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Bird
The nervous system is large relative to the bird's size. The most developed part of the brain is the one that controls the flight-related functions, while the cerebellum coordinates movement and the cerebrum controls behaviour patterns, navigation, mating and nest building. Most birds have a poor sense of smell with no...
What is tetrachromatic?
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Ivy
Birds are tetrachromatic, possessing ultraviolet (UV) sensitive cone cells in the eye as well as green, red and blue ones.
Birds are tetrachromatic, possessing ultraviolet (UV) sensitive cone cells in the eye as well as green, red and blue ones.
question-418_23_1.mp3
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Justin
What is tetrachromatic?
573124bb497a881900248bb7
Bird
The nervous system is large relative to the bird's size. The most developed part of the brain is the one that controls the flight-related functions, while the cerebellum coordinates movement and the cerebrum controls behaviour patterns, navigation, mating and nest building. Most birds have a poor sense of smell with no...
Why do birds need to perceive ultraviolet light?
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Ivy
This allows them to perceive ultraviolet light, which is involved in courtship.
This allows them to perceive ultraviolet light, which is involved in courtship.
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Joey
Why do birds need to perceive ultraviolet light?
573124bb497a881900248bb8
Bird
The nervous system is large relative to the bird's size. The most developed part of the brain is the one that controls the flight-related functions, while the cerebellum coordinates movement and the cerebrum controls behaviour patterns, navigation, mating and nest building. Most birds have a poor sense of smell with no...
What regulates breeding activities?
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Ivy
These photo-receptive cells in the hypothalamus are involved in detecting the longer days of spring, and thus regulate breeding activities.
These photo-receptive cells in the hypothalamus are involved in detecting the longer days of spring, and thus regulate breeding activities.
question-418_23_3.mp3
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Ivy
What regulates breeding activities?
573125a9e6313a140071cc86
Bird
Many birds show plumage patterns in ultraviolet that are invisible to the human eye; some birds whose sexes appear similar to the naked eye are distinguished by the presence of ultraviolet reflective patches on their feathers. Male blue tits have an ultraviolet reflective crown patch which is displayed in courtship by ...
What covers the eye and acts as a contact lens in many aquatic birds?
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Joey
The nictitating membrane also covers the eye and acts as a contact lens in many aquatic birds.
The nictitating membrane also covers the eye and acts as a contact lens in many aquatic birds.
question-418_24_0.mp3
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Kimberly
What covers the eye and acts as a contact lens in many aquatic birds?
573125a9e6313a140071cc87
Bird
Many birds show plumage patterns in ultraviolet that are invisible to the human eye; some birds whose sexes appear similar to the naked eye are distinguished by the presence of ultraviolet reflective patches on their feathers. Male blue tits have an ultraviolet reflective crown patch which is displayed in courtship by ...
What is the fan shaped blood supply system in a bird's retina?
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Joey
The bird retina has a fan shaped blood supply system called the pecten.
The bird retina has a fan shaped blood supply system called the pecten.
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Matthew
What is the fan shaped blood supply system in a bird's retina?
573125a9e6313a140071cc88
Bird
Many birds show plumage patterns in ultraviolet that are invisible to the human eye; some birds whose sexes appear similar to the naked eye are distinguished by the presence of ultraviolet reflective patches on their feathers. Male blue tits have an ultraviolet reflective crown patch which is displayed in courtship by ...
Which birds have a wide visual field?
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Joey
Birds with eyes on the sides of their heads have a wide visual field, while birds with eyes on the front of their heads, such as owls, have binocular vision and can estimate the depth of field.
Birds with eyes on the sides of their heads have a wide visual field, while birds with eyes on the front of their heads, such as owls, have binocular vision and can estimate the depth of field.
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Salli
Which birds have a wide visual field?
573125a9e6313a140071cc89
Bird
Many birds show plumage patterns in ultraviolet that are invisible to the human eye; some birds whose sexes appear similar to the naked eye are distinguished by the presence of ultraviolet reflective patches on their feathers. Male blue tits have an ultraviolet reflective crown patch which is displayed in courtship by ...
What kind of vision do owls have?
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Joey
Birds with eyes on the sides of their heads have a wide visual field, while birds with eyes on the front of their heads, such as owls, have binocular vision and can estimate the depth of field.
Birds with eyes on the sides of their heads have a wide visual field, while birds with eyes on the front of their heads, such as owls, have binocular vision and can estimate the depth of field.
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Kevin
What kind of vision do owls have?
573125a9e6313a140071cc8a
Bird
Many birds show plumage patterns in ultraviolet that are invisible to the human eye; some birds whose sexes appear similar to the naked eye are distinguished by the presence of ultraviolet reflective patches on their feathers. Male blue tits have an ultraviolet reflective crown patch which is displayed in courtship by ...
Where is a bird's cochlea located?
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Joey
The inner ear has a cochlea, but it is not spiral as in mammals.
The inner ear has a cochlea, but it is not spiral as in mammals.
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Ivy
Where is a bird's cochlea located?
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Bird
A dearth of field observations limit our knowledge, but intraspecific conflicts are known to sometimes result in injury or death. The screamers (Anhimidae), some jacanas (Jacana, Hydrophasianus), the spur-winged goose (Plectropterus), the torrent duck (Merganetta) and nine species of lapwing (Vanellus) use a sharp spur...
What is known to sometimes result in injury or death?
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Brian
A dearth of field observations limit our knowledge, but intraspecific conflicts are known to sometimes result in injury or death.
A dearth of field observations limit our knowledge, but intraspecific conflicts are known to sometimes result in injury or death.
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Kevin
What is known to sometimes result in injury or death?
5731339ae6313a140071cd0e
Bird
A dearth of field observations limit our knowledge, but intraspecific conflicts are known to sometimes result in injury or death. The screamers (Anhimidae), some jacanas (Jacana, Hydrophasianus), the spur-winged goose (Plectropterus), the torrent duck (Merganetta) and nine species of lapwing (Vanellus) use a sharp spur...
What is another name for steamer ducks?
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Brian
The steamer ducks (Tachyeres), geese and swans (Anserinae), the solitaire (Pezophaps), sheathbills (Chionis), some guans (Crax) and stone curlews (Burhinus) use a bony knob on the alular metacarpal to punch and hammer opponents.
The steamer ducks (Tachyeres), geese and swans (Anserinae), the solitaire (Pezophaps), sheathbills (Chionis), some guans (Crax) and stone curlews (Burhinus) use a bony knob on the alular metacarpal to punch and hammer opponents.
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Amy
What is another name for steamer ducks?
5731339ae6313a140071cd0d
Bird
A dearth of field observations limit our knowledge, but intraspecific conflicts are known to sometimes result in injury or death. The screamers (Anhimidae), some jacanas (Jacana, Hydrophasianus), the spur-winged goose (Plectropterus), the torrent duck (Merganetta) and nine species of lapwing (Vanellus) use a sharp spur...
What is another name for Anhimidae?
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Brian
The screamers (Anhimidae), some jacanas (Jacana, Hydrophasianus), the spur-winged goose (Plectropterus), the torrent duck (Merganetta) and nine species of lapwing (Vanellus) use a sharp spur on the wing as a weapon.
The screamers (Anhimidae), some jacanas (Jacana, Hydrophasianus), the spur-winged goose (Plectropterus), the torrent duck (Merganetta) and nine species of lapwing (Vanellus) use a sharp spur on the wing as a weapon.
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Justin
What is another name for Anhimidae?
