Variation in responses to interspecific vocalizations among sister taxa of the Sittidae: imminent extinction of a cryptic species on Grand Bahama Island?

We conducted playback-response experiments to assess whether the Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) population found on Grand Bahama Island might be a distinct and critically endangered species. In one experiment, Brown-headed Nuthatch individuals in north Florida were presented with calls from:...

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Main Authors: Heather E. Levy, James A. Cox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2020-12-01
Series:Avian Conservation and Ecology
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Online Access:https://www.ace-eco.org/vol15/iss2/art15/