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The 12 pages that link to Altriciality, each with the reason it gives.

• MarsupialRelated: Marsupial newborns are exceptionally undeveloped, though the term also applies to other animals.

• Brood parasitismRelated: Helpless nestlings make host feeding and protection especially valuable.

• IncubationCompared with: Altricial young hatch at an earlier developmental stage despite successful egg incubation.

• PrecocialityCompared with: It is the contrasting strategy: altricial young hatch helpless rather than mobile and relatively independent.

• BroodingRelated: Altricial chicks need prolonged parental care, including warmth supplied by brooding.

• Ground-nesting birdCompared with: Altricial chicks remain in nests, contrasting with the mobile young common among many ground nesters.

• LagomorphaCompared with: Rabbit young are born helpless, unlike the well-furred, mobile young of hares.

• Marsupial reproductionRelated: Marsupial young show extreme postnatal dependence, though altriciality is not unique to marsupials.

• Mourning doveRelated: Newly hatched mourning doves are fed and brooded by their parents.

• HoatzinRelated: Hoatzin chicks hatch poorly developed and remain in nests until they can climb and fly.

• Gouldian finchRelated: Gouldian finch chicks hatch dependent on their parents for warmth and food.

• Spotted doveRelated: Newly hatched spotted doves require feeding and care from their parents.