5731339ae6313a140071cd0f
Bird
A dearth of field observations limit our knowledge, but intraspecific conflicts are known to sometimes result in injury or death. The screamers (Anhimidae), some jacanas (Jacana, Hydrophasianus), the spur-winged goose (Plectropterus), the torrent duck (Merganetta) and nine species of lapwing (Vanellus) use a sharp spur...
What do stone curlews use to punch and hammer opponents?
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Brian
The steamer ducks (Tachyeres), geese and swans (Anserinae), the solitaire (Pezophaps), sheathbills (Chionis), some guans (Crax) and stone curlews (Burhinus) use a bony knob on the alular metacarpal to punch and hammer opponents.
The steamer ducks (Tachyeres), geese and swans (Anserinae), the solitaire (Pezophaps), sheathbills (Chionis), some guans (Crax) and stone curlews (Burhinus) use a bony knob on the alular metacarpal to punch and hammer opponents.
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22,050
Joey
What do stone curlews use to punch and hammer opponents?
57313429a5e9cc1400cdbcdb
Bird
Feathers are a feature characteristic of birds (though also present in some dinosaurs not currently considered to be true birds). They facilitate flight, provide insulation that aids in thermoregulation, and are used in display, camouflage, and signaling. There are several types of feathers, each serving its own set of...
What is a feature characteristic of birds?
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Joey
Feathers are a feature characteristic of birds (though also present in some dinosaurs not currently considered to be true birds).
Feathers are a feature characteristic of birds (though also present in some dinosaurs not currently considered to be true birds).
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Kendra
What is a feature characteristic of birds?
57313429a5e9cc1400cdbcdc
Bird
Feathers are a feature characteristic of birds (though also present in some dinosaurs not currently considered to be true birds). They facilitate flight, provide insulation that aids in thermoregulation, and are used in display, camouflage, and signaling. There are several types of feathers, each serving its own set of...
What feature of a bird facilitate flight?
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Joey
Feathers are a feature characteristic of birds (though also present in some dinosaurs not currently considered to be true birds).
Feathers are a feature characteristic of birds (though also present in some dinosaurs not currently considered to be true birds).
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22,050
Joey
What feature of a bird facilitate flight?
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Bird
Feathers are a feature characteristic of birds (though also present in some dinosaurs not currently considered to be true birds). They facilitate flight, provide insulation that aids in thermoregulation, and are used in display, camouflage, and signaling. There are several types of feathers, each serving its own set of...
What is pterylae?
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Joey
Feathers are epidermal growths attached to the skin and arise only in specific tracts of skin called pterylae.
Feathers are epidermal growths attached to the skin and arise only in specific tracts of skin called pterylae.
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Brian
What is pterylae?
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Bird
Plumage is regularly moulted; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the "non-breeding" plumage, or—in the Humphrey-Parkes terminology—"basic" plumage; breeding plumages or variations of the basic plumage are known under the Humphrey-Parkes system as "alternate" plumages. Moulting is...
What is regularly moulted?
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Matthew
Plumage is regularly moulted; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the "non-breeding" plumage, or—in the Humphrey-Parkes terminology—"basic" plumage; breeding plumages or variations of the basic plumage are known under the Humphrey-Parkes system as "alternate" plumages.
Plumage is regularly moulted; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the "non-breeding" plumage, or--in the Humphrey-Parkes terminology--"basic" plumage; breeding plumages or variations of the basic plumage are known under the Humphrey-Parkes system as "alternate" plumages.
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Justin
What is regularly moulted?
57314d0e497a881900248d8a
Bird
Plumage is regularly moulted; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the "non-breeding" plumage, or—in the Humphrey-Parkes terminology—"basic" plumage; breeding plumages or variations of the basic plumage are known under the Humphrey-Parkes system as "alternate" plumages. Moulting is...
What is the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding?
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Matthew
Plumage is regularly moulted; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the "non-breeding" plumage, or—in the Humphrey-Parkes terminology—"basic" plumage; breeding plumages or variations of the basic plumage are known under the Humphrey-Parkes system as "alternate" plumages.
Plumage is regularly moulted; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the "non-breeding" plumage, or--in the Humphrey-Parkes terminology--"basic" plumage; breeding plumages or variations of the basic plumage are known under the Humphrey-Parkes system as "alternate" plumages.
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Olivia
What is the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding?
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Bird
Plumage is regularly moulted; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the "non-breeding" plumage, or—in the Humphrey-Parkes terminology—"basic" plumage; breeding plumages or variations of the basic plumage are known under the Humphrey-Parkes system as "alternate" plumages. Moulting is...
How often does moulting occur in most species?
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Matthew
Moulting is annual in most species, although some may have two moults a year, and large birds of prey may moult only once every few years.
Moulting is annual in most species, although some may have two moults a year, and large birds of prey may moult only once every few years.
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Salli
How often does moulting occur in most species?
57314d0e497a881900248d8c
Bird
Plumage is regularly moulted; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the "non-breeding" plumage, or—in the Humphrey-Parkes terminology—"basic" plumage; breeding plumages or variations of the basic plumage are known under the Humphrey-Parkes system as "alternate" plumages. Moulting is...
What type of birds may moult only once every few years?
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Matthew
Moulting is annual in most species, although some may have two moults a year, and large birds of prey may moult only once every few years.
Moulting is annual in most species, although some may have two moults a year, and large birds of prey may moult only once every few years.
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Kevin
What type of birds may moult only once every few years?
57314e18e6313a140071cdec
Bird
Feathers require maintenance and birds preen or groom them daily, spending an average of around 9% of their daily time on this. The bill is used to brush away foreign particles and to apply waxy secretions from the uropygial gland; these secretions protect the feathers' flexibility and act as an antimicrobial agent, in...
How often do birds groom their feathers?
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Matthew
Feathers require maintenance and birds preen or groom them daily, spending an average of around 9% of their daily time on this.
Feathers require maintenance and birds preen or groom them daily, spending an average of around nine percent of their daily time on this.
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Matthew
How often do birds groom their feathers?
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Bird
Feathers require maintenance and birds preen or groom them daily, spending an average of around 9% of their daily time on this. The bill is used to brush away foreign particles and to apply waxy secretions from the uropygial gland; these secretions protect the feathers' flexibility and act as an antimicrobial agent, in...
What percentage of their day do birds groom their feathers?
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Matthew
Feathers require maintenance and birds preen or groom them daily, spending an average of around 9% of their daily time on this.
Feathers require maintenance and birds preen or groom them daily, spending an average of around nine percent of their daily time on this.
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22,050
Salli
What percentage of their day do birds groom their feathers?
57314e18e6313a140071cdee
Bird
Feathers require maintenance and birds preen or groom them daily, spending an average of around 9% of their daily time on this. The bill is used to brush away foreign particles and to apply waxy secretions from the uropygial gland; these secretions protect the feathers' flexibility and act as an antimicrobial agent, in...
What do birds use to brush away foreign particles?
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Matthew
The bill is used to brush away foreign particles and to apply waxy secretions from the uropygial gland; these secretions protect the feathers' flexibility and act as an antimicrobial agent, inhibiting the growth of feather-degrading bacteria.
The bill is used to brush away foreign particles and to apply waxy secretions from the uropygial gland; these secretions protect the feathers' flexibility and act as an antimicrobial agent, inhibiting the growth of feather-degrading bacteria.
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Emma
What do birds use to brush away foreign particles?
