Which of the Statements Below About Communication in the White-Crowned

question 136

Multiple Choice

Which of the statements below about communication in the white-crowned sparrow is NOT correct?

• A)The white-crowned sparrow's song is an advertisement display behavior.
• B)The white-crowned sparrow's song is learned by imprinting, a sensitive period that takes place about 10-50 days after hatching.
• C)During the learning phase, the white-crowned sparrow's subsong is a sequence of unstructured twittering.
• D)If a tape of another species song, for example the swamp sparrow, is played during the sensitive period, the white-crowned male will learn that song.
• E)If deprived of hearing the adult male's song during the early sensitive period, the bird will continue to sing an unstructured twittering throughout its life.

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