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Blackcap

from Avian by Mark Ferguson

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Eurasian blackcaps occasionally mimic other avian species, incorporating various song components into their own.

Detailed listening to this recording revealed an apparent real time aspect to this behaviour, with distant song thrush phrases incorporated immediately after utterance (listen very closely at 0:31 and 2:01). At the time of writing, I have been unable to establish whether these phrases were learnt and imitated by the blackcap in real time, or included coincidentally from existing repertoire.

If they were included from existing repertoire, it is interesting to consider whether the distant song thrush’s utterances were, in this case, acting as a stimulus or ‘memory prompter'.

Species: Sylvia atricapilla

Recorded May 7, 2017 at 06:42. Bisley, Gloucestershire. Sennheiser MKH 8020 with Telinga parabolic reflector to Zoom F8.

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from Avian, released April 20, 2020
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Mark Ferguson is a UK-based wildlife sound recordist and sound artist.

His award-winning work explores the unique and intricate sonic detail of the natural world, with an emphasis on species conservation.

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