Acoustic interaction between a pair of owls and a wolf

Authors

Barbara Marti-Domken, Association for the Conservation of Nature in Human Environments, C/Fontana, 2, 49337, Villanueva de Valrojo, SpainFollow
Vicente Palacios, Association for the Conservation of Nature in Human Environments, C/Fontana, 2, 49337, Villanueva de Valrojo, Spain; ARCA, People and Nature, S.L., SpainFollow
Shannon M. Barber Meyer, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, 8711 37th Street SE, Jamestown, ND 58401-7317Follow

Abstract

During summer 2019, we recorded an apparent vocal interaction, lasting just under 4 min, between a pair of Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) and a gray wolf (Canis lupus) in Yellowstone National Park. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such an acoustic interaction in the scientific literature. The increased use of passive acoustic recorders, which record spontaneous vocalizations emitted by animals over long periods, will allow us to better document and study the importance of such interspecific interactions.


Durante el verano de 2019, grabamos una aparente interacción vocal entre una pareja de búhos americanos (Bubo virginianus) y un lobo gris (Canis lupus) que duró alrededor de 4 minutos en el Parque Nacional de Yellowstone. Según la información que disponemos, esta es la primera vez que se describe una interacción acústica entre estas dos especies en la literatura científica. Creemos que en el futuro, gracias al aumento del uso de sensores acústicos pasivos, que registran vocalizaciones espontáneas emitidas por animales durante períodos de tiempo muy largos, podremos documentar y estudiar mejor la relevancia de este tipo de interacciones interespecíficas.

Recommended Citation

Marti-Domken, Barbara; Palacios, Vicente; and Barber Meyer, Shannon M. (2021) "Acoustic interaction between a pair of owls and a wolf," Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 81: No. 3, Article 15.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol81/iss3/15