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Sample of diversity in bird beaks adapted for different diets, used for a generalist diet (house crow, Corvus splendens), insect catching (brown flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica), grain eating (eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula), coniferous seed-eating (red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra), nectar feeding (sunbird, Nectarinia sp.), fruit eating (keel-billed toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus), chiseling (white-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis), dip netting (brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis), surface skimming (black skimmer, Rhynchops niger), scything (pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta), probing (ibisbill, Ibidorhyncha struthersii), filter feeding (Caribbean flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber), aerial fishing (white-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis), pursuit fishing (red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator), scavenging (yellow-headed vulture, Cathartes burrovianus), raptorial (hawk, Accipiter sp.)

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Date

uploaded 04-06-14

Author

User:L. Shyamal

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