Comparisons of the vocalizations and social behaviour of southern African Pycnonotus bulbuls

Lloyd, Penn; Hulley, Patrick E; Craig, Adrian J F K

Title: Comparisons of the vocalizations and social behaviour of southern African Pycnonotus bulbuls
Creator: Lloyd, Penn, Hulley, Patrick E, Craig, Adrian J F K
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 1996
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447774
Identifier: vital:74673
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/00306525.1996.9639696
Description: Vocalizations and associated behaviour of three Pycnonotus species are described, based on field observations and tape recordings from which sonagrams were produced. These species, which are locally sym-patric and hybridize, have similar vocalizations and displays; differences are most apparent in their contact calls and songs. Quantitative analysis of the songs showed that P. barbatus and P. capensis are easily distinguished, whereas the song characteristics of P. nigricans overlap those of both the other species. Playback experiments with territorial male P. barbatus in an area of allopatry showed similar responses to songs of conspecifics and of P. nigricans, but almost no response to the song of P. capensis.
Format: 7 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Ostrich, Lloyd, P., Hulley, P.E. and Craig, A.J., 1996. Comparisons of the vocalizations and social behaviour of southern African Pycnonotus bulbuls. Ostrich, 67(3-4), pp.118-125, Ostrich volume 67 number 3-4 118 125 1996 1727-947X
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