Wingtone (n.)
Any bird that has learned to imitate the sound of
a ringing phone.
The most commonly sighted species of wingtone
employs the familiar ‘burrr-burrr’ call, although more exotic and
original variations have also been reported. Polyphonic wingtones, however, have
yet to be sighted in the wild, and this would probably require a major
development in avian evolutionary biology, although leading scientists are
sharply divided on the issue.
Cf. ‘wyren’ and ‘Nokia bird’.
Cf. ‘wyren’ and ‘Nokia bird’.
Posted on Sunday - May 01, 2005 at 01:08 PM
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