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Greater lophorina (1,379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

courtship displays in the avian world. There are two main stages of courtship display. The first display, known as the initial display activity, involves

Sandwich tern (1,270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and the offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. The terns are small to medium-sized seabirds, gull-like in appearance

Eastern parotia (221 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

species of Parotia, the male is polygamous and performs spectacular courtship display in the forest ground. The clutch contains 1, maybe occasionally 2

Grey-headed swamphen (342 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

subspecies groups are designated full species. The male has an elaborate courtship display, holding water weeds in his bill and bowing to the female with loud

Growling riflebird (242 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

easternmost Papua New Guinea. The male is polygamous and performs its courtship display solitarily. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods. A common

Flame bowerbird (228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rainforests of southern New Guinea. The male flame bowerbird also has a courtship display along with his bower, twisting his tails and his wings to the side

Little tern (874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

environments. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. This is a small tern, 21–25 cm long with a 41–47 cm wingspan. It

Masked bowerbird (177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

be a bird-of-paradise. Indeed, the male flame bowerbird also has a courtship display along with his bower. He twists his tails and his wings to the side

Elegant tern (752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tern. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. This Pacific species has wandered to western Europe as a rare vagrant

MacGregor's bowerbird (305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

erectile orange yellow crest, that is partly hidden until shown in courtship display. The unadorned female is similar to the male, but without the crest

Spotted bowerbird (1,813 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The spotted bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata) is a sedentary, mid-sized passerine found across broad parts of the drier habitats of eastern Australia. The

Rufous-tailed lark (910 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

indistinguishable in the field but during the breeding season, the male has a courtship display that involves flying up steeply and then nose-diving and pulling up

Collared plover (628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

January in Venezuela, and March in the lowlands of Ecuador. The male's courtship display involves fluffing out his breast feathers and running after the female;

Phidippus apacheanus (453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

coloration and their general shape. These spiders have an interesting courtship display, the males first holds his carapace high, shifting the abdomen to

Platycypha fitzsimonsi (199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

white colouration (foot waggling) towards ovipositing females as a courtship display. Male Males Immature male Immature male Suhling, F. (2017). "Platycypha

Variegated fairywren (2,491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wrens pluck yellow petals and display them to females as part of a courtship display. These birds are primarily insectivorous and forage and live in the

Thalasseus (452 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tern. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. These species have long thin sharp bills, usually a shade of yellow

Forster's tern (2,825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tern. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. This is a small tern, 33–36 cm (13–14 in) long with a 64–70 cm (25–28 in)

Maratus australis (119 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

species of the peacock spider genus, characterised by its distinctive courtship display. Otto, Jürgen C.; Hill, David E. (22 May 2016). "Seven new peacock

Maratus tessellatus (113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

species of the peacock spider genus, characterised by its distinctive courtship display. Otto, Jürgen C.; Hill, David E. (22 May 2016). "Seven new peacock

Maratus lobatus (145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

species of the peacock spider genus, characterised by its distinctive courtship display. They are found on the south coast of Western Australia and in South

Maratus bubo (113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

species of the peacock spider genus, characterised by its distinctive courtship display. Otto, Jürgen C.; Hill, David E. (22 May 2016). "Seven new peacock

Maratus vultus (107 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

species of the peacock spider genus, characterised by its distinctive courtship display. Otto, Jürgen C.; Hill, David E. (22 May 2016). "Seven new peacock

Maratus albus (122 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

species of the peacock spider genus, characterised by its distinctive courtship display. Otto, Jürgen C.; Hill, David E. (22 May 2016). "Seven new peacock

Clark's grebe (2,767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

worms, crustaceans, and salamanders. It performs the same elaborate courtship display as the western grebe. The "Clark" of its common name—and its specific

Maratus vespa (216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the peacock spider genus, Maratus, characterised by its distinctive courtship display. The male spiders are characterized by a bright abdomen, lateral flaps

