Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison

Autores
Biondi, Laura Marina; García, Germán Oscar; Bó, M.S.; Vassallo, Aldo Iván
Año de publicación
2010
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Milvago chimango is a gregarious raptor showing great ecological plasticity. Their ability to explore new resources has allowed them to survive in areas with increasing human modification. In this study, we evaluated the social learning ability in wild‐caught individuals of M. chimango. In particular, we tested whether an ‘observer’ individual could improve the acquisition of a novel behaviour by watching a ‘demonstrator,’ and we examined the effects of age of both observers and demonstrators on social learning. We measured the ability of 18 observers to open an opaque Plexiglas box containing food, and we compared their performance to that of 10 control birds who did not watch a demonstrator solve the task. Prior to watching a demonstrator, only two of the observers and two of the control birds were able to open the box. After watching a demonstrator, 67% of observers were able to open the box, outperforming control birds in speed and success. Juvenile observers were more successful and faster than adults at contacting and opening the box. The age of the demonstrator did not influence the observers’ likelihood of success. These results showed that M. chimango are able to learn a box‐opening task with a hidden food reward by observing the behaviour of a conspecific and that this behaviour persisted over several days. Social learning ability in M. chimango might allow certain behavioural patterns, such as those related to novel resource acquisition in modified environments, to be socially transmitted among individuals in a population.
Fil: Biondi, Laura Marina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: García, Germán Oscar. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Bó, M.S.. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: Vassallo, Aldo Iván. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecofisiología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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spelling Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparisonBiondi, Laura MarinaGarcía, Germán OscarBó, M.S.Vassallo, Aldo Ivánsocial learningMilvago chimangocognitionbirdshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Milvago chimango is a gregarious raptor showing great ecological plasticity. Their ability to explore new resources has allowed them to survive in areas with increasing human modification. In this study, we evaluated the social learning ability in wild‐caught individuals of M. chimango. In particular, we tested whether an ‘observer’ individual could improve the acquisition of a novel behaviour by watching a ‘demonstrator,’ and we examined the effects of age of both observers and demonstrators on social learning. We measured the ability of 18 observers to open an opaque Plexiglas box containing food, and we compared their performance to that of 10 control birds who did not watch a demonstrator solve the task. Prior to watching a demonstrator, only two of the observers and two of the control birds were able to open the box. After watching a demonstrator, 67% of observers were able to open the box, outperforming control birds in speed and success. Juvenile observers were more successful and faster than adults at contacting and opening the box. The age of the demonstrator did not influence the observers’ likelihood of success. These results showed that M. chimango are able to learn a box‐opening task with a hidden food reward by observing the behaviour of a conspecific and that this behaviour persisted over several days. Social learning ability in M. chimango might allow certain behavioural patterns, such as those related to novel resource acquisition in modified environments, to be socially transmitted among individuals in a population.Fil: Biondi, Laura Marina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Vertebrados; ArgentinaFil: García, Germán Oscar. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Bó, M.S.. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Vertebrados; ArgentinaFil: Vassallo, Aldo Iván. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecofisiología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaWiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc2010-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/96393Biondi, Laura Marina; García, Germán Oscar; Bó, M.S.; Vassallo, Aldo Iván; Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Ethology; 116; 8; 8-2010; 722-7350179-1613CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01794.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01794.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-10T13:10:00Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/96393instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-10 13:10:00.643CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison
title Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison
spellingShingle Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison
Biondi, Laura Marina
social learning
Milvago chimango
cognition
birds
title_short Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison
title_full Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison
title_fullStr Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison
title_full_unstemmed Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison
title_sort Social learning in the caracara chimango, milvago chimango (aves: Falconiformes): An age comparison
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Biondi, Laura Marina
García, Germán Oscar
Bó, M.S.
Vassallo, Aldo Iván
author Biondi, Laura Marina
author_facet Biondi, Laura Marina
García, Germán Oscar
Bó, M.S.
Vassallo, Aldo Iván
author_role author
author2 García, Germán Oscar
Bó, M.S.
Vassallo, Aldo Iván
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv social learning
Milvago chimango
cognition
birds
topic social learning
Milvago chimango
cognition
birds
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Milvago chimango is a gregarious raptor showing great ecological plasticity. Their ability to explore new resources has allowed them to survive in areas with increasing human modification. In this study, we evaluated the social learning ability in wild‐caught individuals of M. chimango. In particular, we tested whether an ‘observer’ individual could improve the acquisition of a novel behaviour by watching a ‘demonstrator,’ and we examined the effects of age of both observers and demonstrators on social learning. We measured the ability of 18 observers to open an opaque Plexiglas box containing food, and we compared their performance to that of 10 control birds who did not watch a demonstrator solve the task. Prior to watching a demonstrator, only two of the observers and two of the control birds were able to open the box. After watching a demonstrator, 67% of observers were able to open the box, outperforming control birds in speed and success. Juvenile observers were more successful and faster than adults at contacting and opening the box. The age of the demonstrator did not influence the observers’ likelihood of success. These results showed that M. chimango are able to learn a box‐opening task with a hidden food reward by observing the behaviour of a conspecific and that this behaviour persisted over several days. Social learning ability in M. chimango might allow certain behavioural patterns, such as those related to novel resource acquisition in modified environments, to be socially transmitted among individuals in a population.
Fil: Biondi, Laura Marina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: García, Germán Oscar. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Bó, M.S.. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: Vassallo, Aldo Iván. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Ecofisiología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Milvago chimango is a gregarious raptor showing great ecological plasticity. Their ability to explore new resources has allowed them to survive in areas with increasing human modification. In this study, we evaluated the social learning ability in wild‐caught individuals of M. chimango. In particular, we tested whether an ‘observer’ individual could improve the acquisition of a novel behaviour by watching a ‘demonstrator,’ and we examined the effects of age of both observers and demonstrators on social learning. We measured the ability of 18 observers to open an opaque Plexiglas box containing food, and we compared their performance to that of 10 control birds who did not watch a demonstrator solve the task. Prior to watching a demonstrator, only two of the observers and two of the control birds were able to open the box. After watching a demonstrator, 67% of observers were able to open the box, outperforming control birds in speed and success. Juvenile observers were more successful and faster than adults at contacting and opening the box. The age of the demonstrator did not influence the observers’ likelihood of success. These results showed that M. chimango are able to learn a box‐opening task with a hidden food reward by observing the behaviour of a conspecific and that this behaviour persisted over several days. Social learning ability in M. chimango might allow certain behavioural patterns, such as those related to novel resource acquisition in modified environments, to be socially transmitted among individuals in a population.
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