COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VOCALIZATIONS OF GUANS (GALLIFORMES, CRACIDAE, PENELOPE) FROM BRAZIL (SOUTH AMERICA)

Authors

  • Dimitri de Araujo Costa Doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I – Cidade Universitária, S / N – Castelo Branco, CEP 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil
  • Martin Lindsey Christoffersen Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I – Cidade Universitária, S / N – Castelo Branco, CEP 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil

Keywords:

Acoustic interference, Apomorphies, Competition, Conservation status, Cracids

Abstract

The genus Penelope is a group of guans of the family Cracidae, Order Galliformes, which is quite characteristic in Brazil, totaling seven species (Penelope jacquacu, P. jacucaca, P. marail, P. pileata, P. obscura, P. ochrogaster and P. superciliaris). Each guan species has a particular distribution, with the exception of the Rusty-margined Guan (P. superciliaris) that is found in almost all the national territory. The objective of this study involves analyzing the songs of the species of Penelope in different regions of Brazil, and comparing them to those of the generalist species P. superciliaris to know if their singing patterns are modified when overlapping with other species of the genus, thus avoiding competition by acoustic interference. This comparative analysis involving several guan species is the first performed in cracids in the world, thus being highly relevant for future studies. Furthermore, we are providing the diagnostic characteristics, conservation status and ecological data of each species of the genus Penelope reported from Brazil.

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Author Biography

Dimitri de Araujo Costa, Doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I – Cidade Universitária, S / N – Castelo Branco, CEP 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil

Possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Bacharelado e Licenciatura) pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2005-2009). Mestre no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental, UFPB (2014-2016). Tem experiência na área de Ecologia e Zoologia, com ênfase em Sistemática Filogenética, Taxonomia e Ecologia de Invertebrados Aquáticos, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: ambientes arenosos, recifais, estuarinos fital

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Published

2016-09-30

How to Cite

COSTA, D. de A.; CHRISTOFFERSEN, M. L. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VOCALIZATIONS OF GUANS (GALLIFORMES, CRACIDAE, PENELOPE) FROM BRAZIL (SOUTH AMERICA). Gaia Scientia, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 4, 2016. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs2/index.php/gaia/article/view/25820. Acesso em: 19 dec. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2016)

Section

Ciências Ambientais