Answer:
A darkΒ-colored creature serenaded by Lennon and McCartney.
It has plenty of backbone but doesn't have a let. It peels like an orange but it comes from an egg.
I have a tail. I can fly. I'm covered in colorful feathers. I can whistle and I can talk
Which bird does not belong in this group? Finch, gull, eagle, ostrich, or sparrow?
From that which comes within itself, It builds its table on my shelf.
A leathery snake, with a stinging bite. I'll stay coiled up, unless I must fight.