Some species also build communal roosting nests for overnight rest.

In the nearest tree a colony of social weavers had built their communal nest.

They defend a single territory and lay their eggs in one communal nest.

They share a territory as well as a communal nest.

Several pairs share a territory as well as a communal nest.

A communal nest may contain up to 12 eggs.

Five merged circles, a communal nest, sprawled along the front of the shell.

Females lay 2-14 eggs, occasionally in a communal nest shared by more than one female.

There is some evidence that they will occasionally lay communal nests.

A female ostrich can distinguish her own eggs from the others in a communal nest.