Vocal mimicry of alarm-associated sounds by a drongo elicits flee and mobbing responses from other species that participate in mixed-species bird flocks

Ethology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 266-274

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

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alarm calls; Bird song; Dicruridae; Interspecific communication; Mixed species flocks

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BIRD; COMMUNICATION; MIMICRY; MOBBING; PREDATOR; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; DICRURINAE; DICRURUS PARADISEUS; GARRULAX CINEREIFRONS; TURDOIDES RUFESCENS;

EID: 84893008458     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12202     Document Type: Article

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