Before breeding begins, the male and female Malagasy Harrier engage in beautiful courtship activities including aerial displays performed by the males, vocalizations, food exchanges, and flights performed by both members of the pair. Madagascar Program Director Dr. Lily-Arison René de Roland described this exchange: “Aerial flight displays began with a spiraling, ascending flight by the male, then progressed to a fast hard flapping flight with steep undulations and then to a rapid descending spirals with “koue” vocalizations.” He also described pair-formation flights in this way: “Pair-formation flights involved the male and female flying slowly together in their territory and sometimes stalling and grabbing at the other member of the pair.”