Nestling

This article describes the juveniles of birds and rodents. For the fungus Nidularia deformis , see: Nestlinge , for the rock: Nestling Rock .

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Newborn color mice still have embryonic characteristics: nestling.

As nestlings juveniles are referred to as so-called Nesthocker still live in the nest of their parents. The term nestling is applied both to the offspring of birds and to the offspring of rodents , for example young rats , mice and golden hamsters as well as rabbits that only accidentally leave the nest in the first two weeks after birth.

In English, as in some Romance languages, species whose offspring are initially not very mobile and do not leave the nest are referred to as altricial . The Latin root word  alere means: raise, raise or nourish .

The time that the nestlings spend in their parents' nest (in the case of birds, the time from hatching to fledgling) is the nestling time or nestling duration .

If a nestling is old enough to train his flying skills and independent feeding outside of the nest, a new phase of his life begins and he turns from a nestling to a branchling .

See also

• Refugee
• Baby carrier
• Voice feeling

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nestling. On: duden.de , accessed on September 10, 2015.
2. ↑ Pest control> Rodents> Mice> House mouse. On: asd-muenchen.de , accessed on May 5, 2019.
3. ^ Website of the Emmendingen animal shelter with information on nestlings. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .