Songbirds: PASSERIFORMES of the suborder, Oscines, in which the flexor tendons of the toes are separate, and the lower syrinx has 4 to 9 pairs of tensor muscles inserted at both ends of the tracheal half rings. They include many commonly recognized birds such as CROWS; FINCHES; robins; SPARROWS; and SWALLOWS.Vocalization, Animal: Sounds used in animal communication.Finches: Common name for small PASSERIFORMES in the family Fringillidae. They have a short stout bill (BEAK) adapted for crushing SEEDS. Some species of Old World finches are called CANARIES.Singing: Modulation of human voice to produce sounds augmented by musical tonality and rhythm.Starlings: The family Sturnidae, in the order PASSERIFORMES. The starling family also includes mynahs and oxpeckers.High Vocal Center: Nucleus in the NEOSTRIATUM of bird brains that sends signals for song production and receives auditory input. In some adult SONGBIRDS, research has shown that the size of this nucleus changes seasonally and that it exhibits neurogenesis.Sparrows: The family Passeridae comprised of small, mainly brown and grey seed-eating birds with conical bills.Canaries: Any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus.Animal Migration: Periodic movements of animals in response to seasonal changes or reproductive instinct. Hormonal changes are the trigger in at least some animals. Most migrations are made for reasons of climatic change, feeding, or breeding.Sound Spectrography: The graphic registration of the frequency and intensity of sounds, such as speech, infant crying, and animal vocalizations.Prosencephalon: The anterior of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of the embryonic brain arising from the NEURAL TUBE. It subdivides to form DIENCEPHALON and TELENCEPHALON. (Stedmans Medical Dictionary, 27th ed)Animal Communication: Communication between animals involving the giving off by one individual of some chemical or physical signal, that, on being received by another, influences its behavior.Auditory Pathways: NEURAL PATHWAYS and connections within the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, beginning at the hair cells of the ORGAN OF CORTI, continuing along the eighth cranial nerve, and terminating at the AUDITORY CORTEX.Birds: Warm-blooded VERTEBRATES possessing FEATHERS and belonging to the class Aves.Auditory Perception: The process whereby auditory stimuli are selected, organized, and interpreted by the organism.Passeriformes: A widely distributed order of perching BIRDS, including more than half of all bird species.Learning: Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge.Basal Ganglia: Large subcortical nuclear masses derived from the telencephalon and located in the basal regions of the cerebral hemispheres.Acoustic Stimulation: Use of sound to elicit a response in the nervous system.Beak: In some animals, the jaws together with their horny covering. The beak usually refers to the bill of birds in which the whole varies greatly in form according of the food and habits of the bird. While the beak refers most commonly to birds, the anatomical counterpart is found also in the turtle, squid, and octopus. (From Webster, 3d ed & Storer, et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p491, 755)Territoriality: Behavior in defense of an area against another individual or individuals primarily of the same species.Telencephalon: The anterior subdivision of the embryonic PROSENCEPHALON or the corresponding part of the adult prosencephalon that includes the cerebrum and associated structures.Ethology: The discipline pertaining to the study of animal behavior.Air Sacs: Thin-walled sacs or spaces which function as a part of the respiratory system in birds, fishes, insects, and mammals.Seasons: Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climatic. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)Acoustics: The branch of physics that deals with sound and sound waves. In medicine it is often applied in procedures in speech and hearing studies. With regard to the environment, it refers to the characteristics of a room, auditorium, theatre, building, etc. that determines the audibility or fidelity of sounds in it. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)Sexual Behavior, Animal: Sexual activities of animals.Amblycera: A suborder of chewing lice, in the order PHTHIRAPTERA, that are ectoparasites of poultry and some mammals.Mauritania: A republic in western Africa, southwest of ALGERIA and west of MALI. Its capital is Nouakchott.Parrots: BIRDS of the large family Psittacidae, widely distributed in tropical regions and having a distinctive stout, curved hooked bill. The family includes LOVEBIRDS; AMAZON PARROTS; conures; PARAKEETS; and many other kinds of parrots.Feathers: Flat keratinous structures found on the skin surface of birds. Feathers are made partly of a hollow shaft fringed with barbs. They constitute the plumage.Radar: A system using beamed and reflected radio signals to and from an object in such a way that range, bearing, and other characteristics of the object may be determined.Sound: A type of non-ionizing radiation in which energy is transmitted through solid, liquid, or gas as compression waves. Sound (acoustic or sonic) radiation with frequencies above the audible range is classified