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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF L IFECYCLE • • • A female pygmy falcon flies toward a large nest colony of sociable weavers tha
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
L IFECYCLE
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A female pygmy falcon flies toward a large nest colony of sociable weavers that the falcon exploits for its own use.
The entrance is located at the bottom of the nest colony; the falcon hangs upside down in order to enter the nest chamber.
BREEDING
HABITAT
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BEHAVIOR
Setophaga. Myioborus pictus,
Parulidae.
Icteria virens,
ANDEAN CONDOR
KEY FEATURES
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
ANTARCTIC NOMAD An albatross wanders great distances for months.
BEAK TO
BEAK
A chick, almost ready to fledge and begin its long aerial journeys, receives food from one of its parents.
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR Stable pairs return to the same nest site each year.
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FOOD & FEEDING
TOP OF THE BILL
A cut above…
Caught in the middle…
Uplifting experience…
Carried away
Turdus Turdus migratorius T. olivaceus
A tiny ball of energy, the blue tit forages restlessly for insects and nuts. Its size enables it to exploit food sources hidden from larger species.
WEIGHT LENGTH WINGSPAN SEXUAL MATURITY BREEDING SEASON NUMBER OF EGGS INCUBATION PERIOD FLEDGING PERIOD BREEDING INTERVAL TYPICAL DIET LIFESPAN
Brown Creeper 165
• ORDER •
• FAMILY •
• GENUS & SPECIES •
CONSERVATION
BREEDING
SPECTACULAR SIGHT
Room for one more…
Tight quarters…
Feeding time…
Bird’s eye view
The bill is tiny, but has a wide gape for catching flying insects.The wide gape is also used in a threat display.
The large eyes give superb vision when the bird is hunting in the twilight.
Both sexes have white wing patches, but only the male has a white band on the tail.The crescent on his throat is also white, whereas the female has a smaller, buff-colored throat. As it patrols the skies, the nighthawk scoops up insects. When an adult has fledglings to feed, it stores a mass of insects in its throat to take back to the nest.
These are short and weak. The nighthawk, in common with all nightjars, has a comblike central claw with which it combs and cleans its bill area after hunting.
Common nighthawk European nightjar
Pennant-winged nightjar
BEHAVIOR
HABITAT
FOOD & FEEDING
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BEHAVIOR
BREEDING
CONSERVATION
Around the bend…
Nowhere to hide
vital statistics
RELATED SPECIES
vital statistics
RELATED SPECIES