Now, how interesting is that?! They bred the PR parrots in captivity so as to increase the local populations but they found that these birds had a different dialect than the wild ones!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/anim ... ots/#close
Captive-bred for release developed new dialect
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Captive-bred for release developed new dialect
by Pajarita » Fri Sep 18, 2020 10:04 am
- Pajarita
- Norwegian Blue
- Gender:
- Posts: 18708
- Location: NW Pa
- Number of Birds Owned: 30
- Types of Birds Owned: RoseBreasted too, CAG, DoubleYellowHead Amazon, BlueFront Amazon, YellowNape Amazon, Senegal, African Redbelly, Quaker, Sun Conure, Nanday, BlackCap Caique, WhiteBelly Caique, PeachFace lovebird, budgies,
- Flight: Yes
Re: Captive-bred for release developed new dialect
by Pajarita » Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:28 am
On the subject of 'dialects' and their effect on breeding, an article on a tropical bird that uses the different dialect to know with whom to mate:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... d=msedgntp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... d=msedgntp
- Pajarita
- Norwegian Blue
- Gender:
- Posts: 18708
- Location: NW Pa
- Number of Birds Owned: 30
- Types of Birds Owned: RoseBreasted too, CAG, DoubleYellowHead Amazon, BlueFront Amazon, YellowNape Amazon, Senegal, African Redbelly, Quaker, Sun Conure, Nanday, BlackCap Caique, WhiteBelly Caique, PeachFace lovebird, budgies,
- Flight: Yes
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