Pin-tailed sandgrouse
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The pin-tailed sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon-like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath,
Pin tailed sandgrouse
Pin-tailed sandgrouse
Egg
Precocial species in birds and mammals are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. They are normally nidifugous, meaning that they leave the nes
Pin-tailed sandgrouse
…days. The male starts his shift about an hour before sunset and the female takes over after she has been to the waterhole in the morning. The young are precocial and leave the nest soon after they have hatched. Both parents care for them but only the male is involved in bringing them water, absorbed by the…
A young chick stands up. Chickens are precocial birds and can stand shortly after hatching.
Altricial young birds
California quail chick (Callipepla californica), a precocial chick
A foal and its mother, a precocial mammal.