Bird feet and beaks

This task is about how birds' feet and beaks help them to live and eat in their particular habitat.

Question 1Change answer

Read the chart below and complete the last two columns.
Describe the foot
Where would this bird most likely be found? 
Why do you think this?
What would it be likely to eat?

Why do you think this?
What do you think its beak would look like?

How would this beak help it catch and eat its food?
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Long toes, long legs
On mudflats, by the sea. 
Long toes would stop it sinking in the mud or sand.
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Webbed feet
In or near water. 
Webbed feet make swimming easier.
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Long talons, curved claws
In open farmland. 
Talons are for catching and holding prey, and sometimes killing it.