On the gloomy forest floor live jungle fowl, pheasants, bower birds and other species, scratching for food among the dead leaves. Birds of the Grasslands Grassland birds often eat the seeds of grasses and other plants. Weaver birds, waxbills and finches are in this group. Other birds eat the insects which live in grasslands, and these include bee-eaters and oxpeckers. Larks eat both insects and grass seeds.
Some birds are big and powerful enough to be able to patrol the grassland without relying on flight.
Ostriches are the world's largest birds, and they live in the grasslands of Africa, eating small reptiles, mammals and insects. High in the skys, hawks, falcons eagles and vultures soar, searching for food on the ground far below. Birds in Woods and Fields Much of the developed world consists of a patchwork of woodland and fields, especially the eastern USA and western Europe. Ground-nesting birds like woodcock make their nests under the sheltering branches of shrubs. These birds may have brown coloration that helps camouflage them to protect them from predators.