The birds—crested pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes)—have long been recognized for their loud flying, but new research has revealed how they make the whistling and just what these strange sounds are ...

Many animals will sound an alarm to alert other members of their group of impending danger. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on November 9 have shown that crested pigeons do this in a ...

Crested 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 ...

But for some birds, the very act of taking off is enough to sound the alarm. Mae Hingee and Robert Magrath from the Australian National University have found that crested pigeons have modified ...

However, it was difficult to prove whether birds communicated with each other with these sounds. For instance, scientists have long known that crested pigeon wings whistled when the birds flew.

In the midst of a predator, this pigeon’s fluttering feathers create a high-pitched whistle that sounds awfully similar to other birds’ vocal calls. Otherwise, the crested pigeon doesn’t ...

To explore this idea, researchers tried recording the wing-­whistling sounds of another type of pigeon, the crested pigeon. When they played the sounds back to the pigeons, the birds burst into ...

The crested pigeon, found in Australia, has a modified wing feather that helps produce an alarm signal sound to warn other birds when there's trouble. Feathers are not just for flight. They keep ...

Crested pigeons communicate without even opening their ... In animals, nonvocal sounds are not uncommon. “All animals produce sound as we move, even humans, and that sound can be useful to ...

Many animals will sound an alarm to alert other members of their group of impending danger. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on November 9 have shown that crested pigeons do this in a ...

One that doesn't is the Australian crested pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes. The bird has a very curious whistling sound when it flies, which seems to change when it flies off in alarm, says Magrath.

But for some birds, the very act of taking off is enough to sound the alarm. Mae Hingee and Robert Magrath from the Australian National University have found that crested pigeons have modified wing ...