nectarivory

nectarivory (uncountable)

1. (zoology) The eating of nectar, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal.

   Synonym: nectivory

   • 2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 239:

     Lower dipteran adults are predominantly penetrative or surface fluid feeders, frequently expressed as nectarivory, which sometimes is combined with the consumption of pollen or vertebrate blood (Fig. 9.3).

   • 2015, Catherine A. Tofy, Parrots of the Wild: A Natural History of the World's Most Captivating Birds:

     Thus, nectarivory as a specialized diet is rare among parrot species and occurs in only a few isolated branches of the parrot phylogeny.

• nectarivore
• nectarivorous