Microgeographic song discrimination in a nonterritorial passerine, the Boat-tailed Grackle

David S. Melman; William A. Searcy

doi:10.2307/1370073

Microgeographic song discrimination in a nonterritorial passerine, the Boat-tailed Grackle

David S. Melman, William A. Searcy

Biology

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Abstract

We used playback in the field to test Boat-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus major) for the ability to discriminate local songs from foreign songs. Male grackles responded more strongly to songs recorded at their own colony than to songs recorded at colonies 4-13 km distant. Female grackles showed little response to either local or foreign song.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	845-848
Number of pages	4
Journal	Condor
Volume	101
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/1370073
State	Published - Nov 1999

Keywords

Bird song
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Song discrimination

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Animal Science and Zoology

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