Call repertoire of Bitterns Ixobrychus in Russian Far East

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-3-606-622

Keywords:

little bittern, Chinese bittern, hybridization, acoustic signals, biology, Russian Far East

Abstract

Acoustic repertoire of bitterns Ixobrychus has not been sufficiently studied, and descriptions of their calls, with rare exceptions, are given only verbally. We recorded and analyzed 438 sonograms of calls of the Amur, Chinese, little bitterns and hybrids. In contrast to the advertising call, most types of calls in these species turned out to be similar in sound, structure, and time-frequency parameters. The most species-specific are the mating call, the alarm calls of females (“cawing” and “crowing”), the distress call of males, and the “beep” of nestlings.

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Xeno-canto Foundation. (2022) [Online]. Available at: https://xeno-canto.org/ (accessed 20.05.2022)

Wroza, S. (2017) XC381528. Little Bittern — Ixobrychus minutus. Xeno-canto Foundation. [Online]. Available at: https://xeno-canto.org/381528 (accessed 20.05.2022)

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Overholtz, R. (2021) XC658064. Least Bittern — Ixobrychus exilis. Xeno-canto Foundation. [Online]. Available at: https://xeno-canto.org/658064 (accessed 20.05.2022). (In English)

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Polak, M. (2006) Booming activity of male Bitterns Botaurus stellaris in relation to reproductive cycle and harem size. Ornis Fennica, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 27–33. (In English)

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Raveendran, N. K. C. (2021) XC666521. Yellow Bittern — Ixobrychus sinensis. Xeno-canto Foundation. [Online]. Available at: https://xeno-canto.org/666521 (accessed 20.05.2022). (In English)

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Uchida, H., Matsuda, T. (1990) Colonial Breeding of the Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis. Japanese Journal of Ornithology, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 53–61. (In English)

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Xeno-canto Foundation. (2022) [Online]. Available at: https://xeno-canto.org/ (accessed 20.05.2022). (In English)

Wroza, S. (2017) XC381528. Little Bittern — Ixobrychus minutus. Xeno-canto Foundation. [Online]. Available at: https://xeno-canto.org/381528 (accessed 20.05.2022). (In English)

Wulf, T. (2016) XC319945. Von Schrenck’s Bittern — Ixobrychus eurhythmus. Xeno-canto Foundation. [Online]. Available at: https://xeno-canto.org/319945 (accessed 20.05.2022). (In English)

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