Water birds are the types of birds that live in the surrounding waters such as ponds, swamps, lakes, rivers and the sea. Compared with the birds that live on land, water birds have a more varied forms part.
Half of the manifold is formed through a long process of adaptation. Forms part usually describe the types of bird food as well as how the birds get their food. Several types of water birds have even half that is so extreme, so it has a very different look to the water birds.
We will discuss what is feasible avian bird crowned as the most extreme water by half.
Great frigate.
Frigate or often called Frigate is a large seabird. These birds are spread throughout the world's oceans and often traveled to the coast of Indonesia. Including an acrobatic frigate accomplished aviator. Part frigate slightly elongated, sturdy with a hooked tip.
Part of this is useful for grabbing flying fish and other small fish are jumping into the water while being chased by a large predator like Cakalang, Marlin, Tuna and Dolphin.
Frigate is also known as the pirates who seized the fish were brought other birds. With its hooked beak strong, frigate birds will peck and force the other to release the fish luggage.
When the fish fluttered, frigate will fly swoop, grabbed the fish and took it away. The frigate properties like this robs known as Kleptoparasit.
Although including highly proficient pilot, half frigate still too ordinary to be crowned bird beak water with the most extreme.
Lesser Adjutant.
Including Lesser Adjutant stork family with a very large body size with a long neck and legs. Unlike the egrets, herons and other water birds, herons Tongtong prefers drier habitats. These birds spread in the Tropics and sub-topis worldwide.
Lesser Adjutant sturdy beak, long, large and slightly curved. Part of this is used to capture prey consists of fish, frogs, insects, worms, small birds and small mammals. Sometimes, stork Tongtong visit bins for scraps of food and carcasses. Lesser Adjutant have no syrinx and so can not make a sound alias mute.
From the analysis horizon, large and long half-life is not enough to make Lesser Adjutant as a part-owner of the most extreme.
Puffin.
Puffin bird is a medium-sized accomplished divers are scattered on the Kamchatka Peninsula to Alaska. This cute bird nesting atop remote islands that lined the walls of sheer rock and high.
The main food of birds Puffin consists of small fish are caught while diving. The bird's tail is capable of carrying 5-6 small fish to feed children who are still in the nest.
Puffin bird's beak has been specifically adapted to capture and bring small fish. This beak-shaped flat and straight with few grooves to reduce inhibition and turbulence in the water. With this part, Puffin bird is able to dive chase fast moving fish.
If only post looking bird with a beak that is the cutest, Puffin bird probably will be the champion.
Avocet.
Unlike the bird's beak generally curved downward, Avocet bird beak curved upward. The water birds are found on the waterfront, and the bay area of the muddy swamp. Capture aquatic insects and other small animals by means of touching and sweep the sludge using a part that moves to the left and to the right.
As water birds, Avocet can swim well. Legs fitted with membranes. This bird is known to be very aggressive maintain breeding area. Another bird that infiltrate to nest in the territorial area will be forcibly evicted.
Despite having an unusual beak, bird Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta whose full name could not be crowned as water birds with the most extreme part.
East Gajahan (Curlew).
This bird will not be any recognizable in the field. To muddy shore birds, half the size of East Gajahan classified as very long. Long beak is used to catch small invertebrates such as crabs, worms and other animals that live in the deep mud.
East Gajahan Numenius madagascariensis breed in Siberia, Kamchatka Peninsula and Mongolia. In winter in the northern hemisphere, this bird will migrate south to the coast of Australia. During the migration, these birds often stop along the way, including the beaches in Indonesia to feed.
The size of the long half-life is not qualified to snatch the title as the most extreme water bird beak.
Black Skimmer.
Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) is a kind of water birds such as gulls spread in North and South America. One unique characteristic of this bird is the top half and the bottom half is not symmetrical. Upper half of the normal shape, while the bottom half is very flat and is much longer.
