Diurnal Cycle, Behaviour and Social Organization of the Budgerigar Melopsittacus Undulatus
Diurnal Cycle, Behaviour and Social Organization of the Budgerigar Melopsittacus Undulatus
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虎皮鹦鹉的昼夜周期、行为和社会组织
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1980
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E. Wyndham
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E. Wyndham
在澳大利亚东部野外研究了波状斑鹦鹉。鸟群发生在全年，在大多数白天活动和生命周期的大多数阶段。每天的活动大约在日出时开始，黄昏时停止。它在上午和下午进食，中午在树叶上休息和梳理毛发。鸟儿间歇性地喝水，一天中没有特定的时间。不同的年龄和性别混杂在群中，群内或种群内没有明显的等级结构，也没有高低之分。有时，鸟群主要由幼鸟组成。八个独立的电话被确认。幼鸟和成年鸟之间的细微差异，很少的两性二态性和很少的离散叫声表明，虎皮鹦鹉的社会组织比东方蔷薇虎皮鹦鹉更简单。将野外鸟类的行为与笼中家禽的研究结果进行比较。
The Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus was studied in the field in eastern Australia. Flocks occurred throughout the year, during most diurnal activities and at most stages of the life cycle. Daily activity began about sunrise and ceased during dusk. It consisted of feeding in the morning and afternoon and resting and preening in the foliage of trees during the middle of the day. Birds drank intermittently and at no specific time of the day. Different ages and sexes mixed in flocks and there was no obvious hierarchical construction nor high- and low-status groups within flocks or popula- tions. At times, flocks occurred that were composed predominantly of young birds. Eight discrete calls were identified. Slight differences between juveniles and adults, little sexual dimorphism and few discrete calls suggests that the social organization of the Budgerigar is simple compared to that of the Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius. Behaviour of birds in the field is compared to that described from studies of domestic birds in cages.