Birds With Red Beaks

Several birds, like parrots, ibises, and ducks, have red beaks that act as a unique feature. A bright red beak indicates that the bird is fit and healthy.

The red color of the beaks comes from carotenoids or porphyrins ingested by the birds as part of their diet. Another reason for the crimson hue may be the presence of proteins like hemoglobin.

Birds with a Red Beak

List of Birds That Have Red Beaks

  • American Oystercatcher
  • American Purple Gallinule
  • American White Ibis
  • American White Pelican
  • Arctic Tern
  • Australasian Swamphen
  • Black Bulbul
  • Black Oystercatcher
  • Black Skimmer
  • Black Swan
  • Black-bellied Whistling Duck
  • Black-rumped Waxbill
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird
  • Brown-hooded Kingfisher
  • Buff-bellied Hummingbird
  • Caspian Tern
  • Common Crimson Finch
  • Common Gallinule
  • Common Ground Dove
  • Common Merganser
  • Common Moorhen
  • Common Shelduck
  • Common Tern 
  • Common Waxbill
  • Coscoroba Swan
  • Dollarbird
  • Dusky Moorhen
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher
  • Fischer’s Lovebird
  • Gray-headed Swamphen
  • Green Magpie
  • Heermann’s Gull
  • ʻIʻiwi
  • Inca Tern
  • Java Sparrow
  • Keel-billed Toucan
  • Laughing Gull
  • Long-tailed Finch
  • Mandarin Duck
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Pin-tailed Whydah
  • Purple Gallinule
  • Red Avadavat
  • Red-billed Blue-magpie
  • Red-billed Chough
  • Red-billed Firefinch
  • Red-billed Leiothrix
  • Red-billed Oxpecker
  • Red-billed Streamertail
  • Red-billed Teal
  • Red-billed Tropicbird
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Red-crested Pochard
  • Red-crowned Amazon
  • Red-tailed Tropicbird
  • Rosy-billed Pochard
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
  • Scarlet Hawaiian Honeycreeper
  • Scarlet Honeycreeper
  • St Helena Waxbills
  • Stork-billed Kingfisher
  • Toco Toucan
  • Tufted Puffin
  • Violet-crowned Hummingbird
  • Wattled Curassow
  • White Ibis
  • White-throated Kingfisher
  • Wood Duck
  • Yellow-collared Lovebird
  • Zebra Finch

FAQs

1. Which dove has a red beak?

The common ground dove has a red beak.

2. Which green bird has a red beak?

Several green birds have red beaks, like the rose-ringed parakeet, the red-crowned amazon, and the green rosella.

3. What purpose does a red beak serve?

A red beak can serve unique purposes depending on the species. For instance, the color of the red-bellied oxpecker’s beak matches the color of their prey’s blood. This helps them hide from predators.

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