Black Skimmer form a unique part that was associated with foraging way that is also not uncommon. While foraging, Black Skimmer will be hovering low above the water surface and dipping the bottom half to detect prey. Small fish, shrimp, insects and molluscs are touched bottom half swiftly be arrested by this bird.
How to find food and unusual forms part of the Black Skimmer has not been able to convince the author to choose this bird as a part-owner of the most extreme.
Spoon half (spoonbills)
Spoon half including the type of crane is well known, since the end of the wide flat beak like a spoon. Part of this is used to detect and capture prey in the water. Stork will move their beak and head to the left and to the right, fish, shrimp, aquatic insects trapped in the mouth will soon be in the eating.
Half the width of the crane is still not as extreme to expect that to look for other candidates to be crowned as the bird with the most extreme part.
Flamingo
Beautiful. Perhaps the word that can describe the character of the bird Flamingo. With a slender neck, long legs, graceful motion and reddish coat color, this bird has made a lot of people fall in love. However, that make the Flamingo included in this list is a form of unusual beak
Unlike other water birds that prey on fish, flamingos get their food by filtering water. While foraging, Flamingo will move the head to the left and to the right.
Part Flamingo equipped with hairs filter (lamella) on the lower jaw. This hair will filter out plankton, shrimp delicate and blue-green algae become a major food Flamingo. Pigment contained in these foods help determine coat color Flamingo.
It seems clear that the shape of the beak and how foraging of Flamingo have a considerable influence on the overall appearance of this bird. Unfortunately, there are other water birds have beaks more extreme, namely birds Undan or Pelikan.
Glasses pelican (Pelican).
Pelikan is a popular water birds. Her body is very large with a wingspan of 2.5 meters. Weight up to 7.7 kg. Pelikan body part that is most striking is the bottom half of the marsupial. Part is designed to catch and scoop up prey.
Pelikan food is varied, ranging from fish, shrimp, crab, crayfish, reptiles, amphibia, eggs heron, stork child, papa and mama stork stork. Pelikan also classified Kleptoparasit bird that attacked another bird to snatch a fish he was carrying. The fact that more surprising, bird Pelikan even been seen swallowing a puppy alive. Even though it looks cute, it turns Pelikan is a deadly predator.
Part pelicans holds the record as the world's largest half bird with a length up to 50 cm. Besides having a sac like membrane, the end of the half Pelikan also has a hook. Large prey usually will be disabled by means of drowning, before being swallowed whole. As with most aquatic birds, Pelikan does not have sharp teeth to cut or chew their prey.
So far, Pelikan does not have another competitor for the title as the most extreme bird with a beak. With a large beak and marsupial, bird appearance Pelikan looks very eye-catching. However, before deciding, let us look at the last challenger, the parrot-shoe.
Part birds Shoes (Shoebill).
Parrot shoes (Balaeniceps rex) or Shoebill is a high water birds and large. At first glance, it looked more like a dinosaur or a creature from ancient times. The bird's beak is very wide and large whales such as shoes or mouth, thus affecting the overall appearance of this bird.
Body and legs have a normal-sized birds such as herons in general. But the bird's head and neck Part These shoes also widen follow the shape of the beak, so that it looks unbalanced with her body shape.
Part of bird movements Shoes including slow, these birds prefer to be alone and stood froze to observe the presence of prey. This bird is also very quiet, rarely joked let alone laugh. Nevertheless, a curved line between two impressive beak as if this bird is a bird friendly and always smiling.
In contrast to other water birds, bird beak shoes are more solitary. This bird does not migrate when the change of seasons. Spread dependent on the existence of papyrus reeds that became the raw material for building nests and fish lungs become the main food.
Shoes parrot is a large swamp authorities in East Africa from Sudan to Zambia. Impressive beak shape, designed for digging the muddy soil around the swamp. Its main food is catfish and lung fish hiding under the muddy ground. These birds also eat tilapia fish, frogs, turtles, water snakes, lizards until the baby alligators.
