Imitative pecking by budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus, over a 24 h delay

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1111-1118

  Richards, Charlotte ^a   Mottley, Kieron ^b   Pearce, John ^b   Heyes, Cecilia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

associative sequence learning; budgerigar; delayed imitation; imitation; Melopsittacus undulatus; pecking; response facilitation; stepping; two action test; video stimulus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMITATION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 64549149296     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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