ornithochory

seed dispersal

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In seed: Dispersal by birds
Most ornithochores (plants with bird-dispersed seeds) have conspicuous diaspores attractive to such fruit-eating birds as thrushes, pigeons, barbets (members of the bird family Capitonidae), toucans, and hornbills (family Bucerotidae), all of which either excrete or regurgitate the hard embryo-containing part undamaged. Such diaspores
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