BIO320H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Temperate Climate, Zebra Finch, Song Sparrow
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Bio320 lecture 17- more on cognitive ecology of song communication and song learning in the. Song sparrow are song birds- songs are richer in variety of songs, the way they select songs and. Zebra finch birds- simple song withstand standing in captivity the way they conduct songs is much richer not just artificial stimuli. Insight into function of song in territorial songbirds could be derived from viewing the songbirds as a decision maker with: respect to the songs he learns in his first year of life. Which songs it learns and which it retains: how he subsequently uses those songs in day-today interaction with his territorial neighbours. Using songs in strategic/ specific way in respect to territory confrontations. Song sparrows birds live in territory, surrounding by other territories. A bird announces his possession of a territory by singing from perches throughout the territory. Typically his songs can be heard several territories away.
