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The Tail Suspension Test
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Duet singing in plain-tailed wrens
Melissa Coleman1, Eric Fortune2
1W.M. Keck Science Dept. of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, 925 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711, USA.
Current Biology : CB
|June 6, 2018
Abstract:
A Quick guide to plain-tailed wrens, sonbirds of the Andes which sing duet songs that can be heard at distances of over 200 metres.
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