Individual recognition of song repertoires in two wood warblers |
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Authors: | R Godard R H Wiley |
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Institution: | (1) Biology Department, Hollins College, 24020 Roanoke, VA, USA;(2) Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-3280 Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
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Abstract: | We examined recognition of individual neighbors in hooded warblers (Wilsonia citrina) and Kentucky warblers (Oporornis formosus) by comparing responses to playbacks of neighbors' songs from appropriate and inappropriate boundaries of the subjects' territories. Kentucky warblers, which sing one song type each, responded more strongly to the songs of neighbors broadcast from incorrect than from correct boundaries. Hooded warblers use their repertoires of three to nine song types in two distinct modes of singing: repeat mode involves repeated presentation of one song type; mixed mode involves presentation of two or more song types in irregular sequence. Playbacks of neighbors' mixed-mode songs from appropriate and inappropriate boundaries indicated capabilities of individual recognition similar to those reported previously for repeat-mode songs (Godard 1991) and to those of Kentucky warblers. Repertoires of moderate size, therefore, have no pronounced influence on eventual recognition of individual neighbors in hooded warblers. |
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Keywords: | Song recognition Kentucky warblers Hooded warblers Repertoires |
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