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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2009 Jul 15;98(4):386–392. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.07.003

Table 1.

Descriptions of measured behaviors

Behavior Description
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