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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anim Behav. 2016 Sep 7;120:163–172. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.07.031

Table 2.

Examples of species in which vocal production learning of conspecific contact calls has been documented with evidence that extends beyond possessing a shared call, and the social context with which it is associated

Order Species Level of
social
organization
with shared
call
Evidence of
call learning
Social context Reference
Psittaciformes Budgerigar,
Melopsittacus
undulatus
Pair Imitation over
time
Mate choice Moravec et al.2006
Pair bond
formation or mate
choice
Hile et al. 2000,
Hile et al. 2005
Group Convergence
over time
Social cohesion Hile and Striedter 2000
Imitation or
convergence
over time
Mediating social
associations
Dahlin et al. 2014
Social cohesion Farabaugh et al. 1994
Galah,
Eolophus
roseicapilla
Interaction Rapid
convergence
during social
interactions
Mediating social
associations
Scarl and Bradbury 2009
Orange-
fronted
conure,
Eupsittula
(formerly
Aratinga)
canicularis
Interaction Rapid
convergence
during social
interactions
Mediating social
associations
Vehrencamp et al. 2003,
Balsby and Bradbury 2009
Yellow-naped
amazon,
Amazona
auropalliata
Populations Imitation over
time
Social integration Salinas-Melgoza and Wright 2012
Passeriformes European
siskin,
Spinus spinus
Pair Imitation over
time
Social integration Mundinger 1970
Red crossbill,
Loxia
curvirostra
Family Imitation over
time
Family cohesion Sewall 2011
Pair Convergence
over time
Social affiliation Sewall 2009
Black-capped
chickadee,
Poecile
atricapillus
Group Convergence
over time
Social cohesion
during
cooperative
foraging and
territory defence
Mammen and Nowicki 1981
Chiroptera Greater spear-
nosed bat,
Phyllostomus
hastatus
Group Convergence
over time
Group badge and
cohesion during
cooperative
foraging and
territory defence
Boughman 1998
Cetacea Bottlenose
dolphins,
Tursiops
truncatus
Group
Group
Convergence
over time
Group badge Smolker and Pepper 1999
Matching and
imitation
Social cohesion Janik and Slater 1998
Orcas,
Orcinus orca
Family Divergence
over time
Changing social
affiliation
Ford 1991
Family Matching Group-calling
bouts
Miller et al. 2004