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Females lay single green eggs on food plant leaf. The whole lifecycle is approximately 53 days.

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Breeding season: July to December. Clutch size is 12. They form monogamous pairs and stay together outside the breeding season. Both parents choose and defend a nest site. The male stays with the female while she incubates the eggs. The nest is usually located over water in a down-lined tree hollow about 6-10 m high. Sometimes nests are placed on the ground, among clumps of grass near water, lined with down. Males do not assist with incubation but do look after the young when hatched. Once hatched, the young are ready to swim. Both parents protect their brood.

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Breeding season: October to March. Pairs are monogamous for the breeding season, and they breed in colonies, usually with other waterbirds. Nest is a shallow platform positioned in trees and bushes, usually as high up as possible. Both parents build the nest and incubate the eggs, with one brood per season being raised.

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Breeding season: July to September. Clutch size is four to seven eggs. During the summer, the non-breeding geese generally leave the islands for the mainland where they feed on improved pasture.

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Oviparous (egg laying) with a clutch size of two.

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Breeding season: any time of the year, in response to rainfall. Clutch size is six to eight eggs. Nest is a bare cavity in a suitable tree branch or in the trunk. The female incubates the eggs.

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Breeding season: September to February. Clutch size is three to four. Nest is a small depression in the ground, often in a clump of grass or another form of cover. The female incubates the eggs and takes care of the young. They are very nomadic, moving from drought-affected areas to areas of recent rainfall.

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Breeding season: August to May. Clutch size is seven to ten. Nest is a scrape on the ground, lined with grass, hidden in thick grasses under overhanging vegetation, not far from water. Both sexes incubate eggs. Young leave the nest straight after they hatch. Quails rarely fly, preferring to hide unless an intruder flushes them; then they fly low to the ground, with a rapid whirring flight.

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Viviparous (live young) with a clutch size of one to four (average two).

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Breeding season: February to October. Clutch size is four to six. They form monogamous pairs. Nests are made in a tree hollow of a stump, preferably with a vertical opening. Eggs are laid on a bed of decaying wood. The female incubates the eggs and the male hunts for food. The female leaves at intervals to be fed by the male. Both sexes feed the young.

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