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 Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject: The breeding season |
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Like other fairywrens, male Red-winged Fairywrens have been observed carrying brightly coloured petals to display to females as part of a courtship ritual. In this species, the petals that have been recorded have been yellow or, rarely, white.[50] Petals are displayed and presented to a female in the male fairywren's own or another territory.[51] The 'Face fan' display is commonly seen as a part of aggressive or sexual display behaviours;[35] it involves the flaring of the blue ear tufts by erecting the feathers.[52] The silvery blue upper back feathers are also used more prominently in display than other species.[35]
The breeding season is shorter than that of other fairywrens, occurring from October (rarely September) through to December. Constructed solely by the female,[53] the nest is generally situated in thick vegetation and around 20 cm (8 in) above the ground. It is a round or domed structure made of loosely woven grasses and spider webs, with an entrance in one side. The interior may be lined with finer grass and material from Clematis pubescens and Banksia grandis. One or rarely two broods may be laid in a season, the second being laid on average 51 days after the first.[
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