DID YOU EVER WONDER WHY SO MANY BIRD BEAKS?

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DID YOU EVER WONDER WHY SO MANY BIRD BEAKS?

• Do people have a variety of
• mouths or teeth for eating?
• Why or why not?

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Cracker Style
Seed eaters like sparrows and cardinals have a
short, thick cone-shaped beak (bill) for cracking
seeds.
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Shredder Type
Birds of prey like hawks and owls have a sharp,
curved bill for tearing meat (prey)
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Chisel Type

• Woodpeckers have bills that are long and
  chisel-like for holing (boring) into wood to eat
  insects.

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Probe Stlye

• Hummingbirds bills are long and slender for
  probing flowers for nectar.

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Strainer type

• Some ducks have a long, flat beak that strains
  small plants and animals from the water.

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Strainer (contd)

• Along the inside of the beak they have tiny rows
  of plates called lamellae like a whale's baleen.
  These let them filter water out of the side of
  their beaks and keep food inside.

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Spear Type

• Birds like heron and kingfish have spear-like
  beaks adapted for fishing

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Tweezer Type

• Insect eaters like warblers have a thin pointed
  beak.

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Swiss Army Knife

• Crows have a multi-purpose beak that allows them
  to eat fruit, seeds, insects, fish, and other
  animals.

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Beaks At A Glance