Courtship in the bull-headed shrike Lanius

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Shot Date: 2003/06/15

species
Lanius bucephalus

Key Words
bull-headed shrike
Lanius bucephalus
display
reed grassland


Kimihiko Ohtsuki
2004/01/26 submitted



Animalia >Chordata >Aves >Passeriformes >Laniidae >Lanius >

A male shrike (right) is courting a female (left), swinging the head widely and singing a complex song in an undertone. The shrike is perching on a cable connected to an electric pole facing reed grassland. Many other birds are singing. But you can still hear the song of the shrike. A bird that crossed the video screen after the female¡Çs departure is a great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. ¡Êtranslated by Asoh¡Ë

(Data No.momo040126lb01b)

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