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A compilation of weird and wonderful bird mating dances and displays.Featuring various Birds of Paradise, Albatross courtship dances and the moonwalking Mana...
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- Green Mumbles
Jan 7, 2013 · Extraordinary Courtship displays from these weird and wonderful creatures.From episode 1 "Pole to Pole".
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- Jongo
In dance flies (Rhamphomyia longicauda), females have two ornaments — inflatable abdominal sacs and pinnate tibial scales — that they use as courtship displays in mating swarms. Intermediate variations of such female-specific ornaments are sexually selected for by male dance flies in wild populations.
Hey, yes you, have you ever seen a bird of paradise dancing for a female before? No, not this one I’m talking about the real-life birds of paradise. These gu...
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- Red-Capped Manakin. There are more than 50 species of manakins, each known for its elaborate courtship rituals. But the red-capped manakin, native to Central and South America, has some particularly impressive moves.
- Western Grebe. Grebes are well known for their enthusiastic courtship displays. In 2017, a rare video of the hooded grebe dance made a splash online—a “head-banging” maneuver that wouldn’t look out of place at a heavy metal concert.
- Bowerbird. Bowerbirds generally aren’t the showiest of birds—they don’t have elaborate plumes or coloring. Instead, the male constructs a structure entirely for the pleasure of the female.
- Wahnes’s Parotia. Sporting an array of striking hues, birds of paradise are some of the world’s most dramatically beautiful birds—an asset when it comes to finding a mate, but which long made them the target of hunters.
Mar 8, 2024 · For example, male Betta Fish fan out their fins to show off their colors and fend off interlopers, and Black-Capped Chickadees use vocalizations to attract a mate. Some birds take it to the next level with elaborate displays and dances. Many are so bizarre that they’ll have you scratching your head.
You can see a video of the Western Grebes’ mating dance at birdnote.org. Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Recorded by R.C. Stein.
