Mixed-species foraging flock
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mixed-species-foraging-flock-278-9935721
title:
Mixed-species foraging flock
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A mixed-species feeding flock, also termed a mixed-species foraging flock, mixed hunting party or informally bird wave, is a flock of usually insectivorous birds of different species that join each other and move together while foraging. These are different from feeding aggregations, which are congregations of several species of bird at areas of high food availability. While it is currently unknown how mixed-species foraging flocks originate, researchers have proposed a few mechanisms for their
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Swarming behaviour of birds when foraging
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-species_foraging_flock
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2024-02-17T10:33:13Z
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