jacamar: Jacamar Learning Ability Data
Description
Response of a rufous-tailed jacamar to butterflies, by not attacking them,
by attacking but not eating them, and by attacking and eating them.source
Davison, A. C. (2003) Statistical Models. Cambridge University Press.
Page 470.Details
As part of a study of the learning ability of tropical birds, Peng Chai
of the University of Texas at
Austin collected data on the response of a rufous-tailed jacamar
to butterflies. He used marker pens to paint the underside
of the wings of eight species of butterflies, and then
released each butterfly in the cage where the bird was confined.
The bird responded in three ways: by not attacking the butterfly
(N); by attacking the butterfly, then sampling but rejecting it
(S); or by attacking and eating the butterfly, usually after
removing some or all of the wings (E).