how does it responds to its predators?
The parents use various methods like the "broken-wing display" to distract predators during the breeding season.
Killdeer
The parents use various methods to distract predators during the breeding season. One method is the "broken-wing display", also known as "injury feigning".
what bird builds its nest on the ground Killdeer. where is it found? In the Americas. how does it look like? It has a short, thick, and dark bill, flesh-colored legs, and a red eye ring. Its are mostly brown with rufous fringes, its cap, back, and wings being the former color. It has a white forehead and a white stripe behind the eye, and its lores and the upper borders to the white forehead are black.
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Killdeer [SEP] Responses to predators
The parents use various methods to distract predators during the breeding season. One method is the "broken-wing display", also known as "injury feigning". Before displaying, it usually runs from its nest, making alarm calls and other disturbances. When the bird has the attention of the predator, the former turns its tail towards the latter, displaying the threatening orange color of the rump. It then crouches, droops its wings, and lowers its tail. With an increasing intensity, the wings are held higher, the tail is fanned out, and the tail becomes more depressed. Another behavior that has received attention is the "ungulate display", where the adult raises its wings, exposes its rump, lowers its head, and charges at the intruder.