plumage:
feathers of birds
(plumaje, plumas)
dull red: low-saturated red (color rojo apagado)
nape: the back side of the neck (nuca)
webs: membranes (membranas)
bill: horny projecting jaws of a bird (pico)
foraged:
collected
(recogidas, encontradas)
flocks: groups of birds (bandadas)
roosting: sit on a branch (en las ramas de los
árboles)
they have been reported to return... (Passive Voice) =
scientists have reported (that) they return... (Active
Voice)
(se ha informado que regresan)
perches: branches (ramas)
woodpecker holes: holes left by these birds (huecos que dejan los pájaros carpinteros)
hollows:
holes (agujeros) |
palms: palm trees (palmeras)
clutch size: number of birds at the same time
(cantidad de polluelos)
fledging periods: feather growing
(periodos de desarrollo del plumaje)
in the wild: in freedom (en libertad)
smuggled: transported illegally (contrabandeados)
painfully: in pain, unpleasantly (sufriendo, con dolor)
hunger (noun) = hungry (adjective) (hambre,
hambriento)
thirst (noun) = thirsty (adjective) (sed,
sediento)
fright (noun) = frightened (adjective) (miedo,
atemorizado)
nine out of every ten: (9 de cada 10)
encountered: found, met, come across (halladas
para)
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