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Altricial birds, those that emerge from the egg blind and featherless, come from eggs that are perhaps 20 percent yolk.  1, record 1, English, - altricial%20bird

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Les oiseaux nidicoles, qui naissent aveugles et quasiment nus, proviennent d'œufs contenant à peu près 20% de jaune.  1, record 1, French, - oiseau%20nidicole

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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... young which are helpless at birth and confined to the nest until sufficiently developed to live without parental care.  3, record 2, English, - nidicole

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... the altricial nidicole is more dependent on parental feeding.  2, record 2, English, - nidicole

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Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Ave cuyos pollos permanecen mucho tiempo en el nido.  1, record 2, Spanish, - nid%C3%ADcola

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The act of sitting over the young to keep them warm and protect them from rain, sun, or predators. Altricial young must be brooded by the parents almost constantly until they are able to maintain their own body temperature, while precocial young require only intermittent brooding.  1, record 3, English, - brooding

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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Action par laquelle les parents se tiennent sur les jeunes pour les garder au chaud, mais aussi pour les protéger contre la pluie, les rayons du soleil ou les prédateurs. Les jeunes au développement tardif doivent être couvés presque constamment jusqu'à ce qu'ils arrivent à maintenir seuls leur température corporelle, tandis que les jeunes au développement précoce ne requièrent qu'une couvaison intermittente.  2, record 3, French, - couvaison

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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A bird belonging to the largest order(Passeriformes) which includes more than half of all living birds and consists of relatively small sized, mainly altricial songbirds.  2, record 4, English, - passerine

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

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Les passereaux sont des oiseaux percheurs, qui ont le bec corné, sans cire, les tarses revêtus de petites écailles, les pieds à quatre doigts dont trois sont dirigés en avant et un en arrière (Anisodactyles).  2, record 4, French, - passereau

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

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Of a chick, to take its first flight. Coincides with the end of the nestling period in altricial species.  1, record 5, English, - fledge

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

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Whitish, gelatinous sac that contains the feces of altricial nestlings. The parents may either eat the sacs or transport them from the nest, which contributes to nest sanitation, helps maintain the insulating qualities of the nest, and makes the nest more difficult to spot for predators.  1, record 6, English, - fecal%20sac

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

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Enveloppe gélatineuse blanchâtre qui renferme les fèces des oisillons à développement tardif tant que ceux-ci sont au nid. Les sacs fécaux peuvent être mangés ou transportés hors du nid par les parents, ce qui contribue à l'hygiène et à l'isolation thermique du nid en plus de le rendre moins facile à repérer par les prédateurs.  1, record 6, French, - sac%20f%C3%A9cal

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

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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.  1, record 8, English, - altricial

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 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.  1, record 8, French, - tardif

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Record 9,  Textual support,  English

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Altricial young must be brooded by the parents almost constantly until they are able to maintain their own body temperature, while precocial young require only intermittent brooding.  1, record 9, English, - intermittent%20brooding

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

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Les jeunes au développement tardif doivent être couvés presque constamment jusqu'à ce qu'ils arrivent à maintenir seuls leur température corporelle, tandis que les jeunes au développement précoce ne requièrent qu'une couvaison intermittente.  1, record 9, French, - couvaison%20intermittente

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Record 10,  Textual support,  English

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For example, when the age at first flight of an altricial or semi-altricial species was not known, we assumed that it was at least equal to the number of days the young spend in the nest, which was indicated in the species profile by the phrase "according to nestling period.  1, record 10, English, - age%20at%20first%20flight

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

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Quand nous ne connaissions pas l'âge à l'envol d'une espèce à développement tardif ou semi-tardif, nous présumions qu'il consistait en un nombre de jours au moins égal au séjour au nid.  1, record 10, French, - %C3%A2ge%20%C3%A0%20l%27envol

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish