dormitórios comuns

English translation: communal roosts

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Portuguese term or phrase:dormitórios comuns
English translation:communal roosts
Entered by: Beatriz Baker Méio

19:33 Apr 29, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / definição de pássaros
Portuguese term or phrase: dormitórios comuns
A postura de descanso do savacu é normalmente um pouco curvada, mas, quando caça, estende o pescoço, como fazem algumas outras aves. Em geral, ele se posta à beira da água e espera para emboscar a presa, principalmente à noite e ao amanhecer. Tem dormitórios comuns durante o dia nas matas de mangues. Vaga solitário durante a noite nos ...
Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
Brazil
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communal roosts
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Beatriz Baker Méio
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4 +8communal roosts
Beatriz Baker Méio
3 +2collective dormitories
Linda Miranda


  

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collective dormitories


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Every day, multilingual guides, specially trained in Rain Forest ecosystems , will lead you on excursions, hikes, early morning bird watching outings, canoeing on black water rivers and lakes as well as visit to bird's dormitory's.
http://www.amazontravel.com/piranha.asp

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"Species we can control efficiently are:
common starlings, in parks, squares, gardens and boulevards used as collective dormitories."
http://www.gentilisflorentiae.com/en/bird-control.php

Linda Miranda
Portugal
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
43 mins
  -> Obrigada!

agree  rir: or communal dormitories...http://birdnote.org/show/nesting-and-roosting
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
communal roosts


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  • Communal roosting is practiced by birds when large flocks or colonies roost together usually in trees with several hundred on each.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=%22communal+roost%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Beatriz Baker Méio
United States
Local time: 10:37
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agree  Fabio M. Caldas
42 mins
  -> Obrigada, Fabio!

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Muriel!

agree  Gilmar Fernandes
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Gilmar!

agree  Mario Freitas:
2 hrs
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agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Patricia

agree  rir
4 hrs
  -> Obrigada!

agree  Beatriz Souza: http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/stories/2007/oct07/crows.htm - beatriz_souza
7 hrs
  -> Obrigada!

agree  Claudio Mazotti
23 hrs
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