Many animals on this planet have to convince other members of their species to become there mate. Different animals have come up with interesting ways to do this but some of the most impressive courtship displays can be found in the bird world. In this video i will be focusing on these impressive courtship displays as i will be going through 8 birds that have fascinating ways of impressing the ladies.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:25 Birds Of Paradise
1:21 Black-Footed Albatross
2:43 Bowerbirds
4:03 Grebes
5:35 Blue-Footed Booby
6:42 Sandhill Crane
7:32 Frigatebirds
8:40 Flamingos

Attributions

Bird-of-paradise images:
Mohd Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi

(CC BY 2.0)
MrClean1982

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
anuradhac

(CC BY-NC 2.0)

Bowerbird images:
Craig Gibson

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Duncan McCaskill

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Stefan Marks

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Nick Athanas

(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Robert Nightingale

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Frigatebird images:
kuhnmi

(CC BY 2.0)
Mark Vance

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Jan Hazevoet

(CC BY 2.0)
serena_tang

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Black-footed albatross images:
Eric Ellingson

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Blake Matheson

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Jon. D. Anderson

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
jacksnipe1990

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Western grebe images:
Rick Derevan

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Tony Varela Photography

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
David Clark

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Great crested grebe images:
Ronald van der Graaf

(CC BY 2.0)
Allan Hopkins

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Sandhill crane images:
Judy Gallagher

(CC BY 2.0)
Michael Klotz

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Kelly Verdeck

(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Stepan Mazurov

(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Blue-footed booby images:
Scott Ableman

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Constanza S. Mora

(CC BY 2.0)
sam may

(CC BY 2.0)
Vince Smith

(CC BY 2.0)

Lesser flamingo images:
Carol Foil

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Nathan Rupert

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Arthur Chapman

(CC BY-NC 2.0)

Bird-of-paradise footage:
Demi Wasage
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvTXz_jF6UTJVoca2qcTb1g
Montana Vagabond
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI1uQ_rJjI-nYOCIAildyoA
CHPhotographic
https://vimeo.com/user9434970
CC BY-NC-ND
Field Museum
https://vimeo.com/fieldmuseum
CC BY-NC-ND

Bowerbird footage:
Dr. Fast
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAD4xLni4Y6QI3XFzYRkcNA
Christian Bowman
https://www.youtube.com/user/megabowmandeluxe
Les Peters
https://vimeo.com/lespetersnet
CC BY-NC-ND

Black-footed albatross footage:
Tom Benson

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Bettina Arrigoni

(CC BY 2.0)
Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge
https://vimeo.com/oikonos
CC BY-NC-ND

Western grebe footage:
Robert Barnes
https://vimeo.com/user21669494
CC BY-NC-ND

Great crested grebe footage:
Africa Gómez
https://www.youtube.com/user/aBugBlog
Sertan Yaman Nature Photography
https://www.youtube.com/c/SertanYaman
Watervogelbond
https://vimeo.com/user5163765
CC BY-NC-SA
Wolfgang Bischof
https://vimeo.com/user49413053
CC BY-NC-SA

Sandhill crane footage:
Teddy LLovet

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
John Fowler

(CC BY 2.0)
Bureau of Land Management

(CC BY 2.0)
Dan Streiffert

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Suan’s Wildlife Videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNJqUXTQNxtWse2OHik2hFA
Roger Uzun
https://vimeo.com/user582713
CC BY-NC-ND

Blue-footed booby footage:
Camila Aguirre
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiNKcuyMpm2G_LSRlriemA
Roger Uzun
https://vimeo.com/user582713
CC BY-NC-ND
Watervogelbond
https://vimeo.com/user5163765

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