as ultrasonic. Sound radiation below the audible range is classified as infrasonic.Brain: The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.Molting: Periodic casting off FEATHERS; HAIR; or cuticle. Molting is a process of sloughing or desquamation, especially the shedding of an outer covering and the development of a new one. This phenomenon permits growth in ARTHROPODS, skin renewal in AMPHIBIANS and REPTILES, and the shedding of winter coats in BIRDS and MAMMALS.Nesting Behavior: Animal behavior associated with the nest; includes construction, effects of size and material; behavior of the adult during the nesting period and the effect of the nest on the behavior of the young.Photoperiod: The time period of daily exposure that an organism receives from daylight or artificial light. It is believed that photoperiodic responses may affect the control of energy balance and thermoregulation.Parakeets: Common name for one of five species of small PARROTS, containing long tails.Auditory Cortex: The region of the cerebral cortex that receives the auditory radiation from the MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY.Neural Pathways: Neural tracts connecting one part of the nervous system with another.Ischnocera: A suborder of chewing lice, in the order PHTHIRAPTERA, that are parasites of birds and mammals.Behavior, Animal: The observable response an animal makes to any situation.Flight, Animal: The use of wings or wing-like appendages to remain aloft and move through the air.Fadrozole: A selective aromatase inhibitor effective in the treatment of estrogen-dependent disease including breast cancer.Bird Diseases: Diseases of birds not considered poultry, therefore usually found in zoos, parks, and the wild. The concept is differentiated from POULTRY DISEASES which is for birds raised as a source of meat or eggs for human consumption, and usually found in barnyards, hatcheries, etc.Conjunctivitis, Bacterial: Purulent infections of the conjunctiva by several species of gram-negative, gram-positive, or acid-fast organisms. Some of the more commonly found genera causing conjunctival infections are Haemophilus, Streptococcus, Neisseria, and Chlamydia.Neurons: The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the NERVOUS SYSTEM.Neostriatum: The phylogenetically newer part of the CORPUS STRIATUM consisting of the CAUDATE NUCLEUS and PUTAMEN. It is often called simply the striatum.Reproduction: The total process by which organisms produce offspring. (Stedman, 25th ed)Feedback, Sensory: A mechanism of communicating one's own sensory system information about a task, movement or skill.Tape Recording: Recording of information on magnetic or punched paper tape.Haemosporida: An order of heteroxenous protozoa in which the macrogamete and microgamont develop independently. A conoid is usually absent.Stars, Celestial: Large bodies consisting of self-luminous gas held together by their own gravity. (From McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)Mycoplasma conjunctivae: A species of gram-negative bacteria causing CONJUNCTIVITIS and KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS in SHEEP and GOATS.Efferent Pathways: Nerve structures through which impulses are conducted from a nerve center toward a peripheral site. Such impulses are conducted via efferent neurons (NEURONS, EFFERENT), such as MOTOR NEURONS, autonomic neurons, and hypophyseal neurons.Pattern Recognition, Physiological: The analysis of a critical number of sensory stimuli or facts (the pattern) by physiological processes such as vision (PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL), touch, or hearing.Crows: Common name for the largest birds in the order PASSERIFORMES, family Corvidae. These omnivorous black birds comprise most of the species in the genus Corvus, along with ravens and jackdaws (which are often also referred to as crows).Vasotocin: A nonapeptide that contains the ring of OXYTOCIN and the side chain of ARG-VASOPRESSIN with the latter determining the specific recognition of hormone receptors. Vasotocin is the non-mammalian vasopressin-like hormone or antidiuretic hormone regulating water and salt metabolism.North America
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Social performance reveals unexpected vocal competency in young songbirds | PNAS
Deafening-Induced Vocal Deterioration in Adult Songbirds Is Reversed by Disrupting a Basal Ganglia-Forebrain Circuit | Journal...
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) with Auditory Stimulation in Songbirds | Protocol
Biomechanics and control of vocalization in a non-songbird | Journal of The Royal Society Interface
miR-9 regulates basal ganglia-dependent developmental vocal learning and adult vocal performance in songbirds | eLife
Songbirds use pulse tone register in two voices to generate low-frequency sound | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B:...
Possible Role of Songbirds and Parakeets in Transmission of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus to Humans - Volume 20, Number 3-March 2014 ...
Direct observation of syringeal muscle function in songbirds and a parrot | Journal of Experimental Biology
The Songbird Neurogenomics (SoNG) Initiative: Community-based tools and strategies for study of brain gene function and...
