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Galliformes / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.
As it feeds on seeds or ingests a seed while eating a fruit, it plays a role in its native ecosystem by distributing the seeds across the forest floor, which spreads the plants' range. [8] These birds are also known as altitudinal migrants because of their ability to migrate up and down the mountains instead of typical north–south across the ...
Kennard, H., List of Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Herbaceous Plants, native to New England, bearing fruit or seeds attractive to Birds (Reprint from Bird-Lore, v. XIV, no. 4, 1912) McAtee, W. L., Plants useful to attract Birds and protect Fruit, (Reprint from Yearbook of Agriculture 1898)
granivores: (sometimes called seed-eating): birds that forage for seeds and grains, [149] such as geese, grouse and estrildid finches. [ 141 ] [ 146 ] herbivore : birds that predominantly eat plant material, and mostly do not eat meat; especially of birds that are both granivorous and frugivorous or are grass eaters, such as whistling ducks ...
Depending on the cone crop as well as the tree species, a single Clark's nutcracker can cache as many as 98,000 seeds per season. [7] The birds regularly store more than they actually need as insurance against seed theft by other animals (squirrels, etc.), as well as low availability of alternative foods; this surplus seed is left in the cache ...
Mixed seed and black-oil sunflower seed is favoured by many seed-eating species due to its high fat content and thin casing. In Australia, meat, especially raw beef mince (or ground beef), is commonly fed to wild carnivorous birds such as Australian magpies and kookaburras .
Mourning doves do not dig or scratch for seeds, though they will push aside ground litter; instead, they eat what is readily visible. [18] [36] They will sometimes perch on plants and eat from there. [33] Mourning doves show a preference for the seeds of certain species of plant over others.
Forest-dwelling species of hornbills are considered to be important seed dispersers. [17] Some hornbill species (e.g., Malabar pied-hornbill) even have a great preference for the fruits of the strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica), which contain the potent poison strychnine. [18] Some hornbills defend a fixed territory. [1]