Natural Occurrence of Crowing in a Free-living Female Galliform, the California Quail

Jennifer M. Gee

doi:10.1676/05-028.1

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Jennifer M. Gee^*,**

^*Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ 08544-1003, USA
^**Current address: W139 Mudd Hall, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; jmg233@cornell.edu

Abstract

The vocalizations of galliform species are typically sexually dimorphic in that only the males crow. I observed crowing by a female California Quail (Callipepla californica), a galliform species that ranges along the Pacific coast of North America. I recorded the female crowing during a period of the breeding season when many other females were paired. The female's crow was similar in frequency to a typical male crow, though it was slightly shorter in duration. I discuss possible mechanisms and conditions that could result in female crowing.

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Jennifer M. Gee "Natural Occurrence of Crowing in a Free-living Female Galliform, the California Quail," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118(2), 256-259, (1 June 2006). https://doi.org/10.1676/05-028.1

Received: 28 February 2005; Accepted: 1 December 2005; Published: 1 June 2006

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