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Magnetic contraption tricks migrating songbirds into changing direction | EurekAlert! Science News
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Frontiers | Social Environment Has a Primary Influence on the Microbial and Odor Profiles of a Chemically Signaling Songbird |...
Expression of Foxp2, a gene involved in speech and language, in the developing and adult striatum. - Semantic Scholar
Social information trumps vegetation structure in breeding-site selection by a migrant songbird | Proceedings of the Royal...
Androgens and estrogens induce seasonal-like growth of song nuclei in the adult songbird brain. - Semantic Scholar
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Effects of geolocators on reproductive performance and annual return rates of a migratory songbird | SpringerLink
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Migratory songbird2
- 2019. Assessing the effect of seasonal agriculture on the condition and winter survival of a migratory songbird in Mexico. (sfu.ca)
- Just out: #Metabarcoding to test if the riparian Neotropical migratory songbird, the Louisiana Waterthrush, expanded diet to compensate for losses of preferred aquatic prey taxa (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera) as a result of stream acidification. (peerj.com)
Neotropical2
- In this paper, we examine breeding-site selection of a Neotropical migrant songbird species, the black-throated blue warbler ( Dendroica caerulescens ), in relation to a strong gradient in vegetation structure and two types of conspecific social information. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- White oak ecosystems support a wide variety of birds and wildlife, especially Neotropical migratory songbirds. (cornell.edu)
Humans14
- For example, like humans, adult songbirds change their vocal output when auditory feedback is altered or absent. (jneurosci.org)
- The principal physical mechanism of sound generation is similar in songbirds and humans, despite large differences in their vocal organs. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- Because wild and domestic songbirds interact with humans and poultry, we investigated the susceptibility and transmissibility of subtype H7N9 in these species. (cdc.gov)
- Therefore, songbirds and other small, terrestrial birds could have been directly involved in the genesis of novel A(H7N9) viruses and subsequent infection in humans. (cdc.gov)
- Songbirds are common household pets and are in close contact with humans and domesticated animals. (cdc.gov)
- Songbirds, along with humans, are one of only six animal groups (including bats, parrots, hummingbirds, and cetaceous whales and dolphins) that are known to exhibit vocal learning. (ualberta.ca)
- The perception of categories is a powerful phenomenon that has been demonstrated in many animal species, including humans and songbirds. (ualberta.ca)
- Imidacloprid and chlorpyrifos are highly controversial for their safety to the environment or to humans and a decision on a proposed imidacloprid ban in Canada is being considered, with the federal government expected to make a decision on imidacloprid and its use in Canada sometime in December. (inhabitat.com)
- Like humans songbirds learn to sing by first listening to adult birds. (bio-medicine.org)
- Like humans, songbirds learn to sing by first listening to adult birds and then mimicking those sounds through a process of trial-and-error. (bio-medicine.org)
- It would also help predict natural disasters by tapping the highly developed senses of animals, which often react faster to such dangers than humans do. (dlr.de)
- Yet, subtle variations in highly practiced skills persist in both songbirds and humans. (science20.com)
- In order to gain a better understanding of how humans develop and process speech, a neuroscientist is taking a closer look at the environments in which songbirds learn to sing and interact with their peers. (dailyevergreen.com)
- Sewall calls the early environment in which songbirds and humans learn to speak the "critical period of vocal learning. (dailyevergreen.com)
Birds16
- Young birds first produce highly variable but poorly structured song, and through tens or even hundreds of thousands of immature song productions over many weeks, they gradually develop a stable song that resembles the song of their tutor ( 4 - 6 ). (pnas.org)
- A songbird is a bird belonging to the clade Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). (wikipedia.org)
- Songbirds form one of the two major lineages of extant perching birds, the other being the Tyranni which are most diverse in the Neotropics and absent from many parts of the world. (wikipedia.org)
- While almost all living birds give calls of some sort, well-developed songs are only given by a few lineages outside the songbirds. (wikipedia.org)
- And even though some parrots (which are not songbirds) can be taught to repeat human speech, vocal mimicry among birds is almost completely restricted to songbirds, some of which (such as the lyrebirds or the aptly-named mockingbirds) excel in imitating the sounds of other birds or even environmental noises. (wikipedia.org)
- The durable perching surface enables songbirds to perch comfortably, and the special circular perch design allows for numerous birds to eat at one time. (jedds.com)
