- Look up
nectarivorous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In zoology, a
nectarivore is an
animal which derives its
energy and
nutrient requirements from...
- honeyeaters, was a
family of
Hawaiian species of now
recently extinct,
nectarivorous songbirds in the
genera Moho (ʻōʻō) and
Chaetoptila (kioea).
These now...
-
native ʻōhiʻa (Metrosideros polymorpha) are
favored by a
number of
nectarivorous honeycreepers. The wide
range of bill
shapes in this group, from thick...
- bill it uses for
taking nectar and
capturing insects. It is
primarily nectarivorous, but will take
insects and spiders,
particularly when
feeding chicks...
- and (arguably) mice.[citation needed]
Hummingbirds and sunbirds, two
nectarivorous bird
lineages in the New and Old
Worlds have
parallelly evolved a suite...
- ****umed that the same
applies in
other areas.
Honeyeaters can be
either nectarivorous, insectivorous, frugivorous, or a
combination of nectar- and insect-eating...
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individual flowers.
Melaleucas are an
important food
source for
nectarivorous insects, birds, and mammals. Many are po****r
garden plants, either...
-
Butterflies and
moths are
mostly herbivorous (folivorous) as
caterpillars and
nectarivorous as adults. They play an
important role in the
natural ecosystem as pollinators...
-
islands tend to
favour the
evolution of ornithophily, most by
specialized nectarivorous birds, such as
hummingbirds or sunbirds.
Plants pollinated by generalist...
-
chain in the
Australian bush. They are an
important food
source for
nectarivorous animals,
including birds, bats, rats, possums,
stingless bees and a...
