Not all pet birds have the physical or cognitive ability to learn songs, and understanding the difference can help owners set ...

I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

If you’ve ever heard a bird sing and wondered how you could possibly figure out what type of bird it could be without laboriously searching through recordings, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology now has ...

Spring is the time to tune your ears to melodies and call notes of songbirds, as males sing their hearts out during spring breeding season. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology released the Merlin app in ...

Spring and early summer are times when the air is filled with bird song. Even people who don’t consider themselves “birders” often appreciate the sounds of birds as a nice backdrop to their ...

Birds sing to mark their territories, to attract potential mates, and to broadcast their needs, but what makes this communication system extraordinary is its innate artistry and elevated learning ...

Researchers have tracked muscle contractions in a bird's vocal tract, and reconstructed the song it was silently singing in its sleep. The resulting audio is a very specific call, allowing the team to ...

Rapid population declines of songbirds may reduce overall song diversity and complexity, and increase similarity between learned songs, so all songbirds end up singing the same song Historically ...