Who can sing from the birds. Bird voices: who is chirping from the birds? What birds can talk

Today we will talk about the ability of birds to sing, talk, imitate.

Birds are sometimes invisible to the eye, but we can hear them. They love to talk in their bird language, sometimes making a real commotion and making unimaginable noise.

We treat the hubbub of birds rather as a surrounding background, our attention is more attracted by the singing of birds, bringing out amazing roulades. Maybe that's why writers, poets, musicians sing of songbirds in their work?!

Bird songs are different: simple (on one note) and complex (whole melodies), short and long, similar to individual signals and melodic.

Songs or individual sounds of a bird:
communicate with each other,
claim their rights to the territory
warn each other about danger (high-frequency sounds made by birds at the moment of danger are not perceived by predators, but nearby birds receive the signal, passing it on),
males attract females during the mating season.

How do birds sing?

Birds make sounds with the help of the lower larynx, located deep in the throat. The lower larynx is found only in birds. In its purpose, it is similar to the human vocal cords.

Some birds have special throat bags that serve as a kind of resonators that multiply the volume of the sound.

For example, the flightless New Zealand kakapo parrot can be heard at a distance of 7 km!

Why do birds sing at the beginning of the mating season?

With their singing, males attract the attention of females. Usually the male finds a place where he can be clearly seen and heard. The song serves both as a declaration of love and a warning to rivals - "the territory is busy."

The louder and more complex the song of the male, the more chances he has to attract attention.

The most complex songs are performed by birds living in the forest: wren, nightingale, chaffinch, siskin, thrush, lark, oriole, linnet, goldfinch, waxwing, nightingale ...

It is difficult for forest birds to notice each other in the dense foliage of trees and shrubs. In addition, it is not safe to sit in plain sight, because you can fall into the clutches of predators.

Forest singers, forced to hide in the thicket of the forest, declare themselves only by singing, unlike their relatives, who can also show themselves.

The complex song of forest birds contains a lot of information about the performer, about his health and readiness for mating.

Why do birds sing at dawn?

Early in the morning we are often awakened by the many-voiced bird chirping. It “sounds” especially loudly if we sleep at the window open to the garden or live near the forest. Do you know why the birds sing at dawn? Here is even a domestic rooster and he strives to crow! The question is certainly interesting!

There are three versions about this.

The first version says: birds at dawn develop their vocal cords, that is, they train, sing. Warm up at the same time. Here is such a kind of charging they have!

Supporters of the second version believe that by singing at dawn, birds attract special attention to themselves and confirm their rights to this territory. At dawn, nature is still sleeping, so every sound is heard clearly, loudly, loudly and carried over a longer distance.

According to the third version, at dawn, birds sing just for fun, rejoicing in the sun, and proclaim to the world that a new day has come!

Although, who can know what is going on in the head of a bird and what it thinks about? And why, for example, does a rooster crow hoarsely in the morning?!

What birds can talk?

Some birds have such a developed vocal apparatus that they can not only reproduce individual sounds made by other inhabitants of the Planet, but also reproduce the human voice.

Moreover, they do it so skillfully, accurately copying individual intonations, that it seems that they are talking to us. But in fact, they skillfully imitate our voice and even intonations!

The real masters of imitation are the Jaco parrot and the maina rook. They not only memorize and memorize words easily, but also use them on the topic. And when we suddenly hear an adequate answer from a bird to a question posed, our surprise has no limits!

And there is also a small bird - the marsh warbler, which can play the songs of other birds. Inconspicuous in appearance, the bird nests in Europe, but winters in distant Africa. The male warbler can sing with the voices of hundreds of different species of relatives. But since he constantly copies other people's voices, it is not clear which song is his!

The famous imitator - the Australian lyrebird reproduces the sounds of burglar alarms, chainsaws and other mechanisms, exactly repeat the neighing of horses and barking dogs.

Parrots, unlike other birds, are very smart, so much so that they can even make various sounds and talk like people. However, the singing of parrots, these musical murmurs are so diverse that sometimes you get lost and don’t understand whether your pet is good or bad. Where do the sounds of these pets come from - you will learn about this in the article.

