Vocal repertoire in a Neotropical cooperative breeder: Can specific calls define an individual, breeding status or threat?

AOS Student Research Grant Seminar

Presenter: Juan Ripari, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology, Genetics and Evolution Institute of Buenos Aires; 2024 Postdoctoral Research Grant winner

In this study, we analyze the vocal repertoire of the Greyish-baywing (Agelaioides badius, hereafter baywing), a Neotropical bird widely distributed in north-central Argentina that exhibits cooperative breeding, whose helpers are often related. Combining focal observations and predator defence experiments we aimed to describe the structure and function of their vocal repertoire.

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