Female song in the Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca

Robert Patchett; Alexander N. G. Kirschel; Joanna Robins King; Patrick Styles; Will Cresswell

doi:10.1007/s10336-021-01902-z

Female song in the Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca

Robert Patchett^*, Alexander N. G. Kirschel, Joanna Robins King, Patrick Styles, Will Cresswell

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Abstract

Female song is widespread across bird species yet rarely reported. Here, we report the first observations and description of female song in the Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca and compare it to male song through the breeding season. Twenty-five percent of colour-ringed females were observed singing at least once, predominantly in April, compared to 71% of males that continued singing through the breeding period. We suggest that female song may have multiple functions in this species, but it may be especially important in territorial defence and mate acquisition.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Ornithology
Volume	First Online
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-021-01902-z
Publication status	Published - 27 May 2021

Keywords

Female bird song
Female songbirds
Passerine
Muscicapidae

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