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Variety of sounds

Thanks to a sufficiently developed brain, the parrot has the ability not only to scream and squeak, but also to make more pleasant musical sounds. In the wild, communication occurs only among themselves. And in modern conditions, this living creature is very closely connected with people, which has a beneficial effect on the thinking of the animal and its vocal abilities. In addition to frightening exclamations, chirps, all kinds of mutterings, such pets are able to chirp, sing and talk. Details about each sound of the pet's voice - below.

scream

The parrot, in addition to singing, can create rather unpleasant sounds of exclamations, but this is clearly not without reason. Thus, the bird requires to be released from the cage, fed, in addition, this indicates a lack of attention. In this case, be sure to pay attention to the cries of your pet and come to his aid, this music-making resembles sounds such as “cha-cha-cha”. In addition, the cry is more subtle and more unpleasant, like a squeak, which indicates pain. In the video, you can see and hear the scream of Corella.

tweet

The chirp is the basic sound of the poultry being discussed and is heard as either a "peak" or a "chirp". It is the very first musical response that these birds emit in order to attract attention, for example, if the chick wants to eat. An adult pet also asks its owner for something in this way.

When ignoring the bird, the chirp becomes stronger and louder. However, if the bird rarely chirps, then it simply informs others about its good mood and its presence. A chirp can be heard in the video.

Twitter

Twitter speaks of bright feelings and sensations, for example, if a bird rejoices at the arrival of the owner or when it is pleased that it was released to fly. At the same time, twitter can be very loud and sonorous. If you describe it in words, it sounds like "chwi-chwi-chwi." A bird can also chirp to attract attention. In any case, you need to go up to him and rejoice together, and on the video you can see how Gosha chirps into the camera.

Singing

Parrots sing most of their time because they are in a good mood. Most often, a parrot sings in front of a mirror or other object. The combination is possible completely different and it depends on the mood of the bird.

It can be a group of different and all kinds of melodic turns: from clapping to chirping. The video shows how the parrot sings to the music of the piano, this is how the natural singing of the parrot sounds.

Onomatopoeia

Of course, the singing parrot has the main merit - the onomatopoeia of the voice and other sounds, for example, the repetition of human words or even songs. So the pet has the opportunity to sing a modern song, while not only reproducing the melody, but also pronouncing the lyrics of the song.

Pet birds can talk in a calm and peaceful state. Moreover, thanks to its intelligence, the Song Parrot can speak phrases and words, imitating the human voice, at the very right time, just at the moment when it is needed. In the video above, the singing parrot Kesha praises himself - onomatopoeia of the human voice.

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Birdsong

In birds, sounds occur in the throat, much the same as in humans. But their vocal apparatus (syrinx) is located in the lower part of the trachea (lower larynx), while in humans it is in the upper (upper larynx). In such low-voiced birds as the American crane and the trumpeter swan, the trachea is very long - 90-120 cm. The European white stork has no voice at all, since it does not have a vocal apparatus.

Most birds sing in the mornings or evenings, and are silent during the day. Nightjar calls at dusk, mockingbirds and nightingales sing at night. To the trained human ear, the singing of each bird species is as specific as its appearance. Bird watchers are able to recognize by sound some types of flycatchers that are visually indistinguishable.

In almost all bird species, males sing more expressively than females. Singing, the male claims his rights to a certain territory, for which he sometimes repeats the song thousands of times a day, jumping from branch to branch across his possessions. Singing reaches its peak just before the breeding season, and when it ends, most birds stop singing.

For a person, singing serves as a means of communication only in artificial situations, such as a musical or opera, but in birds it does not serve for “everyday” communication. For example, when birds quarrel, call chicks, ask for food, they communicate primarily with the help of calling signals. These signals help them not to fight off the pack. Sound communication - be it singing or calling - is especially important in the forest, where it is often easier to hear than to see.

Why don't birds fall off branches when they sleep?

Songbirds are usually small, but not all of them are miniature. And not every songbird makes beautiful sounds. However, these four-odd thousand species, no doubt, have a common ability - the ability to sit on a perch. The toes are adapted for a tight grip - be it a twig, a reed, or telephone wires.

