Vocal repertoire of the New Zealand kea parrot Nestor notabilis

The unique alpine-living kea parrot Nestor notabilis has been the focus of numerous cognitive studies, but its communication system has so far been largely neglected. We examined 2,884 calls recorded in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Based on audio and visual spectrographic differences, these calls we...

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Main Author: Raoul SCHWING, Stuart PARSONS, Ximena J. NELSON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012-10-01
Series:Current Zoology
Subjects:
Kea
Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=12118