On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:42:54AM +1000, Peter Woodall wrote:
> On the other hand the Widowfinches (Vidua spp.) which are passerines,
> parasitising small waxbills & finches, do seem to learn and use some of
> their hosts' song patterns. Payne did a lot of work on these.
These are the Indigobirds I mentioned - which shows the virtue of
including scientific names (which I didn't).
There is an interesting recent paper at:
http://www.bu.edu/news/releases/2003/08/29-indigobirds.pdf
and a popular write up at:
http://www.bu.edu/news/releases/2003/08/29-indigobirds.html
and some pics & songs at:
http://people.bu.edu/msoren/indigos.html
I'm disappointed no one has volunteered observations of geographic
variation in Australian cuckoo calls - I know from reading twitchathon
reports that more than a few people on this list are good with calls.
Andrew
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