About the Authors

Gabriël J. L. Beckers

beckers@orn.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Behavioural Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany

Manfred Gahr

Affiliation Department of Behavioural Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB MG. Performed the experiments: GB. Analyzed the data: GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB. Wrote the paper: GB. Provided substantial input in writing the paper: MG.