Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center

01 May, 01 AM - 03 May, 03 PM

Learned song has been studied extensively in oscine songbirds, but less is known about the other avian groups with learned song, parrots and hummingbirds. Anna?s hummingbird (Calypte anna) and Costa?s hummingbird (Calypte costae) have distinctly different songs despite being sister species with overlapping ranges and habitats. Anna?s hummingbird has a complex, learned song compared to the simpler, possibly innate song of Costa?s hummingbird. I propose to observe, band and record songs of a male Costa's hummingbird whose territory is on the hill behind the lab to examine the correlates of male song with their mass, wing chord, gorget and tail size. The results of this research will lead to a better understanding of song evolution in the genus Calypte and, more generally, of avian song evolution.

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Under Project # 19608 | Research

Correlates of Costa's Hummingbird, Calypte costae, song

graduate_student - California State University (CSU), Fullerton

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