Song and Territorial Behaviour of Male-Male and Male-Female Pairs of the North Island Kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni)

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Song and Territorial Behaviour of Male-Male and Male-Female Pairs of the North Island Kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni)

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Male-male pairing has been previously described for captive individuals of two duetting passerines. The sexually monomorphic North Island kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni) is an endangered forest bird which is declining on the mainland of New Zealand, and is the only duetting species for which male-male pairing is known to be common in wild populations. This thesis determined whether male-male kokako pairs can be distinguished from male/female pairs on the basis of song and territorial behavi...

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Masters

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1998

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McLeod, Jeffrey G.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12799

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