Responses to playback of local vs. distant contact calls in the orange-fronted conure, Aratinga canicularis

By S. Vehrencamp, A. Ritter, M. Keever, J. Bradbury. 2003

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Vocal mimicry in songbirds (2008, unknown): “The ability to match vocalizations of conspecifics for social cohesion has been reported in several species of birds and is likely to be prevalent in the taxa that learn their vocalizations (Hile et al. 2000; Vehrencamp et al. 2003; Cortopassi & Bradbury 2006).”
Overlapping and matching of codas in vocal interactions between sperm whales: insights into communication function (2008, background): “…parrot, the orange-fronted conure, Aratinga canicularis, individuals increased the similarity between their response calls and playback when they also responded nonaggressively towards the speaker, suggesting that call matching is an affiliative signal in this species (Vehrencamp et al. 2003).”
Learned vocal group signatures in the polygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata (2012, background): “Call convergence among group members may have multiple implications ranging from group cohesion under highly mobile circumstances (Ford 1991; Boughman 1998; Hile & Striedter 2000) and affiliative interactions with social partners (Vehrencamp et al. 2003) to the exclusion of nongroup members.”