Aggressive response to "self" songs by female Red-winged Blackbirds, Agelaius phoeniceus
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 61 (2) , 462-465
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z83-062
Abstract
Female Red-winged Blackbirds responded aggressively to audio playback of their own ("self") songs and to "stranger" female songs. Response behaviors measured were song rate and approach to the loudspeaker. The aggressive responses of the females provided supportive evidence for the existence of female redwing territoriality, for the establishment of exclusive female "subterritories" on the male redwing's larger territory, and for the equivalency of function between typical male passerine "territorial" songs and one of the female redwings' song types.Keywords
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