Question

In an ecosystem where most flowers are long and bell-shaped, there are two varieties of hummingbird: birds with short beaks. and birds with long beaks What is the most likely hummingbird population composition? (1 point)
• only long-beaked hummingbirds
• more long-beaked hummingbirds
• only snort-beaked hummingbirds
more short-beaked hummingbirds

Answer 1

• more long-beaked hummingbirds

Since the ecosystem has mostly long, bell-shaped flowers, it is likely that the hummingbirds with long beaks are better adapted to feed on these flowers and therefore would have a higher population in this ecosystem.