tomatofamily

2015-1-21
TPK

Can someone tell me in behavioural term what these two bird are doing?



Canon 7DII +Tamron 150-600mm

wcaptain

Preening. they may be in the same family group. A common way to enhance bonding among the group.

This behaviour is also seen in other bird groups, e.g. Black -faced Spoonbills.

But I have never seen this behaviour in egrets and herons (they may have stronger characters)

ajohn

When one bird preens another like this the technical term is allopreening.