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Animal Behaviour | 1990

Early acquisition of song in the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata

Jörg Böhner

Abstract Young zebra finch males were tested for their ability to acquire species-specific song before reaching independence. Song copies developed by males kept with their fathers up to 35 days posthatching were as complete as those of males that remained in contact with their fathers until day 100, when song crystallization has finished. Young males can learn the entire song during a brief period early in life. This early acquisition phase and its influence on further song learning at a later age make it likely that males in the field will develop a song similar to that of their fathers.


Animal Behaviour | 1983

Song learning in the zebra finch (taeniopygia guttata): Selectivity in the choice of a tutor and accuracy of song copies

Jörg Böhner

Abstract The aim of the study was to look for possible selectivity of song learning in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Young males were provided with the opportunity to listen to two song tutors: their father and another male. Males raised under these conditions developed a song which way very similar to the song of their father. Within limits, such selectivity in the choice of a song tutor proved to be independent of the relative frequency of song output by the father or the neighbour, respectively. Although the general pattern of the fathers song was adopted by their sons, the song copies were not identical in all details. Such ‘incorrect copying’ leads to the development of individual differences between males.


Journal of Ornithology | 1984

Beobachtungen am Thermometerhuhn(Leipoa ocellata) in Australien

Klaus Immelmann; Jörg Böhner

Acht Wochen lang wurden Thermometerhühner(Leipoa ocellata) im Freiland und unter Gehegebedingungen beobachtet. Im Gegensatz zu den Angaben in der Literatur konnten — in verschiedenen sozialen Kombinationen unterschiedlich stark ausgeprägte — soziale Beziehungen festgestellt werden. Individuen einer Gruppe von Jungvögeln sind in ihren Aktivitäten leicht aufeinander abgestimmt und suchen gegenseitge Nähe während der Ruhephasen. Jungvögel zeigen gegenüber ihren Eltern Ansätze positiven sozialen Verhaltens. Zwischen den Partnern eines Paares liegt eine hochentwickelte Paarbindung vor. Sie äußert sich in ständiger räumlicher Nähe, in zeitlicher Synchronisation der Aktivitäten und in besonderen, offensichtlich speziell zur Aufrechterhaltung der Paarbindung dienenden Verhaltensweisen. Zu ihnen gehören ein Rufduett, ein Begrüßungszeremoniell auf dem Bruthügel sowie zeitlich vom Fortpflanzungsgeschehen weit abgesetzte Kopulationen. Die offensichtlichen Widersprüche zwischen den Literaturangaben und den eigenen Befunden werden diskutiert: Die Stärke der Paarbindung stellt sich auf weiteren Stadien des Brutzyklus möglicherweise anders dar, da der Grad physiologischer Belastung für ♂ und ♀ im Jahresverlauf sehr unterschiedlich sein kann. Sie ist wahrscheinlich auch von ökologischen Gegebenheiten abhängig und kann als Anpassung an extrem unwirtliche, aride Lebensräume im Beobachtungsgebiet gedeutet werden. Schließlich lassen auch theoretische Überlegungen eine ausgeprägte Paarbindung beiLeipoa erwarten: Der extrem hohe Brutpflegeaufwand, der sich über elf Monate im Jahr erstreckt, läßt Mechanismen zur Sicherstellung dieser Investition nur in die eigenen Nachkommen erwarten. During a period of eight weeks, field and aviary observations have been conducted on the Mallee Fowl(Leipoa ocellata) in Australia. Social interactions — although of different degrees in different contexts — could be observed: Juvenile birds are slightly synchronized in their activities and approach each other for resting. Juvenile birds do show indications of positive social reactions with their parents. Adult birds are characterized by a very strong pair-bond. This is seen in an accurate temporal synchronization of behavioural activities, in close spatial proximity and in special behaviour patterns which seem mainly to serve the maintenance of the pair-bond (call-duet, greeting ceremonies, and copulations several months in advance of the onset of the reproductive period). The strong pair-bond observed in our studies is in marked contrast to the statements in the literature. Such contradictions may be due to differences in the time and the area of observation: During the period of our observations, after the end of the breeding season, the physiological and behavioural demands on both sexes are almost identical, and an equal sharing of duties at the mound does seem to be adaptive. The extremely hard environmental conditions in the arid habitat, where our observations have been conducted, may also have resulted in a tighter pair-bond than is observed in coastal populations of the Mallee Fowl. Furthermore, from theoretical considerations about the large amount of parental investment (up to eleven months per year devoted to activities at the mound inLeipoa) a tight pair-bond as described in this study was to be expected.


