome mapped?