Crested Shrike-tit (11/18)

PASSERIFORMES: Pachycephalidae

Falcunculus frontatus  

This pair of Crested Shrike-tits confused me.

The bird on the right had been following the other bird around and appeared to be performing a mating display for it.

The olive bib on the displaying bird though surely indicates that it is a female.

I don't have a problem with a female initiating a relationship but the bird on the left did, and it chased off its suitor.

But the bird on the left also appeared to be a female, so perhaps I'm not the only one who's confused.