Vocalizations and associated behaviors of the sombre hummingbird (Aphantochroa cirrhochloris) and the rufous-breasted hermit (Glaucis hirsutus)

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1129-1148

  Ferreira, Adriana R J ^a,b   Smulders, Tom V ^c   Sameshima, Koichi ^b   Mello, Claudio V ^d   Jarvis, Erich D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphantochroa cirrhochloris; Glaucis hirsutus; Rufous breasted Hermit; Sombre Hummingbird; Syntax; Territorial; Vocal learners

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BRAIN; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

APHANTOCHROA; GLAUCIS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33750431407     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[1129:VAABOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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