The cowbird uses 40 different notes, some so high we can't hear them. The chaffinch may sing his song half a million times in a season. Indeed, British musician David Hindley slowed bird song down ...

Many birds use their songs as a warning call to other birds. They use their calls to declare that a certain territory is theirs. Birds have different needs for the size of their territory ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

It seems that songs with higher notes travel further and sound clearer in urban areas because they echo less off buildings. Accent-like differences have been reported for a number of different British ...

To celebrate the beginning of spring in the Gaelic calendar, ornithologist Seán Ronayne is across the schedule on RTÉ lyric fm with a new series to discuss the distinct bird songs, melodies and ...

This syrinx allows them to produce two different notes at the same time, which is why birds have such distinctive songs. In the UK most of the singing is done by male birds (unlike in the tropics ...