1. Bird Beaks & Their Uses

2. 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.

3. Griffon Vulture

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

5. Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrot

6. Spear-like Beak
These birds have a beak with saw-like edges and a hooked tip that helps them catch fish.

7. Louisiana Heron

8. Crackers Beak
Many birds that eat seeds must be able to crack open the hull that surrounds the seed.

9. Sparrow

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

11. American Robin

12. Straw-like Beak
The hummingbird’s beak allow it to sip nectar from flowers. Some birds have probing beaks that allow them to find food in sand or mud.

13. Hummingbird

14. 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.

15. White-Faced Whistling Duck