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Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution Crimson seedcracker: Pyrenestes sanguineus: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone.
Adults feed on seeds that they open thanks to their hard beak. All of them mostly eat seeds from sedges , bushes from the genus Scleria . [ 13 ] Depending on the season, the abundance of food and their bill morphology (small or large bill size), black-bellied seedcrackers broaden or specialize their diet.
The crimson seedcracker grows to a length of about 14 cm (5.5 in). It is a plump bird with a domed head and a broad, sharply-pointed bill. The plumage on the upper parts is dark brown or brownish-black while the head, sides of neck, face, chin, throat, breast and flanks are glossy crimson-red.
The lesser seedcracker or Nyasa seedcracker [2] (Pyrenestes minor) is a fairly common species of estrildid finch found in eastern Africa.It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 925,000 km 2 (357,000 sq mi) and is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
The seeds are used for sayur asem (sour vegetable soup) and also, made into raw chips that later need to be deep-fried as crackers (emping, a type of krupuk). The crackers have a slightly bitter taste and are frequently served as a snack or accompaniment to Indonesian dishes.
Clark's nutcrackers store seeds, usually in the ground for later consumption, in caches of 1–15 seeds (average of 3–4 seeds). [6] Depending on the cone crop as well as the tree species, a single Clark's nutcracker can cache as many as 98,000 seeds per season. [ 7 ]
A cracker is a flat, dry baked biscuit typically made with flour. Flavorings or seasonings, such as salt, herbs, seeds, or cheese, may be added to the dough or sprinkled on top before baking. [1] Crackers are often branded as a nutritious and convenient way to consume a staple food or cereal grain.
Its fruit is a 2 cm (0.8 in) long sessile capsule containing about 20 seeds. Some of the names of the plant such as popping pod, duppy gun and cracker plant come from the fact that children like to play with the dry pods that pop when rubbed with spit or water. [5] Ruellia tuberosa may be found in moist and shady environments.