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Bird courtship behaviour

Expert ornithologist Chris McInerny describes the different courtship behaviours used by birds in the UK

Figure 1 The dowdy nightingale produces a beautiful melodic song that has enchanted humans for hundreds of years. Importantly for the male, it allows him to protect his territory and attract females to mate. The song carries well through the low, dense vegetation that the nightingale inhabits

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