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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: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..

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Bird Beaks Their Uses

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    1. Bird Beaks & Their Uses

    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. Red-Billed Hornbill

    7. Chestnut Mandibled Toucan

    8. Blue & Yellow Macaw

    9. 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.

    10. Hammerkop

    11. Louisiana Heron

    12. Pelican DIET: fish

    13. 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.

    14. Speckled Pigeon

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

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

    17. American Robin

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

    19. Hummingbird DIET: nectar

    20. 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.

    21. African Spoonbill

    22. Wood Duck

    23. Lesser Flamingo

    24. White-Faced Whistling Duck

    25. http://www.vtaide.com/png/bird-adaptations3.htm

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