The role of arrival time to the breeding grounds in the song development of juvenile pied flycatchers

Few studies on song learning have been conducted in the field. Male pied flycatchers ( Ficedula hypoleuca ) seem to learn song syllables in the breeding grounds. Adult males arrive first to the breeding grounds and sing more complex songs until they have paired. Early arriving juveniles may have mor...

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Published inJournal of ethology Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 229 - 233
Main Authors Fong, Lydia J. M., Labra, Antonieta, Lampe, Helene M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Springer Japan 15.05.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Animal behavior
Animal Ecology
Behavioral Sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Evolutionary Biology
Life Sciences
Males
Short Communication
Song
Zoology
Learning
Repertoire size
Song complexity
Age
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Summary:Few studies on song learning have been conducted in the field. Male pied flycatchers ( Ficedula hypoleuca ) seem to learn song syllables in the breeding grounds. Adult males arrive first to the breeding grounds and sing more complex songs until they have paired. Early arriving juveniles may have more opportunities to learn new syllables from adult neighbours and develop more complex songs than later arriving juveniles. However, results suggest that arrival time is not important in song complexity development, but that males develop greater song complexity (repertoire size and song versatility) regardless as they age.
ISSN:0289-0771
1439-5444
DOI:10.1007/s10164-019-00585-7