Animal acoustic communication often takes the form of complex sequences, made up of
multiple distinct acoustic units. Apart from the well‐known example of birdsong, other …

The focus of acoustic communication studies differs between birds and primates due to
differences between the avian and primate social structures. Contact calls exist in almost all …

The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. Nature's Music brings together
some of the world's experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our …

The comparative hearing of birds and reptiles should always be considered together. It is
clear from the vertebrate fossil record that birds and reptiles split over 200 million years ago …

Distance or contact calls of 6 unrelated adult male budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
were recorded before and during 8 weeks of social contact. The 6 birds were housed in 2 …

Given that both sexes of most parrots learn new vocalizations throughout life and produce
them in diverse social contexts, whereas few songbird species combine all these traits, why …

It is our goal in this text to use evolutionary principles as a unifying theme for exposing
students to a number of approaches to the field of animal behavior and to demonstrate that …

Previous studies concluded that parrots and oscine songbirds, two taxa that have
independently evolved the ability to learn vocalizations, possess similar neural circuits for …

M and their relatives u er flight calls, species-specific vocalizations given primarily during
sustained flight, especially during migration. References to flight calls appeared in the …

The budgerigar, a small species of parrot, can learn new vocalizations throughout life and is
therefore widely used as a model system for studying various aspects of vocal learning. It is …