In the wild, the territorial males attract four or five females who mate only during the full moon after a week of courtship.

It often calls from within cover but territorial males call from a prominent perch.

Singing takes place in the breeding season during a 20-minute dawn chorus by all territorial males; it is also heard occasionally throughout the day.

Bachelor herds do not occur, and single territorial males are rare.

As the female groups pass through, the territorial males will try to herd them to prevent them from leaving.

However, kindergartens tend to be protected by an adult, usually a territorial male.

They move more and are more social than territorial males.

Mature females transform into territorial males upon further growth (see Protogyny).

In these systems, territorial males have access to better resources than bachelor males.

Tenure of territorial males lasts from 35-122 days.