Wolf spider (2,678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

courtship display, either stridulation, or drumming their fore legs on the ground, but some also dependent on visual cues in their courtship display,

Superb fairywren (4,333 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wrens pluck yellow petals and display them to females as part of a courtship display. The superb fairywren can be found in almost any area that has at

Coastal peacock spider (291 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Like other Maratus spiders, the males of the species engage in a courtship display during which they raise their third pair of legs and their abdomen

Gular skin (390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gular skin (or gular sac or throat sac) is used dramatically. During courtship display, the male forces air into the sac, causing it to inflate over a period

Maratus sceletus (212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Maratus spiders, the males of the species engage in an elaborate courtship display. This involves the male raising his third legs and waving them around

Western capercaillie (4,222 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

this primarily-ground-dwelling forest grouse is renowned for its courtship display. The bird shows extreme sexual dimorphism, with males nearly twice

Red-winged fairywren (3,613 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wrens pluck yellow petals and display them to females as part of a courtship display. The red-winged fairywren was described by ornithologist John Gould

Gaping (animal behavior) (530 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

threat that these represent. Animals may also use gaping as part of a courtship display, or to otherwise communicate with each other. Some animals have evolved

T. W. Wood (1,562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Descent of Man and Wallace's The Malay Archipelago. He studied the courtship display behaviour of pheasants, observing them closely and publishing the

Beautiful sheartail (660 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

insects by hawking from a perch. Male beautiful sheartails make a courtship display by rocking back and forth in front of the female and then making a

Bird nest (7,867 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

or all of the nest building. The nest may also form a part of the courtship display such as in weaver birds. The ability to choose and maintain good nest

Vervain hummingbird (1,127 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flying insects. Male vervain hummingbirds make what appears to be courtship display flights, a flat horizontal circle by itself or with dives between

Tympanuchus (430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

They are found in North America in different types of prairie. In courtship display on leks, males make hooting sounds and dance with the head extended

Lesser florican (1,757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

during the breeding season, as they were easy to spot because of their courtship display. It was said to be good for eating but considered inferior to the

Bridled tern (619 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tern. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. In non-breeding plumage Bridled tern, at rookery Juvenile on Lady

Helmeted manakin (1,261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

season where they perform a courtship display for an onlooking female. The female helmeted manakin initiates the courtship display with short call. Up to six

Eurasian woodcock (3,263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

male performs a courtship display flight called 'roding' at dusk between April and June. A mating call is performed during courtship display flights: orr

Yellow-crowned night heron (3,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

they form a pair among other nesting birds. The male concludes his courtship display with a whoop which may or may not lead to the pair actually forming

White-browed wagtail (1,987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

doi:10.2307/3275259. JSTOR 3275259. Kirkpatrick, KM (1954). "The courtship display of the Large Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis (Gmelin)". J.

Ptiloris (2,214 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cooper, W.T. (1996). "Courtship display and mating of Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae with notes on the courtship display of cogeneric species"

Bumblebee hummingbird (1,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

species feeds on small arthropods. Male bumblebee hummingbirds make a courtship display by hovering in front of a female with the gorget spread and tail cocked

Apophallation (331 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1080/07924259.2002.9652738. S2CID 83829239. Rymzhanov, T.S. (1994). "Courtship display and copulation mechanism in the slugs of the genus Deroceras (Mollusca

Bohaiornithidae (1,150 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dimorphism, with the feathers being used by male members of a species for courtship display. A subadult specimen of an indeterminate bohaiornithid described in

Western parotia (385 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of courtship displays on terrestrial courts in exploded leks. In courtship display, the male performs a ballerina-like dance with its elongated black

Red-breasted merganser (1,009 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wiesbaden Three red-breasted mergansers at the rocks in Sipoo, Finland Courtship display BirdLife International (2018). "Mergus serrator". IUCN Red List of

Roseate tern (1,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tern. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. Unusual for a tern, the roseate tern shows some kleptoparasitic behaviour

