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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

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MARCH 6, 2023

Shockingly, the Ashy-throated Parrotbill apparently is a species heavily hunted for bird fighting in Guizhou Province, China ( source ). If being hunted by evil humans was not enough, Ashy-throated Parrotbills are also hosts of the parasitic Common Cuckoo. Unfortunately, some other species do not seem to listen to the wren much.

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Bird Song and Parallel Evolution: learning from our feathered friends

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

The modal bird song is a song, but not all ‘songs’ are song-like, in the sense that we expect song to come out of the ‘mouth’ (bill) and to consist of modulated air currents (like human voice). Drawing of bower birds from Darwin’s 1871 volume on sexual selection.

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

Bird Song and Parallel Evolution: learning from our feathered friends

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