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

Authors
Melman, DS Searcy, WA
Citation
Ds. Melman et Wa. Searcy, Microgeographic song discrimination in a nonterritorial passerine, the Boat-tailed Grackle, CONDOR, 101(4), 1999, pp. 845-848
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
CONDOR
ISSN journal
00105422 → ACNP
Volume
101
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
845 - 848
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-5422(199911)101:4<845:MSDIAN>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We used playback in the held to test Boat-tailed Crackles (Quiscalus major) for the ability to discriminate local songs from foreign songs. Male grack les responded more strongly to songs recorded at their own colony than to s ongs recorded at colonies 4-13 km distant. Female grackles showed little re sponse to either local or foreign song.