Heat calls produced by incubating adult zebra finches when temperatures are high (AUDIO)

The Company of Biologists

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Heat calls produced by incubating adult zebra finches when temperatures are high, heard against the background noise of the colony. The heat call is a high pitched quickly repeating song. The birds can produce the sound continually for more than half an hour.

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Mylene Mariette

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