Amid chatter and cigarette smoke, the air buzzed with excitement, for one of the region's biggest bird-singing competitions ...

On a rainy morning on July 12, 2026, Mochimaru passed away in my hands. He was about to turn eight in September. There were no issues during his biannual health checkup in June, but a week later, I ...

When she's in a good mood, she chirps, "Piyo." When I tell people I have a cockatiel, they often ask if she talks. Omame-chan is a girl, so she doesn't talk. Generally, it's the boys who talk. Java ...

Birds may seem to be singing randomly, but new research suggests their vocalizations may follow hidden rules similar to those that govern human language. Over the past three decades, scientists have ...

The Java sparrow is ready for the video recording. As I hold it carefully in my hand in order to transfer it to the recording cage, the little gray bird bites my finger with its thick red bill. Ouch!

In the present Research Topic, we have been successful in attracting contributions from a wide range of research centers around the globe. The new results gathered in a variety of biological ...

Birds have long been admired for remarkable capabilities such as birdsong, migration or highly developed mating systems and parental behavior. Human observers from enchanted birdwatchers and ...

DURING my daily morning walk, I always see several small birds which have black head, brown body and pale gray-blue bill playing among the bushes. Last Wednesday, July 14, I took a picture of them and ...

The song of the hermit thrush, a common North American songbird, is renowned for its apparent musicality and has attracted the attention of musicians and ornithologists for more than a century. Here ...