ArticleScientific reports2016
Seabird acoustic communication at sea: a new perspective using bio-logging devices.
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- Acoustic monitoring reveals a diel rhythm of an arctic seabird colony (little auk, Alle alle).Communications biology · 2024Article
- Seabird's cry: repertoire and vocal expression of contextual valence in the little auk (Alle alle).Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Underwater visibility constrains the foraging behaviour of a diving pelagic seabird.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Aquatic birds have middle ears adapted to amphibious lifestyles.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Interspecific and intraspecific foraging differentiation of neighbouring tropical seabirds.Movement ecology · 2021Article
- Year-round at-sea distribution and trophic resources partitioning between two sympatric Sulids in the tropical Atlantic.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Group association and vocal behaviour during foraging trips in Gentoo penguins.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Seabird distribution patterns observed with fishing vessel's radar reveal previously undescribed sub-meso-scale clusters.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
Most seabirds are very noisy at their breeding colonies, when aggregated in high densities. Calls are used for individual recognition and also emitted during agonistic interactions. When at sea, many seabirds aggregate over patchily distributed resources and may benefit from foraging in groups. Because these aggregations are so common, it raises the question of whether seabirds use acoustic communication when foraging at sea? We deployed video-cameras with built in microphones on 36 Cape gannets (Morus capensis) during the breeding season of 2010-2011 at Bird Island (Algoa Bay, South Africa) to study their foraging behaviour and vocal activity at sea. Group formation was derived from the camera footage. During ~42 h, calls were recorded on 72 occasions from 16 birds. Vocalization exclusively took place in the presence of conspecifics, and mostly in feeding aggregations (81% of the vocalizations). From the observation of the behaviours of birds associated with the emission of calls, we suggest that the calls were emitted to avoid collisions between birds. Our observations show that at least some seabirds use acoustic communication when foraging at sea. These findings open up new perspectives for research on seabirds foraging ecology and their interactions at sea.
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