"large" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They all lay eggs, with some species laying very large clutches.
- Incubation takes around 16 days but may be closer to three weeks for large clutches; it is generally done only by the female.
- The clutch is six to eight eggs but larger clutches have been noted.
- However, if food resources were abundant during the breeding season, and everything else stayed constant, raising a larger clutch would be possible.
- However, because of their large clutches, they can recover quickly.
- They typically produce large clutches consisting of many small eggs.
- The hole-nesting species tend to lay larger clutches, with an average of eight eggs, rather than just two to five.
- The secondary female birds in their study raised larger clutches than primary females.
- However, with such a large clutch it is difficult for her to maintain all her eggs at exactly the same temperature.
- Typical clutch size for the species is 150-300 eggs, though larger clutches up to 500 have been reported.
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