A surprising number of birds that live on our planet, is decorated with human life.It is believed that a variety of birds reaches the mark of 10 thousand different species.However, within any kind has several subspecies.Birds are found in every corner of the world, they live in Antarctica, the Arctic, they are big and small, flying and did not know how to fly, wild and domestic ... Today you will learn what a bird with a large beak (photo attached) exist on the planet.
Australian pelican
Australian pelican belongs to the family pelikanovyh, whose halo habitat - sea and river shores, marshes, and coastal islands throughout Australia.Answering the question: "In a bird's beak greatest?", You might say: "The Australian pelican."This bird, in general, is considered the largest flying bird in Australia.The scope of its wings can be 2.5 to 3.4 meters and weigh 5-6 kg can pelican, beak length can grow up to 40-50 cm.
Equally significant dimensions are this bird is not accidental.Beak with throat pouch can hold a 10-13 liters of water.However, the bird does not use a bag to store food, it plays the role of trapping network and temporarily hold food.Once the victim gets to bag the bird closes its beak and firmly presses it to his chest, thereby removing water.Now you can fish and swallow.
Toucan
the question: "In a bird's beak greatest?" You can answer this way: "The toucan."The beak of a bird is from 30% to 50% of the entire length of its body.But the unique version, why Tucano needs such a huge beak does not exist to this day.One of the latest speculation is that a large beak needed to control body temperature, air conditioning.Scientists have noticed that in the heat of the beak is heated and thus takes on the warmth of the body, giving it outside.
Stork
have a bird's beak greatest?The owner of a large beak and is considered the stork.This large bird with a white plumage with black wing tips.Storks - owners of a beautiful long neck and a big red beak, which has a conical shape.This device provides a bird food such as frogs, fish, snakes, lizards, earthworms, snails, moles, mice, and insects.To stork beak - tweezers, which he easily pulls out of the marsh frog and fishing.And that's why Stork beak is red, remains a mystery.
Mecheklyuvy hummingbirds
biggest beak, if we consider it in relation to the body, there have mecheklyuvogo hummingbirds.It lives a little bird in the territories from Bolivia to Venezuela in the Andean highlands.Beak length is 10.2 cm, and is longer than the tail of the bird without 4 times.The beak of the females longer than the male.And you need such a device for the bird to easily get to the nectar of tubular flowers poslenovyh.At rest the bird's beak holds the direction straight up and in flight beak is horizontal.
beak is considered an important feature of birds, it not only defines its position in the system, but also indicates the activity.The beak has a direct connection with the methods of diet and living conditions of the birds.It can even communicate as ingested food.Therefore it is not important is the fact that birds have a very big beak, and it is important that due to its size and the shape of the bird adapts to the place of their habitat and can eat that food which is available in abundance in the area.
