Satin Bowerbird courtship behavior (4K)

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Description
Bowerbirds are unique passerines known for its
elaborate courtship behaviour.
They mingle with females and juveniles feeding on
the same areas but when it comes to the breeding
period, September to February, they exhibit unique
features. The male Satin Bowerbird starts to build a
structure, a bower, with sticks that joins together
with glue made with vegetable material and
saliva. For 6 months he continually cares for the
bower almost fanatically. He puts ornaments around
it, changing places, and changing objects to attract
females. When it considers it appropriate the Satin
makes a display with grunting notes and grasps
while arranging/carrying the jewels. He has to fight
against curious juveniles robbing sticks and trying
to practice the skills, working from dawn to dusk.
Sometimes when everything seems to go well, in
In the end, the female does not accept the mating, in
others, for an unknown reason, it seems that it is
the right time, the females open the cloaca and
puts herself in position in the bower, he displays
and shows the penis, all set? no, all of a sudden
he flees. Very few times the mating is done, he has
six months to do the job Nature assigned him to do
to preserve the species.
Bowerbirds are unique passerines known for its
elaborate courtship behaviour.
They mingle with females and juveniles feeding in
the same areas but when it comes to the breeding
period, September to February, they exhibit unique
features. The male Satin Bowerbird starts to build a
structure, a bower, with sticks that joins together
with glue made with vegetable material and
saliva. For 6 months he continually cares for the
bower almost fanatically. He puts ornaments around
it, changing places, and changing objects to attract
females. When it considers it appropriate the Satin
makes a display with grunting notes and grasps
while arranging/carrying the jewels. He has to fight
against curious juveniles robbing sticks and trying
to practice the skills, working from dawn to dusk.
Sometimes when everything seems to go well, in
In the end, the female does not accept the mating, in
others, for an unknown reason, it seems that it is
the right time, the females open the cloaca and
puts herself in position in the bower, he displays
and shows the penis, all set? no, all of a sudden
he flees. Very few times the mating is done, he has
six months to do the job Nature assigned him to do
to preserve the species.
This edited video is available for rights purchasing at www.naturefootage.com under the ID: CF171211_0001, as well as all the individual clips used to make the video, look for Satin Bowerbird name.