Table 1.
Various behaviours we recorded from the video analyses
Category | Behaviour | Description |
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Mirror interest | Looking at mirror | Spending time on perch in front of mirror or next to mirror while looking into mirror |
Social behaviour | Submissive display | Crouching and turning black frontal markings away from mirror |
Aggressive display | Displaying black frontal markings to mirror | |
Attack | Flying into mirror | |
Body-directed behaviour | Preening | Using the bill to preen feathers outside the mark area |
Cleaning bill | Wiping the bill against the perch | |
Ruffling | Shaking the feathers to separate and fluff them | |
Scratching | Scratching any part of the body except for the mark with a foot | |
Body grooming | ||
Mark-directed behaviour | Mark grooming | Using the bill to preen feathers at the mark |
Mark scratching | Scratching the mark area with a foot |