- Highly effective against roundworm, hairworm & tapeworm for cage & aviary birds. (jedds.com)
- This has led to amazing song diversity among different groups of birds, so much diversity that many researchers now acknowledge that songbirds are on par with cetaceans in their ability to generate unique dialects. (treehugger.com)
- The lab has a complete extracellular and intracellular in vivo electrophysiology recording facility, specifically designed for working with small birds and presenting them auditory stimuli in a highly controlled environment (funded by NSERC and Alberta Ingenuity) (right). (ualberta.ca)
- This blend is filled with the same highly desired ingredients birds love, with none of the filler ingredients. (petco.com)
- A few years ago, Jarvis and his colleagues made the surprising discovery that when a songbird, parrot or hummingbird is producing its learned vocalization, a set of seven similar structures in the birds' brains become active. (nwf.org)
- Adult songbirds, meanwhile, rely on auditory feedback to maintain their song, and previous studies by Brainard have shown that if the birds are deaf, or receive garbled auditory feedback via a computer-based intervention, the fidelity of their song gradually deteriorates. (science20.com)
- Background: Female promiscuity is highly variable among birds, and particularly among songbirds. (uio.no)
- Ethyl parathion, an organophosphate insecticide, is highly toxic to birds and has caused numerous wildlife mortality incidents. (panna.org)
- A legion of highly skilled volunteer ornithologists is helping a team of scientists to identify the best stopover sites for migrating birds in the southern coastal zone of Lake Ontario. (bio-medicine.org)
- Even more startling, the virus was easily spread by North American mosquitoes, and it obliterated highly susceptible populations of Western Hemisphere birds, such as crows and many songbird species. (foreignpolicy.com)
Behavior13
- Vocal ontogeny in songbirds provides a good model for understanding how complex motor behavior, including speech, is learned. (pnas.org)
- Immediately, these results set the foundation for a coordinated set of 25 planned experiments by 16 research groups probing fundamental links between genome, brain, evolution and behavior in songbirds. (biomedcentral.com)
- Songbirds offer unique opportunities for studying the links between genome, brain structure, neurophysiology, behavior and evolution. (biomedcentral.com)
- It will be important to develop tools and reagents that allow study not just of one species (the zebra finch) but of many, so as to exploit the diversity of vocal behavior shown by songbirds. (biomedcentral.com)
- Parrots are among the most intelligent animals on the planet, and most species are also highly social and exhibit complex social behavior. (treehugger.com)
- In seasonally breeding songbirds, the brain regions that control song behavior undergo dramatic structural changes at the onset of each annual breeding season. (semanticscholar.org)
- Another potentially critical issue is whether the presence of UAVs affects songbird behavior, especially their propensity to sing. (plos.org)
- New research into these highly social songbirds reveals that they can learn from each other and adapt their behavior. (lsu.edu)
- Kendra Sewall, assistant professor of biological sciences at Virginia Tech, discusses her methods of studying behavior and brain function in songbirds. (dailyevergreen.com)
- Kendra Sewall, an assistant professor of biological sciences at Virginia Tech, presented her lab's research on the many ways the environment could impact the behavior of songbirds and their relevance to human development. (dailyevergreen.com)
- With their highly social behavior and communication patterns, Sewall said her team chose songbirds because of their highly social behavior and communication patters. (dailyevergreen.com)
- Identifying the genomic innovations that might be associated with this success, as well as with characteristic songbird traits such as vocal learning and the brain circuits that underlie this behavior, has proven difficult, in part due to the small number of avian genomes available until recently. (duke.edu)
- Much of the strength of the system lies in the ease with which the behavior can be quantified and the prominence of the highly specialized circuit, known as the song system, that is involved in song learning and production. (upenn.edu)
Adult8
- While current data suggest that LMAN is critical for feedback-driven vocal plasticity even in adult songbirds, it remains unclear what role(s) it plays in facilitating vocal change when auditory feedback is unavailable. (jneurosci.org)
- Androgens and estrogens induce seasonal-like growth of song nuclei in the adult songbird brain. (semanticscholar.org)
- Like other songbirds, when they are fully adult, zebra finches sing two types of tunes: undirected, which they sing when alone, and directed, which is slightly more precise, and is favored by females. (bio-medicine.org)
- In the 1960s, experiments in rodents by Joseph Altman, PhD, at MIT first suggested that new neurons could be born in the adult mammalian brain, but these results remained highly controversial until the 1980s, when Fernando Nottebohm, PhD, at Rockefeller University, conclusively showed that new neurons are born and put to use throughout life in several parts of the songbird brain. (ucsf.edu)
