bird flower

Vertebrate pollinators include birds, bats, small marsupials, and small rodents. Many bird-pollinated flowers are bright red, especially those pollinated by hummingbirds. Hummingbirds rely solely on nectar as their food source. Flowers (e.g., Fuchsia) pollinated by birds produce copious quantities of nectar but little or no odor because birds

Flowers adapted to pollination by birds are usually brightly colored, with reds, blues, and yellows predominating. They are usually tubular in form, often with a long nectary, and nectar is almost always present. Birds have little or no sense of smell, and bird-pollinated flowers tend…