These Birds Got Rhythm
Research Press Release | May 22, 2015
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Overview |
Vocalizations and bill sounds associated with singing in the Java sparrow was the focus of this research. The differences in bill-click frequency, coordination between song notes and bill clicks, and learnability of bill-click by analyzing archived recordings of undirected songs made by 30 domesticated male Java sparrows was conducted. Read on here: Male Java sparrows may ‘drum’ to their songs , EurekaAlert (2015.5.20) |
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Inquiries |
Masayo F. Soma, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University TEL: +81-11-706-2995 E-mail: masayo.soma@sci.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Japanese Link |
歌いながら「拍子をとる」文鳥 | |
Publications |
The Songbird as a Percussionist: Syntactic Rules for Non-Vocal Sound and Song Production in Java Sparrows, PLOS One (2015.5.20 ) |