Journal of Ornithology | 1984

Verhaltensbedingte Isolation zwischen den beiden Rassen des Zebrafinken(Taeniopygia guttata)

Jörg Böhner; Fred Cooke; Klaus Immelmann

In einem großen Freiflugraum wurden jeweils acht ♂ und acht ♀ der Festlandrasse (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis) und der Inselrasse (T. g. guttata) des Zebrafinken zusammengebracht und die auftretenden Paarbildungen verfolgt. Im Verlauf des mehr als zweimonatigen Versuchs bildeten sich sieben Paare der Festland- und vier Paare der Inselrasse. Mischpaare wurden nicht beobachtet, obwohl am Ende unverpaarte Vögel nur der jeweils anderen Rasse als potentielle Partner zur Verfügung standen. Auch soziale Interaktionen zwischen den Rassen waren selten. Unter den halbnatürlichen Bedingungen des Experiments verhielten sich die beiden Rassen somit wie zwei getrennte Arten. Eight ♂ and eight ♀ each of the mainland (T. g. castanotis) and the island race (T. g. guttata) were kept together in a large outdoor flight cage (22×8×5 m). Over a two months period, the pattern of pair formation was observed. In this time seven pairs of the mainland and four pairs of the island race were formed. No pair-formation was observed between members of the opposite race even though at the end of the experiment unpaired individuals of only the opposite race were available as potential mates. Social interactions between the races were rare. It can be concluded that under the semi-natural conditions of the experiment the two races of the Zebra Finch behaved like separate species.


Journal of Ornithology | 1987

Aufbau, Variabilität und mögliche Funktionen des Rufduetts beim ThermometerhuhnLeipoa ocellata

Jörg Böhner; Klaus Immelmann

Beim ThermometerhuhnLeipoa ocellata tragen die Partner eine Paares ein Rufduett vor. Der Anteil des ♂ besteht aus einer Rufreihe, die sich aus einer Folge von 2–7 identischen, zweisilbigen Rufen zusammensetzt. Das ♀ trägt einen einzelnen, obertonreichen und langgezogenen Ruf vor. Sowohl der Ruf des ♀ als auch die Rufreihe des ♂ wird in Serien vorgetragen. Innerhalb einer solcher Ruf- bzw. Rufreihenserie können mehrere Duette auftreten. Die Rufe sind jedoch nicht ausschließlich an das Duett gebunden. Die Variabilität im Aufbau des Duetts äußert sich im Zeitpunkt des Einsatzes des antwortenden Vogels, in der Anzahl der ♀-Rufe während des Duetts und in der Anzahl der Einheiten, aus denen sich der Duettanteil des ♂ zusammensetzt. Das ♀ beginnt signifikant häufiger als das ♂ eine Serie, in der ein oder mehrere Duette vorkommen. Ebenso ist es häufiger der Initiator des ersten in dieser Serie liegenden Duetts. Das Duett dient wohl hauptsächlich zur Festigung des Zusammenhalts zwischen den Paarpartnern. Es erfüllt jedoch von seinen physikalischen Eigenschaften her auch die Bedingungen, die für ein territorial wirksames Signal gelten. In the Australian Mallee Fowl,Leipoa ocellata, both ♂ and ♀ of a pair are involved in a call duet. The part of the ♂ consists of a sequence of 2–7 identical two-syllable calls. The ♀ contributes a single long-drawn-out call rich in harmonics. The call of the ♀ as well as the call sequence of the ♂ are presented in series. Within a series of calls (♀) or call sequences (♂) several duets can occur. The respective vocalizations, however, do not exclusively occur during the duet. The variability in the details of the duet expresses itself in the lag period after which the mate responds, in the number of ♀-calls during the duet, and in the number of calls within the call sequence of the ♂. The ♀ begins a series during which one or several duets occur significantly more frequently than the ♂. The circumstances under which duetting occurs indicate that duet calling mainly serves to maintain the pair bond. Moreover, due to its physical characteristics the duet also seems to be suited to serve as a territorial signal.


The Condor | 2007

SONG LEARNING AFTER ISOLATION IN THE OPEN-ENDED LEARNER THE EUROPEAN STARLING: DISSOCIATION OF IMITATION AND SYNTACTIC DEVELOPMENT

Martha Leah Chaiken; Jörg Böhner

Abstract We performed two studies to test whether the ability of open-ended learners to acquire new songs as adults depends on their having learned normal songs as juveniles. European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) were kept in isolation for their first year. In the first study the birds were housed in a group with a wild-caught adult male following isolation. The subjects imitated each other but not the wild male and failed to develop normal phonology or syntax. In the second study each yearling was housed individually with a wild-caught adult male following isolation. These subjects developed good phonology and syntax but copied few or no song motifs from the wild adults. Taken together, the two studies indicate that starlings are capable of imitating new motifs and of acquiring species-typical phonology and syntax after a year of isolation. The contrasting results of the two studies suggest that imitation and the development of syntax are independent processes subject to different influences.


Ethology | 1980

Song Types in the Zebra Finch Poephila guttata castanotis1

Roland Sossinka; Jörg Böhner


Animal Behaviour | 1993

Song acquisition in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris: a comparison of the songs of live-tutored, tape-tutored, untutored, and wild-caught males

Marthaleah Chaiken; Jörg Böhner; Peter Marler


Ethology | 2010

Influence of external stimuli on the quality of the song of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis Gould)

Hans-Joachim Bischof; Jörg Böhner; Roland Sossinka


Journal of Ornithology | 1993

Song structure and patterns of wing movement in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Jörg Böhner; Frank Veit

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Free University of Berlin

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Free University of Berlin

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