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There should be a smidge more information here, such as the composition.. shape of bones in the beak, outer material... that sort of thing.
Is there any difference between "beak" and "bill" in this meaning? --Angr/tɔk tə mi 12:45, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
only that bill isn't much used for sharp beaks, otherwise no.
what about squids and octopus? they have beaks don't they?
That is something I came to this article wondering about, what is the relationship between dinosaur beaks and bird beaks? protohiro 05:23, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
In certain insect groups, the mouthparts are also sometimes referred to as a beak. Would it be useful to include a section detailing beaks in organisms other than just birds? --Jhml 18:27, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
The statement "these terms are interchangeable" is not supported by the cited source. 213.181.226.50 (talk) 08:15, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
There is a difference between beak and bill - these are not interchangeable: '“The entire mouth structure of a bird is called the bill,” said Larry Nemetz, DVM, a birds-only veterinarian in Santa Ana, California', while the beak is only the outer part of the bill <http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-diet-and-health/bird-care/bird-beak-anatomy.aspx> Nozem (talk) 07:49, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
There are some merge templates on this article, but I don't see any discussion about merging, so here's my thought. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, and I support merging short articles about different parts of the beak (such as cere) into this article. --Ginkgo100 14:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I'd have to agree with Ginkga100. I doubt if most people would be looking for cere or nares to begin with. And if somewone were looking for articles on those particular parts of the beak, it is likely that they already know what they are, so a separate article with as little info as those articles have wouldn't help anyway. They would be useful additions to this article, but on their own they don't make too much sense. --Jhml 18:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
I was looking for the word cere which is how I reached this page.
OK, I did the merge, but the flow isn't very good, so anyone feel free to improve it. Do we need so many examples with budgies?Lisamh 05:39, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Does the figure titled "Beak" contain information about a bird's beak, or is it not about the human nose? [User: Budrts] 06 October 2006
The term nares doesn't just apply to the holes in beaks; it is also associated with animals noses. Nares should not automatically redirect to beaks - it's misleading.
I took out all the references to non-bird beaks under the 'WP is not dictionary' guideline. WP articles are on topics, not words. Since non-birds beaks are actually unrelated structures that just happen to share the same name in English, any mention of them belongs in the Disambiguation page. Ashmoo 06:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Why are they not covered? I'm particularly interested in knowing what the relationship between these and bird beaks is.--Robbrown 23:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry don't feel qualified to do so on this subject (but I do edit Wikipedia a lot on other things). I noticed someone else arguing that non-bird beaks should not be covered, so I thought they may have already considered reptile beaks, but maybe not. --Robbrown 18:21, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I know that there was a merge previously, but I have written an article for cere. I hope there are no objections. Elucidate (light up) 18:26, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
you haven´t mentioned anything about the beak being a heat exchanger. The nostrils are located on the beak, which are extremely important on heating or cooling the air entering or leaving the bird to minimize or maximize heat loss. For example, in the winter, the air entering the bird is cold. It passes through the beak very close to blood vessels which run through the beak in such a way that the out going air heats the blood, which in turn heats the in coming air. Because the in coming air is preheated in the beak it minimizes heat loss to the birds core. the reverse happens in the summer acting to cool the bird. It is a marvelous adaptation that occurs in all animals. The birds feet are also heat exchangers which allows them to swim in the frigid water or stand on frozen branches. This was part of a animal physiology class I took ages ago. l santry (talk) 18:09, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
Why did they evolve? When? What material did they evolve from? Are they former teeth? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.71.197 (talk) 19:15, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
They are not former teeth, as I remember reading something quite a while ago about early protobirds which had beak-like jaws but hadn't lost their teeth yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.81.0 (talk) 13:46, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Some birds have a sense of smell. Where is this seated? Snowman (talk) 22:11, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
In the article I am not exactly sure of the use of the word "trabecula", which can be a microscopic feature of solid looking bones. Snowman (talk) 22:49, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
I am sure I have seen parrots chewing food. Snowman (talk) 23:05, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Generally an account of the anatomy of a structure would include an account of its blood supply, nerve supply, and lymphatic drainage. Snowman (talk) 08:12, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
do u now what a robin bird is — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.67.221.20 (talk) 23:00, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
May someone try to edit out the long TRUE! Please? It bothers me, I tried but I can't find how — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.252.115.184 (talk) 22:10, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
I don't get what's going on but the TRUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.... vandalism comment for some reason still shows on the page. I figured it might be my ISP caching the page or something but even if I go to the page explicitly linking to the latest revision the vandalism still shows. This is very strange behavior I have not seen before (though I'm no Wikipedia expert). Not sure if this is a bug or feature and if it's on the server of client side of things --Hulzenga (talk) 11:44, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
FTA: Despite its name, the projection is not an actual tooth, as the similarly-named projections of some reptiles are; instead, it is part of the integumentary system, as are claws and scales.
I don't disagree with the first part, but current understanding is that teeth are modified scales and therefore just as much part of the skin as claws, scales and feathers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.81.0 (talk) 13:38, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
The etymology section contains no information about the origin of the word. It only states that the usage has generalized.71.48.148.28 (talk) 19:28, 29 June 2016 (UTC)Morgan
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This article says that puffins have a part of their beak called the "lamella" but I do not see that here. Should it be? Jason Quinn (talk) 16:04, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
As above (Nothing on Origins of Bird Beaks, 2010); got more info?
Particularly for the dodo. Is that a fruit-eating beak? Or shell-fish? What birds do eat eat shell-fish? How could the dodo’s beak evolve from a pigeon’s? Anything extant that’s intermediary?
MBG02 (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
Why not show images of turtles and the tonnes of non-bird fossil animals that also had beaks? FunkMonk (talk) 14:31, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
Is the pecten of ducks and geese considered part of the tomia? If so, should it be mentioned in the tomia section? Rauisuchian (talk) 23:36, 16 August 2020 (UTC)