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The 12 pages that link to Tactile foraging, each with the reason it gives.

• ShorebirdRelated: Some shorebirds detect buried invertebrates by sensing movement through the bill.

• Wading birdRelated: Some wading birds sweep their bills through sediment and sense prey without seeing it.

• CharadriiformesRelated: Bill-tip sensitivity helps certain sandpipers locate hidden prey in mud.

• SandpiperRelated: Some sandpipers detect buried prey by touch while probing with the bill.

• AvocetRelated: Avocets can detect small prey as their bills sweep through water or mud.

• HoopoeRelated: The hoopoe’s bill helps detect prey concealed in soil and narrow spaces.

• TurnstoneRelated: Turnstones probe and manipulate objects to find prey concealed from view.

• CurlewRelated: Curlews can locate buried prey with their bills in soft mud.

• LimpkinRelated: The limpkin can locate prey by touch while probing muddy water and vegetation.

• DowitcherRelated: Dowitchers can locate prey beneath mud without seeing it.

• GodwitRelated: Godwits can locate buried prey without seeing it beneath the mud.

• RynchopsRelated: A skimmer can detect prey by contact as its bill moves through the water.