Animal adaptations You will explore bird adaptations. In particular you will observe their beaks and feet. Use the Flora and Fauna Field Guide to fill in the table for the following birds to explore different beaks and feet; Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, the Australian Shelduck and Ibis. BIRD BEAK FEET Draw the Type and Diet of the Why is the Draw the Type and Habitat of Why are the beak description bird beak this feet description the bird feet this of the shape of the feet of the beak Long-billed Cracker: Omnivore: This thick Two toes Grassy This Heavy Mainly grass and tough forward and woodland arrangement Corella Thick seeds. Also beak cracks two toes grasslands, of toes enable feeds on seeds and backward pastures, the Corella to Curved bulbs, roots bulbs. enable crop areas and insects. parrots to and urban branches. grasp objects. parks. Pacific Black Strainer: Omnivore: Ducks strain Swimming: All types of Webbed feet Broad Mainly seeds small plants Flat water. Found enable the Duck Flat of aquatic and animals in urban duck to move plants, and from the Webbed areas. through some small water or water. invertebrates mud. (molluscs and aquatic insects). Spear: Carnivore: Ibis use their Scratching: Grassland Long legs and Long Terrestrial long curved Long toes (wet or dry), long toes help Ibis Down-curved invertebrates beak to find Nail-like toes shallow to walk frogs, small organisms in wetlands and through reptiles and water, the cultivated water and mammals. ground and and irrigated muddy substrate. pasture. substrate.
Animal adaptations You will explore bird adaptations. In particular you will observe their beaks and feet. Use the Flora and Fauna Field Guide to fill in the table for the following birds to explore different beaks and feet; Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, the Australian Shelduck and Ibis. BIRD BEAK FEET Draw the beak Type and description of the shape of the beak Diet of the bird Why is the beak this Draw the feet Type and description of the feet Habitat of the bird Why are the feet this Long-billed Corella Cracker: Heavy Thick Curved Omnivore: Mainly grass seeds. Also feeds on bulbs, roots and insects. This thick and tough beak cracks seeds and bulbs. Two toes forward and two toes backward enable parrots to grasp objects. Grassy woodland grasslands, pastures, crop areas and urban parks. This arrangement of toes enable the Corella to branches. Pacific Black Duck Strainer: Broad Flat Omnivore: Mainly seeds of aquatic plants, and some small invertebrates (molluscs and aquatic insects). Ducks strain small plants and animals from the water or mud. Swimming: Flat Webbed All types of water. Found in urban areas. Webbed feet enable the duck to move through water. Ibis Spear: Long Down-curved Carnivore: Terrestrial invertebrates frogs, small reptiles and mammals. Ibis use their long curved beak to find organisms in water, the ground and substrate. Scratching: Long toes Nail-like toes Grassland (wet or dry), shallow wetlands and cultivated and irrigated pasture. Long legs and long toes help to walk through water and muddy substrate.
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