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Donkees

(32,437 posts) Fri Dec 30, 2022, 04:11 PM Dec 2022

▶️ Great Argus Pheasant - Most Spectacular Courtship Display

We observed a Great Argus Pheasant at this courtship place in the Sri Phang Nga National Park South Thailand at February 2022 . All the recordings we have taking from a hide because this species is very shy in the wilderness. We started with the recordings in the early morning hours until 11°° in the morning. At afternoon it is not allowed to be there. His courtship is one of the most spectacular in the birds world.

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▶️ Great Argus Pheasant - Most Spectacular Courtship Display (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2022 OP

Very cool - but the hen didn't look especially impressed. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #1

What a gorgeous display!! Incredible!! secondwind Dec 2022 #2

What a strange center of gravity the male bird maintains when not displaying cyclonefence Dec 2022 #3

After all of that, how she not be saying, okay, you earned it buddy? 😬 MLAA Dec 2022 #4

Wow what a display! I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #5

Ocelot II

(121,416 posts)

1. Very cool - but the hen didn't look especially impressed.

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Fri Dec 30, 2022, 04:17 PM

Dec 2022

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

2. What a gorgeous display!! Incredible!!

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Fri Dec 30, 2022, 04:27 PM

Dec 2022

Worth watching… and waiting… waiting

cyclonefence

(4,886 posts)

3. What a strange center of gravity the male bird maintains when not displaying

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Fri Dec 30, 2022, 05:30 PM

Dec 2022

In the first (non-display) parts of the video, I was struck by how dinosaur-like this bird looks. It was the first time I guess I really believed that birds were dinosaur descendants. Look at that tail! It could be a dinosaur's tail. And the center of gravity must be how dinosaurs maintained their balance with such huge bodies on two legs.

Thanks so much for posting this.

MLAA

(18,664 posts)

4. After all of that, how she not be saying, okay, you earned it buddy? 😬

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Fri Dec 30, 2022, 05:34 PM

Dec 2022

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,952 posts)

5. Wow what a display!

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Fri Dec 30, 2022, 09:42 PM

Dec 2022

Its also so cool how the pheasant so gracefully folds his feathers back into place so beautifully and perfectly after each amazing display. I never heard of an argus pheasant until now..thanks.

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