birds or animals doing courtship dancing?

Question

I just noticed something. The whooping crane does a usual crane dance when they want to mate. Are there any types of birds or animals that also do some type of dance for either mating or for respect? Also, please no rude or improper comments.

Answer 1

Many non-human animal species have mate-selection rituals also referred to as courtship. Animal courtship may involve complicated dances or touching; vocalizations; or displays of beauty or fighting prowess.

Most animal courtship occurs out of sight of humans, so it is often the least documented of animal behaviors. One animal whose courtship rituals are well studied is the bower-bird, whose male builds a "bower" of collected objects.

An example of complex animal courtship is found in the Blue Wildebeest, where the male elaborately stakes out and defends a mating territory.

Then by a series of body postures and displays of athleticism (such as using his horns to gore trees), he attracts the female to his territory for mating. In correspondence the female occasionally involves herself in some of the same horning rituals when meeting the male.

Answer 2

Many, many birds do courtship rituals; frog singing is another type of mate attraction; so is firefly flashing (the patterns they use help ensure females select a male of the right species); some spiders bring food gifts to potential mates; cichlid fish try to entice females to their "nests" with a display; you know humans have elaborate courtship rituals.
There are two basic types of sexual selection that involve ritual: male-male competition and female selection. A male sage grouse may compete with other males for a good lek (display area), then show off so females will choose him. Male-male competition is very common in harem-type mating species, like deer, elk, elephant seals, and lions. Female selection is more common in pairing species (most birds).
Another type of courtship dance is a recognition/reintroduction dance very common in monogamous species that are separated for a time, like penguins, boobies, cranes, and swans. This ensures you've got the right mate--the one you had before you went off to feed--so you're caring for the right chick when you come back.

Answer 3

yes, mainly birds. One that springs to mind immedietely is the bird of paradise. Its very very comical,. also black grouse do a weird sort of prancing movenment. It is also why male birds plumage is brighter and far more striking than females. Mammals do do it too, although to a lesser degree. i.e. stags, hares etc. It is usually to show the females what good genes her offspring will be getting and hopefully she will choose them to sire her off-spring. Nature is funny and wonderful

Answer 4

yes all birds even some fishes do courtship dancing

Answer 5

Blue-footed boobies (no, that's not rude or improper, they're really boobies) have a dance too. See the 4th, 5th & 6th photos on this page: http://www.csun.edu/~hcgeo007/boobies.html#4