 The noisy miner does not use a stereotyped courtship display ; displays can involve ' driving ' where the male jumps or flies at the female from 1 – 2 metres ( 3 @.@ 3 – 6 @.@ 6 ft ) away , and if she moves away he pursues her aggressively . The female may perform a ' bowed @-@ wing display ' where the wings and tail are spread and quivered , with the wings arched and the head pointing down . The male may adopt a vertical or horizontal ' eagle display ' with wings and tail spread wide and held still for several seconds . Copulation is frequent and conspicuous , with both males and females copulating with several birds , while other members of the colony display or otherwise interfere with the mating pair . Copulation usually occurs on larger , exposed branches close to the nest site and can occur at any time of the day , although slightly more often between 11 : 00 and 13 : 00 when communal activities are less frequent . The frenzied courtship activity had led to speculation that the female mates promiscuously to recruit males to help care for the young , but recent genetic testing shows that 96 @.@ 5 % of noisy miner broods result from monogamous mating and that multiple paternity is rare . An observation of banded birds noted that while females copulated repeatedly , it was always with the same male . Mate switching between broods is uncommon , with pairs staying together over several years . 
 The noisy miner <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>does</mark></a> not use a stereotyped courtship display ; displays can involve ' driving ' where the male jumps or flies at the female from 1 – 2 metres ( 3 @.@ 3 – 6 @.@ 6 ft ) away , and if she <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>moves</mark></a> away he <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>pursues</mark></a> her aggressively . The female may perform a ' bowed @-@ wing display ' where the wings and tail are spread and quivered , with the wings arched and the head pointing down . The male may adopt a vertical or horizontal ' eagle display ' with wings and tail spread wide and held still for several seconds . Copulation <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>frequent and conspicuous , with both males and females copulating with several birds , while other members of the colony display or otherwise interfere with the mating pair . Copulation usually <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>occurs</mark></a> on larger , exposed branches close to the nest site and can occur at any time of the day , although slightly more often between 11 : 00 and 13 : 00 when communal activities <a href='drop_aux' title='6'><mark>are</mark></a>less frequent . The frenzied courtship activity <a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>had</mark></a> led to speculation that the female mates promiscuously to recruit males to help care for the young , but recent genetic testing <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>shows</mark></a> that 96 @.@ 5 % of noisy miner broods result from monogamous mating and that multiple paternity <a href='drop_aux' title='9'><mark>is</mark></a>rare . An observation of banded birds noted that while females copulated repeatedly , it was always with the same male . Mate switching between broods <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>is</mark></a>uncommon , with pairs staying together over several years . 
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