Song complexity correlates with learning ability in zebra finch males.

By N. Boogert, Luc‐Alain Giraldeau, L. Lefebvre. 2008

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Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Indicators of development as sexually selected traits: the developmental stress hypothesis in context (2011, background): “Male zebra finches with more complex songs were able to more quickly solve a novel foraging task (Boogert et al. 2008). Miller (2000) proposed that human cognitive traits such as language and humor may be a product of sexual selection rather than selection based on survival value.”
Problem-solving performance is correlated with reproductive success in a wild bird population (2013, background): “In captive zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata, males that sang more complex songs, and thus, that were preferred by females, were faster in learning how to solve a novel foraging task (Boogert et al. 2008a).”
Mate choice for cognitive traits: a review of the evidence in nonhuman vertebrates (2011, background): “2003) and particularly song learning in birds (Catchpole and Slater 2008) have been relatively well studied in a mate-choice context, the hypothesis that other cognitive abilities may play a role in mate choice seems to have received attention only very recently (Boogert et al. 2008; Keagy et al. 20”
Male satin bowerbird problem-solving ability predicts mating success (2009, unknown): “For example, a recent study found that the ability of male zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata, to learn a foraging task was related to song complexity (Boogert et al. 2008), a trait known to influence mate choice in this species and others (e.”
Complex relationship between multiple measures of cognitive ability and male mating success in satin bowerbirds, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (2011, background): “…b e h a v It has also been suggested that individuals that perform well at one cognitive task are preferred by females because they are better at cognitive tasks in general, which can result in both direct and/or indirect benefits for females (DeVoogd 2004; Boogert et al. 2008; Keagy et al. 2009).”
Wild psychometrics: evidence for ‘general’ cognitive performance in wild New Zealand robins, Petroica longipes (2015, methodology): “We trained robins to flip white PVC lids on the foraging grid using a systematic shaping procedure with four training stages (Table 1), following Boogert et al. (2008).”
Performance in cognitive and problem-solving tasks in male spotted bowerbirds does not correlate with mating success (2013, unknown): “…al. 2007), in male zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata, song complexity correlated with a novel foraging task demonstrating problemsolving ability (Boogert et al. 2008) and song bout length in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, influenced by early rearing conditions, was indicative of spatial…”
Song repertoire size in male song sparrows correlates with detour reaching, but not with other cognitive measures (2011, methodology): “performance in zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata, and found a positive correlation between the number of elements in males’ songs and the speed with which they learned to solve a foraging task (Boogert et al. 2008).”
Technical innovations drive the relationship between innovativeness and residual brain size in birds (2009, unknown): “Publishe or if courting signals such as song correlate positively with learning abilities in other domains (DeVoogd 2004; Boogert et al. 2008).”