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Bird
Feathers require maintenance and birds preen or groom them daily, spending an average of around 9% of their daily time on this. The bill is used to brush away foreign particles and to apply waxy secretions from the uropygial gland; these secretions protect the feathers' flexibility and act as an antimicrobial agent, in...
What is the process of removing feather parasites?
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Matthew
This may be supplemented with the secretions of formic acid from ants, which birds receive through a behaviour known as anting, to remove feather parasites.
This may be supplemented with the secretions of formic acid from ants, which birds receive through a behaviour known as anting, to remove feather parasites.
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Amy
What is the process of removing feather parasites?
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Bird
Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrate classes. Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for breeding, feeding, and predator avoidance and escape. Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscl...
What distinguishes birds from almost all other vertebrate classes?
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Kevin
Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrate classes.
Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrate classes.
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Brian
What distinguishes birds from almost all other vertebrate classes?
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Bird
Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrate classes. Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for breeding, feeding, and predator avoidance and escape. Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscl...
What is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species?
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Kevin
Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for breeding, feeding, and predator avoidance and escape.
Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for breeding, feeding, and predator avoidance and escape.
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Salli
What is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species?
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Bird
Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrate classes. Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for breeding, feeding, and predator avoidance and escape. Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscl...
How many large flight muscles do birds have?
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Kevin
Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscles, the pectoralis (which accounts for 15% of the total mass of the bird) and the supracoracoideus, as well as a modified forelimb (wing) that serves as an aerofoil.
Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscles, the pectoralis (which accounts for fifteen percent of the total mass of the bird) and the supracoracoideus, as well as a modified forelimb (wing) that serves as an aerofoil.
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Emma
How many large flight muscles do birds have?
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Bird
Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrate classes. Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for breeding, feeding, and predator avoidance and escape. Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscl...
Pectoralis account for what percentage of total mass of a bird?
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Kevin
Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscles, the pectoralis (which accounts for 15% of the total mass of the bird) and the supracoracoideus, as well as a modified forelimb (wing) that serves as an aerofoil.
Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscles, the pectoralis (which accounts for fifteen percent of the total mass of the bird) and the supracoracoideus, as well as a modified forelimb (wing) that serves as an aerofoil.
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Amy
Pectoralis account for what percentage of total mass of a bird?
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Bird
Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrate classes. Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for breeding, feeding, and predator avoidance and escape. Birds have various adaptations for flight, including a lightweight skeleton, two large flight muscl...
Approximately how many extant bird species are flightless?
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Kevin
About 60 extant bird species are flightless, as were many extinct birds.
About sixty extant bird species are flightless, as were many extinct birds.
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Amy
Approximately how many extant bird species are flightless?
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Bird
Birds that employ many strategies to obtain food or feed on a variety of food items are called generalists, while others that concentrate time and effort on specific food items or have a single strategy to obtain food are considered specialists. Birds' feeding strategies vary by species. Many birds glean for insects, i...
What is the term used for birds that employ many strategies to obtain food?
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Justin
Birds that employ many strategies to obtain food or feed on a variety of food items are called generalists, while others that concentrate time and effort on specific food items or have a single strategy to obtain food are considered specialists.
Birds that employ many strategies to obtain food or feed on a variety of food items are called generalists, while others that concentrate time and effort on specific food items or have a single strategy to obtain food are considered specialists.
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Kimberly
What is the term used for birds that employ many strategies to obtain food?
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Bird
Birds that employ many strategies to obtain food or feed on a variety of food items are called generalists, while others that concentrate time and effort on specific food items or have a single strategy to obtain food are considered specialists. Birds' feeding strategies vary by species. Many birds glean for insects, i...
What is the term used for birds that concentrate time and effort on specific food items?
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Justin
Birds that employ many strategies to obtain food or feed on a variety of food items are called generalists, while others that concentrate time and effort on specific food items or have a single strategy to obtain food are considered specialists.
Birds that employ many strategies to obtain food or feed on a variety of food items are called generalists, while others that concentrate time and effort on specific food items or have a single strategy to obtain food are considered specialists.
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Emma
What is the term used for birds that concentrate time and effort on specific food items?
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Bird
Birds that employ many strategies to obtain food or feed on a variety of food items are called generalists, while others that concentrate time and effort on specific food items or have a single strategy to obtain food are considered specialists. Birds' feeding strategies vary by species. Many birds glean for insects, i...
What type of birds have specially adapted brushy tongues?
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Justin
Nectar feeders such as hummingbirds, sunbirds, lories, and lorikeets amongst others have specially adapted brushy tongues and in many cases bills designed to fit co-adapted flowers.
Nectar feeders such as hummingbirds, sunbirds, lories, and lorikeets amongst others have specially adapted brushy tongues and in many cases bills designed to fit co-adapted flowers.
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Justin
What type of birds have specially adapted brushy tongues?
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Bird
Some species, including frigatebirds, gulls, and skuas, engage in kleptoparasitism, stealing food items from other birds. Kleptoparasitism is thought to be a supplement to food obtained by hunting, rather than a significant part of any species' diet; a study of great frigatebirds stealing from masked boobies estimated ...
What is the term for stealing food items from other birds?
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Kendra
Some species, including frigatebirds, gulls, and skuas, engage in kleptoparasitism, stealing food items from other birds.
Some species, including frigatebirds, gulls, and skuas, engage in kleptoparasitism, stealing food items from other birds.
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Brian
What is the term for stealing food items from other birds?
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Bird
Some species, including frigatebirds, gulls, and skuas, engage in kleptoparasitism, stealing food items from other birds. Kleptoparasitism is thought to be a supplement to food obtained by hunting, rather than a significant part of any species' diet; a study of great frigatebirds stealing from masked boobies estimated ...
What is kleptoparasitism?
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Kendra
Some species, including frigatebirds, gulls, and skuas, engage in kleptoparasitism, stealing food items from other birds.
Some species, including frigatebirds, gulls, and skuas, engage in kleptoparasitism, stealing food items from other birds.
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Brian
What is kleptoparasitism?
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Bird
Some species, including frigatebirds, gulls, and skuas, engage in kleptoparasitism, stealing food items from other birds. Kleptoparasitism is thought to be a supplement to food obtained by hunting, rather than a significant part of any species' diet; a study of great frigatebirds stealing from masked boobies estimated ...
A vulture is what type of bird?
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Kendra
Other birds are scavengers; some of these, like vultures, are specialised carrion eaters, while others, like gulls, corvids, or other birds of prey, are opportunists.
Other birds are scavengers; some of these, like vultures, are specialised carrion eaters, while others, like gulls, corvids, or other birds of prey, are opportunists.
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Joanna
A vulture is what type of bird?
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Bird
Most birds scoop water in their beaks and raise their head to let water run down the throat. Some species, especially of arid zones, belonging to the pigeon, finch, mousebird, button-quail and bustard families are capable of sucking up water without the need to tilt back their heads. Some desert birds depend on water s...
How do nesting sandgrouse carry water to their young?
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Ivy
Nesting sandgrouse and many plovers carry water to their young by wetting their belly feathers.
Nesting sandgrouse and many plovers carry water to their young by wetting their belly feathers.
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Justin
How do nesting sandgrouse carry water to their young?
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Bird
Most birds scoop water in their beaks and raise their head to let water run down the throat. Some species, especially of arid zones, belonging to the pigeon, finch, mousebird, button-quail and bustard families are capable of sucking up water without the need to tilt back their heads. Some desert birds depend on water s...
What is one family of birds have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid to their chicks?
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Ivy
The pigeon family, flamingos and penguins have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid called crop milk that they provide to their chicks.
The pigeon family, flamingos and penguins have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid called crop milk that they provide to their chicks.
