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Donkees

(32,977 posts)
Fri Dec 30, 2022, 05:11 PM Dec 2022

▶️ Great Argus Pheasant - Most Spectacular Courtship Display



We observed a Great Argus Pheasant at this courtship place in the Sri Phang Nga National Park South Thailand at February 2022 . All the recordings we have taking from a hide because this species is very shy in the wilderness. We started with the recordings in the early morning hours until 11°° in the morning. At afternoon it is not allowed to be there. His courtship is one of the most spectacular in the birds world.
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▶️ Great Argus Pheasant - Most Spectacular Courtship Display (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2022 OP
Very cool - but the hen didn't look especially impressed. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #1
What a gorgeous display!! Incredible!! secondwind Dec 2022 #2
What a strange center of gravity the male bird maintains when not displaying cyclonefence Dec 2022 #3
After all of that, how she not be saying, okay, you earned it buddy? 😬 MLAA Dec 2022 #4
Wow what a display! I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #5

cyclonefence

(5,112 posts)
3. What a strange center of gravity the male bird maintains when not displaying
Fri Dec 30, 2022, 06:30 PM
Dec 2022

In the first (non-display) parts of the video, I was struck by how dinosaur-like this bird looks. It was the first time I guess I really believed that birds were dinosaur descendants. Look at that tail! It could be a dinosaur's tail. And the center of gravity must be how dinosaurs maintained their balance with such huge bodies on two legs.

Thanks so much for posting this.

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,188 posts)
5. Wow what a display!
Fri Dec 30, 2022, 10:42 PM
Dec 2022

Its also so cool how the pheasant so gracefully folds his feathers back into place so beautifully and perfectly after each amazing display. I never heard of an argus pheasant until now..thanks.

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