Interesting article on goal-directed birdsong mimickry

[Aaron Ximm <>]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060117083746.htm

Lead:

"Imitation of other species is one of the most intriguing and
mysterious aspects of birdsong. Often =97 as in the case of mockingbirds
=97 there seems to be little connection between what the bird is
imitating and what it is doing at that moment. But in the rainforests
of Sri Lanka, a bird that travels in mixed-species flocks has learned
to use the calls of other species in the same contexts that those
species use them, to apparently signal an alarm."

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