Female singing: an overlooked component of incubation behaviour in a temperate migratory passerine

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jav.03501" target="_blank" >https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jav.03501</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jav.03501" target="_blank" >10.1002/jav.03501</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Female singing: an overlooked component of incubation behaviour in a temperate migratory passerine

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Recent studies have shown that birdsong is not exclusively a male trait. However, despite increasing research intensity, female singing is still rarely reported in temperate migratory species. Here, we report the observation and description of female vocalization in the great reed warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus. We analysed vocal expression of individually marked great reed warbler females in two central European populations in Slovakia and the Czech Republic and show that these vocalizations meet criteria for song. We found that 39.5% of nesting females sang from the nest during early incubation within two hours of video recording. Female mating status, locality, day of the season, and male singing activity did not predict song use in this species, but song rates decreased over the breeding period. Based on current and previous observations, we hypothesize that female great reed warblers use song to signal their territorial presence and reproductive status, potentially deterring conspecific female competitors. However, given that this study was done only in one context and moment in the breeding cycle (early incubation), we encourage further investigation of the functions of female song in this and other temperate migratory species whose female song was overlooked in the past.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Female singing: an overlooked component of incubation behaviour in a temperate migratory passerine

Popis výsledku anglicky

Recent studies have shown that birdsong is not exclusively a male trait. However, despite increasing research intensity, female singing is still rarely reported in temperate migratory species. Here, we report the observation and description of female vocalization in the great reed warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus. We analysed vocal expression of individually marked great reed warbler females in two central European populations in Slovakia and the Czech Republic and show that these vocalizations meet criteria for song. We found that 39.5% of nesting females sang from the nest during early incubation within two hours of video recording. Female mating status, locality, day of the season, and male singing activity did not predict song use in this species, but song rates decreased over the breeding period. Based on current and previous observations, we hypothesize that female great reed warblers use song to signal their territorial presence and reproductive status, potentially deterring conspecific female competitors. However, given that this study was done only in one context and moment in the breeding cycle (early incubation), we encourage further investigation of the functions of female song in this and other temperate migratory species whose female song was overlooked in the past.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10615 - Ornithology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA22-26812S" target="_blank" >GA22-26812S: Koevoluční zápas mezi vysoce virulentním hnízdním parazitem a jeho hlavním hostitelem</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Avian Biology

ISSN

0908-8857

e-ISSN

1600-048X

Svazek periodika

2025

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

e03501

Kód UT WoS článku

001650297900010

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105023979733