Can birds smell?

Birds can definitely smell! Although most birds' nares are not visible when observing them from a distance, if you come up close to their beak, you can see them. Nares are essentially bird nostrils, and they utilize them to breathe and smell as well as take in air.

Most birds can smell now, although not all birds smell well. Much is still unknown about different kinds of birds and their capacity to smell, because it was formerly thought that birds couldn't smell at all. However, now that we have evidence that suggest contrary, the serious research is only getting started. Traditionally, scientists believed that birds could not smell. Many experiments have been made in a bid to solve this riddle, and the only conclusive answer we have is that some birds have a greater need of their sense of smell than others.