As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Thursday 31 July 2014

Vocal variety in African penguins: Four basic vocalizations used for adult communication, two more for the young

Date:
July 30, 2014

Source:
PLOS

Summary:
Adult African penguins communicate using four different vocalizations and juveniles and chicks use two begging calls to request food.

Adult African penguins communicate using four different vocalizations and juveniles and chicks use two begging calls to request food, according to a study published July 30, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Livio Favaro and colleagues from University of Turin, Italy.
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