Table 1. Showing different levels of the crest and circumstances in which these used.

 

 

Crest Position

 

Number of scan/ observations

 

Proportion

 

Crest position angle

 

Circumstances in which used

 

1.

 

Down crest position

 

163

 

44.9 %

 

 0¡-30¡

 

Greeting, begging, sleeping, feeding, egestion, beak cleaning, and water drinking.

 

2.

 

Middle crest position

 

114

 

31.4 %

 

 31¡ to 60¡

 

Feeding, nest guarding and preening.

 

3.

 

Up crest  position

 

86

 

23.7 %

 

 61¡ to 105¡

 

During alertness, play, roosting chorus, danger and attacking/ aggression/ chasing