Victoria's Riflebird Dancing - Pioneer Cottage

This was filmed just out from the deck of our Pioneer Cottage at Crater lakes Rainforest Cottages, Atherton Tablelands, Qld, Australia. I heard the typical wing clapping of a mating dance and looked out into the forest (you can hear the sound towards the end of the video when the male goes into a full dance). He was dancing on a horizontal log, not on top of a vertical log which is more common. The female flew into the trees before I was able to get outside with my camera. There was also a juvenile male displaying in the vicinity. During mating season hardly a day goes by where I would not witness some sort of display, somewhere on the property. Filmed 29 Nov 2011.

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Pets & Animals

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• Victorias Riflebird
• riflebird display
• rifle bird
• bird of paradise
• riflebird call
• Birds
• far north qld
• atherton tablelands
• Lake Eacham
• wildlife