Do birds, [most common back yard types], have a sense of smell?
Guest5299 Most birds have a very poor sense of smell, if any. Back yard birds rely on sight and sound – not smell. The only birds who are known to rely on scent to find food are vultures, kiwi birds and some tubenose species. Those are the only birds that you will ever see sniffing anything. There is a common misconception that birds will reject chicks or eggs because they have been touched and have "human scent". This is not true. Report (0) (0) | earlier Guest9532 Whether birds have a sense of smell or not has been a much debated question by ornithologists. Modern data based on experiments and anatomy of both the nasal cavities and the olfactory lobes of the brain suggest that most birds have practically no sense of smell. The exceptions are Kiwis which have poor eyesight and hunt worms using their sense of smell. Several species of tubenoses which can detect the smells of fish oils floating on the surface of the sea, allowing them to find schools of fish or anchovies becau
