Which bird has the most impressive courtship display?

Inflated pouches, decorated bowers, backward moonwalks and full-body struts. Every bird here has its own way of getting noticed.

1. 1
   Indian Peafowl

   The peacock raises a long train of eye-spotted feathers into a fan above his back and shivers it to court peahens.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Satin Bowerbird

   The Australian male builds a stick bower and decorates it with blue objects, from feathers to bottle caps, then dances for visiting females.
   897pts
3. 3
   Red-crowned Crane

   Pairs of this East Asian crane leap, bow and call in duets during a dance that is a symbol of fidelity in Japan.
   636pts
4. 4
   Great Crested Grebe

   Pairs perform a mirrored water dance that ends in the weed ceremony, both rising breast to breast holding waterweed.
   538pts
5. 5
   Magnificent Frigatebird

   The male inflates a bright red throat pouch into a balloon while sitting in the nesting colony to attract passing females.
   538pts
6. 6
   Wild Turkey

   In spring the male wild turkey puffs up his body feathers, fans his tail, drags his wings and struts while gobbling at hens.
   418pts
7. 7
   Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

   A small bird-of-paradise from Indonesia whose male shows a bare turquoise crown and a green breast shield at a cleared court.
   418pts
8. 8
   Greater Sage-Grouse

   Males gather on open leks in the American West and inflate two yellow air sacs on the chest with a loud popping sound.
   418pts
9. 9
   Andean Cock-of-the-rock

   Bright orange males gather at leks in Andean cloud forests, bowing, hopping and calling to females.
   0pts
10. 10
    Blue-footed Booby

    A seabird of the eastern Pacific whose male struts, raises his bright blue feet one at a time and points his wings and bill skyward to court a female.
    0pts
11. 11
    Red-capped Manakin

    A small Central American bird whose male slides backward along a branch in a fast, shuffling moonwalk.
    0pts
12. 12
    Flamingo

    Flamingos court in large groups, marching together with heads high and flagging their heads from side to side.
    0pts

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