In the world of zebra finches, males sing, and females were thought to just listen. But a new study by Daniela Vallentin at ...

Every (male) zebra finch sings a unique song. University of Illinois cell & developmental biology professor David Clayton compares the songs of two finches. Audio may be used only in connection ...

Juvenile male zebra finches normally learn to sing by memorizing the song of an older male, and then using auditory feedback to gradually match their own vocalizations to this 'internal model'.

For the first time, researchers have sequenced the genome of a songbird, reports an international consortium of researchers (Nature 464, 757–762; 2010). This songbird, the zebra finch, is ...

To a human ear the songs of all male zebra finches sound more or less the same. But faced with a chorus of this simple song, female finches can pick the performer who sings most beautifully. Zebra ...

This is how the first babble becomes the first word or vocalization. Male zebra finch chicks initially memorize the song ...

Length 6". The house is a relatively small Carpodacus finch with a longish, slightly notched tail, short wings, and a distinctly small bill with a curved culmen. Male: the breast, rump ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. David Lack's classic work on the finches of the Galapagos Islands (Darwin's ...

We study perception and immediate-early gene response in perceptual regions, environmental factors that affect neurogenesis, and how stress affects song learning and brain development in male and ...