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Bird song is a popular subject in poetry. Famous examples inspired by bird song include the 1177 Persian poem "The Conference of the Birds", in which the birds of the world assemble under the wisest bird, the hoopoe, to decide who is to be their king. [161]
For song learning to occur properly, young birds must be able to hear and refine their vocal productions, and birds deafened before the development of subsong do not learn to produce normal adult song. [34] The sensitive period in which birds must be exposed to song tutoring varies across species, but typically occurs within the first year of ...
The organ is a solid, bony structure lined with a film of membranes which air passes through as the songbird calls. While the song boxes of songbirds vary in size and intricacy, this does not necessarily determine the songbird's ability to voice their song. Researchers believe this has more to do with the length of the windpipe. [8]
The common nightingale has also been used as a symbol of poets or their poetry. [17] Poets chose the nightingale as a symbol because of its creative and seemingly spontaneous song. Aristophanes's The Birds and Callimachus both evoke the bird's song as a form of poetry. Virgil compares the mourning of Orpheus to the “lament of the nightingale ...
Pages in category "Songs about birds" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alouette (song)
They respond to the singing of intruders and even their reflections. [15] Males spend more time on nest defense. [16] Studies of the bird song show dialects [17] with neighbours varying in their songs. The calls of many other species may be imitated as part of their song. [18] [19] This may indicate that birds disperse and are not philopatric. [20]
Bird meanings and symbolism are open to wide interpretation and can vary across cultures and traditions. Popularly, owls are associated with wisdom, and doves are widely associated with peace.
The song of the lyrebird is a mixture of elements of its own song and mimicry of other species. Lyrebirds render with great fidelity the individual songs of other birds [14] [15] [16] and the chatter of flocks of birds, [17] [18] and also mimic other animals such as possums, [17] koalas and dingoes. [7]