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Courtship in Birds

Images capturing the romantic behaviors of birds, including pair bonding and courtship displays among various species.

Diomedea exulans , wandering albatross
Diomedea exulans , wandering albatross
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Nazca booby, Sula granti, pair mutually preening at Punta Suarez, Isla Española, Galápagos, Ecuador.
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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) or Mollymawk, ritualized greeting ceremony and courtship display. South America, Falkland Islands (Large format sizes available)
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A seagull lies on her eggs in a rocky cravise by the coast.
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Diomedea exulans , wandering albatross
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Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophris) on nest with chick in the Falkland Islands,
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Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) parent and chick preening on nest site, Punta Suarez, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair in courtship ritual which they perfect over the years. Espanola Island. Galapagos Islands. ECUADOR.  South America.
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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) or Mollymawk. Falkland Islands
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Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) couple, Campbell Island, New Zealand, Southern Ocean
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Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus). Couple billing. Helgoland, Germany
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Nazca Booby,Masked Booby,Sula granti,Galapagos Islands,Ecuador,adults,pair,couple,on rock
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LAYSAN ALBATROSS - ON GROUND (Diomedea immutabilis)
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ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HOOD ISLAND (ESPANOLA), WAVED ALBATROSS PAIR
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Bassölpel am Vogelfelsen on Helgoland Bassölpel am Vogelfelsen on Helgoland
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Close-up of Nazca Booby (Sula granti) on a coast, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Cape Gannet, (Morus capensis), starts flying from colony, Lamberts Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
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Black-browed albatross or black-browed mollymawk, typical courtship and greeting behavior, Falkland Islands.
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ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, NORTH SEYMOUR ISLAND, BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY, SKYPOINTING, COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR
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Southern giant petrel Macronectes gignateus South Georgia Island, Antarctica
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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) or Mollymawk, chick with adult bird on tower shaped nest. South America, Falkland Islands (Large format sizes available)
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Black-Browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in its nest, Elsehul Bay, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands
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Nazca Booby (Sula granti) pair courting, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Pair of Nazca boobies (Sula granti), Prince Philip's Steps, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Communicating Black-Browed Albatross. Saunders Island. Falkland Islands.
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Cape Gannet, (Morus capensis), starts flying from colony, Lamberts Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
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Basstölpel Basstölpel
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Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) pair displaying at nest, Torishima Island, Japan. Sequence 6 of 9
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Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) pair at nest, Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan
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Courting waved albatross Diomedea irrorata _ endemic species, Hood Island aka Espanola Island, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador
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CHILE, DIEGO RAMIREZ ISLAND, GREY-HEADED ALBATROSS PAIR
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Pair of northern gannet (Morus bassanus), Helgoland, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
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Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini) pair on cliff, Bounty Islands, New Zealand
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North America, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll.  Black-footed Albatross defending nest.
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Black-browed albatross or black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophris), typical courtship and greeting behavior.
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MASKED BOOBY BIRD (Sula dactylatra) with chick - ESPANOLA, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, ECUADOR
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Cape gannets, Morus capensis, courtship display in gannet colony at Bird Island, Lambert´s Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
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Common Murre (Uria aalge) pair courting, South Farallon Islands, Farallon Islands, Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California
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Common Murre at Cape St. Mary s Ecological Bird Sanctuary in Newfoundland Canada Common Murre at Cape St. Mary s Ecological Bird Sanctuary in Newfoundland Canada Copyright: xZoonar.com/FrankxFichtmuellerx 22138137
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Ecuador, Galapagos. Genovesa Island aka Tower, Darwin Bay. Nazca booby aka Masked booby (WILD: Sula granti, endemic)
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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) or Mollymawk, chick with adult bird on tower shaped nest. South America, Falkland Islands (Large format sizes available)
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Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) parent and begging chicks, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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royal albatrosses - pair, diomedea epomophora
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Black-browed Albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophrys) mutual preening (courtship behavior) in the Rockhopper penguin and Black-browed albatross colony on West Point Island, an island in the Western Falkland Islands.
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Lake Of The Woods, Ontario, Canada; Gulls At The Lake
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Falkland Islands, West Point Island. Black-browed albatross pair.
