Bird adaptations | Assessment Resource Banks

Question

Beak Type	Food Eaten
thin and short strong and hooked long thick and short	sucks up nectar from flowers tears flesh pulls worms out of mud crushes nuts and seeds

From the information in the table, which bird eats nuts and seeds? (Select one)

Scientists have been able to find out that some moas were very tall while others were quite small. How would they discover this?

- From talking with people who had seen moas.
- By examining cave rock drawings made by Maori hunters.
- From studying the areas where moas lived.
- By measuring moa bones found in caves and swamps.
- From Maori myths and legends of long ago.