Row flight
As Reihflug is called a characteristic flight formation at ducks birds . Two or more drakes fly behind a single female. The flight formation is particularly common in mallards , but it also occurs in other duck species such as pochard , teal or pintail .
There are several reasons for flight in a row. During courtship, when the pairing is still taking place, it happens when a female harassed by several drakes flies up and the males follow him. However, it also flies in a row when a drake defends the nesting area against another pair. The drake attacks the penetrated female, she flies up, the drake defending his territory follows him, the foreign drake who has penetrated the territory also follows his female.
literature
- Erich Rutschke: The wild ducks of Europe , Aula Verlag, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89104-449-6
Single receipts
- ↑ Rutschke, p. 67 and p. 207