Rookery

Rook nest colony – rookery

A rookery is a colony of breeding animals, generally birds.[1] Rooks – northern-European and central-Asian members of the crow family – nest in prominent colonies (multiple nests) at the tops of trees.[2] The word applies to the nesting place of birds, such as crows and rooks, the source of the term. The breeding grounds of colony-forming seabirds and marine mammals (true seals or sea lions) and even some turtles are also referred to[3] as rookeries.

The term "rookery" was also borrowed as a name for dense slum housing in nineteenth-century cities, especially in London.[4]

Paleological evidence points to the existence of a pterodaustro rookery.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rookery". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Crow Family". Wild England. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Ceriani, Weishampel, Ehrhart, Mansfield, Wunder (4 December 2017). "Foraging and recruitment hotspot dynamics for the largest Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookery". Scientific Reports. 7.
  4. ↑ "History of the Seven Dials Area". Sevendials.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  5. ↑ "Discovery News ''New Pterosaur Fossils Reveal Diversity''". Dsc.discovery.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2010-04-29.



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