PRODUCTIONS: THE ROOSTER OF THE PLAINS

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E. Coppola, F. Petretti, A. D'Onofrio

SD Cinematografica

13'

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Very few ornithologists have ever had the privilege of observing the nuptial dance of the male little bustard. The little bustard is one of the rarest birds in Italy, with only a few examples left in Apulia and Sardinia. The film depicts the nuptial rites of these animals against the background of the Sardinian grasslands. The regions are very similar to the desolate steppes of Central Asia and many little-known animals and plants find refuge here. Among them are several very rare plants, reptiles, amphibians and birds. The most important of these are the little bustards who put on a show every evening during which the males, in their gaudy black and white plumage, show off for the occasion. They take up positions in their tiny lek and begin jumping into the air while flapping their white wings conspicuously in the dim twilight of the plateau.