Corey McKay
Characteristics No real physical distinctions between sea birds and other birds such as wing shape, because each species has evolved differently to survive. Adapted to survive in areas with salt water.
Diet and Feeding Surface feeding Pursuit diving Plunge diving
Surface Feeding Can be done while flying, or floating on the surface. Birds often have specially adapted bills to filter out plankton.
Pursuit Diving Often use wings to propel themselves into the water. Exerts more pressure on the bird, but with better reward. Often used by penguins.
Plunge Diving Dive from flight directly into the water. They use momentum to dive farther than they could normally because of buoyancy. They begin their dive from about 20 meters above the surface. vbMMSV0 vbMMSV0
Other Facts 95% of sea birds are colonial. The colonies can reach more than one million for one colony.
References Hinterland’s Who’s Who? Seabirds Retrieved from Barry M. Thomas (1996), Sea Birds. Retrieved from otalk/thornton/seabirds/seabirds.phtml otalk/thornton/seabirds/seabirds.phtml