Geographic variation

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
Variación de la estructura del canto del Gorrión de Collar Rufo (Zonotrichia capensis) a lo largo de un gradiente urbano en el suroeste del Perú
Song plays a crucial role in bird ecology and behavior, and understanding the processes that alter the production and transmission of …
Rafael Montes-Rivas, Víctor Gamarra-Toledo, Evaristo López Tejeda, Marcelo Araya-Salas
PDF Cite URL
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
Social group signatures in hummingbird displays provide evidence of co-occurrence of vocal and visual learning
Vocal learning, in which animals modify their vocalizations based on social experience, has evolved in several lineages of mammals and …
Marcelo Araya-Salas, Grace Smith-Vidaurre, Daniel J Mennill, James Cahill, Paulina L. Gonzalez-Gomez, Timothy F Wright
PDF Cite URL Supp Mat
Is birdsong music?
The nightingale, the lark ascending; the cuckoo, the dawn chorus; since ancient times man has found beauty in birdsong. It appeals to …
Marcelo Araya-Salas
PDF Cite URL
Is birdsong music? Evaluating harmonic intervals in songs of a Neotropical songbird
Signals in animal communication are commonly judged as aesthetically appealing by human standards. This is particularly common for …
Marcelo Araya-Salas
PDF Cite URL Supp Mat