Double-banded sandgrouse (651 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the northern part of the range than the south. The male has a courtship display in which he walks round in circles with his beak near the ground and

Snowy egret (1,117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vines or thick undergrowth. He then attracts a mate with an elaborate courtship display which includes dipping up and down, bill raising, aerial displays

Aechmophorus (983 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between the two species. Western and Clark's grebes take part in a courtship display known as mate feeding. This occurs regularly between a mated pair

Common black hawk (769 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

soaring, with occasional lazy flaps, and has a talon-touching aerial courtship display. The call is a distinctive piping spink-speenk-speenk-spink-spink-spink

Black-headed duck (975 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

duck is usually silent. It does give a low "quah quah" as part of a courtship display, and also "a two note grunt followed by a whistle: – gr-rump-freet

Masked shrike (2,854 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chasing or competing vocally with neighbouring males. The male's courtship display, usually accompanied by singing, starts with the bird perching erect

Lawes's parotia (456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

eye and elongated black flank feathers, that spread skirt-like in courtship display. The female is a brown bird with dark head, yellow iris and dark-barred

African goshawk (847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

weaver colonies. The African goshawk is territorial and the typical courtship display is performed by both sexes when they fly together in an undulated

Mangrove black hawk (315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

soaring, with occasional lazy flaps, and has a talon-touching aerial courtship display. "Buteogallus subtilis". Avibase. Clark, W. S. 2007. Taxonomic status

Wild China (1,611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

centre and place them in an artificial nest to film them hatching. The courtship display of Temminck's tragopans was filmed using a captive pair of birds habituated

Lesser crested tern (964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tern. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. This is a medium-large tern, very similar in size and general appearance

Subantarctic snipe (523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cover and feeds on a range of invertebrates. It has a characteristic courtship display which takes place at night when males make vertical dives from considerable

Northern black korhaan (603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and seeds. Breeding takes place at any time of year. The male has a courtship display involving dipping flights, flaring white feathers and the ritual chasing

African harrier-hawk (1,169 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

trees neighbouring the nest. The clutch is one to three eggs. In the courtship display for African harrier-hawks, either one of or both individuals in a

Egyptian goose (2,028 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The male Egyptian goose attracts its mate with an elaborate, noisy courtship display that includes honking, neck stretching and feather displays. The Egyptian

Zebra dove (1,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the breeding season is from September to June. The males perform a courtship display where they bow and coo while raising and spreading the tail. Upon

Lek paradox (1,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

perform equally and it would signify nothing to the females. But if the courtship display is somehow deleterious to the male’s survival—such as increased predator

Dark chanting goshawk (1,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mongoose. The dark chanting goshawk is a territorial nester. The courtship display is performed by both sexes during which the male repeatedly dives

Arfak astrapia (718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the exact rearing period is unknown. All that is known about the courtship display is that the males display on a branch upside-down with their nape

Yellow-billed cotinga (467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A swooping form of flight has been observed which is possibly a courtship display. Although no exact count has been made of these birds, it is estimated

Snowball (cockatoo) (1,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

believed to be unrelated to the male Eleonora cockatoo's natural courtship display, which is described as "simple and brief" and involves strutting towards

Orchard oriole (950 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bowing their head and torso toward the male. Seesawing, the second courtship display, involves repetitively alternating lowering and raising the head and

Troides amphrysus (742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

broad circles above them. The males perform an elaborate quivering courtship display several metres above the females, before copulation. Later in the

Black eagle (1,605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and was absent from areas where the cover was less than 50%. The courtship display involves steep dives with folded wings with swoops up in a U shape

Denham's bustard (833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

droppings. Like all bustards, the male Denham's bustard performs a courtship display to attract the attention on females, on what is called a lek. During

Common iora (1,424 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

season, mainly after the monsoons, the male performs an acrobatic courtship display, darting up into the air fluffing up all his feathers, especially

