Hearing and Vocalizations in the Orange-Fronted Conure (Aratinga canicularis)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-95

  Wright, Timothy F ^a   Cortopassi, Kathryn A ^b   Bradbury, Jack W ^b   Dooling, Robert J ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIRD; HEARING; INSTRUMENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECORDING; SOUND DETECTION; VIDEORECORDING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIRDS; HEARING; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TAPE RECORDING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0042853180     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.117.1.87     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Beeman, K. (1998). SIGNAL/RTSD User's Guide. Belmont, MA: Engineering Design.
2. Bradbury, J. W., & Cortopassi, K. A. (2000). [Vocal repertoire of the orange-fronted conure]. Unpublished raw data.
3. Bradbury, J. W., Cortopassi, K. A., & Clemmons, J. R. (2001). Geographic variation in the contact calls of orange-fronted parakeets. Auk, 118, 958-972.
4. Brenowitz, E. A. (1982). The active space of red-winged blackbird song. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 147, 511-522.
5. Brown, D., & Toft, C. (1999). Molecular systematics and biogeography of the cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). Auk, 116, 141-157.
6. Cortopassi, K. A., & Bradbury, J. W. (2000). The comparison of harmonically rich sounds using spectrographic cross-correlation and principal coordinates analysis. Bioacoustics, 11, 89-127.
7. Cortopassi, K. A., & Lewis, E. R. (1998). A comparison of the linear tuning properties of two classes of axons in the bullfrog lagena. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 51, 331-348.
8. Dooling, R. J. (1982). Auditory perception in birds. In D. E. Kroodsma & E. H. Miller (Eds.), Acoustic communication in birds. Vol. 1: Production, perception and design features of sound (pp. 261-288). New York: Academic Press.
9. Dooling, R. J. (1986). Perception of vocal signals by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Experimental Biology, 45, 195-218.
10. Dooling, R. J., Brown, S. D., Klump, G. M., & Okanoya, K. (1992). Auditory perception of conspecific and heterospecific vocalizations in birds: Evidence for special processes. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 106, 20-28.
11. Dooling, R. J., Lohr, B., & Dent, M. L. (2000). Hearing in birds and reptiles. In R. J. Dooling, R. R. Fay, & A. N. Popper (Eds.), Comparative hearing in birds and reptiles (Vol. 13, pp. 308-359). New York: Springer-Verlag.
12. Dooling, R. J., Mulligan, J. A., & Miller, J. D. (1971). Auditory sensitivity and song spectrum of the common canary (Serinus canarius). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 50, 700-708.
13. Dooling, R. J., & Okanoya, K. (1995). The method of constant stimuli in testing auditory sensitivity in small birds. In G. M. Klump, R. J. Dooling, R. R. Fay, & W. C. Stebbins (Eds.), Methods in comparative psychoacoustics (pp. 161-169). Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser Verlag.
14. Dooling, R. J., Peters, S. S., & Searcy, M. H. (1979). Auditory sensitivity and vocalizations of the field sparrow (Spizella pusilla). Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 14, 106-108.
15. Dooling, R. J., & Saunders, J. C. (1975a). Auditory intensity discrimination in the parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 58, 1308-1310.
16. Dooling, R. J., & Saunders, J. C. (1975b). Hearing in the parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus): Absolute thresholds, critical ratios, frequency difference limens, and vocalizations. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 88, 1-20.
17. Dooling, R. J., & Searcy, M. H. (1979). The relationship among critical ratios, critical bands, and intensity difference limens in the parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus). Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 13, 300-302.
18. Dooling, R. J., & Searcy, M. H. (1981). Amplitude modulation thresholds for the parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus). Journal of Comparative Physiology, 143, 383-388.
19. Dooling, R. J., Zoloth, S. R., & Baylis, J. R. (1978). Auditory sensitivity, equal loudness, temporal resolving power, and vocalizations in the house finch (Carpocadus mexicanus). Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 92, 867-876.
20. Farabaugh, S. M., Dent, M. L., & Dooling, R. J. (1998). Hearing and vocalizations of wild-caught Australian budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 112, 74-81.
21. Farabaugh, S. M., & Dooling, R. J. (1996). Acoustic communication in parrots: Laboratory and field studies of Budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus. In D. E. Kroodsma & E. H. Miller (Eds.), Ecology and evolution of acoustic communication in birds (pp. 97-117). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
22. Forshaw, J. M. (1989). Parrots of the world (3rd ed.). Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia: Landsdowne Editions.
23. Hardy, J. W. (1963). Epigamic and reproductive behavior of the orange-fronted parakeet. Condor, 65, 169-199.
24. Hienz, R. D., & Sachs, M. B. (1987). Effects of pure-tone thresholds in blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus and Molothrus ater) and pigeons (Columba livia). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101, 16-24.
25. Hienz, R. D., Sinnott, J. M., & Sachs, M. B. (1980). Auditory intensity discrimination in blackbirds and pigeons. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 94, 993-1002.
26. Klump, G. M. (1996). Bird communication in the noisy world. In D. E. Kroodsma & E. H. Miller (Eds.), Ecology and evolution of acoustic communication in birds (pp. 321-338). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
27. Langemann, U., Gauger, B., & Klump, G. M. (1998). Auditory sensitivity in the great tit: Perception of signals in the presence and absence of noise. Animal Behaviour, 56, 763-769.
28. Lewis, E. R. (1987). Speculations about noise and the evolution of vertebrate hearing. Hearing Research, 25, 83-90.
29. Manley, G. A., Schwabedissen, G., & Gleich, O. (1993). Morphology of the basillar papilla of the budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus. Journal of Morphology, 204, 153-165.
30. Miyaki, C. Y., Matioli, S. R., Burke, T., & Wajntal, A. (1998). Parrot evolution and paleogeographical events: Mitochondrial DNA evidence. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 15, 544-551.
31. Morton, E. A. (1975). Ecological sources of selection on avian sounds. American Naturalist, 109, 17-34.
32. Okanoya, K., & Dooling, R. J. (1985). Colony differences in auditory thresholds in the canary. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 78, 1170-1176.
33. Okanoya, K., & Dooling, R. J. (1987). Hearing in passerine and psittacine birds: A comparative study of absolute and masked thresholds. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101, 7-15.
34. Okanoya, K., & Dooling, R. J. (1988). Obtaining acoustic similarity measures from animals: A method for species comparisons. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 83, 1690-1693.
35. Park, T. J., Okanoya, K., & Dooling, R. J. (1985). Operant conditioning of small birds for acoustic discrimination. Journal of Ethology (Japan), 3, 5-9.
36. Ryan, M. J. (1986). Factors influencing the evolution of acoustic communication: Biological constraints. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 28, 70-82.
37. Ryan, M. J., & Brenowitz, E. A. (1985). The role of body size, phytogeny, and ambient noise in the evolution of bird song. American Naturalist, 126, 87-100.
38. Webster, D. B., Popper, A. N., & Fay, R. R. (Eds.). (1992). The evolutionary biology of hearing. New York: Springer-Verlag.
39. Wiley, R. H., & Richards, D. G. (1978). Physical constraints on acoustic communication in the atmosphere: Implications for the evolution of animal vocalizations. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 3, 69-94.
40. Zann, R. (1965). Behavioural studies of the quarrion (Nymphicus hollandicus). Unpublished honours thesis, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.