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Emma
What is one family of birds have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid to their chicks?
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Bird
Most birds scoop water in their beaks and raise their head to let water run down the throat. Some species, especially of arid zones, belonging to the pigeon, finch, mousebird, button-quail and bustard families are capable of sucking up water without the need to tilt back their heads. Some desert birds depend on water s...
What is a nutritive fluid that some birds provide to their chicks?
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Ivy
The pigeon family, flamingos and penguins have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid called crop milk that they provide to their chicks.
The pigeon family, flamingos and penguins have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid called crop milk that they provide to their chicks.
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Justin
What is a nutritive fluid that some birds provide to their chicks?
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Bird
Most birds scoop water in their beaks and raise their head to let water run down the throat. Some species, especially of arid zones, belonging to the pigeon, finch, mousebird, button-quail and bustard families are capable of sucking up water without the need to tilt back their heads. Some desert birds depend on water s...
What is crop milk?
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Ivy
The pigeon family, flamingos and penguins have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid called crop milk that they provide to their chicks.
The pigeon family, flamingos and penguins have adaptations to produce a nutritive fluid called crop milk that they provide to their chicks.
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Salli
What is crop milk?
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Bird
Feathers being critical to the survival of a bird, require maintenance. Apart from physical wear and tear, feathers face the onslaught of fungi, ectoparasitic feather mites and birdlice. The physical condition of feathers are maintained by preening often with the application of secretions from the preen gland. Birds al...
Birds preen often with the application of secretions from which gland?
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Kimberly
The physical condition of feathers are maintained by preening often with the application of secretions from the preen gland.
The physical condition of feathers are maintained by preening often with the application of secretions from the preen gland.
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Justin
Birds preen often with the application of secretions from which gland?
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Bird
Feathers being critical to the survival of a bird, require maintenance. Apart from physical wear and tear, feathers face the onslaught of fungi, ectoparasitic feather mites and birdlice. The physical condition of feathers are maintained by preening often with the application of secretions from the preen gland. Birds al...
What do birds bathe in?
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Kimberly
Birds also bathe in water or dust themselves.
Birds also bathe in water or dust themselves.
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Kimberly
What do birds bathe in?
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Bird
Feathers being critical to the survival of a bird, require maintenance. Apart from physical wear and tear, feathers face the onslaught of fungi, ectoparasitic feather mites and birdlice. The physical condition of feathers are maintained by preening often with the application of secretions from the preen gland. Birds al...
What is anting?
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Kimberly
A behaviour termed as anting in which the bird encourages ants to run through their plumage is also thought to help them reduce the ectoparasite load in feathers.
A behaviour termed as anting in which the bird encourages ants to run through their plumage is also thought to help them reduce the ectoparasite load in feathers.
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Matthew
What is anting?
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Bird
Feathers being critical to the survival of a bird, require maintenance. Apart from physical wear and tear, feathers face the onslaught of fungi, ectoparasitic feather mites and birdlice. The physical condition of feathers are maintained by preening often with the application of secretions from the preen gland. Birds al...
What is it called when birds encourage ants to run through their plumage?
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Kimberly
A behaviour termed as anting in which the bird encourages ants to run through their plumage is also thought to help them reduce the ectoparasite load in feathers.
A behaviour termed as anting in which the bird encourages ants to run through their plumage is also thought to help them reduce the ectoparasite load in feathers.
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Salli
What is it called when birds encourage ants to run through their plumage?
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Bird
Many bird species migrate to take advantage of global differences of seasonal temperatures, therefore optimising availability of food sources and breeding habitat. These migrations vary among the different groups. Many landbirds, shorebirds, and waterbirds undertake annual long distance migrations, usually triggered by...
When do birds substantially increase body fats and reduce the size of some of their organs?
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Matthew
Before migration, birds substantially increase body fats and reserves and reduce the size of some of their organs.
Before migration, birds substantially increase body fats and reserves and reduce the size of some of their organs.
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Brian
When do birds substantially increase body fats and reduce the size of some of their organs?
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Bird
Many bird species migrate to take advantage of global differences of seasonal temperatures, therefore optimising availability of food sources and breeding habitat. These migrations vary among the different groups. Many landbirds, shorebirds, and waterbirds undertake annual long distance migrations, usually triggered by...
What is the flight range of landbirds?
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Matthew
Landbirds have a flight range of around 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and shorebirds can fly up to 4,000 km (2,500 mi), although the bar-tailed godwit is capable of non-stop flights of up to 10,200 km (6,300 mi).
Landbirds have a flight range of around twenty-five hundred km (sixteen hundred mi) and shorebirds can fly up to four thousand km (twenty-five hundred mi), although the bar-tailed godwit is capable of non-stop flights of up to ten thousand, two hundred km (six thousand, three hundred mi).
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Salli
What is the flight range of landbirds?
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Bird
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What is the flight range of shoebirds?
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Matthew
Landbirds have a flight range of around 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and shorebirds can fly up to 4,000 km (2,500 mi), although the bar-tailed godwit is capable of non-stop flights of up to 10,200 km (6,300 mi).
Landbirds have a flight range of around twenty-five hundred km (sixteen hundred mi) and shorebirds can fly up to four thousand km (twenty-five hundred mi), although the bar-tailed godwit is capable of non-stop flights of up to ten thousand, two hundred km (six thousand, three hundred mi).
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Emma
What is the flight range of shoebirds?
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Bird
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Which bird is capable of non-stop flights of up to 6,300 miles?
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Matthew
Landbirds have a flight range of around 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and shorebirds can fly up to 4,000 km (2,500 mi), although the bar-tailed godwit is capable of non-stop flights of up to 10,200 km (6,300 mi).
Landbirds have a flight range of around twenty-five hundred km (sixteen hundred mi) and shorebirds can fly up to four thousand km (twenty-five hundred mi), although the bar-tailed godwit is capable of non-stop flights of up to ten thousand, two hundred km (six thousand, three hundred mi).
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Salli
Which bird is capable of non-stop flights of up to six thousand, three hundred miles?
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Bird
Many bird species migrate to take advantage of global differences of seasonal temperatures, therefore optimising availability of food sources and breeding habitat. These migrations vary among the different groups. Many landbirds, shorebirds, and waterbirds undertake annual long distance migrations, usually triggered by...
Which birds often undertake circumpolar trips between breeding seasons?
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Matthew
Albatrosses nesting in the Southern Ocean often undertake circumpolar trips between breeding seasons.
Albatrosses nesting in the Southern Ocean often undertake circumpolar trips between breeding seasons.
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22,050
Salli
Which birds often undertake circumpolar trips between breeding seasons?
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Bird
Some bird species undertake shorter migrations, travelling only as far as is required to avoid bad weather or obtain food. Irruptive species such as the boreal finches are one such group and can commonly be found at a location in one year and absent the next. This type of migration is normally associated with food avai...
In Australia, what percentage of non-passerine birds were partially migratory
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Salli
Partial migration can form a large percentage of the migration behaviour of birds in some regions; in Australia, surveys found that 44% of non-passerine birds and 32% of passerines were partially migratory.
Partial migration can form a large percentage of the migration behaviour of birds in some regions; in Australia, surveys found that forty-four percent of non-passerine birds and thirty-two percent of passerines were partially migratory.
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Joanna
In Australia, what percentage of non-passerine birds were partially migratory
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Bird
Some bird species undertake shorter migrations, travelling only as far as is required to avoid bad weather or obtain food. Irruptive species such as the boreal finches are one such group and can commonly be found at a location in one year and absent the next. This type of migration is normally associated with food avai...
