ML272557801
Contributor
Ben Phalan Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Foz do Iguaçu--Prainha de Três Lagoas
Paraná, Brazil
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
Media notes
Female waiting for male with head down posture
Observation details
Courtship behaviour observed. Female initiated by pecking at some strands of vegetation in the mud, then opening wings and calling. Then she adopted a stiff head down, tail up position. The male attempted mating, but did not appear to make successful cloacal contact. Separately, there was a gathering of 12 jacanas, 2 moorhens and a Southern Lapwing in short grass - perhaps taking advantage of a concentration of food?
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D600
- ISO
- 160
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 1489 pixels x 994 pixels
- Original file size
- 543.39 KB