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Preening

Preening is a maintenance behaviour found in birds that involves the use of the beak to position feathers, interlock feather barbules that have become separated, clean plumage, and keep ectoparasites in check. Feathers contribute significantly to a bird's insulation, waterproofing and aerodynamic flight, and so are vital to its survival. Because of this…

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Preen oil

Preening action

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Allopreening

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Preening

Nodes107
Edges106
Triples80
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018692
Components1

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Preening

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related to Preening action · 18
Preening → Barbules, Birds, Both, Experiments, For, Grebes, In, Instead, Longer-necked, Many, New World, Once, Penguins, Pennaceous, Some, Stroking, The, There
related to Importance · 13
Preening → Because, Birds, Despite, Displaced, During, In, It, Mechanoreceptors, One, Some, Studies, There, When
related to Secondary functions · 12
Preening → Bohemian, Courtship, During, Fighting European, In, Mallards, Nesting Sandwich, Ritualised, Ross's, The, UV, When
related to Potential problems · 11
Preening → Allopreening, Even, If, Ingested, It, Studies, The, There, This, West Nile, While
related to Allopreening · 9
Preening → Although, Birds, Captive, Evidence, In, It, Most, Several, These
related to Etymology · 7
Preening → English, It, Late Middle English, Latin, Scottish, The, This
related to External links · 3
Preening → Barred, YouTube, YouTubeSplendid
related to Interspecific allopreening · 2
Preening → For, While
is a · 1
Preening → maintenance behaviour found in birds that involves the use of the beak to position feathers

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birds feathers species preen allopreening oil may bird bird's time feather behaviour plumage social activity become two barbules gland bill

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Preeningis amaintenance behaviour found in birds that involves the use of the beak to position feathers0.90text
albatrossesinstance ofbetween the members of a pair in species0.80text
penguinsinstance ofbetween the members of a pair in species0.80text
where partners may be separated for a relatively long period of timeinstance ofbetween the members of a pair in species0.80text
and is far more common among sexually monomorphic speciesinstance ofbetween the members of a pair in species0.80text
Preeningrelated to AllopreeningAlthough0.60section
Preeningrelated to AllopreeningIt0.60section
Preeningrelated to AllopreeningMost0.60section
Preeningrelated to AllopreeningSeveral0.60section
Preeningrelated to AllopreeningThese0.60section
Preeningrelated to AllopreeningEvidence0.60section
Preeningrelated to AllopreeningIn0.60section

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