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Until a few decades ago, birds were thought to have a very poor olfactory ability in spite of the fact that many species exhibit well developed olfactory organs, thus raising the question whether they might have come to assume a non-olfactory function. Recent investigations, however, have shown that several bird species rely on olfactory cues for a variety of performances which include the search for food, homing ability, and social and sexual behavior (see Papi, 1990, for references).
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Benvenuti, S., Ioalè, P., Papi, F. (1992). The Olfactory Map of Homing Pigeons. In: Doty, R.L., Müller-Schwarze, D. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9655-1_66
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