Unique beaks

Draw one of the birds mentioned in the lesson:

Toucan beaks can be up to _ inches long (you can use a digit or spell the number).

With most mammals, only the _____ portion of the jaw hinges open and closed. With most birds, both _____ and _____ jaws are hinged.

• lower; upper, lower

• upper; upper, lower

This woodpecker stores its nuts in cavities in a tree:

• Downy woodpecker

• Red-headed woodpecker

• Acorn woodpecker

• Pileated woodpecker

A pelican's throat pouch can hold up to _ times more water than its stomach.

Flamingo beaks are lined with bristles called:

A hornbill's horn is called a:

A toucan's diet consists of:

• mainly fruit; also insects, lizards, snakes.

• mainly insects; also fruit, lizards, snakes.

• only fruit.

• only insects.

True or false: an acorn woodpecker eats only acorns.

• True

• False

Flamingos eat:

• algae, insects, small crustaceans, and fish.

• plants, large crustaceans, and fish.

• algae, plants, and insects.

• plants, fish, small crustaceans, and meat.