Ch-7 The Crane and The Crab . Gajwani International school

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Bird Beaks & Their Uses

Tearing Beak Birds of prey such as the eagle, hawk, falcon, and owl use their beak to tear their food into small pieces they can swallow.

Griffon Vulture Feeds on large dead mammals, taking only muscle meat and viscera. Their distended crops and gizzards can hold over 13 pounds of meat at a time.

Hook Beak Birds that eat fruit, berries, and vegetables have a hooked beak to help them dig into their food.

Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrot Fruits, seeds, nuts, berries, blossoms, and probably leaf buds.

Red-Billed Hornbill Obtains almost all food on the ground while running about. Feeds largely on insects - beetles, grasshoppers, termites, ants, fly larvae. Also takes geckos, birds' eggs and nestlings and scavenges dead rodents.

Spear-like Beak These birds have a beak with serrated edges and a hooked tip that helps them catch fish or minnows. The heron is such a bird.

Hammer kop Hammer kops feed on frogs, fish and invertebrates.

Pelican fish

Crackers Beak Many birds that eat seeds must be able to crack open the hull that surrounds the seed. Birds such as finches and sparrows do this.

Speckled Pigeon Mainly a ground feeder. Feeds on seeds and cultivated grain.

Sparrow seeds with hard shells, sometimes flowers, insects, spiders, and berries.

Tweezers Beak Birds that pull worms and insects from the ground need tweezers-like beaks.

Louisiana Heron fish, crustaceans, and insects using their beak much like a spear.

American Robin Earthworms, grubs, butterflies, cherries, and blueberries

Filtering Beak The bill of a duck is fringed to allow mud and water to escape while straining plants, seeds, and small animals for it to eat.

African Spoonbill Insects, larva, shellfish

Wood Duck plants, seeds, grasses and other small insects and animals that they find on or under the water. Aix sponsa

Lesser Flamingo

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