Question

The adaptations of carnivorous birds are

• A. The possession of long blunt claws.
• B. The ability to make lightning-fast swoops.
• C. The possession of sharp and hooked beaks.
• D. Ability to sing well.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

The possession of sharp and hooked beaks.

Carnivorous birds are meat eating birds like falcons, hawks, and eagles. Beak shape: upper mandible is typically curved downwards or hooked and with a razor sharp tip for piercing into the flesh of prey. Since birds cannot chew, chunks of flesh are ripped off the prey's body and swallowed whole, usually accompanied by a kind of gulping motion. Some birds of prey, like the osprey, are piscivorous (fish eating).