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Bowerbirds
(The Bowerbird? Grand Performance! Life story BBC)
The male Bowerbirds make a bower and call the females. Once the female Bowerbird gets in the male bird wants her, he begins the show. First, he expands his pupils then he starts to do a weird and wheezy call from deep in his neck. For his grand performance, he waves his wing like a matador's cape then he gives a few head buts to her chest. If male Bowerbird is lucky enough, he could get his mate. Bowerbirds live in the far west of Papua New Guinea, for one point of view these bowerbird houses are better than feathers. Individual birds of paradise have no option over the shape and color of their flowers.
The most common bowerbirds ...
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