Tsuntsayen tsaunuka suna amfani da:
- duk tsawon shekara, alal misali, jaka;
- don kwanciya ƙwai. Tsuntsayen da ke zaune a bakin teku suna ba da zuriya a tsakanin duwatsu, misali, katantanwar toka ta Amurka;
- yayin jirgin zuwa yankuna masu dumi don shakatawa. Tsuntsaye, tsuntsaye masu ruwa, masu farauta da sauransu suna tsayawa a cikin tsaunuka.
Yanayin wurin zama a cikin tsaunuka masu tsauri ne, saboda haka tsuntsaye masu tsayi daban da na danginsu da ke rayuwa a cikin daji da ciyayi. Suna da manyan jiki don tsayayya da ƙarfin iska, fuka-fukai masu kauri, suna kiyayewa daga iska mai sanyi. Dabi'ar cin abinci ta dace da ɗan ƙaramin abincin da aka samo daga duwatsu da ƙananan ciyayi.
Mikiya
Griffon ungulu
Oriole
Lambun farauta
Robin
Magpie
Malamin dare
Bakar busasshen warbler
Gaggauta
Andean condor
Ular
Rago gemu
Mai kwalliya
Teterev
Mountain wagtail
Mai hawa bango mai fuka-fuki
Kestrel gama gari
Mujiya
Gano dutsen da aka hango
Sauran tsuntsayen tsaunuka
Punochka
Jan-lumbar haɗiye
Rock haɗiye
Lanner (Rumun Bahar Rum)
Tundra tanda
Accarin lafazi
Mai tsayi jackdaw
Gwataran dusar ƙanƙara
Ywaro mai rawaya
Abinci
Lemon fayel
Dutsen dutse
Hankaka
Black Redstart
Yin farauta a kan dutse
Gwarzon dutse
Chushitsa
Ungulu
Black cookbald kuka
Gaggafa
Broadtail
Kammalawa
Tsuntsayen da ke kan tsaunuka suna rayuwa ne a tsawan ƙananan amfani na rayuwa. Kwayoyin tsuntsaye sun sami canje-canje da sauyawa, waɗanda suka haɗa da:
- ƙara musayar gas;
- saurin yaduwar oxygen zuwa zaren tsoka;
- ƙara fuka-fukai, wanda ke rage farashin kuzari na tashi a cikin iska mai ƙarancin ƙarfi.
Tsayi mai tsayi yana da wahala tsuntsaye su tashi; aikin jirgi yana shafar:
- saurin iska;
- zafin jiki;
- yawan iska.
Waɗannan abubuwan suna tsoma baki tare da kimiyyar halittar jikin avian (dagawa da shawagi).
Koyaya, zama cikin tsaunuka kuma yana da kyawawan halaye. Tsuntsaye basa shan wahala daga katsalandan mutane.