I don't know the answer, but I can easily imagine the advantage they might get
from it. They look ready to fly, and if they always fly in different
directions, a pouncing predator will have far less chance than if they all fly
in the same direction.
But if that's why they do it, why do so many other species take off in the same
or random directions? And there's surely a disadvantage in the quick movement
they made to get into position, as it might attract a predator's attention.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of
> Richard King
> Sent: Friday, 11 February 2011 12:11 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Strange anti-predator partridge behaviour?
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> During Christmas I went for a birding holiday to Thailand and
> managed to
> video quite a few forest birds, including some beautiful
> Scaly-breasted
> Partridge (Green-legged Partridge). A pair (mating pair?)
> came in from the
> forest and would crouch tail to tail when they were startled
> or frightened.
> They always seemed to be looking in different directions. Has
> anyone seen
> this type of behaviour in other partridges or quail?
>
>
>
> I only managed to catch this behaviour at the end of one of
> the videos. I've
> put up the videos on my blog at http://wazoologist.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> I know ground-dwelling birds do crouch to avoid predators,
> but do pairs face
> in different directions?
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard King
>
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