Song repertoires of Harris' sparrows ( Zonotrichia querula )
The songs of 34 male Harris' sparrows were recorded at Churchill, Manitoba. The songs are composed of one to three whistled notes, all at the same frequency. Individuals sing from one to three song types, each at a discrete frequency. Males are very accurate at returning to the same frequency,...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z91-259 2023-12-17T10:28:51+01:00 Song repertoires of Harris' sparrows ( Zonotrichia querula ) Shackleton, Scott A. Ratcliffe, Laurene Horn, Andrew G. Naugler, Christopher T. 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-259 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z91-259 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 69, issue 7, page 1867-1874 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1991 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z91-259 2023-11-19T13:39:33Z The songs of 34 male Harris' sparrows were recorded at Churchill, Manitoba. The songs are composed of one to three whistled notes, all at the same frequency. Individuals sing from one to three song types, each at a discrete frequency. Males are very accurate at returning to the same frequency, both within a bout and between days. Individuals seem to structure their repertoire on the basis of the frequency ratio between types, rather than on the absolute frequency of each type. Males responded to playback of a 3-kHz song with the song in their repertoire that was closest to it in frequency. We suggest that the frequency ratio between song types may be species specific, whereas the absolute frequency of song types may facilitate individual recognition. This species has been previously described as having only a single song type. Our study and other recent work suggest that there is no sharp distinction in the wild between bird species with single and multisong repertoires. Article in Journal/Newspaper Churchill Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Zoology 69 7 1867 1874 |
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The songs of 34 male Harris' sparrows were recorded at Churchill, Manitoba. The songs are composed of one to three whistled notes, all at the same frequency. Individuals sing from one to three song types, each at a discrete frequency. Males are very accurate at returning to the same frequency, both within a bout and between days. Individuals seem to structure their repertoire on the basis of the frequency ratio between types, rather than on the absolute frequency of each type. Males responded to playback of a 3-kHz song with the song in their repertoire that was closest to it in frequency. We suggest that the frequency ratio between song types may be species specific, whereas the absolute frequency of song types may facilitate individual recognition. This species has been previously described as having only a single song type. Our study and other recent work suggest that there is no sharp distinction in the wild between bird species with single and multisong repertoires. |
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Song repertoires of Harris' sparrows ( Zonotrichia querula ) |
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Song repertoires of Harris' sparrows ( Zonotrichia querula ) |
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Song repertoires of Harris' sparrows ( Zonotrichia querula ) |
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Song repertoires of Harris' sparrows ( Zonotrichia querula ) |
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