In Australia, what percentage of passerine birds were partially migratory
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Salli
Partial migration can form a large percentage of the migration behaviour of birds in some regions; in Australia, surveys found that 44% of non-passerine birds and 32% of passerines were partially migratory.
Partial migration can form a large percentage of the migration behaviour of birds in some regions; in Australia, surveys found that forty-four percent of non-passerine birds and thirty-two percent of passerines were partially migratory.
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Ivy
In Australia, what percentage of passerine birds were partially migratory
5731ddfa0fdd8d15006c65bb
Bird
Some bird species undertake shorter migrations, travelling only as far as is required to avoid bad weather or obtain food. Irruptive species such as the boreal finches are one such group and can commonly be found at a location in one year and absent the next. This type of migration is normally associated with food avai...
What is most often triggered by temperature changes?
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Salli
Altitudinal migration is a form of short distance migration in which birds spend the breeding season at higher altitudes elevations and move to lower ones during suboptimal conditions.
Altitudinal migration is a form of short distance migration in which birds spend the breeding season at higher altitudes elevations and move to lower ones during suboptimal conditions.
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Matthew
What is most often triggered by temperature changes?
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Bird
Some bird species undertake shorter migrations, travelling only as far as is required to avoid bad weather or obtain food. Irruptive species such as the boreal finches are one such group and can commonly be found at a location in one year and absent the next. This type of migration is normally associated with food avai...
Which family of birds are neither migratory or sedentary but considered to be dispersive, irruptive or nomadic?
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Salli
Parrots as a family are overwhelmingly neither migratory nor sedentary but considered to either be dispersive, irruptive, nomadic or undertake small and irregular migrations.
Parrots as a family are overwhelmingly neither migratory nor sedentary but considered to either be dispersive, irruptive, nomadic or undertake small and irregular migrations.
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Amy
Which family of birds are neither migratory or sedentary but considered to be dispersive, irruptive or nomadic?
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Bird
The ability of birds to return to precise locations across vast distances has been known for some time; in an experiment conducted in the 1950s a Manx shearwater released in Boston returned to its colony in Skomer, Wales, within 13 days, a distance of 5,150 km (3,200 mi). Birds navigate during migration using a variety...
In which type of migration do birds use the sun to navigate by day and a stellar compass at night?
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Matthew
For diurnal migrants, the sun is used to navigate by day, and a stellar compass is used at night.
For diurnal migrants, the sun is used to navigate by day, and a stellar compass is used at night.
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22,050
Brian
In which type of migration do birds use the sun to navigate by day and a stellar compass at night?
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Bird
The ability of birds to return to precise locations across vast distances has been known for some time; in an experiment conducted in the 1950s a Manx shearwater released in Boston returned to its colony in Skomer, Wales, within 13 days, a distance of 5,150 km (3,200 mi). Birds navigate during migration using a variety...
Some species use specialised photoreceptors to sense what?
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Matthew
These are backed up in some species by their ability to sense the Earth's geomagnetism through specialised photoreceptors.
These are backed up in some species by their ability to sense the Earth's geomagnetism through specialised photoreceptors.
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Justin
Some species use specialised photoreceptors to sense what?
5731e1c3b9d445190005e609
Bird
The ability of birds to return to precise locations across vast distances has been known for some time; in an experiment conducted in the 1950s a Manx shearwater released in Boston returned to its colony in Skomer, Wales, within 13 days, a distance of 5,150 km (3,200 mi). Birds navigate during migration using a variety...
What do birds to compensate for the changing position of the sun during the day?
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Matthew
Birds that use the sun compensate for the changing position of the sun during the day by the use of an internal clock.
Birds that use the sun compensate for the changing position of the sun during the day by the use of an internal clock.
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Brian
What do birds to compensate for the changing position of the sun during the day?
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Bird
Birds sometimes use plumage to assess and assert social dominance, to display breeding condition in sexually selected species, or to make threatening displays, as in the sunbittern's mimicry of a large predator to ward off hawks and protect young chicks. Variation in plumage also allows for the identification of birds,...
What allows for the identification of birds, particularly between species?
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Kendra
Variation in plumage also allows for the identification of birds, particularly between species.
Variation in plumage also allows for the identification of birds, particularly between species.
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22,050
Brian
What allows for the identification of birds, particularly between species?
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Bird
Birds sometimes use plumage to assess and assert social dominance, to display breeding condition in sexually selected species, or to make threatening displays, as in the sunbittern's mimicry of a large predator to ward off hawks and protect young chicks. Variation in plumage also allows for the identification of birds,...
What do birds sometimes use to assess and assert social dominance?
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Kendra
Birds sometimes use plumage to assess and assert social dominance, to display breeding condition in sexually selected species, or to make threatening displays, as in the sunbittern's mimicry of a large predator to ward off hawks and protect young chicks.
Birds sometimes use plumage to assess and assert social dominance, to display breeding condition in sexually selected species, or to make threatening displays, as in the sunbittern's mimicry of a large predator to ward off hawks and protect young chicks.
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22,050
Kevin
What do birds sometimes use to assess and assert social dominance?
5731e22ae99e3014001e63b0
Bird
Birds sometimes use plumage to assess and assert social dominance, to display breeding condition in sexually selected species, or to make threatening displays, as in the sunbittern's mimicry of a large predator to ward off hawks and protect young chicks. Variation in plumage also allows for the identification of birds,...
Visual communication among birds may involve what kind of displays?
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Kendra
Visual communication among birds may also involve ritualised displays, which have developed from non-signalling actions such as preening, the adjustments of feather position, pecking, or other behaviour.
Visual communication among birds may also involve ritualised displays, which have developed from non-signalling actions such as preening, the adjustments of feather position, pecking, or other behaviour.
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22,050
Olivia
Visual communication among birds may involve what kind of displays?
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Bird
Calls are used for a variety of purposes, including mate attraction, evaluation of potential mates, bond formation, the claiming and maintenance of territories, the identification of other individuals (such as when parents look for chicks in colonies or when mates reunite at the start of breeding season), and the warni...
What do some birds use for auditory communication?
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Amy
Some birds also use mechanical sounds for auditory communication.
Some birds also use mechanical sounds for auditory communication.
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22,050
Amy
What do some birds use for auditory communication?
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Bird
Calls are used for a variety of purposes, including mate attraction, evaluation of potential mates, bond formation, the claiming and maintenance of territories, the identification of other individuals (such as when parents look for chicks in colonies or when mates reunite at the start of breeding season), and the warni...
What do birds use for evaluation of potential mates and mate attraction?
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Amy
Calls are used for a variety of purposes, including mate attraction, evaluation of potential mates, bond formation, the claiming and maintenance of territories, the identification of other individuals (such as when parents look for chicks in colonies or when mates reunite at the start of breeding season), and the warni...
Calls are used for a variety of purposes, including mate attraction, evaluation of potential mates, bond formation, the claiming and maintenance of territories, the identification of other individuals (such as when parents look for chicks in colonies or when mates reunite at the start of breeding season), and the warni...
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Joanna
What do birds use for evaluation of potential mates and mate attraction?
5731e292b9d445190005e624
Bird
Calls are used for a variety of purposes, including mate attraction, evaluation of potential mates, bond formation, the claiming and maintenance of territories, the identification of other individuals (such as when parents look for chicks in colonies or when mates reunite at the start of breeding season), and the warni...
Which birds drum territorially?
