Re: Mimicry of human music - RFI

[Dan Dugan <>]

>Some 20 years ago I saw on TV, (from Max Plank Instutute??) how they tought
>Pyrhulla pyrrhula to sing German folk songs.
>
>As I remember it, the conclusion of this research was that some birds could
>sing the song you tought them, (within limits, of course) - some others
>could learn different songs as long as they all fitted into a special
>pattern, while a third group only could sing the song which was typical for
>the spec.

I keep whistling a tune at the starlings in my neighborhood, but 
they've never answered.

-Dan Dugan


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