Across species communication of alarm calls of Australian birds

[Andrew Hobbs <>]

On 16/01/2012 11:05 AM, Philip Veerman wrote:
> Casual observation over years of bird watching suggests to me that various
> Australian birds recognise the alarm calls (directed towards the presence of
> raptors, goannas, snakes etc) of other species as being exactly what they
> are.
>
> However without getting technical about it, I wonder whether anyone has
> assembled any actual evidence that various Australian bird species correctly
> understand alarm calls when made by another species, particularly not
> closely related species.
>
> Any quick and simple comments appreciated as I hope to use this for a non
> technical and non ornithological audience.
>   
You could try

http://qmul.academia.edu/BenjaminPitcher/Papers/899821/An_avian_eavesdropping_network_alarm_signal_reliability_and_heterospecific_response

and

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/08/12/rspb.2011.1362.full

as a start.
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