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1 • Understanding

Answer in one word.
1. ese feathers keep the bird warm.

2. ese save the feathers of water birds from rotting.

3. e shape of the body that birds have.

EATING HABITS OF BIRDS
Birds spend most of their time in search of food. Most birds are insectivorous

or omnivorous. Some birds like eagle, hawk and owl are carnivorous. ey are
called birds of prey. Some birds like pigeon and hummingbird are herbivorous
whereas birds like crow and sparrow are omnivorous.

BEAKS OF BIRDS

e mouth of a bird is called the beak. It is also called bill.
Birds use their beaks for eating, hunting, feeding young ones,

gathering food and nesting materials, building nests, preening,

scratching, attacking and ghting with their enemies. Beaks
are also used to drink, hold, pierce and tear food.

Beaks are of di erent shapes and sizes. e shape of a bird’s Curved beak of parrot
beak depends on the type of food it eats. For example, owl
and eagle have curved beaks for tearing esh and duck has a broad beak to get

food from mud. Birds do not have teeth inside their beaks.

Different Types of Beaks

Birds have di erent types of beaks.

1. Sparrow, nch, robin, peacock and pigeon have
cracker type of beak for cracking seeds.
2. Eagles, hawks and owls have sharp, curved or

hooked shredder type of beak for tearing esh. Cracker Shredder
3. Woodpeckers have long chisel-like beak for

boring into wood to eat insects.
4. Hummingbird, hoopoe and sunbird have probe

type of beak for probing owers for nectar and

pulling out insects from holes in the ground. Chisel Probe

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