Documentation of female song in a newly recognized species, the Puerto Rican Oriole (Icterus portoricensis)

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dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Susanna K.
dc.contributor.authorMorales-Perez, Alcides L.
dc.contributor.authorMalloy, John F.
dc.contributor.authorMuellerklein, Oliver C.
dc.contributor.authorKim, Jin A.
dc.contributor.authorOdom, Karan J.
dc.contributor.authorOmland, Kevin E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-09T17:35:56Z
dc.date.available2018-11-09T17:35:56Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-24
dc.description.abstractEvolutionary biologists often assume that male competition for females is the root of the evolution of elaborate coloration and song. However, recent findings show that in the ancestral history of songbirds, it is likely that song occurred in both males and females. Surprisingly, no data exist on female song for many species of birds. We investigated whether the Puerto Rican Oriole (Icterus portoricensis), a tropical songbird, exhibits both male and female song. For this project we marked individuals with sex-specific color bands and confirmed sex using genetic sexing. We repeatedly recorded both male and female orioles singing. Furthermore, female Puerto Rican Oriole song appears to be similar to male song, with no obvious differences in structure. Our study provides further evidence of the ubiquity of female song in tropical songbirds. Finally, our findings provide support that female song is ancestral in the Caribbean oriole clade, and that song dimorphism in temperate breeding species is a result of a loss of female song.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSKC gratefully acknowledges funding from the Explorers Club Youth Activity Fund, Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, an Undergraduate Research Award from the UMBC Office of Undergraduate Education, and NIH/NIGMS MARC U*STAR T34 08663 National Service Award to UMBC. KEO was supported by NSF grant DEB-11195506; REU supplements supported fieldwork of several of the students. The United States Geological Survey Bird Banding Laboratory provided permission to band Puerto Rican Orioles. D. Ramos assisted with field work and travel.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://jco.birdscaribbean.org/index.php/jco/article/view/269en_US
dc.format.extent10 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2Z02ZD1J
dc.identifier.citationSusanna K. Campbell, Alcides L. Morales-Perez, John F. Malloy, Oliver C. Muellerklein, Jin A. Kim, Karan J. Odom, and Kevin E. Omland, Documentation of female song in a newly recognized species, the Puerto Rican Oriole (Icterus portoricensis), The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology Vol. 29:28–36. 2016, http://jco.birdscaribbean.org/index.php/jco/article/view/269en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/11935
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectFemale Songen_US
dc.subjectFemale Vocalizationsen_US
dc.subjectIcterus portoricensisen_US
dc.subjectPuerto Rican Orioleen_US
dc.subjectTropical Songbirdsen_US
dc.titleDocumentation of female song in a newly recognized species, the Puerto Rican Oriole (Icterus portoricensis)en_US
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