Songbird-parrot link strengthened in new study, with implications for vocal learning
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Galahs ( Eolophus roseicapilla ) in Victoria, Australia © David J. But later in August, Alexander Suh at the University of Münster emailed me about a new paper he and his colleagues have just published: Mesozoic retroposons reveal parrots as the closest living relatives of passerine birds (PDF). Ringer Suh et al.
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