Sometimes people underestimate the importance of beaks, bills, and rostrums in identifying species. Yet, a beak can make all ...

American white pelican has a large, heavy beak that's yellow-orange in color. Besides catching fish, pelicans use their bills to get rid of excess salt ...

The bottom part of the bird's beak is long and curves upwards, while it appears to have a shorter than normal top part to its beak. It has been visiting a bird table filled with food by Nairn ...

Since beak sizes increase over the long-term ... having a big beak can be a liability. Hot air from the environment will actually move into the beak, causing the bird to heat up too much, with ...