Those noisy crested pigeons use their unique feathers to sound an alarm
- Written by Trevor Murray, Postdoctoral Scientist, Australian National University
Crested pigeon in flight with the primary feathers spread and the narrow eighth primary is visible.Geoffrey Dabb, Author providedCrested pigeons are a common sight in many Australian backyards, and are noted for the rapid trilling sound they make when they take flight.
In our research, published today in Current Biology, we show that these sounds...







