Exotic display
There are many special wildlife sights in Australia's Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, and this ranks very high among those sights for me. The exotic vigorous courtship display of the male Victoria's Riflebird, Ptiloris victoriae, is such a privilege to witness. Metallic highlights shimmer among the black plumage as his wings spread high and wide. Will she be impressed?
This isn't the more densely black shot I've taken of this bird many times before, but this one shows me details I've not seen before in the way his plumage moves during this display. The more I look at this shot the more I wonder if this is in fact a male that has NEARLY reached full adult plumage. From my research this occurs between 5 and 7 years old.
Sincere thanks for your dropping by to view, comment and/or fave my nature offerings from various parts of Australia! All my photographs are © Copyrighted & All Rights Reserved. Please do not reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means without full acknowledgement of it being my work. Use without permission is illegal so please contact me first if you’d like to use it.
Exotic display
There are many special wildlife sights in Australia's Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, and this ranks very high among those sights for me. The exotic vigorous courtship display of the male Victoria's Riflebird, Ptiloris victoriae, is such a privilege to witness. Metallic highlights shimmer among the black plumage as his wings spread high and wide. Will she be impressed?
This isn't the more densely black shot I've taken of this bird many times before, but this one shows me details I've not seen before in the way his plumage moves during this display. The more I look at this shot the more I wonder if this is in fact a male that has NEARLY reached full adult plumage. From my research this occurs between 5 and 7 years old.
Sincere thanks for your dropping by to view, comment and/or fave my nature offerings from various parts of Australia! All my photographs are © Copyrighted & All Rights Reserved. Please do not reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means without full acknowledgement of it being my work. Use without permission is illegal so please contact me first if you’d like to use it.