- As a graduate student in the Nottebohm lab at the time, Alvarez-Buylla contributed to understanding the mechanism of adult neurogenesis in songbirds. (ucsf.edu)
- In songbirds, Area X in the medial striatum (Mst), which plays an important role in promoting stabilization of temporal structure of song and sequence of syllables, is responsible for long-term potentiation (LTP) during either adult or juvenile period [ 5 , 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Adult male zebra finches produce highly stable songs via auditory feedback. (hindawi.com)
- Like a French child raised by English-speaking parents, a young songbird raised by a different species of adult, or with recordings of a different species, will end up learning the "wrong" song-and will produce only an odd, improvised tune if it is raised in isolation. (nwf.org)
Neural6
- This article shows an optimized procedure for imaging of the neural substrates of auditory stimulation in the songbird brain using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). (jove.com)
- Energetic application of genomic resources to research using songbirds should help illuminate how complex neural and behavioral traits emerge and evolve. (biomedcentral.com)
- All songbirds share a highly specialized neural system for learned vocal communication. (biomedcentral.com)
- Research in the SNL is currently aimed at understanding the cognitive, perceptual, evolutionary, developmental, and neural bases underlying chickadees perception of the acoustic (vocal) categories (i.e., note-types, call types) contained in their calls and songs, as a first step towards a comprehensive understanding songbird acoustic communication. (ualberta.ca)
- Work in our laboratory uses songbirds to study the neural bases of vocal production and sensorimotor integration. (upenn.edu)
- For many decades, neuroscientists and evolutionary biologists have been interested in the mechanics and function of the songbirds' song system: the interconnected neural circuit that connects the auditory forebrain with the brainstem via song-specific control nuclei. (upenn.edu)
Mammals3
- Numerous songbirds and small mammals eat the seeds [ 55 ]. (fed.us)
- Waterfowl and mammals that eat fish, including loons and otters, and songbirds, bats, and amphibians that feed on insects can be exposed to high levels of mercury. (epa.gov)
- When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. (dragcave.net)
Basal ganglia3
- Here, we investigate how a basal ganglia-thalamic-pallial circuit contributes to deafening-induced vocal degradation in songbirds. (jneurosci.org)
- miR-9 is an evolutionarily conserved miRNA that is abundantly expressed in Area X, a basal ganglia nucleus required for vocal learning in songbirds. (elifesciences.org)
- We performed specific ablation of the vocal cortical neurons projecting to the basal ganglia, HVC (X) neurons in a songbird, which generate temporally precise firing during singing. (pnas.org)
Respiratory brainstem2
- I will highlight some of the interactions between the song motor circuit and the respiratory system in male songbirds and discuss how the respiratory brainstem, through its bilateral bottom-up projections to thalamus, might play a key role in sending precisely timed signals that synchronize premotor activity in both hemispheres. (umd.edu)
- In songbirds, the respiratory brainstem (RAm & PAm in figure 2), which shares many anatomical and functional characteristics with its mammalian counterpart (McLean et al. (upenn.edu)
Syrinx9
- The Tyranni have a simpler syrinx musculature, and while their vocalizations are often just as complex and striking as those of songbirds, they are altogether more mechanical sounding. (wikipedia.org)
- We speculate that songbirds evolved a syrinx design that uncouples the control of different sound parameters and allows for independent control. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- The syrinx morphology of this species is relatively simple ( figure 1 ), with only two paired muscles controlling its geometry compared with six to eight pairs in most songbirds ( King 1989 ). (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- Whereas vocal fold dynamics in the human larynx are well characterized, the vibratory behaviour of the sound-generating labia in the songbird vocal organ, the syrinx, is unknown. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- The use of vocal fry-like dynamics in the songbird syrinx extends the similarity to this unusual vocal register with mammalian sound production mechanisms. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- This principal phonatory mechanism is shared by the vocal organ of songbirds, the syrinx, despite large differences in the morphology, histology and biomechanics of the two structures. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- the songbird syrinx contains two independently controlled sound sources, one in each bronchus near the tracheobronchial junction ( Goller & Larsen 1997 ). (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- Connective tissue (semilunar membrane), reinforced by a cartilaginous centre (pessulus), separates the two sound generators of the songbird syrinx and provides a potential tissue bridge for mechanical coupling ( Goller & Larsen 1997 ). (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- Our understanding of the functional roles of individual muscles, however, is based mainly on investigations of the dissected syrinx in, for example, songbirds (e.g. (biologists.org)
