Table 1.
Descriptions of measured behaviors
Behavior | Description |
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Distance calls | Long, loud sounds emitted by the female, typically presented by the female after male song begins and shortly after it stops, often used for localizing other individuals |
Other calls | Shorter calls (∼half the duration of distance calls), at a lower volume, including both tets and stacks, presented frequently throughout the test in many cases |
Duration of movement |
The amount of time an individual bird was moving throughout the cage, excluding time in which the bird was sitting still either on the perch or on the ground for more than 10 sec |
Flights/Jumps | Movement to or from the perch or up to the sides of the cage |
Beak wipes | Rhythmic movement of the beak back and forth along the perch |
Allopreening | Cleaning feathers with beak |
Visual Scanning | Turning head to one side, including craning the neck and/or moving one of the eyes in the direction of the speaker and bird model |
Beak open | Top and bottom beak are separated slightly for more than 2 sec |
Tail quiver | Rapid movement of the tail, often associated with a bowed position on the perch |