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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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The unique animal life of the Galapagos Islands
Speciation and biological diversity in Galapagos Islands ecosystems.
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bald-eagle beak
The hooked beak of a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
Tom Brakefield—Stockbyte/Thinkstock
Beak and claw structure of representative caprimulgiforms.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Beak shapes of some falconiform birdsA...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
passerine bills
Types of bills found among passerine birds.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Variations in beak structure among ciconiiform birds.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
bill variations among the Lari and Alcae
Variations in the bill among the Lari and Alcae, two suborders of charadriiforms.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
bill variation in shorebirds
Variations in the bills of shorebirds (order Charadriiformes).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Variations in the bills of shorebirds (order Charadriiformes).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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