Homosexual Mating Displays in Penguins

• Published in: Ethology
• Main Authors: Pincemy, Gwénaëlle, Dobson, F. Stephen, Jouventin, Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; King Penguins
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01835.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0310.2010.01835.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01835.x

Abstract More than 50 yr ago, field studies recorded the same‐sex pairs (and trios) of penguins displaying to each other during the mating season, using behavior patterns typical of heterosexual mating displays. Such observations led to a hypothesis that due to a lack of sex recognition pairing occu...