White hawk (1,248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This species is often seen soaring, and has a spectacular aerial courtship display. It builds a large stick platform nest in a tree and usually lays

Pale batis (696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fripping their wings and making "wik" calls. The male has a zigzag courtship display flight which he performs along with wing fripping, tail fanning and

Mellisugini (987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mellisugini have specialized tail feathers that produce sounds during their courtship display. This is not restricted to this tribe as males in the genus Discosura

Costa's hummingbird (815 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Baja California Peninsula of Mexico. The male Costa's hummingbird's courtship display is a spirited series of swoops and arcing dives, using an angle to

Magnificent bird-of-paradise (1,228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

family Paradisaeidae, the male is polygamous and performs an elaborate courtship display, very unique in its family. These birds build their courts on rugged

Green heron (1,691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

monogamous. The pairs form in the breeding range, after an intense courtship display by the males, who select the nesting sites and fly in front of the

Pectoral sandpiper (1,417 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

crustaceans) and other invertebrates, as well as seeds. The male has a courtship display which involves puffing up his breast, which has a fat sac in the breeding

Marshall's iora (1,001 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and white tail. — Daniel Marien The species is believed to have a courtship display not unlike that of the common iora. It breeds from June to August

Brush bronzewing (905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a breeding display similar to the common bronzewing, including a courtship display of bowing and a vocal advertisement of a low repeated 'hoop' or 'whoo'

Double-toothed kite (1,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

generally be in the local spring and early summer. The species makes courtship display flights above the canopy; males also feed females during courtship

Rock ptarmigan (2,670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and colour exists between the species, and that the comb is used in courtship display and aggressive interactions between males. Many studies have shown

Rosella (1,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the wing. Mutual preening is not exhibited by the genus, and the courtship display is simple; the male waves his tail sideways, and engages in some head

Kererū (6,165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

stall at the top of the flight, before a steep swooping descent. The courtship display includes the male turning around on a perch adjacent to a female,

Short-eared owl (1,993 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

females. The male swoops down over the nest flapping its wings in a courtship display. These owls are generally monogamous. The short-eared owl nests on

Salticus (964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the dorsal coloration does not seem to be involved in the male’s courtship display the coloration may have been selected for camouflage or mimicry. For

Reproduction and life cycle of the golden eagle (7,725 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Golden eagles usually mate for life. A breeding pair is formed in a courtship display. This courtship includes undulating displays by both in the pair,

Paradise riflebird (1,319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

territorial behavior over these perches during the mating season. The courtship display is composed of rapid side-to-side movements of the wings, which are

Ctenochromis horei (440 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

distinct orange spot that is located on the anal fin to females as a courtship display. The males attain lengths of 18–20 centimetres (7.1–7.9 in) and the

Nkhomo-benga peacock (462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in small schools. If a female is enticed to lay eggs by the male's courtship display she will lay eggs and take them into her mouth. The males of this

Southern fulmar (1,303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cliffs in ice-free areas with the birds arriving in October. The courtship display consists of a pair sitting alongside each other while calling, waving

Eristalis nemorum (522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

peaking around July and August. The males show a characteristic courtship display, hovering above a foraging female for minutes. When many males are

Greater coucal (1,981 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chiefly June to September. Greater coucals are monogamous, and the courtship display involves chases on the ground and the male brings food gifts for the

Great hornbill (3,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hornbills". Stray Feathers. 8 (6): 459–463. Hutton, A.F. (1986). "Mass courtship display by Great Pied Hornbill Buceros bicornis". Journal of the Bombay Natural

Common pochard (2,668 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is generally silent, though he may whistle softly as part of his courtship display. The female growls softly—a sound transcribed as krrr—if she is flushed

Spinner dolphin (2,464 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Foundation. 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2017. Spinning may also serve as a courtship display, or to eject water from the upper respiratory tract, reset organs

Dictator game (3,160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

standard dictator game, testing theories that altruism may serve as a courtship display. This study found no relationship between attractiveness and altruism

