Bioacoustics of Dociostaurus (Kazakia) brevicollis

Species

6 recordings

Account

What the sources say about this taxon, as written.

description · Plazi

Description of song: D. brevicollis male calling song consists of a long polysyllabic phrase ( Fig. 6 B). The calling song mostly lasts for 3–21 s. Syllable numbers vary between 6 and 38 in a phrase ( Fig. 6 B). The syllable durations are usually changing between 40 and 75 ms. Each syllable in phrase commonly contains 2–4 high amplitude pulses with a rapid crescendo structure. The initial syllable duration is between 6 and 7 ms, the second syllable is of 8–10 ms and the last one is of 11 ms ( Figs. 6 C–D). Published song data, used for comparison : Ragge & Reynolds 1998 , Tishechkin & Bukhvalova 2009 ; Şirin & Mol 2013 .

this account at Plazi

distribution · Plazi

Distribution . The range of this species covers mainly the southern regions of Western Europe, Ukraine , Caucasia, Iran , Kazakhstan , Kirghizstan, European part of Russia , Western Asia, North Africa and Turkey . In Anatolia , it is sometimes present, particularly in altitudes of 1000 m or higher. Dociostaurus brevicollis seems to be the most widespread species of this genus in Anatolia ( Fig. 1 ) ( Bei-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951 ; Karabaġ 1958 ; Harz 1975 ; Demirsoy 1977 ; Soltani 1978 ). Calling song Taxon (Place) Individual N—number of individual, m—Mean; sd—Standard deviation; n—Number of the analyzed characters.

this account at Plazi

Recordings

6 in audioBlast.

XC1040401 Dociostaurus brevicollis - calling song
10 s
Albert Lastukhin 2025-08-04 xeno-canto listen › record
XC786777 Dociostaurus brevicollis - calling song
15 s
Baudewijn Odé 2008-06-27 xeno-canto listen › record
XC848941 Dociostaurus brevicollis - calling song
72 s
Baudewijn Odé 2008-06-27 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1040401 Dociostaurus brevicollis - calling song
10 s
Albert Lastukhin 2025-08-04 xeno-canto listen › record
XC786777 Dociostaurus brevicollis - calling song
15 s
Baudewijn Odé 2008-06-27 xeno-canto listen › record
XC848941 Dociostaurus brevicollis - calling song
72 s
Baudewijn Odé 2008-06-27 xeno-canto listen › record

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SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
xeno-cantoDociostaurus brevicollisSpecies—xeno-canto/Dociostaurus brevicollis
PlaziDociostaurus brevicollisSpeciesBaissogryllidaePlazi/Dociostaurus brevicollis

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Bioschemas Taxon, as embedded
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