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Vocal Zebra Dove
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zebra dove voice 1. Distress Call (¢Ñ¹â¡Ã¡) Distress Call is a voice that found in every sex of zebra dove. They start to call from their wean stage. they give distress call when they are relaxed, before they call they usually spread their wings and give a soft liquid sounding tone in a series like "croo, clk-clk-clk-clk. This call can change a bit when zebra dove turn older. 2. A Bill Clicking Sound (¡ÃØèÁ ËÃ×Í ÍÍ´) a male bird can make a sound from their bill and throat during they are mating or defense other dove. 3. Bowing Display (¤Ù ËÃ×ÍÇéÍ) a male bird can make a series of urgent sounding coo like "oow-oow-oow" when giving a bowing display for female and raised / fanned tail during mating. Some tamed bird can give bowing display to their owner just to say Hi. 4. Advertising Coo (¢Ñ¹) zebra doves in nature give an advertising coo during mating and making nest. Some of wild doves have a special tone which is nice to listen to. People in the past catch them from the wild and breed them for a good sound. crooo-a-luc, croo-a-luc, "Crooo" the first note being the most peculiar sound between a coo, a whistle and a scream follow with a series of soft clucking sound. But those zebra doves bred in captivity can give a good song with a loud, rhythmic "Wow-ra-ka-ta-ta-kooong" or " klow- ra-ta-kooong" like a sound from playing cymbals with a soft and mellow tone. This coo is a permanent characteristic and cannot be teaching or imitate but can be inherited from their family genetic line. |
a quality zebra
dove for voice competition
When searching for the potential champions, experts look for Zebra Doves that have a distinguished vocal quality. The contests are usually divided into different categories: Class A (Large Tone), Class B (Middle Tone), Class C (Small Tone), and New Comers in All Tone in separated category. The criteria used in judging the quality of a dove’s advertising coo. They listen to advertising coo and give marks on - first note, middle notes, melody, volume, and continuity. Once the competition begins, the Zebra Doves have to sing for about 3 hours at a stretch. Professional judges award points based on performance in the three stages of a song - the opening, the mid-section and the closing . Winners of local tournaments may eventually get to participate in the World Cup - an annual event in Thailand where some 1,200 of the best merboks in the world compete with each other. A high-quality bird calls are as these follow, The first note - a good first note voice like Wow, Kow or Klow is a good ones. The first note is like something that can make people pay attention to. A good first note is in demand , it has to be long, clear and stressed. The one with a short first note + the long last note is better than the one with long first note but none of the long last note. A standard of perfection on this is the one with both first and last note have the long sounding. Middle notes quality - a good zebra dove must have a middle note in a slow clear note placed in a good rhythm. The middle notes can be vary from 1 to 4 notes. All notes can run fast or slow but now the slow beat is more popular. We count middle notes together with first and last note to be overall beat. Some zebra dove can call 6 beats like Wow-ra-ka-ta-ta-kooong. The minimum beats dove is 3 beats like Wow-ra-kooong. The last note quality - the last note is important for competition as it can gain more marks. The one with a long mellow note is better than the one with short note. A quality last note should be long and massive like a sound of cymbals. It should be sound like mooang, poooang or wooangg Voice quality - the quality voice is also an important factor which can give impression when you hear. The quality ones should be mellow, sweet, massive and not dry or in a wrong tone. volume - a good ones should have a loud voice that can hear even the bird hung on a high pole (7-9 meters). It should be an outstanding voice that can be heard even the bird in a long distant. continuity - a quality dove should coo continuosly more than 20 times in a row. This can show its energy for having a good health, good lung and endurance. But if it coo more than 50 times in a row is not good for competition because the bird will be exhausted and cannot coo for 3 hours. © CopyRight, All Rights reserved. ʧǹÅÔ¢ÊÔ·¸Ôìã¹¹ÒÁ nokkhao.com µÒÁ¾ÃÐÃÒªºÑѵÔÅÔ¢ÊÔ·¸Ôì ¾.È. 2537 |
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