Gender identification using acoustic analysis in birds without external sexual dimorphism

作     者：Ilya A.Volodin Elena V.Volodina Anna V.Klenova Vera A.Matrosova 

作者机构：Department of Vertebrate ZoologyFaculty of BiologyLomonosov Moscow State University Scientific Research DepartmentMoscow Zoo Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology RAS 

出 版 物：《Chinese Birds》 (中国鸟类（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第6卷第4期

页      面：198-213页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0907[农学-林学] 090705[农学-野生动植物保护与利用] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 09[农学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grants 12-04-00260a to IV, EV and VM and 12-04-00414a to AK, for studying the acoustic-based, laparoscopy and gene-based methods of sexing of a few Anseriformes, Gruidae and Alcidae species included in this review) the President RF Foundation (Grant MK-1781.2012.4 to AK, for studying Alcidae species, also included in this review) the Russian Scientific Foundation (Grant No 14-14-00237) to IV, EV, AK and VM for completing the review 

主　　题：Vocalization Monomorphic birds Call-based sexing Sexing by sound 

摘      要：Zoo and wildlife management faces a problem with bird sexing,as many bird taxa have indiscernible gender differences in size and *** groups are geese,cranes,rails,raptors,owls,parrots,doves,auks,shearwaters and some *** accepted invasive sexing techniques based on genetics,laparoscopy,morphometric and on cloacal inspection,are all needed in bird capturing and *** and subsequent manipulations may be inapplicable for free-ranging birds,whereas distant voice-based sexing is relevant for many *** review evaluates the potential for noninvasive sexing by separate calls or duet calls,for adult birds of 69 species from 16 orders and for chicks of 11 species from 7 *** adult birds of 25 species,a single call per individual was sufficient for 100 % reliable sexing by ear or using spectrographic *** chicks,the potential for voice-based sexing seems to be very *** birds calling rarely or unpredictably,we propose a simple way of provoking vocalization using playbacks of species-specific calls that are available from sound *** conclude that sexing by voice may represent a feasible alternative to the classical sexing techniques,both in the wild and in captivity.