Males of a suboscine lekking bird exhibit neighbor-stranger discrimination
Josephine T Tagestad, J Patrick Kelley, Camilo Alfonso, Corey E. Tarwater
The study finds that male red-capped manakins discriminate between stranger and neighbor vocalizations at leks, responding more quickly to strangers.
bioRxiv · Oct 21, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition