No. | Behavioral contexts | Description |
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1 | courtship | The male chases the female on the water surface before copulation. |
2 | copulation | The male stands on the female’s back to copulate while pecking its head and producing loud and rapid calls on the water surface or in the nest. |
3 | forage | The common coot makes continuous calls when foraging for food in open water. |
4 | chase and fight | The common coot fights and chases away other conspecifics, especially during the nest-building period, often involving pecking with the bill, kicking with the feet, and the broadcasting of hurried and loud calls. |
5 | back to nest | 2 different types of call were recorded when common coots swam into the dense reeds and back to the nest. |
6 | in the nest | The common coots can make 3 different weak calls while they are preening feathers or building nests in the reeds. |
7 | searching nest materials | The common coots make the most commonly heard call type gently when they are searching and picking up dried or died grass stems to build nests on the water surface. |
8 | leaving nest | 2 different calls when common coots leave nests and swim out of the reeds. |
9 | communication with nestlings | A specific call type which was most rarely recorded produced by the adult common coots to seek or interact with their nestlings. |