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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

Song in the White-Eyed Vireo

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1987
Authors:Borror, DJ
Journal:The Wilson Bulletin
Volume:99
Issue:3
Date Published:1987
ISBN Number:00435643
Keywords:Anatidae, Aythya, Aythya nyroca, Bahamas, Bermuda, United States, Vireo, Vireo griseus, Vireonidae, Zosteropidae, Zosterops, Zosterops palpebrosus
Abstract:This is an audiospectrographic study of the primary song of the White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) based on 16,612 recorded songs of 379 birds from 20 states, Bermuda, and the Bahamas, and representing the five subspecies that occur in the United States. Information is given on song construction, song variation, individual repertoires, singing behavior, song and note type sharing by two or more birds, and geographic variation. The largest song-type repertoire was 17, and most birds had a repertoire of 10 to 14 song types. In most birds represented by a sizeable number of songs, even in well studied areas, a few of the individual's song types were unique (found in no other bird studied), and the rest were shared by other birds; this sharing was with more birds outside the area than in it, with one or more song types occurring in birds several hundred kilometers away. The 614 song types found were classified in five major groups; the incidence of the types in these groups, as well as the song length and the number of notes in the song, varied geographically.
URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4162423
Short Title:The Wilson Bulletin
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