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How Birds Get Pregnant: Fascinating Facts About Bird Mating 

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Unlike mammals, birds don’t get pregnant. Instead, they lay eggs after fertilization. 

1. Do Birds Get Pregnant 

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The male and female touch their Cloacas, a common reproductive and excretory opening, which called the "cloacal kiss." This allows sperm to pass from the male to the female, fertilizing the eggs inside her body. The female then lays eggs, which develop externally.

2. What is fertilization

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Sparrows engage in quick courtship, and the female lays eggs in nests, incubating them for about two weeks. 

3. How Sparrows Reproduce 

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Parrots bond through feeding and preening before the female lays eggs in tree hollows. 

4. Parrot Mating Rituals 

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Crows mate, with the female laying eggs in high tree nests, incubated for around 18 days. 

5. The Crow’s Breeding Process 

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Male peacocks perform feather displays to attract peahens, who lay eggs on the ground. 

6. Peacock and Peahen Courtship 

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Ducks mate in water, after which females lay eggs in concealed nests near water bodies. 

7. Duck Reproduction 

Pigeons build nests and lay two eggs per clutch, incubating them for about 17 days. 

8. Pigeon Egg-Laying Cycle 

Koels are brood parasites, laying their eggs in crow nests to be raised by foster parents. 

9. Asian Koel’s Unique Strategy 

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Swans mate for life and build large nests where the female incubates eggs for over a month. 

10. Swan Mating and Nesting 

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Owls nest in tree hollows or abandoned nests, with females lays eggs - males provides food. 

11. Owl Breeding Behavior 

Kingfishers dig burrows in riverbanks to lay eggs, with both parents incubating. 

12. Kingfisher Egg Incubation 

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