According to the method of capturing branches with their paws, songbirds are perched. The secret to perching is in the position of the fingers. Songbirds have four fingers, three of them look forward, and one, the strongest, looks back. When a bird lands on a branch, the rear finger grabs it from below, and the tendons automatically tighten all the fingers into a strong lock, so that it is impossible to fall.

Songbirds can grab their paws not only for a branch, but also for other objects. Swallows, which have small and weak legs, prefer electric wires. The meadow troupial sings, sitting on the fence. A swamp short-billed wren balances on a swaying reed. Ground-walking birds, such as the wagtail and horned lark, have longer fingers and straighter claws. Birds that climb tree bark, such as nuthatches and the American pika, have strong and curved claws. The dipper's tenacious paws allow it to walk underwater on slippery rocks.

In the 16th century, the ancestors of indoor canaries were brought to Europe from the Canary Islands. Wild birds did not look much like today's pets. They had a greenish back with darker stripes and a yellowish-green abdomen. Through painstaking artificial selection, a wide variety of shapes and colors have been obtained, including the familiar bright yellow, "canary", as well as bizarre breeds with tufts and collars.

As pet birds, various small finches from Africa, Asia and Australia compete with canaries, distinguished by a striking variety of plumage. For example, the zebra finches have a dark outfit. Spectacled finches, astrilds and wax-billed weavers sport bright red feathers, while the Gouldian finches combine all the primary colors. These birds are never fully tamed, and their joyful iridescent songs are rarely heard, but they do not hold cheerfulness. In captivity, canaries do not feel well alone, but if they live in a “company” cage, they breed well.

Instruction

This bird is popularly recognized as the most vociferous in the world. The trills of the nightingale stand out sonorously from the singing of other birds. These creatures are considered to be skilled feathered singers. Nightingales sing day and night. Their evening "concerts" are generally worthy of special praise! Often people take special walks in the evenings through parks, squares and even through the forest in order to enjoy the trills of these sweet-voiced "orpheus" to their heart's content. It is curious that not all nightingales are excellent performers of their trills. Among them there are both real masters of their craft, and very mediocre performers. This is because vocal prowess is not an innate trait of this bird species. Young birds acquire the talent of singers only when they are taught this by other birds.

lark

Larks sing beautifully, but a little strange. The fact is that it is almost impossible to hear a lark sitting on a tree. Their singing is necessarily accompanied by flight: the bird flies up and begins to sing. The higher the lark flies, the louder its singing. When the bird descends, its singing is abrupt. Already at 20 meters from the ground, the lark is completely silent. If the bird takes to the sky again, then the singing begins anew. It's funny that only male larks possess vocal skills. Females at this time just sit on the ground and listen to their gentlemen. Already in the second half of summer, the lark is not heard or seen.

These birds are unique singers. Why unique? The fact is that starlings have a fairly wide range of sounds that allow them to imitate: these birds can copy cat meowing, frogs croaking, glass rattling, typewriter sound and other noises. Starlings are real thoroughbreds. It costs them nothing to copy the singing of this or that bird. For example, upon returning to their homeland after wintering, starlings arrange a whole “potpourri” of melodies borrowed from South African birds, and starlings living in Central Asia and Kazakhstan easily imitate the bleating of old sheep, the barking of dogs, the clicking of a whip.

These birds are also called "forest flutes". It is believed that the oriole is not only one of the most beautiful birds in the world, but also the best songbird of the Russian forests after the nightingale. The trills of the oriole are like skillful flute playing. It is almost impossible to see this "singer" - she almost never shows up in dense foliage, hiding from prying eyes. Such a humble bird! It's funny that sometimes the sounds of the sweet-voiced oriole turn into some kind of wild cat screams. This is quite normal: the unpleasant cries emitted by these birds are a battle cry warning their relatives of danger.

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Bird singing is one of the most pleasant sounds for humans. Our planet would look strange and uncomfortable if all these trills, whistling, chirping suddenly stopped overnight. And what birds are considered good songbirds among a great variety of birds?

