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Songbirds without a song What’s a songbird without its song? Sadly, we are finding out. Australian regent honeyeaters are failing to learn their species’ tune due to dwindling populations, according to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and this is thwarting the male birds’ ability to attract females. Like humans and other species, young songbirds need to learn their culture’s way of communicating. But researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) discovered that the critically endangered birds ( Anthochaera phrygia) are losing opportunities to learn from their own kind, with spiralling ramifications for their survival. ....
BBC News By Victoria Gill media captionListen to the sound of the regent honeyeaters song A rare songbird has become so threatened that it has started to lose its song, say scientists. The regent honeyeater, once abundant in south-eastern Australia, is now listed as critically endangered; just 300 individuals remain in the world. They don t get the chance to hang around with other honeyeaters and learn what they re supposed to sound like, explained Dr Ross Crates. Needle in a haystack The researchers had not set out to study the song of the regent honeyeater, but simply to find the birds. They re so rare and the area they could occupy is so big - probably 10 times the size of the UK - that we were looking for a needle in a haystack, said Dr Crates. ....
Regent honeyeater: Rare Australian bird has forgotten its song 17 Mar 202117 March 2021 Last updated at 09:50 Listen to the sound of the regent honeyeaters song A rare bird in Australia has become so threatened that some young ones are failing to learn how to sing their own song. Scientists say the regent honeyeater, which once had a large population, is now critically endangered with only 300 left in the wild. They don t get the chance to hang around with other honeyeaters and learn what they re supposed to sound like, explained Dr Ross Crates, a member of the Difficult Bird Research Group at the Australian National University. ....
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