Missing Syrinx Found! Mesozoic Vegavis vocalization verified
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 18, 2016
One of the key features of birds, and I use the term “key” literally, is vocalization. Very few other vertebrates use sound so socially and so critically. Primates are exceptional among the mammals, living amphibians (which represent only a small part of the original amphibian family tree) are pretty noisy too. Fish are mostly silent on the matter. Birds are also unique or rare, depending on the trait, in the present day with their feathers, their particular modality of flight, their unusual res
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