Two sympatric species of passerine birds imitate the same raptor calls in alarm contexts

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-108

  Ratnayake, Chaminda P ^a   Goodale, Eben ^a   Kotagama, Sarath W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Avian mimicry; Interspecific communication; Magpies; Predation; Raptor vocalizations; Urocissa ornata

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEAR; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; CORVIDAE; DICRURUS PARADISEUS; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES; UROCISSA ORNATA;

EID: 73649145450     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0617-7     Document Type: Article

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