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Bengalese finch
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English
right|thumb|A Bengalese finch
Society finch
Noun
A domesticated estrildid finch, Lonchura striata domestica subspecies or Lonchura domestica species, thought to have been bred from the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata species).
en 1981 D. M. Broom Biology of Behaviour: Mechanisms, Functions and Applications 214 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5kI5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA214&dq=%22Bengalese+finch%22%7C%22Bengalese+finches%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p2UgU_KeHc2TkQW1t4GoCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Bengalese%20finch%22%7C%22Bengalese%20finches%22&f=false Some female zebra finches reared with Bengalese finches for 40 days responded to male zebra finches. Others responded to male Bengalese finches which had been reared by zebra finches and hence courted them, whilst others would mate with neither. In multiple-choice tests these zebra finch females spent most of their time in front of male Bengalese finches.
en 1981 Klaus Immelmann; Stephen J. Suomi 14: Sensitive phases in Development Klaus Immelmann; George W. Barlow; Lewis Petrinovich; Mary Main Behavioral Development: The Bielefeld Interdisciplinary Project http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ESc4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA410&dq=%22Bengalese+finch%22%7C%22Bengalese+finches%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p2UgU_KeHc2TkQW1t4GoCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Bengalese%20finch%22%7C%22Bengalese%20finches%22&f=false 410 Quantitative evidence comes, among others, from three studies of adolescent male zebra finches misimprinted on Bengalese finches. In the first study, zebra finches were raised by another species of estrildid finch, the Bengalese finch.
en 2013 Kazuo Okanoya 25: Birdsong as a Model for Studying Factors and Mechanisms Affecting Signal Evolution Johan J. Bolhuis; Martin Everaert Birdsong, Speech, and Language: Exploring the Evolution of Mind and Brain http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iUAGtERQOSIC&pg=PA513&dq=%22Bengalese+finch%22%7C%22Bengalese+finches%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p2UgU_KeHc2TkQW1t4GoCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Bengalese%20finch%22%7C%22Bengalese%20finches%22&f=false 513 Using this method, we calculated average similarities between the songs of tutor and pupil in the four cross-fostered groups (Bengalese finches tutored by Bengalese finches, white-rumped munias tutored by white-rumped munias, Bengalese finches tutored by white-rumped munias, and white-rumped munias tutored by Bengalese finches).
Synonyms
Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica en Society finch US
Translations
Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica
French: fr Pinson de société m, fr Moineau du Japon m
Japanese: ja 十姉妹 juushimatsu
Russian: ru япо́нская амади́на f, ru обще́ственный зя́блик m, ru бенга́льский зя́блик m
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