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. 2017 Jul 31;20(6):1049–1057. doi: 10.1007/s10071-017-1121-7

Table 1.

Various behaviours we recorded from the video analyses

Category Behaviour Description
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