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Amy
The Coenocorypha snipes of New Zealand drive air through their feathers, woodpeckers drum territorially, and palm cockatoos use tools to drum.
The Coenocorypha snipes of New Zealand drive air through their feathers, woodpeckers drum territorially, and palm cockatoos use tools to drum.
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22,050
Olivia
Which birds drum territorially?
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Bird
Calls are used for a variety of purposes, including mate attraction, evaluation of potential mates, bond formation, the claiming and maintenance of territories, the identification of other individuals (such as when parents look for chicks in colonies or when mates reunite at the start of breeding season), and the warni...
Which type of birds use tools to drum?
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Amy
The Coenocorypha snipes of New Zealand drive air through their feathers, woodpeckers drum territorially, and palm cockatoos use tools to drum.
The Coenocorypha snipes of New Zealand drive air through their feathers, woodpeckers drum territorially, and palm cockatoos use tools to drum.
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Justin
Which type of birds use tools to drum?
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Bird
While some birds are essentially territorial or live in small family groups, other birds may form large flocks. The principal benefits of flocking are safety in numbers and increased foraging efficiency. Defence against predators is particularly important in closed habitats like forests, where ambush predation is commo...
What are the principal benefits of flocking?
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Kimberly
The principal benefits of flocking are safety in numbers and increased foraging efficiency.
The principal benefits of flocking are safety in numbers and increased foraging efficiency.
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22,050
Emma
What are the principal benefits of flocking?
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Bird
While some birds are essentially territorial or live in small family groups, other birds may form large flocks. The principal benefits of flocking are safety in numbers and increased foraging efficiency. Defence against predators is particularly important in closed habitats like forests, where ambush predation is commo...
What is a cost of flocking?
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Kimberly
Costs of flocking include bullying of socially subordinate birds by more dominant birds and the reduction of feeding efficiency in certain cases.
Costs of flocking include bullying of socially subordinate birds by more dominant birds and the reduction of feeding efficiency in certain cases.
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22,050
Matthew
What is a cost of flocking?
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Bird
While some birds are essentially territorial or live in small family groups, other birds may form large flocks. The principal benefits of flocking are safety in numbers and increased foraging efficiency. Defence against predators is particularly important in closed habitats like forests, where ambush predation is commo...
What is particularly important in closed habitats like forests?
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Kimberly
Defence against predators is particularly important in closed habitats like forests, where ambush predation is common and multiple eyes can provide a valuable early warning system.
Defence against predators is particularly important in closed habitats like forests, where ambush predation is common and multiple eyes can provide a valuable early warning system.
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Emma
What is particularly important in closed habitats like forests?
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Bird
The high metabolic rates of birds during the active part of the day is supplemented by rest at other times. Sleeping birds often use a type of sleep known as vigilant sleep, where periods of rest are interspersed with quick eye-opening "peeks", allowing them to be sensitive to disturbances and enable rapid escape from ...
Sleeping birds often use a type of sleep known as what?
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Kevin
Sleeping birds often use a type of sleep known as vigilant sleep, where periods of rest are interspersed with quick eye-opening "peeks", allowing them to be sensitive to disturbances and enable rapid escape from threats.
Sleeping birds often use a type of sleep known as vigilant sleep, where periods of rest are interspersed with quick eye-opening "peeks", allowing them to be sensitive to disturbances and enable rapid escape from threats.
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Kendra
Sleeping birds often use a type of sleep known as what?
57320abbb9d445190005e77a
Bird
The high metabolic rates of birds during the active part of the day is supplemented by rest at other times. Sleeping birds often use a type of sleep known as vigilant sleep, where periods of rest are interspersed with quick eye-opening "peeks", allowing them to be sensitive to disturbances and enable rapid escape from ...
What are believed to be able to sleep in flight?
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Kevin
Swifts are believed to be able to sleep in flight and radar observations suggest that they orient themselves to face the wind in their roosting flight.
Swifts are believed to be able to sleep in flight and radar observations suggest that they orient themselves to face the wind in their roosting flight.
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Justin
What are believed to be able to sleep in flight?
57320abbb9d445190005e77b
Bird
The high metabolic rates of birds during the active part of the day is supplemented by rest at other times. Sleeping birds often use a type of sleep known as vigilant sleep, where periods of rest are interspersed with quick eye-opening "peeks", allowing them to be sensitive to disturbances and enable rapid escape from ...
Why is communal roosting common?
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Kevin
Communal roosting is common because it lowers the loss of body heat and decreases the risks associated with predators.
Communal roosting is common because it lowers the loss of body heat and decreases the risks associated with predators.
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Matthew
Why is communal roosting common?
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Bird
Many sleeping birds bend their heads over their backs and tuck their bills in their back feathers, although others place their beaks among their breast feathers. Many birds rest on one leg, while some may pull up their legs into their feathers, especially in cold weather. Perching birds have a tendon locking mechanism ...
These types of birds have a tendon locking mechanism.
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Justin
Perching birds have a tendon locking mechanism that helps them hold on to the perch when they are asleep.
Perching birds have a tendon locking mechanism that helps them hold on to the perch when they are asleep.
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22,050
Matthew
These types of birds have a tendon locking mechanism.
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Bird
Many sleeping birds bend their heads over their backs and tuck their bills in their back feathers, although others place their beaks among their breast feathers. Many birds rest on one leg, while some may pull up their legs into their feathers, especially in cold weather. Perching birds have a tendon locking mechanism ...
Where do many ground birds, such as quails and pheasants, roost?
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Justin
Many ground birds, such as quails and pheasants, roost in trees.
Many ground birds, such as quails and pheasants, roost in trees.
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22,050
Kimberly
Where do many ground birds, such as quails and pheasants, roost?
57320b3b0fdd8d15006c670b
Bird
Many sleeping birds bend their heads over their backs and tuck their bills in their back feathers, although others place their beaks among their breast feathers. Many birds rest on one leg, while some may pull up their legs into their feathers, especially in cold weather. Perching birds have a tendon locking mechanism ...
A few parrots of what genus roost hanging upside down?
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Justin
A few parrots of the genus Loriculus roost hanging upside down.
A few parrots of the genus Loriculus roost hanging upside down.
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Brian
A few parrots of what genus roost hanging upside down?
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Bird
Many sleeping birds bend their heads over their backs and tuck their bills in their back feathers, although others place their beaks among their breast feathers. Many birds rest on one leg, while some may pull up their legs into their feathers, especially in cold weather. Perching birds have a tendon locking mechanism ...
What type of birds go into a nightly state of torpor?
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Justin
Some hummingbirds go into a nightly state of torpor accompanied with a reduction of their metabolic rates.
Some hummingbirds go into a nightly state of torpor accompanied with a reduction of their metabolic rates.
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Joanna
What type of birds go into a nightly state of torpor?
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Bird
Many sleeping birds bend their heads over their backs and tuck their bills in their back feathers, although others place their beaks among their breast feathers. Many birds rest on one leg, while some may pull up their legs into their feathers, especially in cold weather. Perching birds have a tendon locking mechanism ...
Birds do not have what type of glands:?
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Justin
Birds do not have sweat glands, but they may cool themselves by moving to shade, standing in water, panting, increasing their surface area, fluttering their throat or by using special behaviours like urohidrosis to cool themselves.
Birds do not have sweat glands, but they may cool themselves by moving to shade, standing in water, panting, increasing their surface area, fluttering their throat or by using special behaviours like urohidrosis to cool themselves.
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Olivia
Birds do not have what type of glands:?
