![]() ![]() Studies on the development of the brain and genetics have focused on understanding how male birds learn and produce their songs, and how female birds are able to listen to and discriminate between different males’ songs. Griffith says that the study was an international collaboration led by Hugo Loning from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Love songs of the zebra finchĪnalysis of recordings of zebra finch song in their natural habitat, made by automated recorders, found that male zebra finches would sing together in groups, and would also sing when alone with their partners. “Birds in those parts of the world typically don’t sing much in winter, but in spring, there’s a noticeable explosion of birdsong – but birds in other parts of the world – such as magpies in Australia’s tropical and temperate climates – will sing throughout the year,” he says. Most theories around birdsong emerged from continental Europe and North America which biased research towards song patterns during short and competitive seasonal breeding cycles, he says. “The zebra finch is one of the world’s most-researched bird species, because they thrive in captivity, and birdsong in general has been studied for hundreds of years – but this study includes blue-sky research that re-interprets the role of birdsong,” says Griffith.Īnalysis of recordings of zebra finch song in their natural habitat … found that male zebra finches would sing together in groups, and would also sing when alone with their partners. The research, published in the Journal of Current Biology, used five years of field studies at an arid zone research station (which included year-round audio recordings) to understand the times, environmental conditions and social settings where zebra finches sing. Image credit: Simon Griffiths/Macquarie University The findings are the result of five year analysis of recordings of zebra finch song in their natural habitat in an Australian arid zone. ![]()
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