Parrots1
- Scientists conducting imaging studies have found that when people speak, parts of their brains' cerebrums that are similar to those of vocalizing songbirds, parrots and hummingbirds become active. (nwf.org)
Nottebohm1
- Because this non-songbird does not learn the syntax of its species-specific song as songbirds do ( Nottebohm 1972 ), it is of less interest to study vocal learning. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
Riparian1
- 2018. Post-fledging survival and local recruitment of a riparian songbird in habitat influenced by reservoir operations. (sfu.ca)
Behaviour3
- In light of the wide frequency range of sounds in the songs of many species, the lack of detailed information on sound generation presents a major gap in our understanding of the complex vocal behaviour of songbirds. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- As such, songbirds allow researchers a unique opportunity to directly study vocal communication at the interface between brain and behaviour. (ualberta.ca)
- Genes and environment: how do they influence behaviour and physiology of songbirds? (mpg.de)
Habitat2
- We show that experimental exposure to singing in the post-breeding period provides a social cue that is used for habitat selection the following year by a migrant songbird, the black-throated blue warbler ( Dendroica caerulescens ). (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- The Columbia Land Trust has created the East Cascades Oaks Partnership to both raise awareness of the highly threatened Oregon white oak habitat and engage stakeholders and the public in discussions about the science and management of this unique ecosystem in Oregon and Washington. (cornell.edu)
Genomic5
- In response, we developed a core set of genomic tools and a novel collaborative strategy to probe gene expression in diverse songbird species and natural contexts. (biomedcentral.com)
- We produced a spotted cDNA microarray with 20,160 addresses representing 17,214 non-redundant products of an estimated 11,500-15,000 genes, validating it by analysis of immediate-early gene (zenk) gene activation following song exposure and by demonstrating effective cross hybridization to genomic DNAs of other songbird species in the Passerida Parvorder. (biomedcentral.com)
- Here we performed a comparative analysis of 48 avian genomes to identify genomic features that are unique to songbirds, as well as an initial assessment of function by investigating their tissue distribution and predicted protein domain structure. (duke.edu)
- CONCLUSIONS: Our study reveals novel genes unique to songbirds, including some that may subserve their unique vocal control system, substantially improves the quality of Zebra finch genome annotations, and contributes to a better understanding of how genomic features may have evolved in conjunction with the emergence of the songbird lineage. (duke.edu)
- In songbirds, different sex hormone activities are based on divergent genomic regulatory mechanisms. (mpg.de)
Brain8
- We have investigated the participation of cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) in the response of the songbird brain to a natural auditory stimulus, a conspecific song. (jneurosci.org)
- Furthermore, songbirds possess a highly-evolved network of interconnected brain regions controlling vocal learning, vocal perception and vocal production. (ualberta.ca)
- Determinants and significance of corticosterone regulation in the songbird brain. (semanticscholar.org)
- The current study underscores the usefulness of songbirds as a model for understanding the brain mechanisms underlying social modulation of language learning and other motor skills. (bio-medicine.org)
- FOXP2 is highly expressed during brain development and regulates some muscle movements, aiding in language production . (medicalxpress.com)
- Analyses of in situ hybridization and RNA-seq data revealed that a subset of songbird-unique genes is expressed in the brain and/or other tissues, and that 2 of these (YTHDC2L1 and TMRA) are highly differentially expressed in vocal learning-associated nuclei relative to the rest of the brain. (duke.edu)
- However, neuronal wiring of the songbird as well as mammalian brain is modified by sex hormones via to some extent comparable cellular processes. (mpg.de)
- In zebra finches both song and the song control regions in the brain show low heritability but are highly sensitive to changes of the environment. (mpg.de)
Song12
- Given the gradual development of vocal patterns during song learning, it has been widely believed, for songbirds just as for babbling infants or young pianists, that motor output during learning directly reflects the progress of learning. (pnas.org)
- The young song is also highly variable. (pnas.org)
- However, a study published in 2013 has shown that all cognitive ability may not be directly related to the song repertoire of a songbird. (wikipedia.org)
- Song repertoire can be attributed to male songbirds as it is one of the main mechanisms of courtship. (wikipedia.org)
- Mate choice in female songbirds is a significant realm of study as song abilities are continuously evolving. (wikipedia.org)
