TYPE

S OF
CLAW
S
It shows the food habits of the birds.
It also uses its toes and claws to protect
from enemies.
WADING
➤ These birds have long legs and spreaded
Heron

toes.
➤ They can walk in shallow waters or mud.
➤ These spreaded toes helps to spread the
bird’s weight over a large area and wades.
➤ Example, Cranes and herons

Crane
 PERCHING
➤ These birds perch on trees.
Sparrow ➤ They have four toes
➤ Three toes in front and one behind
➤ They help to grip thin or thick
branchers easily.
➤ Example, Crows and Sparrow.

Crow
SCRATCHIN
G
➤ Hens and pheasants need to scratch
grounds to take out worms and seeds.
➤ Each toe has a sharp and hard nail like
claws to scratch or dig the ground.
Hen

Pheasant
Eagle
GRASPING
➤ Some birds like eagle and hawks eat
flesh.
➤ Such birds have strong, hard and
curved claws or talons to help them
catch and hold on to their prey.

Hawk
 SWIMMING
*Birds such as ducks have feet with front toes
joined by the skin.
*That’s why their feet appear flat. Such feet are
called webbed feet.
*Webbed feet work like paddles and help these
in swimming.
CLIMBING
➤ Birds like Woodpecker climb the
trees and need to hold on to trees.
➤ They have two toes forward and two
toes backwards
➤ The rear or backside toes help them
to grip and move up and down and
sideways on tree trunk without
falling backwards.
RUNNING
➤ Birds such as emu and cassowary are Emu
flightless birds.
➤ They have three large toes on each foot.
➤ So this helps them to run fast.
➤ The inner toe has a sharp claw which is
used for defence.

Cassowary
THE OSTRICH IS
THE ONLY BIRD
THAT HAS TWO
TOES ON EACH
FOOT.