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Author: tomatofamily    Time: 22/01/2015 22:15     Subject: Two Rufous-capped Babblers

2015-1-21
TPK

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



Canon 7DII +Tamron 150-600mm
Author: wcaptain    Time: 6/02/2015 09:41

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)
Author: ajohn    Time: 6/02/2015 15:35

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




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