Neurons in zebra finch brains operate as a barcode reader to detect songs of the same species during learning, report scientists. Like humans learning to speak, juvenile birds learn to sing by ...

Thus, female zebra finches pay more attention to a cultural trait than to male appearance. ... Which species is it, and which individual? Songbirds vary widely in how they sing.

Dr. WOOLLEY: That was the zebra finch. Each species sings its own species-typical song. SIEGEL: And another finch you've worked with, I gather, is the Bengalese finch.

The photo shows two zebra finch pairs: one pair from a wild-derived populations ... In other species, such as the yellowhammer, males are a lot more stereotypic and uniform.

Male zebra finches sing only one song to attract their mates. ... Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Zoo and Nature Park hosts 1,500 animals from 140 species including parrots, ducks, flamingos, ...

Zebra finches travel in large flocks through Australia’s arid interior, looking for seeds. They’re highly social, and are known as a bird species able to learn new songs.

The group’s study, which was published online late last year, is one of just a handful of projects that have experimentally investigated the reasons that pairs of monogamous animals split up.Indeed, ...

As with many bird species, only male zebra finches are able to learn the species-typical song from a tutor, usually the father. Over a period of three months, the young males initially only listen to ...