| Titre : | Vocal mimicry by sunbirds and the first record of mimicry by Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus |
| Auteurs : | Michael S. L. Mills, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Ostrich (84(3) 2013) |
| Article en page(s) : | 219-220 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Vocal mimicry is rarely observed among members of the Nectariniidae (sunbirds), with the only African species known to do so regularly being Socotra Sunbird Chalcomitra balfouri. Here I document and describe for the first time vocal mimicry by Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus, with the aid of audiospectrograms. In west-central Namibia, singing male Dusky Sunbirds were recorded to include in their songs mimicry of at least 13 other bird species. |



