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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. DIET: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Bird Beaks & Bird Beaks & Their UsesTheir Uses
Tearing BeakTearing 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 VultureGriffon Vulture
DIET: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 BeakHook Beak
Birds that eat fruit, berries, and vegetables Birds that eat fruit, berries, and vegetables have a hooked beak to help them dig into have a hooked beak to help them dig into their food.their food.
Yellow-Naped Yellow-Naped Amazon ParrotAmazon Parrot
DIET:Fruits, seeds, nuts, berries, blossoms, and probably leaf buds.
Red-Billed Red-Billed HornbillHornbill
DIET: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.
Chestnut Chestnut Mandibled ToucanMandibled Toucan
DIET:Primarily fruit and berries, but supplemented with large insects, small reptiles and amphibians, as well as the eggs and young of other birds.
Blue & Yellow MacawBlue & Yellow Macaw
DIET:Seeds, fruits, nuts and probably vegetable matter.
Spear-like BeakSpear-like Beak
These birds have a beak with serrated These birds have a beak with serrated edges and a hooked tip that helps them edges and a hooked tip that helps them catch fish or minnows. The heron is such a catch fish or minnows. The heron is such a bird.bird.
HammerkopHammerkop
DIET:Hammerkops feed on frogs, fish and invertebrates.
Louisiana Louisiana HeronHeron
DIET: fish, crustaceans, and insects using their beak much like a spear.
PelicanPelican
DIET:DIET: fish fish
Crackers BeakCrackers Beak
Many birds that eat seeds must be able to Many birds that eat seeds must be able to crack open the hull that surrounds the crack open the hull that surrounds the seed. Birds such as finches and sparrows seed. Birds such as finches and sparrows do this.do this.
Speckled PigeonSpeckled Pigeon
DIET:Mainly a ground feeder. Feeds on seeds and cultivated grain.
SparrowSparrow
DIET:DIET: seeds with hard shells, sometimes seeds with hard shells, sometimes flowers, insects, spiders, and berries.flowers, insects, spiders, and berries.
Tweezers BeakTweezers Beak
Birds that pull worms and insects from the Birds that pull worms and insects from the ground need tweezers-like beaks.ground need tweezers-like beaks.
AmericanAmerican RobinRobin
DIET: earthworms, grubs, butterflies, cherries, and blueberries
Straw-like BeakStraw-like Beak
The hummingbird’s beak allow it to sip The hummingbird’s beak allow it to sip nectar from flowers. Some birds have nectar from flowers. Some birds have probing beaks that allow them to find food probing beaks that allow them to find food in sand or mud.in sand or mud.
HummingbirdHummingbird
DIET:DIET: nectar nectar
Filtering BeakFiltering Beak
The bill of a duck is fringed to allow mud and The bill of a duck is fringed to allow mud and water to escape while straining plants, water to escape while straining plants, seeds, and small animals for it to eat.seeds, and small animals for it to eat.
African SpoonbillAfrican Spoonbill
DIET:Insects, larva, shellfish
Wood Wood DuckDuck
DIET: plants, seeds, grasses and other small insects and animals that they find on or under the water.
Aix sponsa
DIET:Herbivorous, feeding solely on Spirulina plantensis, one of the blue-green algae growing within a very limited range of pH: 10.4 - 10.5. They are surface feeders filtering the top inch or two of water where the spirulina is to be found with the deep-keeled bill that is specialized for very fine food particles. They swim well and are able to forage over the complete surface of a lake (the "swim and skim" technique).
Lesser Lesser FlamingoFlamingo
White-Faced White-Faced Whistling DuckWhistling Duck
DIET:Invertebrates such as aquatic insects, mollusks and crustaceans as well as aquatic plants, seeds and rice. Commonly obtain food by diving.
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Can you match the beak with the food it catches?