| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1993 |
| Authors: | A. J. Cruickshank, Gautier, J. - P., Chappuis, C. |
| Journal: | Ibis |
| Volume: | 135 |
| Pagination: | 293-299 |
| Date Published: | 1993 |
| Keywords: | acoustic communication, Africa, animal communication, Aves, Congo (Kinshasa), courtship behaviour, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Psittacus erithacus, social behaviour, vocal mimicry |
| Abstract: | The ability of captive grey parrots Psittacus erithacus to imitate heterospecific sounds is well known. Analysis of a sound recording from Zaire reveals the first evidence of vocal mimicry in the wild of nine species of birds and a bat. Examination of recordings from Gabon and the Ivory Coast indicates that vocal mimicry may be widespread in wild populations. Possibly reasons why this phenomenon has not been detected before are discussed. |
| URL: | Cruickshank et al. 1993.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1993.tb02846.x |