A Lek is a communal display area used by male animals, particularly birds, during courtship. The same area is often used for many years.


Leks assemble before and during the breeding season, on a daily basis. The same group of males meet at a traditional place and take up the same individual positions on an arena, each occupying and defending a small territory or court. Intermittently or continuously, they spar individually with their neighbours or put on extravagant visual or aural displays.


Also see:
Rut