Bird's lightning 'tap dance' caught on camera

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An interesting article from BBC News:

Bird's lightning 'tap dance' caught on camera - BBC News

You can find the paper here:

Tap dancing birds: the multimodal mutual courtship display of males and females in a socially monogamous songbird : Scientific Reports

Scientists have glimpsed songbirds stamping their feet in a rapid-fire "tap-dance" that is invisible to the naked eye.

Both male and female cordon-bleu birds bob up and down while singing to their mates.

Now, using high-speed video cameras, a team from Japan and Germany has spotted a remarkable quick-step that the birds perform mid-hop during this display.