Courtship Collection

Little owl {Athene noctua) pair perched, courtship behaviour, Spain

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) courting pair, South coast, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Australasian crested grebe pair (Podiceps cristatus australis) in courtship display. Ashburton Lakes, Canterbury, New Zealand. August

Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) bill rubbing, Skomer Island, Wales, UK, April

Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina niedda) male, performing courtship display on his display log, flashing false blue eye spots, a bright yellow gape, and blue breast shield

Japanese crane (Grus japonensis) displaying, wings in heart shape, Hokkiado, Japan, February

Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) performing their weed dance during courtship. Den Oever, The Netherlands. July

Japanese cranes (Grus japonensis) displaying in snow, Hokkiado, Japan, February

Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) performing courtship ritual at dawn, Cheshire, UK April

Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), male displaying at lek in tree. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) boxing in snow, Scotland, UK, December

Brown hare, (Lepus europaeus), group of animals in field, Islay, Scotland, UK. March

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) pair flying with claws linked during courtship flight, Homer, Alaska, USA, March

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) pair, male passing Dragonfly prey to female, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Male Sage Grouse {Centrocercus urphasianus} courtship display, Baggs, Wyoming, USA

Mating pair of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Gold Beach, South Georgia Island, Sub Antarctica

Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) pair bill rubbing, part of ritual courtship, Skomer Island, Wales, UK, May

Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing the weed dance, a spectacular part of their elaborate courtship ritual, Derbyshire, UK, March

Silvery grebe (Podiceps occipitalis) attempting to join Hooded grebes (Podiceps gallardoi) during a breeding display, Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina. Cropped

Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing courtship displaying at dawn, backlit and surrounded by mist, Cheshire, UK, April

Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus) pair preening each other, perched in tree. Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia

Bower of Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) with bright decorations. Nov 2004

Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus), pair courting, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands

Elk (Cervus canadensis) bull and cw sniffing noses, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. September

Rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) bull bugling during rut. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. October

Red Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea rubra) male performing practice display at tree-top lek, Raja Ampat, Indonesia. *Medium repro only

African lion (Panthera leo) and lioness after mating, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Lady Amhersts pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) male displaying, Kanding, Sichuan, China. April

Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) male offering wasp as nuptial gift, Hungary. June

Fireflies (Luciola parvula himebotaru) flashing at night for courtship and reproduction. Gifu, Japan. Composite image

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in courtship, with the male hovering above the female. Vava'u, Tonga, Pacific Ocean

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) males displaying and fighting each other at a lek, Finland. May

Common grackle pair (Quiscalus quiscula) in courtship display. Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida, USA, April

Sarus crane (Grus antigone), male displaying, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus) male and female during courtship preening display, Norfolk, England, UK, August

Mandarin duck drake (Aix galericulata) on the water, showing orange sail feathers which are used when displaying, Southwest London, UK, March

Clarks grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii) courting pair performing the Weed Ceremony in which they slowly circle breast to breast holding pond weed as nesting material, Lake Hodges, Escondido, California

Black terns (Chlidonias niger), pair on a perch, vocalizing during courtship (termed Erect Posture display), Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA, May

Red-footed booby (Sula sula), pair perched in tree. Genovesa Island, Galapagos

Nazca booby (Sula granti), pair billing on coastal cliff in evening light. Wolf Island, Galapagos. August 2016

Nazca booby (Sula granti), pair billing. Genovesa Island, Galapagos. May 2015

Great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis), male showing off treasures whilst female inspects bower. Lake Argyle, Kununurra, Western Australia

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) autumn courtship display, Germany, August

Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix), male at lek, Finland, April

Satin bowerbird male at bower decorated with blue objects to attract mate, Lamington NP

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at sunrise. Two males and a female, with the males fighting for the attention of the female. Falklands Islands

Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), two males perched in tree at lek in mid-altitude montane rainforest. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

RF - Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), male perched in tree at a lek. Mid-altitude montane rainforest, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Tver, Russia. May

Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) displaying at a lek in snow, Tver, Russia. April

Magnificent bird of paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male, leaning back and presenting his breast shield and raised cape to two females, courtship display, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia

Wilson's bird of paradise (Cicinnurus respublica) male, courtship display, Batanta Island, West Papua, Indonesia

Pair of Wilson's birds of paradise (Cicinnurus respublica), male performing courtship display to female from a small sapling in the middle of his display court, Batanta Island, West Papua

Pair of Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) performing the weed dance during courtship, The Netherlands, Europe. March

Pair of Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship, Espanola Island, Galapagos, South America

Annas hummingbird (Calypte anna) male dancing in flight and displaying his bright pink throat feathers to a female, Montana, USA. June

Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) light trails of males in forest at dusk, Bavaria, Germany. July

Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) male displaying on lek. Fort Pierre National Grassland, South Dakota, USA

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) pair nuzzling. London, UK. February

Male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) in flight. Kuusamo, Finland, April

Boat-tailed grackle pair (Quiscalus major) in courtship display. Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida, USA, April

Lawess parotia (Parotia lawesii) male displaying. Papua New Guinea

TemminckAśs tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) male during courtship display
Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) male during courtship display, showing red-blue lappets. Tibet, China

Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) stags fighting during the rutting season. Bushy Park, London, UK. October

California least terns (Sternula antillarum browni) courtship behaviour, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA June

Pair of courting Egg-eating sea snakes / Turtleheaded sea snakes (Emydocephalus annulatus) New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean

Manchurian crane (Grus japonensis) pair in courtship dance during snowstorm. Hokkaido, Japan. March

Eared grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) stand erect in water during courtship, North Park, Colorado, USA. June

Amur / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) pair in courtship, in snow. Captive in tiger park, Heilongjiang Province, China. January

Amur / Siberian tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) pair nuzzling each other in snow
Amur/ Siberian tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) pair nuzzling each other in snow. Captive in tiger park, Heilongjiang Province, China. February

Fallow deer (Dama dama) buck bellowing in autumn vegetation, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, UK, October

Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair in courtship display at nest site, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos

Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) male displaying inflated gular sac, Galapagos, Ecuador

Great frigatebird (Phaethon aethereus) male at nest site, with gular sac inflated to attract females. Genovesa Island, Galapagos, May

Lioness (Panthera leo), aggressively rebuffing male lion banks of the Luangwa river, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) performing sky-pointing display with outspread wings as part of courtship, Cape St. Marys Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. June

Red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator) male in foreground performing courtship display to female in background (left), Aurora, New York, USA, April

Western Grebe (Aechmorphus occidentalis), pair during rushing courtship display in which they run across waters surface in synchrony, near Escondido, California, USA, January

American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) courting pair performing Piping Display, calling as they walk along together, Fort DeSoto Park, Florida, USA, March

Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), two toms courting several hens, New York, USA

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

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) herd during rut in morning light. Derbyshire, England, UK. October

Jaguars (Panthera onca) courting pair on a sand bank. Cuiaba River, Northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Two rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus) on branch, Werribee, Victoria, Australia

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