bird behavior
How fowl act
The actions and patterns of activity exhibited by birds, encompassing feeding, mating, nesting, migration, communication, and social interaction.
Ornithologists study bird behavior to understand species ecology and evolution.
The field ranges from observable habits—The robin's territorial behavior intensifies in spring—to complex phenomena like courtship displays and flock dynamics.
- songMusical piece with words
- dawn chorusBirds' collective sunrise singing
- probingThoroughly investigating something
- courtship displayRitual to attract partners
- callContact by phone
alarm call · wing flapping · duetting · mobbing · pecking order · broken-wing display · scavenging · mimicry · celestial navigation · nest building · tool use · caching · homing instinct · dust bathing · swooping · roosting · altruism · pecking
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