Individual-specific associations between warble song notes and body movements in budgerigar courtship displays.

ABSTRACT: Complex behavioral sequences such as courtship displays are often multimodal, and coordination between modalities is critically important. In learned and variable behavioural sequences such as songs, individual variability may also extend to multimodal coordination and the associations between modalities. However, individual variability in complex multimodal sequences and in coordination between distinct behaviours remains underexplored. Here, we report that budgerigars, which continuously learn and modify their complex warble songs, exhibit associations between body movements and song notes during courtship. Some associations are unique to individuals, and others are universal across individuals. Additionally, some individuals exhibit more unique associations than others. We also find tha

SUBMITTER: Wewhare N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11552614 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature