Rookery

A rookery is a colony of breeding animals, generally birds.[1] A rookery is generally reserved for a colony of gregarious birds. [2]

For other uses, see Rookery (disambiguation).
Rook nest colony – rookery

While the term rookery may have come from the nesting habits of rooks, it is not reserved for corvids. Rooks – northern-European and central-Asian members of the crow family – nest in prominent colonies (multiple nests) at the tops of trees.[3]

The breeding grounds of colony-forming seabirds and marine mammals (true seals or sea lions) and even some turtles are also referred to[4] as rookeries.

The term "rookery" was also borrowed as a name for dense slum housing in nineteenth-century cities, especially in London.[5]

Paleontological evidence points to the existence of rookery-like colonies in the pterosaur Pterodaustro.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Rookery". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. https://www.thespruce.com/glossary-definition-rookery-385367
  3. "The Crow Family". Wild England. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. Ceriani, Weishampel, Ehrhart, Mansfield, Wunder (4 December 2017). "Foraging and recruitment hotspot dynamics for the largest Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookery". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 16894. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17206-3. PMC 5715148. PMID 29203929.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "History of the Seven Dials Area". Sevendials.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  6. "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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