Response of forest Turtur doves to conspecific and congeneric songs in sympatry and allopatry.

ABSTRACT: Birds have a diverse acoustic communication system, and the ability to recognise their own species' song from a distance facilitates complex behaviours related to mate attraction and rival deterrence. However, certain species, including doves, do not learn songs and their vocal repertoires are much simpler than those of better-studied songbirds. In these so-called non-learning birds, relatively little is known about the role that bird song plays in intra- and interspecific interactions, and how such behaviours might be acquired (inherited or learned from experience). To investigate this question, we focused on two species of African wood doves whose long-range songs are used in a territorial context. Specifically, we examined the responses of sympatric and allopatric populations of male bl

SUBMITTER: Niskiewicz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10518307 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature