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The Intricate Connection of Birdsongs to Human Language
Schelby, Erika http://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/14/the-intricate-connection-of-birdsongs-to-human-language/
Publisher: Counter Punch
Date Written: 14/02/2025
Year Published: 2025
Resource Type: Article
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The songbirds can execute various tasks and performances with their vocal organs. They use short, practical calls to communicate details about food or predators and long, learned, and practiced songs to find and seduce mates, defend territories, compete, and develop social bonds. Perhaps even more fascinating is that they all do it in their own way. For example, the males of the highly social Australian zebra finches do not sing to defend territory and do not perform to impress potential mates. They wait until they find their love partner and then serenade her, often daily and for years to come.
Songbirds are actively involved in learning, listening to, and practicing the complex creations we call songs. Birds of the same species use different dialects in various locations.
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