Flagfish (671 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

female will lay 20 eggs over a period of a few days. They have a courtship display in which the female encourages the male to chase her by nipping him

Jumping spider (4,789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Courtship display of Saitis barbipes jumping spider

White-throated kingfisher (2,326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

call in the early morning. The tail may be flicked now and in its courtship display the wings are stiffly flicked open for a second or two exposing the

Lesser frigatebird (2,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sac on the front of the throat which is inflated during courtship. Courtship display also involves a variety of calls, bill rattling and spreading of the

Sirkeer malkoha (1,247 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

non-parasitic. The breeding season varies from March to August. Their courtship display involves pairs bowing with the tail splayed wide, held upright and

Canarian houbara (780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

when breeding, males hold and defend individual territories for courtship display some 500–1000 m across. During this period both sexes tend to be solitary

Laughing dove (2,204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flick of the wings characteristic of pigeons in general. The male in courtship display follows the female with head bobbing displays while cooing. The male

Sociobiology (3,576 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Selection and Altruism" Tessman, Irwin (1995). "Human altruism as a courtship display". Forum: 157. Johnson, Wendy; Turkheimer, E.; Gottesman, Irving; Bouchard

White-collared starling (675 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

circular flights from a conspicuous pearch, which was interpreted as a courtship display. BirdLife International (2016). "Grafisia torquata". IUCN Red List

Whistling heron (1,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

groups up to 100, especially before roosting for the night. In a courtship display, the birds fly back and forth and glide in circles. A captive pair

Chatham albatross (1,525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

threatened and also during courtship. Besides the sound they will put on a courtship display which includes fanning of the tail, mutual jousting of bills, and

Zone-tailed hawk (1,956 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

loose breeding season in the true tropics. The mating pair performs a courtship display, which may include engaging in aerial loops, dives, and rolls with

Spot-billed pelican (2,230 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the breeding season follows the onset of the northeast monsoon. The courtship display of the males involves a distention of the pouch with swinging motions

Habronattus pyrrithrix (1,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

keep their attention. Females tend to move around during a male's courtship display, which may be why males rely on more than just visual displays to

Long-tailed finch (1,613 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

acuticauda approach unfamiliar members of the species and engage in a courtship display, holding themselves in an upright posture and singing, before attempting

Gorgasia preclara (478 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to increase proximity to one another. Males will often engage in a courtship display of protective behaviors and may bite rival eels. After a male has

Phasianus (1,246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mateos, C.; Carranza, J. (1999). "Effects of male dominance and courtship display on female choice in the ring-necked pheasant". Behavioral Ecology

Long-trained nightjar (627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

breed between November and January in most of its range. Males make a courtship display on the ground by raising their tail in a conspicuous white "V". Eggs

Black-winged kite (2,812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bombay Natural History Society. 94 (3): 566. Sharma, A.K. (1993). "Courtship display of Blackwinged Kite". Newsletter for Birdwatchers. 33 (3): 54. Srinivas

Senegal batis (1,156 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

batis. The breeding season seems to run between January and July. The courtship display is very similar to the territorial aggression display, and the male

Verdin (1,176 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

red-brown spots, concentrated at the bottom end of the egg. No formal courtship display is known for the species, but males sing more frequently during breeding

Great Indian bustard (2,879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

landing down to lock the opponent's head under their neck. During courtship display, the male inflates the gular sac which opens under the tongue, inflating

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (3,150 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

females. GnRH injections enhance copulation solicitation (a type of courtship display) in white-crowned sparrows. In mammals, GnRH injections facilitate

Souimanga sunbird (1,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the breast which become visible when the birds lift their wings in courtship display. Males presumably moult into a duller eclipse plumage by March–April

Barney A. Schlinger (841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

important model because the males perform a physically elaborate courtship display. As a suboscine songbird their behavior and its neurohormonal basis

