As in humans, song production in birds involves the intricate coordination of at least three
major groups of muscles: namely, those of the syrinx, the respiratory apparatus, and the …

Humans and songbirds learn to sing or speak by listening to acoustic models, forming
auditory templates, and then learning to produce vocalizations that match the templates …

Birdsong requires complex learned motor skills involving the coordination of respiratory,
vocal organ and craniomandibular muscle groups. Recent studies have added to our …

A Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) that was able to quantify 6 item sets (including subsets of
heterogeneous groups, eg, blue blocks within groupings of blue and green blocks and balls) …

Human speech and bird vocalization are complex communicative behaviors with notable
similarities in development and underlying mechanisms [1]. However, there is an important …

This book addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from;
how it relates to primate communication; how and why it evolved; how it came to be …

Evidence exists for a form of imitation, vocal segmentation, by a Grey parrot. Data show that
the bird understands that his labels are comprised of individual units that can be recombined …

Oscine songbirds invest a substantial amount of time producing song, which has important
roles in male-male competition and in attracting and stimulating a mate (Howard, 1920), as …

This chapter briefly reviews what is known—and what remains to be understood—about
Grey parrot vocal learning. I review Greys' physical capacities—issues of auditory perception …

Parrots of the Wild explores recent scientific discoveries and what they reveal about the lives
of wild parrots, which are among the most intelligent and rarest of birds. Catherine A. Toft …