Trill Song (AUDIO)

University of Melbourne

Caption

This is an example of a trill song type that tells listeners how big the singer is. Their larger physical size means that bigger male purple-crowned fairy-wrens can sing this trill song type at a lower pitch than smaller males can.

Credit

Michelle L Hall

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