Recognition of individual male parent vocalizations by nestling mourning doves

Hitchcock, R. R.; Mirarchi, Ralph E.; Lishak, Robert S.

doi:10.1016/0003-3472(89)90102-4

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“…Hutchison et al (1997) presented a more quantitative support for individual differences in bow-calls of the Barbary Doves, both in the temporal and frequency domain of their song. Hitchcock et al (1989) experimentally revealed that fledglings of the Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) responded stronger to the perch coos of their fathers (with food-soliciting behaviour) than to the same calls of their neighbours. Thus, our knowledge of acoustic recognition processes in doves seems to be very limited in comparison to dozens of papers quantitatively describing the individually specific song structures and experimentally testing individual recognition or neighbour-stranger discrimination in songbirds (e.g.…”

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Hey mister Tambourine Dove, sing a song for me: simple but individually specific songs of Turtur tympanistria from Cameroon

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Background: The broadcast song of the Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria) is a repetitive coo series produced in a very stereotyped way. The song is similar to those of the other species within the Turtur genus and likely reflects the adaptation to long distance signalling in tropical habitats. There is no study assessing individual variation of the Tambourine Dove song or for the possibility of identity coding through song features. Methods: We obtained recordings of 578 songs from 41 males within a population inhabiting montane forest in Cameroon between 2008 and 2018. Additionally, we analysed also recordings from automatic recorders working for a longer time during the year. Songs were analysed to get basic information about within-and between-individual spectro-temporal variation. Potential of identity coding and discriminant analyses were used to investigate if and how these songs may convey information about male identity. Results: The song of the Tambourine Dove is a very simple series of short, unmodulated whistles with low frequency and a narrow bandwidth. Measurements of single song features indicated either none or a weak potential for identity coding. The overall variation in song frequency characteristics was very low. However, the number of notes forming a song (and consequently the duration) had a similar variability both within-and between individuals. When using multiple song measurements discrimination analysis revealed a high potential for identity coding although it seems that the temporal pattern of the beginning of a song carries the most information about sender identity. The production of initial notes within a song has very precise, individually specific timing allowing for up to 96.7% correct recognitions of songs. Comparison of recordings from the same points but separated in time by over a month indicates that song parameters are individually stable over longer period. Conclusions: Despite having highly stereotyped and simple songs, Tambourine Dove males produce individually specific signals which have a great potential for recognition by rivals or mates. All Turtur doves have similar yet unique songs that are different to the songs of other pigeon species. This genus seems to be a perfect model for studying the trade-off between coding for species identity and individual identity in a non-learning bird species. The described method of individual recognition allows for nonintrusive population monitoring.

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Hey mister Tambourine Dove, sing a song for me: simple but individually specific songs of Turtur tympanistria from Cameroon

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“…One possibility is that male response is based on early experience with the father's coo (e.g. Hitchcock et al 1989). This would result in variation with respect to the specific stimuli eliciting the strongest response, which would not necessarily match the own vocalization.…”

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Male territorial vocalizations and responses are decoupled in an avian hybrid zone

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Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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A core area of speciation research concerns the coevolution of species-specific signals and the selective sensitivity to such signals. Signals and responses to them should be tuned to each other, to be effective in intraspecific communication. Hybrid zones are ideal to study the presence of such 'behavioural coupling' and the mechanisms governing it, and this has rarely been done. Our study examines acoustic signals of males and their response to them in the context of territorial interactions in a natural hybrid zone between two dove species, Streptopelia vinacea and Streptopelia capicola. Male signals are important in hybrid zone dynamics as they are essential for territory establishment, which is crucial for successful reproduction. We tested whether the response of individual male hybrids is linked to how similar their own signal is to the playback signal. We did not find evidence for behavioural coupling. The combined evidence from the low level of response to hybrid and heterospecific signals outside the hybrid zone and a lack of coupling within the hybrid zone suggests that perceptual learning may explain our results. Learning to respond to locally abundant signals may be the best individual strategy and is likely to contribute to the maintenance of a hybrid zone.

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“…Although doves do not learn to produce their vocalizations, they can distinguish conspecific from heterospecific vocalizations, ( S, risoria : Beckers et al, 2003; S. roseogrisea and S. vinacea : de Kort and ten Cate, 2001). Moreover, there is experimental evidence showing that mourning doves ( Zenaida macroura : Hitchcock et al, 1989) are able to recognize the vocalizations of particular individuals. Studies of doves and other nonvocal‐learning avian taxa—using cytoarchitecture of Nissl‐ or immunohistochemically stained cells, and tracing studies—revealed that these species lack a set of forebrain nuclei that are present in vocal‐learning species (Dubbeldam et al, 1999; Gahr, 2000).…”

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Neuronal activation related to auditory perception in the brain of a non-songbird, the ring dove

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In songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds, which need to learn their songs, exposure to conspecific song leads to increased expression of the immediate early gene (IEG) ZENK in a number of forebrain regions, including the caudomedial nidopallium (NCM) and the caudomedial mesopallium (CMM). Here we investigated the pattern of IEG expression in response to auditory stimulation in the brain of the ring dove (Streptopelia risoria), a non-songbird that does not need to learn its vocalizations. Ring dove males were exposed to conspecific vocalizations (coos), to heterospecific vocalizations (zebra finch song) or they were kept in silence. IEG expression was investigated by means of immunocytochemical analysis of the distribution of the ZENK protein product Zenk. In all three groups there was Zenk expression in several forebrain regions including the NCM and the CMM, similar to earlier findings in song-learning species. Quantitative analysis of the NCM, the CMM, and the hippocampus revealed significantly greater Zenk expression in birds exposed to conspecific vocalizations than in birds kept in silence, in the CMM only. These results show that there is substantial Zenk expression in the forebrain of a non-song-learning bird, comparable to that in avian song-learning taxa. These findings suggest that there is IEG expression specific to conspecific auditory stimulation in the CMM in both songbirds and non-songbirds.

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Recognition of individual male parent vocalizations by nestling mourning doves

Cited by 10 publications

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Hey mister Tambourine Dove, sing a song for me: simple but individually specific songs of Turtur tympanistria from Cameroon

Hey mister Tambourine Dove, sing a song for me: simple but individually specific songs of Turtur tympanistria from Cameroon

Male territorial vocalizations and responses are decoupled in an avian hybrid zone

Neuronal activation related to auditory perception in the brain of a non-songbird, the ring dove

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