Pigeon hearing

[NeilA]

Anyone know how good there hearing is compared to humans / dogs /mice
Talking a bloke who had the round mice sensory things in his loft that let off a sound we can’t hear but mice can
Just wondered if pigeons hearing is a lot less than mice

[Buster121]

Do pigeons have good hearing?
Pigeon. Pigeons have incredible hearing and there is some scientific speculation that they use their exceptional ability to hear infrasound as part of their impressive in-built navigation system. Infrasound simply means sound waves with frequencies that fall below what humans can hear.

[Buster121]

At a level of 60 dB SPL, their hearing range spanned 8.12 octaves (24.6 Hz–6.86 kHz). Like most birds, they do not hear sounds above 8 kHz.

[Buster121]

For most avian species this is around 1 - 4 kHz, but some species are sensitive to lower or higher frequencies (Konishi 1970, Hienz et al. 1977). Pigeons are most sensitive to sound between 1 - 2 kHz, with an absolute upper limit of about 10 kHz

[NeilA]

Do pigeons have good hearing?
Pigeon. Pigeons have incredible hearing and there is some scientific speculation that they use their exceptional ability to hear infrasound as part of their impressive in-built navigation system. Infrasound simply means sound waves with frequencies that fall below what humans can hear.

So would them mice sensor things not out pigeons off testing Buster.

[Devo1956]

Pigeons and Moths Have the Best Hearing in the Animal Kingdom. There's a reason pigeons have long been renowned for their incredible navigational abilities: They have extraordinary hearing! Much of this ability is due to their detection of infrasound, which occurs in frequencies too low for the human ear to hear.

[Buster121]

I did do a big post but must not have posted due to Dev posting at same time, basically was saying they have different settings on for different animal frequencies, I have one outside loft use it 24/7 cost around £14 from Lidl has 4 or 5 settings including for fox and a smaller one inside loft does not affect birds on the settings I use

[NeilA]

I did do a big post but must not have posted due to Dev posting at same time, basically was saying they have different settings on for different animal frequencies, I have one outside loft use it 24/7 cost around £14 from Lidl has 4 or 5 settings including for fox and a smaller one inside loft does not affect birds on the settings I use

I see that’s interesting
Only I have a fox about and a lad says he used one for mice / rats
So got me thinking about my fox but worried is stops tne birds sleeping etc

[Buster121]

Neil I will see if I can put my hand on the booklet that came with it and try and post some of the info if I can

[Andy]

I did do a big post but must not have posted due to Dev posting at same time, basically was saying they have different settings on for different animal frequencies, I have one outside loft use it 24/7 cost around £14 from Lidl has 4 or 5 settings including for fox and a smaller one inside loft does not affect birds on the settings I use

I see that’s interesting
Only I have a fox about and a lad says he used one for mice / rats
So got me thinking about my fox but worried is stops tne birds sleeping etc

I have one on the top of my loft to deter cats. It’s on all the time. The pitch is very high, above the spectrum of a bird. Same as the silent dog whistles. They are at a very high pitch that dogs can hear but we can’t. I would imagine that the rodent ones are a high pitch.