Peer-reviewed publications

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• BACKHOUSE, F., WELBERGEN, J. A., MAGRATH, R. D., & DALZIELL, A. H. (In press). Depleted cultural richness of an avian vocal mimic in fragmented habitat. Diversity and Distributions. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13646​

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• *CRISOLOGO, T., L., *DZIELSKI, S. A., PURCELL, J. R., WEBSTER, M. S., WELBERGEN, J. A. & DALZIELL, A. H. (2022). Selective alarm call mimicry in the sexual display of the male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae). Evolutionary Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-022-10200-w  [*These authors contributed equally] 

 

• DALZIELL, A. H., WELBERGEN, J. A. & MAGRATH, R. D.,  (2022). Male superb lyrebirds mimic functionally distinct heterospecific vocalisations during different modes of sexual display. Animal Behaviour. 188, 181-196. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.04.002

 

• BACKHOUSE, F., DALZIELL, A. H., MAGRATH, R. D., & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2022). Sequences of vocal mimicry performed by male Albert’s lyrebirds are socially transmitted and enhance acoustic contrast. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289: 20212498. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2498 ​

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• DALZIELL, A. H. & WELBERGEN, J. A.  (2022). ​Male Superb Lyrebirds (Menura novaehollandiae) perform an ornate multimodal display immediately following copulation. Ibis. 164(3), 809-815. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13052.  ​

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• AUSTIN, V. I., DALZIELL, A. H., LANGMORE, N. E., & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2021). Avian vocalisations: the female perspective. Biological Reviews. 96(4), pp. 1484-1503. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12713 

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• BACKHOUSE, F., DALZIELL, A. H., MAGRATH, R. D., RICE, A., N., CRISOLOGO, T., L., & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2021). Differential geographic patterns in song components of male Albert’s lyrebirds. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7225

 

• DALZIELL, A. H., MAISEY, A. C., *MAGRATH, R. D., & *WELBERGEN, J. A. (2021). Male lyrebirds create a complex acoustic illusion of a mobbing flock during courtship and copulation. Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.003  [*These authors contributed equally] 

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• ODOM, K. J., ARAYA-SALAS, M., MORANO, J. L., LIGON, R. A., LEIGHTON, G. M., TAFF, C. C., DALZIELL, A. H., BILLINGS, A. C., GERMAIN, R. R., PARDO, M., DE ANDRADE, L. G., HEDWIG, D., KEEN, S. C., SHIU, Y., CHARIF, R. A., WEBSTER, M. S., & RICE, A. N. (2021). Comparative bioacoustics: a roadmap for quantifying and comparing animal sounds across diverse taxa. Biological Reviews. 96(4), pp. 1135-1159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12695  

 

• AUSTIN, V. I., WELBERGEN, J. A., MAISEY, A. C., LINDSAY, M. G., & DALZIELL, A. H. (2019). Destruction of a conspecific nest by a female Superb Lyrebird: evidence for reproductive suppression in a bird with female-only parental care. Behaviour, DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003574

 

• DALZIELL, A. H. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2016) Mimicry for all modalities. Ecology Letters. 19, pp. 609-619. DOI:  10.1111/ele.12602 ​

 

• DALZIELL, A. H. & WELBERGEN, J. A. (2016) Elaborate mimetic vocal displays by female superb lyrebirds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4, pp. 1-34. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00034

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• ​DALZIELL, A. H., WELBERGEN, J. A., IGIC, B. & MAGRATH, R. D. (2015) Avian vocal mimicry: a unified conceptual framework. Biological Reviews. 90, pp. 643-668. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12129

 

• DALZIELL, A. H., PETERS, R. A., COCKBURN, A., DORLAND, A., MAISEY, A. C., & MAGRATH, R. D. (2013). Dance choreography is coordinated with song repertoire in a complex avian display. Current Biology. 23, pp. 1132-1135. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.018 [Cover feature] Video abstract

 

• DALZIELL, A. H., & MAGRATH, R. D. (2012). Fooling the experts: accurate vocal mimicry in the song of the superb lyrebird. Animal Behaviour, 83, pp. 1401-1410. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.03.009 

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other publications

• BACKHOUSE, F., DALZIELL, A. H., MAGRATH R.D. & WELBERGEN J. A. (2022) Listen to the Albert’s lyrebird: the best performer you’ve never heard of The Conversation. 14-4-2022

• DALZIELL, A. H. (2022) Dancing after sex: Male Superb Lyrebirds perform a bizarre audio-visual display, after copulation #theBOUblog  British Ornithologists’ Union. 26-3-2022

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• DALZIELL, A. H. (2021) Foreword to The Message of the Lyrebird, ed Mark Pearce, Balangara Films, Australia. ​

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• DALZIELL, A. H. & WELBERGEN J. A. ‘Bloody fool!’: why Ripper the musk duck, and many other talkative Aussie birds, are exciting biologists. The Conversation. 17-9-2021

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• ​​DALZIELL, A. H. & WELBERGEN J. A. The mimics among us - Birds pirate songs for personal profit. The Conversation. 19-8-2014