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FURTHER NOTES ON PAIRING AND SUBMISSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE RED‐LEGGED PARTRIDGE ALECTORIS RUFA
Author(s) -
Goodwin Derek
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1958.tb00366.x
Subject(s) - attraction , hostility , zoology , biology , sexual attraction , ecology , psychology , sexual behavior , social psychology , philosophy , linguistics
Summary 1. The submissive display is described. It is sometimes given when the bird appears to be simultaneously frightened and attracted by a fellow member of the species. 2. The pairing behaviour of some individual captive birds is described. Some degree of mutual fear and hostility seems to be a necessary correlate of sexual attraction in this species. Birds that know and are at ease with one another do not pair. 3. A young male showed (in autumn) behaviour similar to that of a female ready to pair when introduced to an old and aggressive male. A possible biological function of such behaviour is suggested.