Mating Behaviour Collection (page 3)

Colorado river toad (Incilius alvarius) pair mating. Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA. August

Yellowtail tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) male and female turn belly to belly during spawning to ensure fertilization. Temple, Ras Umm Sid, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

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

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

Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), male and female, mating behaviour, Heligoland, Germany

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

Scarab beetle (Scarabaeoidea) pair mating inside Tulip (Tulipa micheliana) flower. Beetles covered in pollen. Uzbekistan, April

Bumblebee scarab (Amphicoma vulpes) pair mating in Tulip (Tulipa armena) flower. Pollen picked up on beetles and transferred to other flowers. Near Karabel Pass, Turkey. May

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

Silhouette of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) stag calling during rut, Dyrehaven, Denmark

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

Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) migrate up a small river near Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada. September

Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April

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

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

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

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

Montezuma oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) hanging upside down as part of a courtship display. Costa Rica

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) male courtship display, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa

Clarion Lizard (Urosaurus clarionensis) displaying, IUCN Vulnerable, Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve / Archipielago de Revillagigedo UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site

Bignose unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) profile of male displaying (the blue stripe at the bottom of the frame is the tail of another individual) Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) male feeding female in courtship display, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April

Iolas blue butterfly (Iolana iolas) pair mating, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy

Iolas blue butterfly (Iolana iolas) pair mating on flowers, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy

European bee eater (Merops apiaster) pair at nest at breeding site, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, June

Magnificent Frigate (Fregata magnificens) male displaying by inflating his throat pouch. North Seymour, Galapagos, Ecuador, April

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) young male trying to copulate with a female. The calf of the female was in the way so the male is trying to chase it away. Dominica

Andean Cock-of-the-rock male {Rupicola peruvianus} at lek in cloud forest canopy. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November

Nudibranchs mating (Polycera faeroensis) Sark, British Channel Islands, July

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag and two hinds, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, southern Spain, September

European bee eaters (Merops apiaster) mating, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, May

Underwater view of Toads (Bufo bufo) and toadspawn in lake, Ain, Alps, France

Kottigehar dancing frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis) male calling and displaying to attract female by waving foot, Agumbe, Western Ghats, India

Kottigehara dancing frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis), dancing frog name given because of foot flagging behavior between competing males. Endemic to Western Ghats. Agumbe, Karnataka, India

Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) pair in courtship Puerto Pajas, Isabela Island, Galapagos

Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) courtship display, Gough Island, Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Atlantic

Whitebelly damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster) pair spawning / laying eggs on a seafan (Annella mollis). Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Skeleton shrimp (Caprella septentrionalis) mating Novaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic, July

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