Although only half the size of a pelican beak, beak belonging to the wide shoebill looks more frightening and extreme. Physical appearance resembling ancient creatures also add oddity, peculiarity and idiosyncrasy of this bird. Parrot shoe is also known as one of the five African bird species are most desired by wildlife photographer to be photographed. Based on this, establishes Horizon Shoebill as water birds with the most extreme part.
Birds have a variety of strategies to lure idol of the heart. There were relying melodious voice full of enticements, no showing off the beauty of feathers, there is dancing with a beaming and others.
For that reason, the stud in the world of birds, appear more beautiful, decorated with colorful feathers, melodious voice and gestures were agile. One important part of the bird's body to attract females is a part.
Type-beaked bird species most extreme but also has a color and a part of the most beautiful ornaments.
1. Kingfisher.
Kingfisher is the kind of small to medium sized bird. King prawns are easily distinguished from other birds because it has a big head, long half-life, sturdy and sharp with a tapered tip and tail and short legs.
One type of kingfisher which has a large beak is a brilliantly colored Javan Kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris. Squawking very large bright red-orange with a beautiful blue color on the wings, tail and back.
Javan Kingfisher relatively rare endemic species. This bird only has a limited distribution in Java and reserved.
2. Ruddy Duck.
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis uniqueness lies in its beak is light blue. Color is quite unusual, because most birds have a black beak, yellow or orange.
Ruddy Duck originated in North America and the Andes Mountains in South America. Duck is widely kept as ornamental birds in ponds and lakes in the UK and some other European countries.
The main habitat for duck-billed blue is water such as lakes and ponds that have a lot of aquatic plants. In winter in the northern hemisphere, this duck will migrate to the warmer southern regions and more have a source of food.
Ruddy Duck has the ability to swim and dive special. The food consists primarily of seeds of aquatic plants, insects and crustaceans.
3. Mandar (Moorhen).
Mandar bird found in swamps with dense aquatic vegetation. Bird's feet are equipped with long fingers as an adaptation for walking on soft muddy ground. The uniqueness of this bird lies in the same half of the saddle ornaments red orange which is located between the two eyes.
Mandar usual Gallinula chloropus including omnivorous birds that feed on aquatic plants, small rodents, amphibia and eggs. This bird is included in the rate rallidae. Types of Mandar widespread in the world. This bird breeds in Siberia and will migrate to the southern hemisphere winter.
4. Gull Inca (Inca Tern).
Larosterna inca Inca Tern bird known as the most beautiful gull. Body dominated by gray with a red beak and legs striking orange.
The uniqueness of these birds can be seen in part in the form of white mustache ornament elongated and twisted. At the base of the white mustache sexy fitted with bearings such as wattle yellow.
Birds that have a mustache including rare birds in the world. Apart from being ornaments or decorations, another function of the mustache is not yet known.
Inca seagull including endemic birds of Peru and Chile with a limited distribution area in the west coast of South America. The main meals are various types of fish anchovies, sardines sort of small which are found on the west coast of Peru and Chile.
Inca gull including accomplished divers who chase and catch prey under water. In terms of taxonomy, gulls Inca also unique, because these birds are the only birds that belong to the genus Larosterna.
5. Large Stork (Stork).
Large heron (Stork) is a type of very large-sized crane and high. Beautiful and graceful storks have white fur with black wings and neck. Half-length, large, black-colored or red-orange striking.
In addition to the size of a large beak, wattle ornament as a yellow saddle on the species Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis increasingly enhance the appearance of this tall crane. In English, this bird called the Saddle-billed Stork. This heron is widespread in Africa.
Kind of large-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus glossy black or widespread ranging from India to Southeast Asia, including Indonesia (especially Papua) and Australia.
Large stork including many carnivorous birds inhabit the wetlands and shore. These birds include the type of crane that aggressively defend the territorial area. Usually maintained area rich food source.
This bird daily menu includes fish, frogs, crabs, eggs and hatchling turtles, molluscs, amphibia to reptiles. These birds also often kill other water birds that are smaller and then swallow her whole
6. Knobbed hornbill (Red knobbed Hornbill).
Knobbed hornbill hornbill is one of the most beautiful flawless. This bird has a bulge like a crown on top of the head and the base of the beak are red. Therefore this bird known as the Red-knobbed hornbill.
