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1981, D. M. Broom, Biology of Behaviour: Mechanisms, Functions and Applications, page 214:
Some female zebra finches reared with Bengalese finches for 40 days responded to male zebra finches. Others responded to male Bengalese finches which had been reared by zebra finches and hence courted them, whilst others would mate with neither. In multiple-choice tests these zebra finch females spent most of their time in front of male Bengalese finches.
1981, Klaus Immelmann, Stephen J. Suomi, “14: Sensitive phases in Development”, in Klaus Immelmann, George W. Barlow, Lewis Petrinovich, Mary Main, editors, Behavioral Development: The Bielefeld Interdisciplinary Project, page 410:
Quantitative evidence comes, among others, from three studies of adolescent male zebra finches misimprinted on Bengalese finches. In the first study, zebra finches were raised by another species of estrildid finch, the Bengalese finch.
2013, Kazuo Okanoya, “25: Birdsong as a Model for Studying Factors and Mechanisms Affecting Signal Evolution”, in Johan J. Bolhuis, Martin Everaert, editors, Birdsong, Speech, and Language: Exploring the Evolution of Mind and Brain, page 513:
Using this method, we calculated average similarities between the songs of tutor and pupil in the four cross-fostered groups (Bengalese finches tutored by Bengalese finches, white-rumped munias tutored by white-rumped munias, Bengalese finches tutored by white-rumped munias, and white-rumped munias tutored by Bengalese finches).
Synonyms
(Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica):Society finch(US)
