Question

Pollination by birds is ____

• A. Zoophily
• B. Entamophily
• C. Hypohydrophily
• D. Ornithophily

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Ornithophily

• It is the mode of allogamy performed by birds.

• Only a few types of birds are specialised for this.

• They usually have small size and long beaks.

• Two common types of tropical pollinating birds are sun birds (Afro-Asia) and humming birds (America).

• Humming birds perform pollination while hovering over the flowers.