Did You Know How Much Birds Use Their Beaks to Move in Trees?

A novel parrot gait called beakiation expands the locomotor range of living birds.

Researched and written by Edwin Dickinson and his team and published in January 2024, this new way of moving for parrots involves the use of their beaks while climbing on small, vertical branches under their aviary enclosures.

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