Turkey (bird) (3,928 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

pale and 2–3 cm long. However, when the male begins strutting (the courtship display), the snood engorges with blood, becomes redder and elongates several

Peafowl (5,918 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with viewing angle, causing iridescence. Most commonly, during a courtship display, the visiting female peahen will stop directly in front of the male

Schizocosa stridulans (2,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rubbing body parts together) and audibly tapping the forelegs. In the courtship display, the seismic courtship signal, which is based on the surrounding environment

Poultry (6,262 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

called a snood, that hang from the top of the beak and are used in courtship display. Wild turkeys can fly, but seldom do so, preferring to run with a

Fin (4,733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Spinosaurus may have used its dorsal fin (sail) as a courtship display.: 28

Saitis barbipes (814 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spiders can jump at great distances. These legs are also used in courtship display. When the male spots a female, he raises vertically the third pair

Atlantic trumpetfish (611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opportunity arises. Like many fish, trumpetfishes have an elaborate courtship display, in which they employ their colour-changing abilities, so often used

Montagu's blenny (883 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shallow, sometimes intertidal water, from May to August. The male's courtship display consists of rocking his head from side to side. The eggs are demersal

Surf scoter (3,156 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

generally silent and their few vocalizations are poorly known. During courtship display, males perform a gurgling call and an explosive puk-puk. Females defend

Common blackbird (5,593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

larger thrushes. The male common blackbird attracts the female with a courtship display which consists of oblique runs combined with head-bowing movements

Red-wattled lapwing (2,891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 84-87334-67-9. OCLC 60359701. Vyas, Rakesh (1997). "Flocking and courtship display in Redwattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)". Journal of the Bombay Natural

Australian pratincole (1,366 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

trilled pree or short phrase pree-pree-pippip-pip which is used during courtship display and when flying to mate. Alarm call — loud sharp notes in increasing

Red-bellied piranha (2,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ventral surfaces close to one another. Although this may appear to be a courtship display, a closer look reveals that the adults are actually defending nesting

Greater hoopoe-lark (1,184 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

August when the rains were delayed have been noted in India. The courtship display of the male consists of rising with fluttering wing-strokes and then

Red-bellied piranha (2,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ventral surfaces close to one another. Although this may appear to be a courtship display, a closer look reveals that the adults are actually defending nesting

Eurasian magpie (4,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

territory on successive years. Mating takes place in spring. In the courtship display, males rapidly raise and depress their head feathers, uplift, open

Nice guy (4,115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2015. Retrieved 6 September 2017. Barclay, P (2010). "Altruism as a courtship display: some effects of third-party generosity on audience perceptions".

Bowerbird (3,534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Satin bowerbirds commonly mimic other local species as part of their courtship display. Bowerbirds have also been observed creating optical illusions in

Peruvian sheartail (1,494 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

so it is not clear whether they are guarding feeding resources or courtship display areas. Females tend to remain fairly deep in vegetation and males'

Eastern bluebonnet (1,373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

run later in response to prolonged periods of rainfall. During his courtship display the male bluebonnet will raise and lower his 'crest', stretch his

Greater racket-tailed drongo (2,424 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

its range. The breeding season in India is April to August. Their courtship display may involve hops and turns on branches with play behaviour involving

Oreochromis mortimeri (872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(13 ft) in depth. The male attracts the females to the arena using a courtship display. The female lays the eggs and they are fertilised by the male before

Fulvous whistling duck (3,434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

July and August. Fulvous whistling ducks show lifelong monogamy; the courtship display is limited to some mutual head-dipping before mating and a short dance

Indian robin (2,641 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

British Museum. Vol. 4. pp. 151–153. Thyagaraju, A. S. (1955). "The courtship (?) display of the Blackbacked Indian Robin [Saxicoloides fulicata (Linn.)]"