- Especially songbirds, which learn their song from a tutor, provide an excellent and widely used model system for sensorimotor learning and human speech acquisition ( Doupe & Kuhl 1999 ). (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- We demonstrate that a strong settlement response was elicited because post-breeding song at a site is highly correlated with reproductive success. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- In a finding that once again displays the power of the female, UCSF neuroscientists have discovered that teenage male songbirds, still working to perfect their song, improve their performance in the presence of a female bird. (bio-medicine.org)
- Adolescent male songbirds, which are just becoming sexually mature, usually sing undirected song, which at that stage is highly variable and immature and sounds like vocal practice. (bio-medicine.org)
- The primary objective of this work is to use the highly stereotyped zebra finch (Figure 1) song to investigate how the brainstem might shape the generation of higher-order motor commands. (upenn.edu)
- Recent work in the lab (Lewandowski and Schmidt, 2011) observed pesisten fast gamma oscillations (90 - 150 Hz) of local field potentials and of single neuron firing following song production in a forebrain sensorimotor nucleus, nucleus Interface (NIf) in songbirds. (upenn.edu)
- This work has predominantly focused on how the song system allows male songbirds to learn and produce song. (upenn.edu)
Comparative1
- Comparative genomics reveals molecular features unique to the songbird lineage. (duke.edu)
Australia's2
- Magies are one of Australia's most highly-regarded songbirds. (australianmuseum.net.au)
- Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds , the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. (wikipedia.org)
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Pollinators1
- Vibrant blossoms are also highly attractive to songbirds, butterflies and pollinators. (planetnatural.com)
Neurobiological1
- The SNL studies the cognitive, neurobiological and behavioural substrates underlying songbirds' highly evolved and specialized suite of communication behaviours. (ualberta.ca)
Abstract1
Populations3
- In a new study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances , researchers from Gettysburg College test this technology for monitoring songbird populations. (plos.org)
- Most songbirds head south for the winter, as food supplies disappear, returning to breed in the spring, when booming insect populations can satisfy clamoring broods. (pbs.org)
- According to Waud, as much as 85 percent of deaths in migratory bird populations occur while bird are flying en route to their wintering or breeding grounds. (bio-medicine.org)
Genomes2
- RESULTS: Using BLAT alignments and gene synteny analysis, we curated a large set of Ensembl gene models that were annotated as novel or duplicated in the most commonly studied songbird, the Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), and then extended this analysis to 47 additional avian and 4 non-avian genomes. (duke.edu)
- We identified 10 novel genes uniquely present in songbird genomes. (duke.edu)
Butterflies1
- Watch for butterflies and native honeybees to visit the blooms, and for your local songbirds to take shelter in its dense branch structure. (naturehills.com)
Passeriformes3
- Flycatchers, for example, belong to the same order as songbirds-Passeriformes-yet no flycatcher species tested so far displays the trait. (nwf.org)
- Here we examine the relationships between female promiscuity and a broad set of predictor variables in a comprehensive data set (N = 202 species) of Passerides songbirds, which is a highly diversified infraorder of the Passeriformes exhibiting significant variation in female promiscuity. (uio.no)
- BACKGROUND: Songbirds (oscine Passeriformes) are among the most diverse and successful vertebrate groups, comprising almost half of all known bird species. (duke.edu)
Divergent1
- We contrast the gene expression profiles of two closely related songbird subspecies with divergent migratory phenotypes. (biomedcentral.com)
Zebra finch2
- Many songbird species are readily observed in their natural habitats and several species have been domesticated (e.g., zebra finch, canary). (biomedcentral.com)
- Although the zebra finch has emerged as a primary focus, many other songbird species are studied especially in natural contexts. (biomedcentral.com)
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Vocalization2
- Sexual selection among songbirds is highly based on mimetic vocalization. (wikipedia.org)
- Similar to human, songbirds learn vocalization through imitation, starting at an early stage from birth to 25 d, which is called "subsong. (hindawi.com)
Starlings1
- Songbirds such as starlings, cowbirds and sparrows aren't born knowing how to sing their particular songs. (treehugger.com)
Closely related1
- Results: Female promiscuity was highly variable in all major clades of the Passerides phylogeny and also among closely related species. (uio.no)
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- 2017. Apparent annual survival estimates of tropical songbirds better reflect life history variation when based on intensive field methods. (coopunits.org)
- 2017. Proximate effects of temperature versus evolved intrinsic constraints for embryonic development times among temperate and tropical songbirds. (coopunits.org)
Syringeal1
