Courting Bird Sings with Stridulating Wing Feathers
@article{Bostwick2005CourtingBS, title={Courting Bird Sings with Stridulating Wing Feathers}, author={Kimberly S. Bostwick and R. Prum}, journal={Science}, year={2005}, volume={309}, pages={736 - 736} }
In birds and other vertebrates, most acoustic signals are produced pneumatically by moving air through a vocal apparatus. Here we describe a unique mechanism used to produce a tonal acoustic signal in vertebrates. Video recordings of the courtship displays of male Club-winged Manakins, Machaeropterus deliciosus, reveal that males produce sustained harmonic tones through interactions among oscillating secondary wing feathers. This mechanism of sound production shows morphological and mechanistic… CONTINUE READING
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