Parrots

A cultural atlas of vocal variation, yellow-naped amazons exhibit contact call dialects throughout their Mesoamerican range
Vocal dialects are a taxonomically widespread phenomenon which are typically only studied in a portion of a species’ range. Thus, it is …
Molly K. Genes, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Christine R. Dahlin, Timothy F. Wright
PDF Cite URL Supp Mat Repository
Evidence for maintenance of key components of vocal learning in ageing budgerigars despite diminished affiliative social interaction
In some species, the ability to acquire new vocalizations persists into adult- hood and may be an important mediator of social …
Bushra Moussaoui, Samantha L. Overcashier, Gregory M. Kohn, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Timothy F. Wright
PDF Cite URL Supp Mat
Individual signatures outweigh social group identity in contact calls of a communally nesting parrot
Despite longstanding interest in the evolutionary origins and maintenance of vocal learning, we know relatively little about how social …
Grace Smith-Vidaurre, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Timothy F Wright
PDF Cite URL Supp Mat Repository
Does vocal learning accelerate acoustic diversification? Evolution of contact calls in Neotropical parrots
Learning has been traditionally thought to accelerate the evolutionary change of behavioural traits. We evaluated the evolutionary rate …
A. Medina-García, Marcelo Araya-Salas, T. F. Wright
PDF Cite URL Supp Mat