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  • Title: Differences in the sexual conditioned behavior of male and female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).
    Author: Gutiérrez G, Domjan M.
    Journal: J Comp Psychol; 1997 Jun; 111(2):135-42. PubMed ID: 9170278.
    Abstract:
    The conditioned responses of male and female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) were compared in a Pavlovian conditioning procedure in which presentation of a brief conditioned stimulus was immediately followed by the release of a copulation partner. Male quail vigorously approached the conditioned stimulus and were much more likely to enter the compartment housing their copulation partner than were female birds (Experiment 1). In females, sexual conditioning resulted in increased squatting (Experiment 2). This response was the reflection of sexual behavior rather than more general social behavior (Experiment 3). These findings provide the first definitive evidence of sexual learning in female quail and are consistent with the interpretation that sexual conditioning increases sexual arousal or receptivity in both sexes but the increase has different behavioral manifestations in male and female quail.
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