Sentences with altricial
al·tri·cial
A a - Altricial young are typical among carnivores, which might be expected to be hampered in their hunting behaviour if the pregnant mother has to carry its young for a long period.
- Palaeontologists have proposed that the Dinosauria exhibited both altricial and precocial patterns of growth and development.
- In addition, the amount of food altricial nestlings receive from their parents varies depending on how much food is in the environment.
- In altricial species, the parents of hungry nestlings may be helped in feeding and guarding their young by other adult birds who have not bred that year.
- Moreover, chicks of precocial species generally require less parental care than those of altricial species.
- In altricial bird species, parents need to provide their growing nestlings with food to prevent starvation, ensure proper development, and minimize any negative effects of a poor start in life.
- The brown pelican produces a relatively large chick at a relatively high cost compared to other, smaller altricial species.
- In altricial birds the chicks depend entirely on their parents for food and protection.
- After hatching, the altricial nestlings are brooded for 1 to 2 weeks depending on the weather.
- The altricial chicks are fed primarily insects, beetle larvae, grasshoppers, spiders and small lizards.
- The altricial young are fed semi-digested fish by both parents.