Abstract

Abstract An earlier study failed to find dialects in the songs of male Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) in Alaska. We recorded songs of males at five localities over a much greater portion of the subspecies' range, spanning 2250 km east to west and 1650 km north to south. On this scale, distinct geographical variants are evident, based on the song's terminal phrase and the fine details of other phrases. In White-crowned Sparrows, the extent of dialects is apparently positively correlated with the distance migrated by the subspecies; a demographic variable such as survivorship or natal philopatry likely results in this link. Variación Geográfica a Gran Escala en el Canto de Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii Resumen. Un estudio anterior no encontró dialectos en los cantos de machos de Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii en Alaska. Nosotros grabamos cantos en cinco localidades a través de un área de 2250 km este-oeste por 1650 km norte-sur, que abarca una gran parte del área de distribución de la subespecie. A esta escala, es evidente una clara variación geográfica, basada en la parte terminal de los cantos, y en detalles de las otras frases. En esta especie, la extension geográfica de los dialectos aparentemente está correlacionada de manera positiva con la distancia de migración de las subespecies. Esta correlación tal vez sea producto de factores demográficos como la supervivencia o de filopatría.

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