Long-tailed widowbird (2,743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shortened tails: males with shortened tails neither became less active in courtship display, nor did they give up their breeding territories. Thus, the tail is

Bohemian waxwing (4,056 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2010) p. 403. Campbell (1997) p. 466. Meaden, F M; Harrison, C J O. "Courtship display in the Waxwing". British Birds. 58 (6): 206–208. Fransson, T; Kolehmainen

Iago sparrow (2,495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The male invites the female to copulate by giving the crouching courtship display, and after ignoring and pecking at him initially, the female solicits

Dark-bellied cinclodes (1,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the far south and as early as August in the north. Males make a courtship display from a perch by flapping both wings, shaking the tail up and down

Long-billed plover (2,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

her. When a female comes to the nest, the male spreads his tail for courtship display. The female passes under the tail of the male and enters the nest

Dissosteira carolina (1,337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

male D. carolina take flight and hover, clicking their wings in a courtship display to attract females. Males produce a calling signal by stridulating

Phidippus californicus (1,466 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Previously mated females may retreat, or attack the male as prey. Male courtship display is similar to that of P. apacheanus, P. clarus, or P. octopunctatus

Maratus volans (2,198 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

protect both the female and male from potential dangers. During the courtship display the male will slowly approach the female, as he lowers his carapace

Albert's lyrebird (2,310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mating system of Albert's lyrebird is unknown; although the male courtship display has been well documented. The male birds use a flat piece of ground

Our Planet (2,294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

attract a mate. Different species of manakins have different types of courtship display. A herd of caribou retreat into a forest to take shelter from the

FOXP2 (5,858 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

singing refers to when a male is singing to a female usually for a courtship display. "Undirected" singing occurs when for example, a male sings when other

Upland goose (2,360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

collaboration with Falkland Conservation. Males attract females through a courtship display in which they whistle loudly, to which the female responds with softer

Triceratops (10,019 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The two main theories have revolved around use in combat and in courtship display, with the latter now thought to be the most likely primary function

White-bellied sea eagle (6,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. Lindgren, E. (1972). "Courtship display of the White-breasted Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster". Australian

Bird (23,412 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

leading to higher fitness. Breeding usually involves some form of courtship display, typically performed by the male. Most displays are rather simple

Red-tailed tropicbird (5,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

equal length. In the leadup to breeding, males initiate an aerial courtship display of flying in large circles, alternating between gliding, short periods

Tropical boubou (3,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

courtship; eastern birds may also give call lit-tuu-iii at the end of a courtship display. Alarm calls are a variety of chattering outbursts; before roosting

Common firecrest (5,125 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

circumstances, the two kinglets learned to ignore each other's songs. In his courtship display the male firecrest raises his crest, points it towards his mate and

Golden eagle (12,588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Golden eagles usually mate for life. A breeding pair is formed in a courtship display. This courtship includes undulating displays by both in the pair,

Rufous-eared warbler (1,816 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

call to attract females. When a female is attracted to the bush, a courtship display will ensue where the male birds jerk the body and tail and flutter

Corn crake (6,451 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

may be offered food by the male during courtship. He has a brief courtship display in which the neck is extended and the head held down, the tail is

Storm's stork (4,113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

typical of many species in the Ciconiidae. In captivity, another courtship display has been observed in which both partners face each other on the ground

Red-capped parrot (4,400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

following the female and making a contact call, as well as performing a courtship display. This involves it raising its crown feathers, ruffling its crown and

Nuptial gift (5,293 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Yukio (2013-04-01). "Age-Related Male Reproductive Investment in Courtship Display and Nuptial Gifts in a Moth, Ostrinia scapulalis". Ethology. 119 (4):

Challenge hypothesis (4,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

levels of LH and testosterone in a tropical seabird with an elaborate courtship display". General and Comparative Endocrinology. 140 (1): 33–40. doi:10.1016/j

Bateleur (14,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

existing pair bonds what is considered, a "spectacular" courtship display. During the courtship display, an exaggerated flight is undertaken, in which the

