Soft-eater
Soft-eaters are birds whose food is soft. These bird species prefer fruits , insects and molluscs in their diet . The seed or grain eaters are the complementary group. Numerous birds also feed on both forms of food.
groups
- Carnivores ( kingfishers , Racken ) extending from small mammals , birds or other vertebrates feed
- Insectivores ( bee-eater , sulfur tyrant ) that feed on insects and other invertebrates
- Omnivores ( corvids , hornbills ) that use both animal and vegetable food
- Fruit- eaters ( turacos , downy pigeons ), whose food is fruits
- Nectar eater ( humming , nectar birds ), the food nectar is
- Leaf-eaters ( mouse birds , turacos) that eat leaves and other plant material
physiology
Soft-eater
The soft-eaters have rather pointed, dainty but also long, tweezer-like beaks .
- Examples of native soft-eaters
Blackbirds , treecreepers , thrushes , dunnock , nuthatches , robins , woodpeckers , storks , swallows , starlings , wrens
- Examples of exotic soft-eaters
Beo , Breitrachen , Bulbüls , Masked Lapwing , Hornbills , Pittas , Tokos
Grain eater
The beak of the grain eater is much stronger, thicker and often shorter than that of the soft eater.
- Examples of native grain eaters
Finches (buckfinches, green finches, grosbeak , siskins , goldfinches ), tits , bullfinches and sparrows .
- Examples of exotic grain eaters
Kanarengirlitz , weaver birds ( mask weaver ), splendor finches ( violet tiger )
See also
literature
- Matthias Schäfer: Ecology . In: Dictionaries of Biology, UTB for Science: Uni-Taschenbuch . 3. Edition. G. Fischer, Jena 1992, ISBN 3-8252-0430-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Migratory birds resident birds soft eater grain eater. BR , accessed December 20, 2018 .