Team reconstructs a lost bird song from synthetic recordings

On October 14, reports said University of Buenos Aires physicist Gabriel B. Mindlin's team used 1960s hand-drawn annotations to synthesize the lost song of the rufous-collared sparrow by computer. Within less than three months of playback, some local individuals began imitating parts of it. The study argues the method could restore missing dialect teaching for songbirds in declining populations. The report also notes that Australian regent honeyeater experiments showed zoo-bred birds need interaction with wild males to learn the wild song.

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