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In the bird world, just
as in all the animal worlds, it is very important for the adults of the species
to find mates, to breed and to produce young. If this did not happen the entire
species would die out. Thus the instinct to find a mate is very strong. The
bright and attractive coloring of many male birds is intended to attract a
female bird, and the male will spend a lot of time preening his feathers, to
make sure that he is looking his best when the time for courtship comes near.
One bird in particular has a really spectacular plumage, which it uses in its
courtship displays. The bird is the peacock and its partner, the pea-hen, looks
drab indeed alongside her handsome mate. In some species of birds-robins, for
instance – the two sexes are exactly alike in their plumage, and in these
species other methods of choosing a mate have evolved.
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