Gaping beaks
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Silver beak ( Anastomus oscitans ) |
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| Bonnaterre , 1791 |
The genus of the gape beak ( Anastomus ) includes two types , the black gape bill ( Anastomus lamelligerus ) and the silver gape bill ( Anastomus oscitans ).
habitat
The Mohrenklaffschnabel is mainly to be found in southern Africa and Madagascar , whereas the Silberklaffschnabel lives mainly in Southeast Asia .
Appearance
Gapbills have shiny metallic feathers . The black gape beak has completely black plumage, the silver gape beak has black feathers on the wings and tail, but is mainly white. The gaping beaks have a gap between the lower and upper bills that is used to hold mussel shells in place.
food
Gap-bills mainly eat small molluscs such as mussels , snails or crabs .
Reproduction
A razor-beak can raise up to three young birds per year.
attitude
Gapbills are shown in some zoos but are considered difficult to breed. The bird park in Walsrode had the world's first successful breeding of silver beak , which is also successful in raising black beak.
literature
- Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Christopher Helm, London 1998, ISBN 0-691-04910-6 .
- W. Grummt , H. Strehlow (Ed.): Zoo animal keeping birds. Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-8171-1636-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Schulz: Klaffschnabel at tierfilm.wordpress.com, accessed on May 3, 2016th
- ↑ W. Grummt, H. Strehlow (Ed.): Zoo animal keeping birds. Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-8171-1636-2 . P. 102.