ML634650199
Contributor
Alok Tewari Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Dwarahat (29.776, 79.4328)
Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 2
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation; Flying
- Sounds
- Call
- Tags
- Habitat
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
First, two males spar, then, courting male gives food to female/ call of displaying male can be heard initially.
Observation details
Foraging and calling/ engaged in courtship, as well. The video shows : Great Barbet ... two males ... vying for the favor of one female ... one of them succeeds ... ... and then offers food to female ... as a courtship gesture ... First first record for us of such activity by this species ... call of squabbling males can be heard initially.
Technical information
- Camera
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 390.48 MB