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Bird
Ninety-five percent of bird species are socially monogamous. These species pair for at least the length of the breeding season or—in some cases—for several years or until the death of one mate. Monogamy allows for both paternal care and biparental care, which is especially important for species in which females require...
What percent of bird species are socially monogamous?
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Joey
Ninety-five percent of bird species are socially monogamous.
Ninety-five percent of bird species are socially monogamous.
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Amy
What percent of bird species are socially monogamous?
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Bird
Ninety-five percent of bird species are socially monogamous. These species pair for at least the length of the breeding season or—in some cases—for several years or until the death of one mate. Monogamy allows for both paternal care and biparental care, which is especially important for species in which females require...
What do female birds have that allow sperm from males to remain viable long after copulation?
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Joey
Female birds have sperm storage mechanisms that allow sperm from males to remain viable long after copulation, a hundred days in some species.
Female birds have sperm storage mechanisms that allow sperm from males to remain viable long after copulation, a hundred days in some species.
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Olivia
What do female birds have that allow sperm from males to remain viable long after copulation?
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Bird
Ninety-five percent of bird species are socially monogamous. These species pair for at least the length of the breeding season or—in some cases—for several years or until the death of one mate. Monogamy allows for both paternal care and biparental care, which is especially important for species in which females require...
What is extra-pair copulation?
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Joey
Among many socially monogamous species, extra-pair copulation (infidelity) is common.
Among many socially monogamous species, extra-pair copulation (infidelity) is common.
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Kendra
What is extra-pair copulation?
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Bird
Ninety-five percent of bird species are socially monogamous. These species pair for at least the length of the breeding season or—in some cases—for several years or until the death of one mate. Monogamy allows for both paternal care and biparental care, which is especially important for species in which females require...
Why do males that engage in extra-pair copulation closely guard their mates?
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Joey
Males of species that engage in extra-pair copulations will closely guard their mates to ensure the parentage of the offspring that they raise.
Males of species that engage in extra-pair copulations will closely guard their mates to ensure the parentage of the offspring that they raise.
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Amy
Why do males that engage in extra-pair copulation closely guard their mates?
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Bird
Breeding usually involves some form of courtship display, typically performed by the male. Most displays are rather simple and involve some type of song. Some displays, however, are quite elaborate. Depending on the species, these may include wing or tail drumming, dancing, aerial flights, or communal lekking. Females ...
Which gender typically performs some form of courtship display?
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Kimberly
Breeding usually involves some form of courtship display, typically performed by the male.
Breeding usually involves some form of courtship display, typically performed by the male.
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Kendra
Which gender typically performs some form of courtship display?
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Bird
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Most courtship displays involve some type of what?
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Kimberly
Most displays are rather simple and involve some type of song.
Most displays are rather simple and involve some type of song.
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Kimberly
Most courtship displays involve some type of what?
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Bird
Breeding usually involves some form of courtship display, typically performed by the male. Most displays are rather simple and involve some type of song. Some displays, however, are quite elaborate. Depending on the species, these may include wing or tail drumming, dancing, aerial flights, or communal lekking. Females ...
Which gender generally drive partner selection?:
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Kimberly
Females are generally the ones that drive partner selection, although in the polyandrous phalaropes, this is reversed: plainer males choose brightly coloured females.
Females are generally the ones that drive partner selection, although in the polyandrous phalaropes, this is reversed: plainer males choose brightly coloured females.
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Salli
Which gender generally drive partner selection?:
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Bird
Breeding usually involves some form of courtship display, typically performed by the male. Most displays are rather simple and involve some type of song. Some displays, however, are quite elaborate. Depending on the species, these may include wing or tail drumming, dancing, aerial flights, or communal lekking. Females ...
Generally, when is courtship feeding and billing performed between partners?
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Kimberly
Courtship feeding, billing and allopreening are commonly performed between partners, generally after the birds have paired and mated.
Courtship feeding, billing and allopreening are commonly performed between partners, generally after the birds have paired and mated.
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Emma
Generally, when is courtship feeding and billing performed between partners?
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Bird
All birds lay amniotic eggs with hard shells made mostly of calcium carbonate. Hole and burrow nesting species tend to lay white or pale eggs, while open nesters lay camouflaged eggs. There are many exceptions to this pattern, however; the ground-nesting nightjars have pale eggs, and camouflage is instead provided by t...
What kind of eggs to all birds lay?
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Matthew
All birds lay amniotic eggs with hard shells made mostly of calcium carbonate.
All birds lay amniotic eggs with hard shells made mostly of calcium carbonate.
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Emma
What kind of eggs to all birds lay?
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Bird
All birds lay amniotic eggs with hard shells made mostly of calcium carbonate. Hole and burrow nesting species tend to lay white or pale eggs, while open nesters lay camouflaged eggs. There are many exceptions to this pattern, however; the ground-nesting nightjars have pale eggs, and camouflage is instead provided by t...
All birds lay eggs with hard shells made mostly out of what?
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Matthew
All birds lay amniotic eggs with hard shells made mostly of calcium carbonate.
All birds lay amniotic eggs with hard shells made mostly of calcium carbonate.
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Kevin
All birds lay eggs with hard shells made mostly out of what?
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Bird
All birds lay amniotic eggs with hard shells made mostly of calcium carbonate. Hole and burrow nesting species tend to lay white or pale eggs, while open nesters lay camouflaged eggs. There are many exceptions to this pattern, however; the ground-nesting nightjars have pale eggs, and camouflage is instead provided by t...
What type of birds lay white or pale eggs?
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Matthew
Hole and burrow nesting species tend to lay white or pale eggs, while open nesters lay camouflaged eggs.
Hole and burrow nesting species tend to lay white or pale eggs, while open nesters lay camouflaged eggs.
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Joey
What type of birds lay white or pale eggs?
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Bird
All birds lay amniotic eggs with hard shells made mostly of calcium carbonate. Hole and burrow nesting species tend to lay white or pale eggs, while open nesters lay camouflaged eggs. There are many exceptions to this pattern, however; the ground-nesting nightjars have pale eggs, and camouflage is instead provided by t...
What kind of eggs do open nesters lay?
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Matthew
Hole and burrow nesting species tend to lay white or pale eggs, while open nesters lay camouflaged eggs.
Hole and burrow nesting species tend to lay white or pale eggs, while open nesters lay camouflaged eggs.
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Justin
What kind of eggs do open nesters lay?
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Bird
Bird eggs are usually laid in a nest. Most species create somewhat elaborate nests, which can be cups, domes, plates, beds scrapes, mounds, or burrows. Some bird nests, however, are extremely primitive; albatross nests are no more than a scrape on the ground. Most birds build nests in sheltered, hidden areas to avoid p...
Where do birds usually lay their eggs?
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Ivy
Bird eggs are usually laid in a nest.
Bird eggs are usually laid in a nest.
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Olivia
Where do birds usually lay their eggs?
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Bird
Bird eggs are usually laid in a nest. Most species create somewhat elaborate nests, which can be cups, domes, plates, beds scrapes, mounds, or burrows. Some bird nests, however, are extremely primitive; albatross nests are no more than a scrape on the ground. Most birds build nests in sheltered, hidden areas to avoid p...
What type of birds lay its eggs on bare rock?
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Ivy
Some bird species have no nests; the cliff-nesting common guillemot lays its eggs on bare rock, and male emperor penguins keep eggs between their body and feet.
Some bird species have no nests; the cliff-nesting common guillemot lays its eggs on bare rock, and male emperor penguins keep eggs between their body and feet.
