ArticlePloS one2021
Sex differences in the development and expression of a preference for familiar vocal signals in songbirds.
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- The use of artificial songs to assess song recognition in imprinted female songbirds: a concept proposal.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Oxytocin receptor antagonism during early vocal learning reduces song preference and imitation in zebra finches.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Song preferences predict the quality of vocal learning in zebra finches.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Song Preference in Female and Juvenile Songbirds: Proximate and Ultimate Questions.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Auditory and sexual preferences for a father's song can co-emerge in female Bengalese finches.PloS one · 2022Article
- Expression of oxytocin receptors in the zebra finch brain during vocal development.Developmental neurobiology · 2022Article
- Vocal learning in songbirds: the role of syllable order in song recognition.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Responses in adult pied flycatcher males depend on playback song similarity to local population.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Production and perception of birdsong critically depends on early developmental experience. In species where singing is a sexually dimorphic trait, early life song experience may affect later behavior differently between sexes. It is known that both male and female songbirds acquire a life-long memory of early song experience, though its function remains unclear. In this study, we hypothesized that male and female birds express a preference for their fathers' song, but do so differently depending on the developmental stage. We measured preference for their father's song over an unfamiliar one in both male and female Bengalese finches at multiple time points across ontogeny, using phonotaxis and vocal response as indices of preference. We found that in males, selective approach to their father's song decreased as they developed while in females, it remained stable regardless of age. This may correspond to a higher sensitivity to tutor song in young males while they are learning and a retained sensitivity in females because song is a courtship signal that is used throughout life. In addition, throughout development, males vocalized less frequently during presentation of their father's song compared to unfamiliar song, whereas females emitted more calls to their father's song. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of why songbirds acquire and maintain such a robust song memory.
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