| 1. | Incubation is completed in some 17 days, and the nestlings are altricial and nidicolous.
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| 2. | The chicks are altricial and nidicolous, with both adults feeding the nestlings and fledglings.
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| 3. | The chicks are altricial and nidicolous.
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| 4. | The nestlings are altricial and nidicolous.
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| 5. | Nestlings hatch naked and with their eyes closed and stay on the nest until fledging ( nidicolous ).
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| 6. | They use the same stimuli as non-nidicolous species to identify hosts, with body heat and odors often being the main factors.
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| 7. | However, not all precocial birds leave the nest; some may stay at the nest, and are thus considered to be nidicolous.
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| 8. | Lack's studies were based on nidicolous birds and some recent studies have suggested that his findings may not hold for other groups such as seabirds.
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| 9. | Other ticks, mainly the Argasidae, are " nidicolous ", finding hosts in their nests or burrows, and in caves in the case of bats.
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| 10. | The chicks are altricial and nidicolous; that is, they are born helpless, naked and blind, and remain in the nest for an extended period.
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