Examples of 'non-breeding' in a sentence
Meaning of "non-breeding"
Non-breeding refers to organisms that are not reproducing or are unable to reproduce. This term is commonly used in reference to animals that are not actively participating in the breeding process
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- Occurring outside of the breeding season; relating to any time of the year in which breeding does not take place.
- Of an animal, not breeding.
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Number of non-breeding sites attended by adults.
All puppies are sold on a Non-Breeding contract.
Non-breeding males have varying levels of yellow.
Seals spread widely in non-breeding season.
Herds of non-breeding males may also form.
There is also an enormous roost of non-breeding frigatebirds.
Non-breeding mangrove swallows normally forage in small flocks.
After spawning the non-breeding colours rapidly return.
Non-breeding birds may stay through the summer.
Clearance of vegetation and hunting on non-breeding roost islands.
Sometimes non-breeding males form their own groups.
Juvenile royal terns are similar to non-breeding adults.
Non-breeding plumage is duller and lacks the black margins.
A lower intensity call is produced in the non-breeding season.
Non-breeding adults are duller and browner than breeding birds.
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Investigate movement patterns and survival in non-breeding season.
Non-breeding males have mottled grey and green heads.
Little is known about the non-breeding distribution of this species.
Non-breeding birds have a longer tail than breeding birds.
Low return rates were caused by extensive non-breeding as well as mortality.
Non-breeding birds will roost on their host animals at night.
As with the breast band it is reduced in the non-breeding season.
The non-breeding male differs in having slightly paler plumage.
Some species have different breeding and non-breeding plumages.
The non-breeding birds feed in the vicinity of the islands.
Many procellariids undertake long annual migrations in the non-breeding season.
Non-breeding males are similar but may retain some dark feathers.
Young birds are like non-breeding adults but more rufous above.
Non-breeding birds may live along the coasts all year.
Gurneyi can also be told apart by its lack of a non-breeding plumage.
Non-breeding adults have brown streaks on the head and neck.
Zebra finches are social and non-breeding birds should be housed in groups.
Non-breeding individuals become helpers to relatives and assist to raise their brood.
The inactivated vaccine is safe for use in non-breeding and breeding animals.
Non-breeding birds have a smoky grey wings and back instead of white.
This habitat seems to be consistent between the breeding and non-breeding ranges.
The non-breeding appearance is typically white underneath with mainly black upperparts.
It is a socials species; multiple specimens often gather together in the non-breeding season.
The non-breeding penguins are grouped under the bushes to rest in the shade.
Plant material makes up more of their diet during the non-breeding season.
During non-breeding seasons the male plumage looks like the female plumage.
The yellow shoulders persist in all male plumages, whether breeding or non-breeding.
The non-breeding male is brown with blue in the wings and a bluish tail.
A group includes usually one dominant pair and several non-breeding birds.
Juvenile resembles a non-breeding adult, but with less variation in the feather colours.
They are the only avocet with distinct breeding and non-breeding plumages.
Migratory species will defend non-breeding feeding territories as well as their breeding ones.
Non-breeding birds may also remain year round in the tropical wintering quarters.
Our pet puppies are sold with a non-breeding agreement, and will need to be sterilised.
The non-breeding male resembles the female but retains the red eye.
