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Titre :	Annual variation in singing activity of the Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos), with comments on high postbreeding song output.
Auteurs :	J. Hegelbach, Auteur ; R. Spaar, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Ornithology (141(4) OCT 2000)
Article en page(s) :	425-434
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	This study was carried out at the Zurichbergwald, a forest east of Zurich (47 degrees 20'N/ 08 degrees 30'E). The study site is a wooded hill of 350 ha between 480 to 680 m asl, characterised by a Beech Fagus silvatica forest with patches of Spruce Picea abies on 25 % of its surface. The Zurichbergwald is a popular recreational area with moderate forestry exploitation. We did not differentiate acoustic registration from singing activity, and we considered the number of singing males per km to be a measure for singing activity. Two different approaches were applied: in 6 breeding seasons (1989 and 1991 to 1995) JH counted birds at sunset on a 6.1 or 7.1 km circuit (n = 123). In 1990, the same was done by RS at dawn each morning on a zigzag track of 6.7 km (n = 46). Also in 1990, RS sampled data on the breeding biology of the species. The annual cycle of morning and evening song activity was significantly correlated (Spearman's rank-test; p 0.05). The analysis of evening data reveals that phase II differed from I and from III (p = 0.05), but the last two did not differ significantly (Wilcoxon matching pairs; p > 0.05). The day with the highest song activity fell in phase I twice (maximum 6.1 singing males/km, 2 April 1995) and 5 times in phase III (maximum 6.9 singing males/km, 23 May 1994). The date females first laid was determined for 53 out of 68 nests. The first brood started 25 March, the last 25 June 1990. Only 3 broods were initiated later than 5 June. The first peak of singing activity could be correlated with the (delayed) onset of breeding, but the second started at the end of the breeding season and persisted too long to be correlated with any breeding activity such as female attraction or stimulation, mate-guarding, etc. We postulate the high post-breeding song output to have several possible functions: Song instruction by father to offspring, or territory announcement for the next season.

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