What is Pollination?
Pollination is the process of carrying the pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of the same or another flower. Seeds are produced when pollination occurs between flowers of the same species and it facilitates plant reproduction. Pollination is of two types- self-pollination and cross-pollination. When an ovule of a flower is fertilized by a sperm cell derived from a pollen grain of the same flower or another flower of the same plant; this type of pollination is called self-pollination. But, in the case of cross-pollination, the plant needs a vector or a pollinator such as insects, bats, or birds to transfer the pollen to another flower of the same species.
Pollination by Birds
Pollination by birds is called Ornithophilly. It occurs in at least 10,000 plant species mainly found in the tropics and the temperate southern hemisphere. The highest number of bird-pollinated species are reported in Southwestern Australia. Some birds that help in pollination of flowers are hummingbirds, spiderhunters, drongos, orioles, sunbirds, honeycreepers, and sugar birds. Read this article as it covers pollination by bird notes along with their advantages and disadvantages.
Table of Content
- What is Pollination?
- Pollination by Birds Diagram
- What Birds are Pollinators?
- How Do Birds Pollinate?
- Pollination By Birds Examples
- Bird-Pollinated Flowers Characteristics
- Advantages of Bird-Pollinated Flowers
- Disadvantages of Bird-Pollinated Flowers
- Importance of Bird Pollinated Flowers
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