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Mōlī Sky Callers
Albatross have unique, complex, and long duration courtship rituals that result in lifetime monogamous pair bonding. The courtship dance includes bill fencing, bobbing, preening, and often synchronized “sky calling” as a part of the repertoire. Rapid beak clapping, grunts, and whistles provide an aural component. Scent is likely also involved in mōlī mate recognition. An abridged ritual repeats each breading season reestablishing the pair bond after months of nomadic solitary foraging at sea.
Mōlī Sky Callers
Albatross have unique, complex, and long duration courtship rituals that result in lifetime monogamous pair bonding. The courtship dance includes bill fencing, bobbing, preening, and often synchronized “sky calling” as a part of the repertoire. Rapid beak clapping, grunts, and whistles provide an aural component. Scent is likely also involved in mōlī mate recognition. An abridged ritual repeats each breading season reestablishing the pair bond after months of nomadic solitary foraging at sea.