Gymnorhina
social
duets;
territorial
unknown
song sharing
SM
N
Brown et al.
tibicen
groups
communal
defense;
within group;
1988;
(Australian
chorus;
withinsex differences;
Farabaugh
magpie)
carol
group
individual
et al. 1988;
cohesion
differences;
Brown and
mimicry of
Farabaugh
human whistles
1991;
Farabaugh
et al. 1992b
Taeniopygia
breeding
distance
maintain
fathers and
individual
LA
Y
Zann 1984,
guttata
colony
call
contact
sons;
differences; sex
1985, 1990
(zebra
and pairs
with pair
unknown
differences; no
finch)
mate
for pairs
dialects; sons
copy fathers or
other adults
Phasianids
Colinus
family
hoypoo
contact
family groups
coveys of
SM
coveys differ
Y
Bailey 1978;
virginianus
groups
call
calls
unrelated
only in
Goldstein
(bobwhite
birds differ in
temporal
1978; Bailey
quail)
hoypoo calls;
variables
and Baker
dialects based
1982; Baker
on temporal
and Bailey
characters;
1987
individuals
differ in
frequency
* LA =
learned modification; SM =
social modification; U =
unknown.
‡
This column indicates whether an experiment has been conducted to test vocal learning.
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