Beak of the Broad-billed Prion
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Three prion species with the widest bills, including the Broad-billed, use comb-like structures along the edge of the upper mandible to filter tiny crustaceans and other small animals and their eggs from seawater.
Credit: Colin Miskelly, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Posted by Rex Graham
on Jul 19 2011. Filed under .
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