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The Bengalese finch: A window on the behavioral neurobiology of birdsong syntax

open access: yesThe Bengalese finch: A window on the behavioral neurobiology of birdsong syntax
The Bengalese finch Lonchura striata var. domestica is a domesticated strain of a wild species, the white-rumped munia Lonchura striata of Southeast Asia. Bengalese finches have been domesticated in Japan for 240 years. Comparing their song syntax with that of their wild ancestors, we found that the domesticated strain lias highly complex, conspicuous ...
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Variability of inter-syllable gaps challenges the branched-chain model of sequence production in Bengalese finches

open access: yesBMC Neuroscience, 2012
Bouchard Kristofer E   +3 more
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Song Syntax in Bengalese Finches: Proximate and Ultimate Analyses

open access: yesSong Syntax in Bengalese Finches: Proximate and Ultimate Analyses
Bengalese finch song has a unique type of complexity. We analyzed the syntactical rules underlying it by statistical methods and found that the songs of these birds could be expressed as finite state syntax. In general, two to five song notes are arranged in fixed order to form "chunks" and several chunks are arranged with probabilistic rules into ...
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