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bald-eagle beak Beak and claw structure of representative caprimulgiforms. Beak shapes of some falconiform birdsA New World vulture, the black vulture, Coragyps atratus, with a weak beak for carrion eating; an Old World vulture, the lappet-faced vulture, Torgos tracheliotus, with a stronger beak for tearing at larger animals; a buzzard, Buteo buteo, with a simple raptorial beak for killing and eating small mammals; a sea eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus, with a deep narrow beak that may allow a broader field of vision; a kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus, with a strongly hooked beak for eating snails; and a falcon, Falco rusticolus, with a toothed beak for shearing and plucking feathers. passerine bills Variations in beak structure among ciconiiform birds. bill variations among the Lari and Alcae bill variation in shorebirds Variations in the bills of shorebirds (order Charadriiformes).
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bald-eagle beak
Beak and claw structure of representative caprimulgiforms.
Beak shapes of some falconiform birdsA New World vulture, the black vulture, Coragyps atratus, with a weak beak for carrion eating; an Old World vulture, the lappet-faced vulture, Torgos tracheliotus, with a stronger beak for tearing at larger animals; a buzzard, Buteo buteo, with a simple raptorial beak for killing and eating small mammals; a sea eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus, with a deep narrow beak that may allow a broader field of vision; a kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus, with a strongly hooked beak for eating snails; and a falcon, Falco rusticolus, with a toothed beak for shearing and plucking feathers.
passerine bills
Variations in beak structure among ciconiiform birds.
bill variations among the Lari and Alcae
bill variation in shorebirds
Variations in the bills of shorebirds (order Charadriiformes).
The video thumbnail image shows a brown-speckled bird perched on a branch, singing with an open beak.
The unique animal life of the Galapagos Islands
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