Movie 1. Real time and slow motion video of peacock courtship displays

Adult peacocks court peahens by vibrating the erect tail and elongated covert feathers during their trainrattling displays. Wingshaking behaviour is also performed during courtship. Slowmotion clips of trainrattling peacocks demonstrate that the eyespots remain relatively stationary (as compared to the rest of the train feathers) during the display, and that the tail drives the vibrations by stridulating against the train feathers. Movie 2 Movie 3 www