Complex Communication In Wild Yellow‐Naped Amazon Parrots
"Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrots use complex, warbling duets in very specific ways to argue over territory."
#Parrots #Ornithology #VocalCommunication #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/23/complex-communication-in-wild-yellownaped-amazon-parrots/
Complex Communication In Wild Yellow‐Naped Amazon Parrots
"Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrots use complex, warbling duets in very specific ways to argue over territory."
#Parrots #Ornithology #VocalCommunication #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/23/complex-communication-in-wild-yellownaped-amazon-parrots/
Complex Communication In Wild Yellow‐Naped Amazon Parrots
"Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrots use complex, warbling duets in very specific ways to argue over territory."
#Parrots #Ornithology #VocalCommunication #ecology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/23/complex-communication-in-wild-yellownaped-amazon-parrots/
Looks really good: comparing #infant-directed #communication across #greatapes with humans. This identifies a very significant evolutionary shift.
Nightingales are great singers, but how well can they hit the tone? 🎶 Scientists from Daniela Vallentin’s group at our institute found that nightingales can imitate the pitch of whistles in real time! Read more: https://www.bi.mpg.de/news/2023-07-vallentin
#nightingale #birdsong #vocalcommunication #ornithology #birdresearch #researchnews #maxplanck #maxplanckinstitute #neuroethology #animalbehavior #behavioralneuroscience
Nightingales are well known for their exceptional singing abilities. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence now found that nightingales can flexibly adjust the pitch of certain song parts over a wide range of frequencies to imitate competitors. This strategy is thought to increase their mating chances during the breeding season. Interestingly, the researchers could also observe this behavior in the birds’ wintering grounds in Africa, where they usually do not produce sophisticated song. These findings suggest that a robust neural circuitry allows nightingales to precisely adjust the pitch of their whistle songs to auditory stimuli in real time.
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