Bird's lightning 'tap dance' caught on camera

Non-singing birds are also known to perform elaborate dances that can include noises from wing, external or tail feathers - tricks that have, similarly, been unveiled by high-speed video footage. But the cordon-bleu's striking quick-step is something of a first. "It is very astonishing," said Manfred Gahr, co-author of the study, from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany. "Maybe mor

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“Alternatively, the rat-a-tat flourish might be a musical accompaniment to the bird's song, or a visual display - or it might be a wooing strategy that targets multiple senses."It's a really rare phenomenon that songbirds produce non-vocal sounds," said senior author Masayo Soma, from Hokkaido Uni