Distraction displays, also known as diversionary displays, or paratrepsis are anti-predator behaviors used to attract the attention of an enemy away from...

snout into the substrate, as would a female raiding a nest. This distraction display commonly fools the females into behaving as if a nest has been discovered...

behaviour is at least partially learnt, as when a bird puts on a distraction display, feigning injury to lure a predator away from a nest. Fourth level...

without both wings partly spread. Non-vocal sounds- during intense distraction displays, the wings are beaten loudly on the ground accompanied by an intense...

other wader groups. Plovers engage in false brooding, a type of distraction display. Examples include pretending to change position or to sit on an imaginary...

sexes. If humans approach the nest both parents may engage in a distraction display but known ground predators (including domestic dogs (Canis lupus...

included a raspy, drawn-out shrooooo-ooo-eh apparently uttered as a distraction display mainly by the male near the nest. While sound is important to some...

itself from predators. One of its most distinctive mechanisms is a distraction display that serves to confuse, or simply distract, predators. This involves...

predators, such as fiercely protecting a non-existent nest, or a distraction display of hopping on a single leg, to attract attention to itself and away...

enough to leave the nest, he will attempt a distraction display. This usually involves a fake injury display, similar to that of the killdeer. To do this...

other animals particularly ungulates and crows. Females may use a distraction display that involves flying zigzag with dangling legs. The great Indian...

occur when intrusions and disturbance by humans are frequent. A distraction display was recorded by a female barred owl when humans approached. In it...

flight, the latter in a similar manner to that of a fish eagle. Distraction display are sometimes accompanied by subdued barking chatter, ka-ka-ka-ka...

incubation to just after fledging, one or both adults engage in distraction displays such as feigning injury by flapping along the ground. Sometimes they...

Natural History Society. 76 (2): 362–363. Manakadan, Ranjit (1995). "Distraction display in the Little Brown Dove Streptopelia senegalensis (Linn.)". Journal...

by a predator, adult female lark sparrows are known to exhibit a distraction display. The breeding habitat is a variety of open habitats including grasslands...

person climbs to an active nest, the adult female eagle-owl will do a distraction display, in which they feign an injury. This is an uncommon behavior in most...

is near their offspring, curassows have been noted to engage in a distraction display, feigning injury. When attacking humans, the curassows leap in fluttering...

parents protect their young by uttering an alarm call, performing distraction display and they may even attack the predator or intruder. The chicks are...

directly into the nest to eat the young birds. The female can perform a distraction display, simulating an injured bird, when a potential predator is in the...

timers or speedometers to reduce clutter and distractions. Some console video games are able to display an HUD on video game controllers that contain...

computing, a full-screen writing program or distraction-free editor is a text editor that occupies the full display with the purpose of isolating the writer...

bacteria are most frequently conserved from generation to generation, displaying high levels of vertical transmission. Results have shown that these symbiotic...

around the neck and head. Many of the nightjar species also have the distraction display, which helps lead unwary predators farther distances from the nest...

wrote in his History of Animals that partridges use a deceptive distraction display to lure predators away from their flightless young: When a man comes...

Rowley & Russell 1997, p. 121. Rowley, Ian (1962). "'Rodent-run' distraction display by a passerine, the Superb Blue Wren Malurus cyaneus (L.)". Behaviour...

theory Anti-predator adaptation Alarm signal Aposematism Apparent death Deimatic behaviour Distraction display Crypsis Camouflage Mimicry Unkenreflex...

fledging periods are unknown. This species has been recorded giving a distraction display, pretending to be injured to distract predators from its nest. Both...

between two people if one isn't wearing one if the headset becomes a distraction. Augmented reality also gives users the ability to practice different...

activities which distract the driver's attention away from the road. Distractions are shown to compromise the safety of the driver, passengers, pedestrians...