Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
A Green-backed Honeybird by Markus Lilje courtesy of Rockjumper Birding Tours In the open oceans of the world, certain species of seafaring birds like albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters have very well developed olfactory glands. And more recent studies have shown that honeyguides can detect even well-hidden beeswax candles.
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