I saw an Olive-backed Oriole at Mulligan?s Flat yesterday indulging in some
impressive mimicry. I note that Pizzey states ?subsong includes mimicry? but
this didn?t sound like subsong to me. There were two Orioles ? one at the top
of a tree singing ?normal? Oriole song, and another lower down that was also
singing strongly, but including a lot of mimicry, notably Grey Butcherbird song
and Crimson Rosella calls. This is the first time I can recall ever hearing
mimicry by Orioles. They carried on like this for several minutes as I stood
transfixed by the display. Is it more likely that this was a pair, rather than
two males? Do females sing?
Regards
Frank Antram
*******************************************************************************************************
This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra
Ornithologists Group.
List-Post: <>
List-Help: <>
List-Unsubscribe: <>
List-Subscribe: <>
List archive: <http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds>
List manager: David McDonald, email
<>
|
