nesting colony
Communal bird habitat
A nesting colony is a site where birds or other animals gather in large numbers to breed and raise young.
Seabirds, penguins, and herons form nesting colonies, sometimes numbering thousands of individuals: The island hosts a nesting colony of terns.
Colonial nesting offers protection from predators and helps locate food sources.
- rookeryCommunal bird nesting site
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- seabirdsOcean-dwelling avians
- bird sanctuaryProtected area for avians
- burrowsAnimal-dug underground shelters
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