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A mute swan grazing. Avian foraging refers to the range of activities and behaviours exhibited by birds in their quest for food. In addition to their unique body adaptations, birds have a range of described behaviours that differ from the foraging behaviours of other animal groups.
The cattle egret (formerly genus Bubulcus) is a cosmopolitan clade of heron (family Ardeidae) in the genus Ardea found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones. . According to the IOC bird list, it contains two species, the western cattle egret and the eastern cattle egret, although some authorities regard them as a single spe
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
Most ibises are freshwater wetland birds using natural marshes, ponds, lakes, riversides for foraging. [16] Some ibis species such as the white-faced ibis, [17] and black-headed ibis [18] benefit from flooded and irrigated agriculture. The Andean ibis is unusual in being found in high altitude grasslands of South America. [19]
The family Threskiornithidae includes 36 species of large wading birds. The family has been traditionally classified into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills; however recent genetic studies have cast doubt on this arrangement, and have found the spoonbills to be nested within the Old World ibises, and the New World ibises as an early offshoot.
African fish eagle: Accipitridae: Icthyophaga vocifer (Daudin, 1800) 200 Madagascar fish eagle: Accipitridae: Icthyophaga vociferoides (des Murs, 1845) 201 Lesser fish eagle: Accipitridae: Icthyophaga humilis (Müller, S & Schlegel, 1841) 202 Grey-headed fish eagle: Accipitridae: Icthyophaga ichthyaetus (Horsfield, 1821) 203 Grasshopper buzzard ...
Grazing behaviour is a type of feeding strategy within the ecology of a species. Specific grazing strategies include graminivory (eating grasses); coprophagy (producing part-digested pellets which are reingested); pseudoruminant (having a multi-chambered stomach but not chewing the cud); and grazing on plants other than grass, such as on marine ...
Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. Most modern species in the ...