The lower half of the base is equipped with a striking blue food bag. The base of the upper and lower beak also has ridges that purportedly shows the age of the bird. In the local language of birds is called Alo.
Sulawesi hornbill is an endemic species that have limited distribution in Sulawesi and small islands in the vicinity. This bird is defined as a symbol of South Sulawesi province. The main meal consisting of fruits, especially figs.
In ecosystems, hornbill has a very important role in the regeneration of the forest with disperse seeds from the fruit that has been digested to the outposts of distant forest.
7. Toucan.
Toucan is a bird with a beak of the most colorful in the world. This fruit-eating birds is widespread in the tropical forests of Central America. Along the edge of the inner part is equipped with serrations-serrations to facilitate these birds hold the fruit with its beak.
At certain moments, these birds also eat insects and small lizards. Chicks in the nest is usually also fed with insects and small lizards to supplement the nutritional intake.
Toucan generally live in pairs or in small groups. Large beak suspected of having a role in helping the body temperature regulation and take fruit-. Part is also useful to show dominance to other males or intimidate other smaller birds. However, it is not known whether this part also plays a role in attracting mates.
8. Puffin.
In addition to penguins, birds Puffin is also often regarded as the most birds cute and adorable. Part of this famous fish-eating bird is unique in bright colors. In addition to striking part, the type of Tufted Puffin also has a very bushy eyebrows.
Puffin birds including fish-eating birds that are found in the northern hemisphere. To avoid predators, the birds nesting on small islands shaped hill with steep walls.
As well as Penguin, Puffin birds including accomplished swimmers and divers who pursue their prey underwater. Wings has been modified to move quickly underwater. When flying, wings flapping puffin bird with flapping frequency of 400 per minute.
9. Bearded Barbet
In addition to the birds a mustache and bushy eyebrows, bird world also recognize bird species have a beard or stubble. One of them is a bearded Barbet bird Lybius dubious. This fruit-eating birds is widespread in West Africa. Its main habitat is tropical forests and open woodlands or gardens and parks with lots of fruit-bearing plants.
Bearded Barbet has a half with elongated ridges great. In the area around the eyes is also a large hairless. Not yet known what the function of this barbet bearded bird. No specific type of ornamental chickens that had sideburns.
As other fruit-eating birds, bird barbet also includes seed dispersers agent that helps the process of forest regeneration.
10. Vulture King (King Vulture).
Nine birds that have been described previously not been convincing to be regarded as the most beautiful birds at once the most extreme. The only candidate who can meet these criteria may only Sarcorhampus papa King Vulture, king vultures. His name is just a vulture, was certainly extreme. But is there the vultures that "pretty" ?.
Unlike the other vultures who looks to make ill-feel like witches, King Vulture has a different view. Pure white body color with wings and tail contrasting colored (black). Head, neck, wattle and wattle birds also have a striking appearance with a bright yellow color. This color blends with red, white, black and a bit of purple.
King Vulture bird-like beak eagle, a very strong and sharp curved. Part of this serves to tear the skin carcasses of large animals and clay, something that can not be done by other vultures.
In most cases, if there are vultures who find large animals that have died like cattle or wild horses, the bird will wait for the arrival of King Vulture to tear the skin is thick and tough. After King Vulture finished eating and satiety, then the other vultures to eat the rest of scrambling each carcass that has torn apart the King.
King Vulture is widespread in Central and South America. This bird inhabits dense primary tropical forest with tall trees. Live solitary or together in small groups. King Vulture has a very wide range area. Often, these birds were observed when high fly around the pasture or open areas to look for carcasses of large animals that have died or rotted.
From the form of a strong beak and wattle wattle ornament strange and color of the head and neck are striking, in charge of King Vulture bird as the most extreme and most "beautiful".
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