Reindeer (21,848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flattened to protect the eyes while the buck "threshes" low brush, a courtship display. The low bez tines help the wide flat brow tines dig craters in the

Don Merton (2,098 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

booming display of the kākāpō – it is, in fact, an unusual form of courtship display known as "lekking"; instrumental in averting imminent extinction of

Marine iguana (8,815 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rate compared to the large males that maintain a territory. During courtship display, a territorial male nods at the female, may open his mouth, and performs

Greater sage-grouse (6,460 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a black belly; two yellowish sacs on the neck are inflated during courtship display. The adult female is mottled gray-brown with a light brown throat

This (fly) (2,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

three species where he rests his legs on her antennae. There is no courtship display prior to mounting. Chaetocoelopa females might attempt to reject a

Spinosauridae (9,658 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mammals), the sinusoidal sail of Ichthyovenator was likely used for courtship display or recognising members of its own species. In a 2013 blog post, Darren

Sexual selection in spiders (2,245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

copulation is over the offspring of the female is more likely to have the courtship display phenotype than not. The females of this species must be cryptically

Temnospondyli (15,478 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of one individual rests under the tail of another in what may be a courtship display. Internal fertilization and similar courtship behavior are seen in

Maratus jactatus (633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Like other Maratus spiders, the males of the species engage in a courtship display, during which they extend their median and posterior fringed spinnerets

Masai ostrich (2,497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and tail feathers have evolved to serve as decorative plumes for courtship display rather than flight. For males, the majority of the body is covered

Northern masked owl (2,889 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

loud cackle or continuous chatter, is likely to be associated with courtship display flights by male birds circling over breeding territory (based on other

Red-tailed hawk (29,528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

calling will occur. One or both members of a pair may be involved. The courtship display often involves dangling legs, at times the pair will touching each

Ostrinia scapulalis (2,637 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Yukio (April 1, 2013). "Age-Related Male Reproductive Investment in Courtship Display and Nuptial Gifts in a Moth, Ostrinia scapulalis". Ethology. 119 (4):

Cyprinodon julimes (2,332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to spawn cautiously enter the dominant male's territory, showing a courtship display directed at attracting the guarding male. Mating pairs come together

List of birds of Albania (4,633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Courtship display of black-winged stilts

White-tailed eagle (30,037 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

calls tend to be shriller and higher than those issued in flight. In courtship display, male calls krau-krau-krau-uik-ik-ik answered by females with a lower

Wedge-tailed eagle (22,898 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

historical accounts, wedge-tailed eagles seldom engage in an elaborate courtship display and will instead generally try to conserve energy, instead devoting

Bonelli's eagle (17,885 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

breeding season. The main call of Bonelli's eagle is done during the courtship display and, sometimes, also at the nest. Its main call consists of a loud

Dominance signal (2,837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Eileen A. (2008-11-01). "Seismic signal dominance in the multimodal courtship display of the wolf spider Schizocosa stridulans Stratton 1991". Behavioral

List of birds of Australia (5,494 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

striking beauty of the male bird's huge tail when it is fanned out in courtship display. Order: Passeriformes Family: Atrichornithidae 2 species recorded

Tawny eagle (18,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

frequent cartwheeling between males and females as a regular part of the courtship display. Undulating sky dances are sometimes performed too by males with a

Verreaux's eagle-owl (13,216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is quite stable, most likely mating for life. As in most owls, a courtship display is both to establish mates for a newly mature pair of eagle-owls or

List of birds of Queensland (7,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

striking beauty of the male bird's huge tail when it is fanned out in courtship display. Albert's lyrebird, Menura alberti Superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae

List of birds of Victoria (6,269 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

striking beauty of the male bird's huge tail when it is fanned out in courtship display. Superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae Order: Passeriformes Family:

List of birds of New South Wales (7,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

striking beauty of the male bird's huge tail when it is fanned out in courtship display. Albert's lyrebird, Menura alberti Superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae