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NIDICOLOUS [2 records]

Record 1 2004-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
DEF

Describing those species in which the offspring are relatively helpless at birth and are kept for a period thereafter in a nest or other hiding place...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Se dit d'un oiseau qui naît nu ou avec un faible duvet et qui est nourri durant plusieurs semaines dans le nid, jusqu'à ce que ces plumes soient poussées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aves
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Record 2 1999-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Birds
DEF

Term used to describe the maturity at hatching of young, as in the Emberizidae, that are born naked with little or no down, with their eyes closed, incapable of locomotion and which must be fed by their parents.

Key term(s)
  • nidicolous

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Se dit du développement des oisillons qui, à l'éclosion, ont les yeux fermés, ne peuvent se déplacer et doivent être nourris par les parents.

Key term(s)
  • nidicole

Spanish

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