-
advantage for
birds following swarms of army
ants. The
claws of
these antbirds are
longer than
those of
species that do not
follow ants, and the soles...
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Argentine ant,
immigrant pavement ant,
yellow crazy ant,
banded sugar ant,
pharaoh ant, red wood
ant,
black carpenter ant,
odorous house ant, red imported...
- is a
maintenance behavior during which birds rub insects,
usually ants, on
their feathers and skin. The
bird may pick up the
insects in its bill and...
- The name army
ant (or
legionary ant or marabunta) is
applied to over 200
ant species in
different lineages.
Because of
their aggressive predatory foraging...
- to
other birds that
specialize in
following ants, this
family is the most tied to the ground. The long,
powerful legs (which lend the
birds a distinctive...
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collect on leaves.
Birds of arid
regions make use of
loose soil to dust-bathe. A
behaviour termed as
anting in
which the
bird encourages ants to run through...
- The
little black ant (Monomorium minimum) is a
species of
ant native to
North America. It is a
shiny black color, the
workers about 1 to 2 mm long and...
- The red-crowned
ant tanager (Habia rubica) is a medium-sized p****erine
bird from
tropical America. The
genus Habia was long
placed with the
tanagers (Thraupidae)...
- The
banded sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus), also
known as the
sugar ant, is a
species of
ant native to Australia. A
member of the
genus Camponotus in...
-
Zealand in 1940, but the
ant was last seen in 1981.
These ants are
commonly known as bull
ants,
bulldog ants or jack
jumper ants, and are also ****ociated...