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Insectivorous

Insect-eating. A large proportion of the birds found in the British Isles eat insects, and many are specialist insectivores, for example the various types of aerial feeder and the warblers (family Sylviidae).

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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