Do zebra finch males that have been raised by another species still tend to select a conspecific song tutor?
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2023, Animal BehaviourCitation Excerpt :This finding suggests that species-specific hearing and vocal communication do coevolve, resulting in subtle specializations in sensory perception and behaviour. These small species differences in auditory sensitivity may contribute to the well-established perceptual biases for conspecific song that guide song learning in juveniles, aggression in adult males and mate choice in adult females (Catchpole & Slater, 2008; Dooling & Searcy, 1980; Eales, 1987; Marler & Peters, 1977; Nowicki & Searcy, 2004; Soha & Marler, 2000). Yow-Tyng Yeh: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Data curation, Writing – Original draft preparation, Visualization, Writing – Reviewing and Editing.
The sensitive period for auditory-vocal learning in the zebra finch: Consequences of limited-model availability and multiple-tutor paradigms on song imitation
2019, Behavioural ProcessesCitation Excerpt :If at 35 dph the juveniles were allowed full social contact with an adult male zebra finch, while the contact with the Bengalese finch foster father was decreased to visual and vocal interactions only, the songs of young males were equally likely to be influenced by the foster father as by adult conspecifics (Eales, 1987a). Zebra finches that were raised by their own species did not show this change in song tutor choice (Eales, 1987a). However, this preference for species-specific song after cross fostering by Bengalese finches may be due to innate limitations on song model selection, which favors zebra finch song based on the intersyllable silent gaps (Araki et al., 2016; Clayton, 1989).
Production, usage, and comprehension in animal vocalizations
2010, Brain and LanguageRecognition memory for conspecific and heterospecific song in juvenile zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata
2007, Animal BehaviourCitation Excerpt :However, the present study does not rule out the possibility that there is an advantage for memorization of conspecific song. First, while there is evidence of selective song learning in zebra finches (Clayton 1987, 1989; Eales 1987), the results may be different in species that are arguably more strongly biased towards learning conspecific song, such as some of the sparrows of the Emberizidae family. Second, while not the most parsimonious explanation, it is possible that there are separate memory codes for recognition and production, so that when a young bird hears a conspecific song that is later memorized, it is coded in one form to be used for recognition and in a different form to be used for production.
The Disassociation of Visual and Acoustic Conspecific Cues Decreases Discrimination by Female Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
2009, Journal of Comparative PsychologySong preferences predict the quality of vocal learning in zebra finches
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