Vocal mimicry in distress calls of Phainopeplas

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 389-395

  Chu, Miyoko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress calls; Phainopepla nitens; Phainopeplas; Vocal mimicry

Indexed keywords

BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; COLAPTES AURATUS; PHAINOPEPLA NITENS;

EID: 0035013025     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0389:VMIDCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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