Hi Keith
and all,
Keith I don’t
think the variation of dialect, in most species, would be great enough to track
their place of origin. I remember the White-naped Honeyeater’s call in Central
Aus, an isolated population, was certainly different from the Vic birds but was
still easily distinguishable as a W-N H/E. These Currawongs are not isolated by
anything that is obvious and have distinctly different dialects every 5-10 kilometres
or so. It puzzles me!
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Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 5:30 PM
To: birdingaus
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] bird
dialects
Hi all,
Val Curtis, I have mentioned the subject of dialects previously. A couple
of years ago I was at Mt Hotham and noticed how different the Yellow faced
Honey eater calls were to those I am familiar with in Sydney. I raise the
question, would the dialect be different on a sonagram. If so could,nt this be
used to track the migration of this species and others, it would be a
dammed sight easier than banding.
I have
also found this dialect in other species when on the Gold Coast but
dont remember which species. What do you think?
keith
