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Genetic evidence supports song learning in the three-wattled bellbird Procnias tricarunculata (Cotingidae).
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2007
Saranathan Vinodkumar, Hamilton Deborah, Powell George V N, Kroodsma Donald E, Prum Richard O
Abstract excerpt
Vocal learning is thought to have evolved in three clades of birds (parrots, hummingbirds, and oscine passerines), and three clades of mammals (whales, bats, and primates). Behavioural data indicate that, unlike other suboscine passerines, the three-wattled bellbird Procnias tricarunculata (Cotingidae) is capable of vocal learning. Procnias tricarunculata shows conspicuous vocal ontogeny, striking geographical...
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