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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 84. Chapters: Animal communication, Zoomusicology, Tapetum lucidum, Bird vocalization, Animal culture, Whale sounds, Animal language, Bee learning and communication, Signalling theory, Schreckstoff, Dog communication, Lateralization of bird song, Handicap principle, Lombard effect, Mobbing, Waggle dance, Ultrasound avoidance, Biosemiotics, Social caterpillars, Louis Herman, Cat communication, Alarm signal, Aposematism, Bioacoustics, Frog hearing and communication, List of whale songs, Deborah Fouts, Sound mimesis in various cultures, Irene Pepperberg, Biomusic, Dog odor, Social skills, Natural sounds, Sir Philip Sidney game, Seismic communication, Roger Payne, Distraction display, List of animal sounds, Sean Senechal, Cat organ, Social animal, Seamus, Wildlife Acoustics, Flashlight fish, Dario Martinelli, Hatebeak, Fission-fusion society, Dolbear's Law, Adam's Task, Mary Lee Jensvold, Sarah, Contact calls, Thai Elephant Orchestra, Animal song, Caninus, Grooming dance, Kinship with All Life, Round dance, Duetting. Excerpt: Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding, (relatively complex) songs are distinguished by function from (relatively simple) calls. Wing feathers of a male Club-winged Manakin, with the modifications noted by P L Sclater in 1860 and discussed by Charles Darwin in 1871The distinction between songs and calls is based upon complexity, length, and context. Songs are longer and more complex and are associated with courtship and mating, while calls tend to serve such functions as alarms or keeping members of a flock in contact. Other authorities such as Howell and Webb (1995) make the distinction based on function, so that short vocalizations such as those of pigeons and even non-vocal ...
