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<p>In a study of acoustic communication at seven nest cavities of Eurasian Wrynecks, sound recordings were made of ninety-one separate bursts of tapping. From Hungary in the east, and France in the west, tapping was heard both from inside cavities and at their entrances. Analysis of the tapping rhythms indicated two forms corresponding to different observed behaviour. They were never loud and were used exclusively in communication between breeding pairs. No functional significance was found in the only two brief examples of tapping fast enough to be described structurally as drumming.</p>
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In a study of acoustic communication at seven nest cavities of Eurasian Wrynecks, sound recordings were made of ninety-one separate bursts of tapping. From Hungary in the east, and France in the west, tapping was heard both from inside cavities and at their entrances. Analysis of the tapping rhythms indicated two forms corresponding to different observed behaviour. They were never loud and were used exclusively in communication between breeding pairs. No functional significance was found in the only two brief examples of tapping fast enough to be described structurally as drumming.

The instrumental signals of the Eurasian Wryneck <italic>(Jynx torquilla)</italic>

Ornis Hungarica

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The instrumental signals of the Eurasian Wryneck 

In a study of acoustic communication at seven nest cavities of Eurasian Wrynecks, sound recordings were made of ninety-one separate bursts of tapping. From...

The instrumental signals of the Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

Published Online: Jun 22, 2021

Page range: 98 - 107

Received: Feb 21, 2021

Accepted: Apr 14, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2021-0007

Keywords
communication, tapping, drumming, nest cavities, wryneck, woodpeckers, spectrogram

© 2021 Kyle Turner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The instrumental signals of the Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

Published Online: Jun 22, 2021

Page range: 98 - 107

Received: Feb 21, 2021

Accepted: Apr 14, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2021-0007

Keywordscommunication, tapping, drumming, nest cavities, wryneck, woodpeckers, spectrogram

© 2021 Kyle Turner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
communication, tapping, drumming, nest cavities, wryneck, woodpeckers, spectrogram