Anup Shah / Lesser flamingos {Phoeniconaias minor} performing 'wing salute' as part of courtship display, the wings are spread out to the side of the body and held in this position for several seconds, making the...

Marie Read / Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her and crossing his bill with hers...

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair performing an up-down display with bill clattering on their nest in an Oak tree, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White s...

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) performing foot-lifting courtship display, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) performing foot-lifting courtship display, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) pair during courtship performing their courtship dance in the mating season. The Netherlands. April 2014

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) pair performing their courtship dance in the mating season. The Netherlands.March 2014

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) performing courtship dance with one emerging from water right in front of the other which has fluffed up its feathers. The Netherlands. April.

Brais Seara Fernandez/ BIA / Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) female watching male performing courtship display, Castilla Leon, Spain

Gerrit Vyn / Pacific golden-plover (Pluvialis fulva) male performing distraction display pretending to have broken wing, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. June.

Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs playing, Vosges, France, May.

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) pair performing their courtship dance in the mating season. This early in the breeding season, one of the birds is still in its winter plumage. The Netherland...