Question

The bird that can move its upper jaw is
1. Pigeon
2. Parrot
3. Vulture
4. Sparrow

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Vulture

The correct answer is Vulture.

Vulture:

• Vultures are birds that can move their upper jaw. 
• Being able to move the upper jaw is called cranial kinesis.
• Cranial kinesis refers to intracranial movements in the vertebrate skull that do not concern the jaw joint, the middle ear, or the hypobranchial skeleton.
• Vultures clean up the dead animals and hence help in maintaining the ecosystem in a healthy condition.
• They are specialized scavengers that feed on dead animals.
• This also prevents the diseases which are caused due to dead and decayed animals.
• The Old World vultures found in Africa, Asia, and Europe belong to the family Accipitridae.

Bird	Biological Name
The Indian vulture	Gyps indicus
Parrot	Psittaciformes
Pigeon	Columbidae
Sparrow	Passeridae