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Male peacock spider, Maratus volans, courtship display In some species, males will perform ritualized movements to attract females. The male six-plumed bird-of-paradise (Parotia lawesii) exemplifies male courtship display with its ritualized "ballerina dance" and unique occipital and breast feathers that serve to stimulate the female visual system. [7]
Many male birds have brightly coloured plumage for display. This feather is from a male Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus. Sexual display by a Megaselia female.. Display behaviour is a set of ritualized behaviours that enable an animal to communicate to other animals (typically of the same species) about specific stimuli. [1]
A male peacock courting a female peahen with his large tail. Biological ornaments are used in courtship displays in many species, especially insects, fish, and birds. A well known ornament used in courting displays is seen in peafowls. Male peacocks spread and shake their tails to attract and impress potential mates.
A comical dance routine used by a rare breed of bird in a mating tactic that has never before been filmed in the wild. Sir David Attenborough has narrated the bizarre display of the male tragopan.
Snowball (hatched c. 1996) is a male Eleonora cockatoo, noted as being the first non-human animal conclusively demonstrated to be capable of beat induction: [1] perceiving music and synchronizing his body movements to the beat (i.e. dancing). He currently holds the Guinness World Record for most dance moves by a bird. [2]
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These birds were featured prominently in the BBC series Planet Earth. The males of the genus are characterized by an ornamental plumage consisting of six wired head plumes with black oval -shaped tips, a neck collar of black, decomposed feathers which can be spread into a skirt -like shape, and bright or iridescent head and throat markings.
During courtship, the male bird moves his head up and down and slides excitedly towards the female. They breed primarily colonially and build nests with strips of twigs and bark. [5] Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden. The yellow-collared lovebird brings nesting material in its beak to a tree cavity for their nest.