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Winged warnings

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Alarm signals emitted by animals may not be all that they seem. But a good example has been identified in the whistling sound of a crested pigeon's wings when it takes flight in response to a predator.

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Figure 1: Ambiguous signal.

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  1. Graeme D. Ruxton is in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. g.ruxton@bio.gla.ac.uk,

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Flight sounds made by the crested pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes: first, routine flight; second, alarmed flight. Recording by Mae Hingee. (WAV 406 kb)

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Ruxton, G. Winged warnings. Nature 461, 603–604 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461603a

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