The Ruff

The ruff is a special bird in a few ways. It' s one d the rare s ies where the males display
more for each other than for females in order to establish a . Flea. they have three
types of males who are different from each other in both looks and behavior.
The mast man is the Male who is stronger and more aggressive towards other
males of his own kind. He spends most of his time fighting and displacing,
The next is the ‘Satellite Male who is the same size as the territorial male but less muscular.
more agile. and has much colored feathers. He doesnt have a territory of his own but
hangs out in the territorial male' s, with the females. The territorial male toler-
ates this because the presence of a satellite male for some reason attracts more females.
Find I” there' s the rare Feeder Male. He is smaller than the other males, looks more tortie
nine. and ' e the satellite male have no we q He also with the females, but
as h let the other males mate him, as well as top them. Orginally people
though the o males confused him with a female. but closer studies have shown they are
well aware of his gender, The strong terrestial male allows him in his territory because' the
high amount of homosexual activity attracts the females, and males who have topped or been
tapped , a feeder male is more lucky with the females. The feeder male will usually spend
most of a summer with the females. and the winter with the males.
The females are incredibly promiscuous and while they usually prefer Geter I, Satellite 2, and
finally Territorial as last, they always breed with all three types if they are available.