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?