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Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Albatross, Albatross Chic
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Pair of Blue-Footed boobies (Sula nebouxii), Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Waved albatross, Phoebastria irrorata, in courtship display, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Falkland Islands, West Falkland, Saunders Island. Fledgling Black-browed albatross (wild: Thalassarche melanophris), on elevated mud nest.
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North America, Canada, Nova Scotia, Margaree harbor, Great Black-backed seagulls
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Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) pair squabbling on sea cliff, Northumberland, England
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Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship display sequence, Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Two whooper swans embrace eachother, Narke, Sweden.
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ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLAND, HOOD ISLAND, BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY, COURTING BEHAVIOR, DANCING
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Blue-Eyed Shag in nesting colony Petermann Island, Antarctica Penninsula, nest built of kelp
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Northern Gannet - spreading wings, Morus bassanus
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King penguin chick on beach in the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, Saunders Island.
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Nazca Booby (Sula granti), adult, pair, standing on rocks, calling, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America
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Cape gannets shouting
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Ecuador, Galapagos. Espanoloa (aka Hood), Punta Suarez. Bluefooted booby showing blue feet in courtship dance (WILD: Sula nebouxii excisa, endemic subspecies) Series 2 of 4
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Black browed albatross pair Diomedea melanophrys} Falkland Islands
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Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) portrait, adult in nesting colony, Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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southern royal albatross, diomedea epomophora, displaying, campbell new zealand
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Antarktisscharbe, Scharbe, Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis, King George s Island, South Shetland Islands, Südliche Shetland Inseln, Antarktis, Tiere, Vögel, Familie der Kormorane, McPBIO McP_BIO_2025_000007 *** Antarctic Cormorant, Shag, Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis , King George S Iceland, South Shetland Iceland, Southern Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Animals, Birds, Family the Cormorants, McPBIO McP Bio 2025 000007 McPBIO
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Royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) on the sub-Antarctic heath of Enderby Island in the Auckland archipelago.
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Black-browed albatross or black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophris), typical courtship and greeting behavior.
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Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) guarding its egg, Wrangel Island, Russia
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Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), with young bird, Helgoland, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe
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Blue-Footed Booby (Sula nebouxii). Lobos Island - Galapagos Islands.
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Zwergsäger Zwergsäger Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 9073211
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Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) landing at cliff nests, Vesteralen, Norway
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Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) with chick, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands, British West Indies
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Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America
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A blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) is dancing (courtship behavior) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador.
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Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chick begging for food from parent, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands
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Two birds in close-up with raised beaks, probably in mating dance, Heligoland, North Sea, Germany, Europe
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Adult pair of Black-browed Albatrosses (Diomedea melanophoris), close-up of heads, courtship, South Georgia
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Southern Giant-petrel (Macronectes giganteus) adult, sitting on snow, Half Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, november
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Nesting Black-Browed Albatross. West Point Island. Falkland Islands.
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Nazca Booby (Sula granti), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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laysan albatross february diomedea immutabilis two in courtship midway atoll, hawaii, usa
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Northern Fulmar on the cliffs Hermaness NR Scotland
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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) or Mollymawk, chick on tower shaped nest. Falkland Islands
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Blue-Footed booby (Sula nebouxii) cleaning itself, Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Bird Courtship Ritual. A pair of Waved Albatross go through an elaborate courtship ritual on the Galapagos Island's Espanola Island, Ecuador, South America. These birds are currently listed as critically endangered due to long-line fishing and disease, among other hazards. Waved Albatrosses mate for life, and often live for forty to forty-five years.
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Masked Booby adult nourish an immature islet Huon
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Western gull (Larus occidentalis) and chicks, Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA
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Basstölpel Northern Gannet Copyright: xZoonar.com/KatrinxWindszusx 3416807
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Kelp goose chicks on a beach on Sea Lion Island. South America, Falkland Islands
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Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) pair performing courtship dance, Snares Islands, New Zealand
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Lesser black backed gull feeding chicks Larus fuscus} Belgium
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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) at a nesting colony in the Falkland Islands.
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peruvian pelican pelanus thagos group of three paracas peninsula, peru
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Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) group fighting for food, Husavik, Iceland
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Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) pair engaged in courtship display, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) pair fighting, Wrangel Island, Russia. Sequence 2 of 2
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Northern gannet (Sula bassana) breeding colony, Helgoland Island, Schleswig-Holstein, wildlife, Germany, Europe
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