The beautiful singing of birds gives a person a real aesthetic pleasure. It is no coincidence that a good singer can still be respectfully called the Kursk nightingale. Almost all birds can make sounds. This is due to the vibration of the membranes located at the junction of the trachea and bronchi. However, such sounds are not always beautiful and melodic. For example, a hoarse croak is unlikely to appeal to any person. And the shrill, unpleasant cries of peacocks are simply a striking contrast compared to their wonderful appearance. Just like in the cartoon about Baron Munchausen, who decided to get this "miracle bird, which, judging by the plumage, should sing great." Therefore, birds that are capable of making melodic sounds that are pleasant to the human ear are also “singing”. Most of the songbirds are in the order "Sparrow-like". This is the most, numbering about 5400 species. The birds included in it are small and medium in size, and are divided into two large groups: insectivorous and. Granivorous songbirds include, for example, siskin, goldfinch, canary, crossbill. Their singing is not as varied as that of insectivores. It is sharper, even rougher. Such birds, as a rule, easily get used to captivity and quickly begin to eat there. Insectivorous songbirds - nightingale, starling, robin, warbler, bluethroat, thrush, warbler, oriole and others. Their singing is much more varied and melodic. They are more difficult to get used to captivity and do not immediately begin to eat ready-made food. Among these birds there are excellent imitators. First of all, this applies to starlings, which are capable of reproducing the sounds of other birds with exceptionally high accuracy, even such large ones as a crane, for example. Budgerigars (especially males) do not formally belong to songbirds, but they also sing often and quite well. As a rule, this indicates a good mood of the bird or that it wants to communicate with the owner. In wildlife, birds sing most actively during the period of nesting and incubation of eggs. When the chicks hatch, singing becomes much less frequent, and after the chicks leave the parental nest, in many cases it stops altogether. True, some sedentary birds sing year-round. In some cases, a bird (for example, a red warbler) can simultaneously play two melodies.

Why do birds sing?

Birdsong is one of the most beautiful sounds in nature. Sometimes, getting outside the city, we hear birds singing, and it may seem to us that they are talking to each other.

Indeed, birds communicate with each other, just like many other animals. Of course, birds can express pleasure, just as we do when we exclaim "Oh!" or "Ah!"

A hen makes sounds that warn her chicks of danger and encourage them to duck to the ground. She then gives another signal, calling them together.
When wild birds fly at night, they scream. This allows them to stick together and helps the lost to return to the pack.

But the language of birds is different from our speech. We use special words that express our thoughts. Birds don't learn their own language.
This is an innate instinct.

In one experiment, a chicken was isolated from roosters and hens so that it could not hear the sounds they made. But when he grew up, he made the same sounds as the chickens who lived in the chicken coop.

But this does not mean that birds do not learn to sing at all. In fact, some birds can reproduce the songs of others. This is where the polyphonic mockingbird got its name. If the sparrow is among the canaries, it makes great efforts to sing like them. If a canary gets into the company of nightingales, it can imitate their singing quite well.

And we know well how a parrot mimics the sounds it hears. So we can say that although birds are born with the ability to sing, some learning still takes place.
Did you know that birds have their own dialects?

It turns out that the songs of the same bird species sound different in different parts of the world. This suggests that, in addition to instinct, much in the life of birds affects the ability to sing.

Spring songs, whether it be the March croaks of ravens, drumming of woodpeckers, chuffing of black grouse, laughter and squealing of eagle owls, chimes of tits or May nightingale trills, “weeping” of orioles, chirping of swallows, are always connected with the onset of the premarital period.
Each male sings his characteristic song, announcing that his nesting territory is occupied. When a male sings, he seems to be saying: “I live here, and there is nothing else to do here!”
The song serves as a visiting card, according to which birds of the same species distinguish their fellows from strangers.
Each male sings a special tune, so it's clear to the neighbors who they're dealing with.

The territory protected by singing will belong not only to the singer himself. Soon it will become the residence of his entire family.
Therefore, birdsong has another purpose: a ringing serenade should attract the female, promising her a safe place to nest.