title: CULTURALLY TRANSMITTED PATTERNS OF VOCAL BEHAVIOR IN SPARROWS.
abstract: Male white-crowned sparrows have song "dialects," acquired in about the first 100 days of life by learning from older males. In the laboratory an alien white-crowned sparrow dialect can be taught. Once the song is established further acoustical experience does not change the pattern. White-crowned sparrows do not copy recorded songs of other sparrow species presented under similar conditions.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001717:Birds; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D012106:Research; D046370:Sparrows; D014828:Vocalization, Animal; D014831:Voice
keywords: BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; LEARNING; VOICE