- In songbirds (brown thrashers, Toxostoma rufum , and cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis ), direct observations of the biomechanical effects of contraction largely confirm the functions of the intrinsic syringeal muscles proposed from indirect studies. (biologists.org)
Neuroscientists1
- Many neuroscientists have thought that the nervous system simply didn't have the ability to control movement at a highly precise level," says lead author Evren Tumer, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of senior author Michael Brainard, PhD, UCSF assistant professor of physiology. (science20.com)
Vegetation1
- In Yellowstone National Park, for instance, wolves have forced elk to move around more, allowing streamside vegetation to grow, benefiting beavers, songbirds and other species. (biologicaldiversity.org)
Learn4
- Cardinals, along with other songbirds, are among the few kinds of animals that learn the vocalizations they make. (nwf.org)
- According to Jarvis and other scientists, baby songbirds learn to sing much like human infants learn to speak. (nwf.org)
- Like most people, who after adolescence have difficulty learning foreign languages, most songbirds lose the ability to learn new melodies after they reach maturity. (nwf.org)
- The main animal model used is songbirds, one of the few vertebrate groups that evolved the ability to learn vocalizations. (duke.edu)
Cardinals1
- During the spring, cardinals become highly territorial, so much that they will even fight their own reflection in a window or mirror. (ehow.co.uk)
Vocalizations1
- By sorting large numbers of environmental stimuli, such as songbird vocalizations, into categories rather than memorizing each new instance, animals can adapt quickly to newly encountered stimuli. (ualberta.ca)
Migrate1
- Unlike many other songbird species, which migrate to warmer climates for the winter, the cardinal endures the winter cold, sustaining itself by foraging on the ground, sometimes in groups, for seeds. (ehow.co.uk)
Ecology1
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Species found1
- The cardinal, named for its vivid red plumage, is a common songbird species found in the North American deciduous forest. (ehow.co.uk)
Organophosphate2
- Reportedly, this is the first study to show that imidacloprid ( neonicotinoid ) and chlorpyrifos (organophosphate) - which are two of the most widely-used insecticides - are toxic to seed-eating songbirds. (inhabitat.com)
- Although neonicotinoids were thought to have a lower toxicity to vertebrates, it actually proved to be more harmful to these songbirds than the older organophosphate chemicals. (inhabitat.com)
Researchers1
- To stimulate use of these resources by the songbird research community and to maintain consistent technical standards, we devised a "Community Collaboration" mechanism whereby individual birdsong researchers develop experiments and provide tissues, but a single individual in the community is responsible for all RNA extractions, labelling and microarray hybridizations. (biomedcentral.com)
Male4
- During times of courtship, it is said that male songbirds increase their repertoire by mimicking other species songs. (wikipedia.org)
- But you'll see the point as soon as a hawk flies over: The male of each pair sorties after the intruding predator, which is soon dealing with a half-dozen or more shrieking, pecking, highly incensed blackbirds. (mvtimes.com)
- There are plenty of famous examples of this, from prairie dogs clicking to alarm others of predators to male songbirds singing for a mate. (dictionary.com)
- A tiny songbird washed in faded olive-green, the male shows a hint of crimson atop of his head - hardly a ruby crown. (birdnote.org)
Reproductive1
- These results constitute a previously undocumented, but highly parsimonious mechanism for the inadvertent transfer of reproductive (public) information from successful breeders to dispersers. (royalsocietypublishing.org)
Waterfowl1
- Bird die-offs have been documented in a wide range of species including waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors and songbirds. (panna.org)
Vocal communication1
- Current research focuses on vocal communication in one particular group of songbirds, the chickadees (e.g. (ualberta.ca)
Predators1
- Grackles themselves are daunting predators, especially given that they are technically songbirds. (mvtimes.com)
Australian1
- The Red-backed Fairy-Wren, a tiny songbird living the Australian scrublands, is highly territorial and promiscuous. (birdnote.org)
Numerous1
- Currently there have been numerous studies involving songbird repertoires, unfortunately, there has yet been concrete evidence to confirm that every songbird species prefers larger repertoires. (wikipedia.org)
Evolution2
Migration1
- The study shows that the chemicals can directly skew songbird migration . (inhabitat.com)
Small1
- York University biology researcher Bridget Stutchbury said, "Many small migratory songbirds use agricultural land as a stopover to refuel on long flights. (inhabitat.com)
Focuses1
- It focuses on the Hooded Warbler, a songbird that spends a brief summer nesting in the forests of eastern North America before migrating south to winter along the Caribbean coast from southern Mexico to Panama. (phys.org)
Mice1
- FOXP2 has also been shown to regulate language-like behaviors in mice and songbirds. (medicalxpress.com)