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Justin
What type of birds lay its eggs on bare rock?
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Bird
Bird eggs are usually laid in a nest. Most species create somewhat elaborate nests, which can be cups, domes, plates, beds scrapes, mounds, or burrows. Some bird nests, however, are extremely primitive; albatross nests are no more than a scrape on the ground. Most birds build nests in sheltered, hidden areas to avoid p...
Where do male emporer penguins keep eggs?
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Ivy
Some bird species have no nests; the cliff-nesting common guillemot lays its eggs on bare rock, and male emperor penguins keep eggs between their body and feet.
Some bird species have no nests; the cliff-nesting common guillemot lays its eggs on bare rock, and male emperor penguins keep eggs between their body and feet.
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Emma
Where do male emporer penguins keep eggs?
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Bird
Bird eggs are usually laid in a nest. Most species create somewhat elaborate nests, which can be cups, domes, plates, beds scrapes, mounds, or burrows. Some bird nests, however, are extremely primitive; albatross nests are no more than a scrape on the ground. Most birds build nests in sheltered, hidden areas to avoid p...
Which type of bird nests are no more than a scrape on the ground?
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Ivy
Some bird nests, however, are extremely primitive; albatross nests are no more than a scrape on the ground.
Some bird nests, however, are extremely primitive; albatross nests are no more than a scrape on the ground.
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Kendra
Which type of bird nests are no more than a scrape on the ground?
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Bird
Incubation, which optimises temperature for chick development, usually begins after the last egg has been laid. In monogamous species incubation duties are often shared, whereas in polygamous species one parent is wholly responsible for incubation. Warmth from parents passes to the eggs through brood patches, areas of ...
What process optimises temperature for chick development?
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Kevin
Incubation, which optimises temperature for chick development, usually begins after the last egg has been laid.
Incubation, which optimises temperature for chick development, usually begins after the last egg has been laid.
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Justin
What process optimises temperature for chick development?
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Bird
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When does incubation begin?
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Kevin
Incubation, which optimises temperature for chick development, usually begins after the last egg has been laid.
Incubation, which optimises temperature for chick development, usually begins after the last egg has been laid.
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Emma
When does incubation begin?
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Bird
Incubation, which optimises temperature for chick development, usually begins after the last egg has been laid. In monogamous species incubation duties are often shared, whereas in polygamous species one parent is wholly responsible for incubation. Warmth from parents passes to the eggs through brood patches, areas of ...
What are areas of bare skin on the abdomen or breast of incubating birds?
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Kevin
Warmth from parents passes to the eggs through brood patches, areas of bare skin on the abdomen or breast of the incubating birds.
Warmth from parents passes to the eggs through brood patches, areas of bare skin on the abdomen or breast of the incubating birds.
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Amy
What are areas of bare skin on the abdomen or breast of incubating birds?
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Bird
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How many days is the incubation period for woodpeckers?
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Kevin
Incubation periods range from 10 days (in woodpeckers, cuckoos and passerine birds) to over 80 days (in albatrosses and kiwis).
Incubation periods range from ten days (in woodpeckers, cuckoos and passerine birds) to over eighty days (in albatrosses and kiwis).
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Salli
How many days is the incubation period for woodpeckers?
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Bird
Incubation, which optimises temperature for chick development, usually begins after the last egg has been laid. In monogamous species incubation duties are often shared, whereas in polygamous species one parent is wholly responsible for incubation. Warmth from parents passes to the eggs through brood patches, areas of ...
How many days is the incubation period for kiwis?
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Kevin
Incubation periods range from 10 days (in woodpeckers, cuckoos and passerine birds) to over 80 days (in albatrosses and kiwis).
Incubation periods range from ten days (in woodpeckers, cuckoos and passerine birds) to over eighty days (in albatrosses and kiwis).
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Joey
How many days is the incubation period for kiwis?
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Bird
The length and nature of parental care varies widely amongst different orders and species. At one extreme, parental care in megapodes ends at hatching; the newly hatched chick digs itself out of the nest mound without parental assistance and can fend for itself immediately. At the other extreme, many seabirds have exte...
When does parental care end in megapodes?
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Emma
At one extreme, parental care in megapodes ends at hatching; the newly hatched chick digs itself out of the nest mound without parental assistance and can fend for itself immediately.
At one extreme, parental care in megapodes ends at hatching; the newly hatched chick digs itself out of the nest mound without parental assistance and can fend for itself immediately.
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Olivia
When does parental care end in megapodes?
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Bird
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What type of seabird has the longest period of parental care?
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Emma
At the other extreme, many seabirds have extended periods of parental care, the longest being that of the great frigatebird, whose chicks take up to six months to fledge and are fed by the parents for up to an additional 14 months.
At the other extreme, many seabirds have extended periods of parental care, the longest being that of the great frigatebird, whose chicks take up to six months to fledge and are fed by the parents for up to an additional fourteen months.
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Olivia
What type of seabird has the longest period of parental care?
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The length and nature of parental care varies widely amongst different orders and species. At one extreme, parental care in megapodes ends at hatching; the newly hatched chick digs itself out of the nest mound without parental assistance and can fend for itself immediately. At the other extreme, many seabirds have exte...
What is the period of breeding during which one of the adult birds is always present at the nest?
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Emma
The chick guard stage describes the period of breeding during which one of the adult birds is permanently present at the nest after chicks have hatched.
The chick guard stage describes the period of breeding during which one of the adult birds is permanently present at the nest after chicks have hatched.
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Salli
What is the period of breeding during which one of the adult birds is always present at the nest?
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In some species, both parents care for nestlings and fledglings; in others, such care is the responsibility of only one sex. In some species, other members of the same species—usually close relatives of the breeding pair, such as offspring from previous broods—will help with the raising of the young. Such alloparenting...
Alloparenting is particulary common with what species?
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Kendra
Such alloparenting is particularly common among the Corvida, which includes such birds as the true crows, Australian magpie and fairy-wrens, but has been observed in species as different as the rifleman and red kite.
Such alloparenting is particularly common among the Corvida, which includes such birds as the true crows, Australian magpie and fairy-wrens, but has been observed in species as different as the rifleman and red kite.
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Joey
Alloparenting is particulary common with what species?
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True crows belong to what group?
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Kendra
Such alloparenting is particularly common among the Corvida, which includes such birds as the true crows, Australian magpie and fairy-wrens, but has been observed in species as different as the rifleman and red kite.
Such alloparenting is particularly common among the Corvida, which includes such birds as the true crows, Australian magpie and fairy-wrens, but has been observed in species as different as the rifleman and red kite.
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Justin
True crows belong to what group?
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What is more common in birds than any other vertebrate class?
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Kendra
Among most groups of animals, male parental care is rare.
Among most groups of animals, male parental care is rare.
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Amy
What is more common in birds than any other vertebrate class?
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The point at which chicks fledge varies dramatically. The chicks of the Synthliboramphus murrelets, like the ancient murrelet, leave the nest the night after they hatch, following their parents out to sea, where they are raised away from terrestrial predators. Some other species, such as ducks, move their chicks away f...
Which chicks leave the nest the night after they hatch?
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Amy
The chicks of the Synthliboramphus murrelets, like the ancient murrelet, leave the nest the night after they hatch, following their parents out to sea, where they are raised away from terrestrial predators.
The chicks of the Synthliboramphus murrelets, like the ancient murrelet, leave the nest the night after they hatch, following their parents out to sea, where they are raised away from terrestrial predators.
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Kendra
Which chicks leave the nest the night after they hatch?