Post by Melanie on Sept 30, 2017 16:16:34 GMT
Song Playback Experiments Reveal 21 Possible New Species of Birds
Two bird species that look the same, but have songs so different they can’t recognize each other, should be considered distinct species, according to a study by University of British Columbia postdoctoral researcher Benjamin Freeman and Cornell University researcher Graham Montgomery. Among the 72 related populations of Neotropical passerine birds the authors tested, they found evidence for 21 new species.
www.sci-news.com/biology/song-playback-experiments-21-new-species-birds-05233.html
Two bird species that look the same, but have songs so different they can’t recognize each other, should be considered distinct species, according to a study by University of British Columbia postdoctoral researcher Benjamin Freeman and Cornell University researcher Graham Montgomery. Among the 72 related populations of Neotropical passerine birds the authors tested, they found evidence for 21 new species.
www.sci-news.com/biology/song-playback-experiments-21-new-species-birds-05233.html
