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Ritualised behaviour. Displays often emphasise bright patches of colour or other plumage features and frequently have a vocal component. They indicate excitement, aggression, fear and similar emotions and they evolved by means of the process of ritualisation.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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