Weird Beak Shapes - And Why They Make Sense

If a bird has an unusual food, it may have an unusual beak. We cover several examples.
Long, curved beaks (like a toucan) are helpful for eating fruit.
Tubular beaks (like a hummingbird) are for eating flowers (or shellfish).
Grooved beaks (like a duck) are for filtering water.
Generalist beaks (like a crow) are multi-purpose tools. But they are rare because multiple-purpose tools aren't perfect.

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[RaheelaNazMohammadBasharat]

so interesting to find out all about these unusal shapes of beaks!!!

[catzzie_]

Making notes, once again. Feel free to copy and paste for your own use

Curved beaks: used for eating fruit.

Found on birds like the toucan and hornbill.

Long curved beaks: fruit eating species

Tubular beaks: used for eating flowers

Found on the hummingbird.

Helps it reach into deep into flowers to get the nectar hidden inside.

Grooved beaks: used for filtering water.

Found on flamingo, and mallard duck species.

Usually feed on water, they open their beaks and get a mouthful of water and food bits.

Generalist beak: used to eat anything, birds with generalist beaks can be omnivores.

Found on crows, and grackles

Short, generic shaped.

Sizes: medium long, medium short, medium curved, and medium thick.

[roadmattersvideos]

Recently, I was observing the painted storks. They open their beaks and scoop the fishes and let out the water😁. Remembered this when you gave example of flamingo and duck.

[danrunion]

This is a great video! It should have 100k views

[whitneyjones]

Nice video! Great for my school. But with the jar you could have just flipped the jar over... 😂 xD

[QUIRK]

These are fantastic videos! I hope this channel gets big; this is great content

[thefunzone]

This video is soo 🤩 good and education 👍 my student learn everything with his video 😀 please make more videos 😃 like that

[alphasintory]

Very useful information bio Bush but I have a question what is the wrybill beak Yost for because it's bent to the right and it looks so werd.

[yingmin]

4:15 is a godwit, not a curlew. It does use its bill for probing in mud like a curlew, though, and so do dowitchers.

[TheTruthHz]

We have an Orange Wing Amazon called Yoshi. Came to find out what the other field of colour that birds see and was linked here. Good to see an Amazon made an aperance in the video :)

[SateLightKOOLMuzik]

I’m doing my work. I’m doing my work and yeah, I work.

[Ym_.]

I’m from Colombia and I see a lot hummingbirds

[Cleeon]

Hmm.. Now i know, why Crow act very smart, maybe they're forced to be smart, because they're generalist

[matthiasjagdm]

Can you make a video on beak colours? Like I wonder if a bird can have a gold(metal) coloured beak ?

[SurapholKruasuwan]

ดาร์วิน (Charles Darwin)
ได้ บอกว่า สิ่งมีชีวิต เปลี่ยนแปลง รูปร่าง
ตามอาหาร และสิ่งแวดล้อม
.
ปากของนก ก็ออกแบบ ตามอาหารที่นกกิน
นกกินแมลง
นกกินผลไม้
นกกินเมล็ดพืช
นกกินน้ำหวาน
นกน้ำ
นกนักล่า
มีปากแตกต่างกัน
.
การจะพบนกชนิดไหน ก็ไปในที่ มีอาหารที่นกกิน
มีโอกาสพบนกชนิดนั้นมากขึ้น
ขอบคุณข้อมูลดีๆ โชคดีทุกคนๆ

[Louisianabayou]

Could you make a video on how beak shape affects the sound of a bird and other things that affect the sound?

[matthiasjagdm]

How about the long curved beak of the ibis?

[onyno]

Can you talk about heron's beaks?

[SeanDamonGreene]

I was sent here to represent the Snout Contingency.

[villagelife]

How many kinds of beak sir please add the video.