21 Birds with Long Beaks for Your Bird Watching List A ... the Whimbrel is a large migrating wading bird with an iconic ...

The bills of nectar-feeding birds are precisely adapted tools that have co-evolved with the flowers they depend on. Some nectar feeders have a prominent long, thin, and often curved bill.

But the birds — known for their distinctive black-and-iridescent green plumage, bald red head and long curved beak — don't instinctively know which direction to fly to migrate without the ...

Under these drastically changing conditions, the struggle to survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard seeds. Smaller finches with less-powerful beaks perished.

With its fiery-red body, quick black wings, and long, curved, salmon-colored bill, the 'i'iwi — or scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper — is one of the most recognizable birds of Hawaii. But although it was ...

The scarlet macaw is known for its vibrant colours with being the dominant one. It has a creamy white face and a strong, curved beak ...