Comparative morphology and soft tissue histology of the remote‐touch bill‐tip organ in three ibis species of differing foraging ecology

CJ du Toit, A Chinsamy, SJ Cunningham - Journal of Anatomy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ibises (order: Pelecaniformes, family: Threskiornithidae) are probe‐foraging birds
that use 'remote‐touch'to locate prey items hidden in opaque substrates. This sensory …

Repertoire of food acquisition behaviors in Western Palearctic shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes)

M Baguette, G Le Floch, L Hannier, F Kirchhoff… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Shorebirds are iconic examples of food resource partitioning through use of contrasted
morphological structures to acquire food. Differences in beak lengths and shapes allow …

Repertoire of food acquisition behaviors in shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiforme)

M Baguette, L Hannier, F Kirchhoff, G Le Floch… - 2023 - preprints.org
Shorebirds are iconic examples of food resource partitioning through use of contrasted
morphological structures to acquire food. Differences in beak lengths and shapes allow …