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The 41 pages that link to Birdsong, each with the reason it gives.

• Bird vocalizationBroader topic: Song is a prominent, often learned form of bird vocalization.

• Animal communicationBroader topic: Birdsong combines learned vocal patterns with functions in courtship and territorial signaling.

• Courtship displayRelated: Many birds use song as an acoustic component of courtship.

• Vocal learningBroader topic: Many songbirds provide experimentally tractable examples of vocal learning.

• Acoustic communicationBroader topic: Birds use acoustic sequences in mate attraction, territorial defense, and recognition.

• Olivier MessiaenRelated: Messiaen transcribed birdsong and made it a major source of melodic material.

• SyrinxBroader topic: Syringeal sound production underlies most birdsong.

• SongbirdCompared with: A songbird is a taxonomic kind of bird; birdsong is a behavior and sound.

• FinchRelated: Many finches use songs to communicate and attract mates.

• Carrion crowRelated: Carrion crows use a range of calls, including their familiar harsh caw.

• Mourning doveRelated: The male’s low coo functions in courtship and communication, though it is unlike many elaborate songs.

• VocalizationBroader topic: Birdsong is a well-studied example of vocalization serving several social functions.

• DuettingNarrower topic: Birdsong includes solo displays as well as the coordinated exchanges classified as duets.

• Old World warblerRelated: Male warblers commonly use song to advertise territories and attract mates.

• EstrildidaeNarrower topic: Estrildid songs and calls are studied as signals and learned behaviors.

• Old World sparrowRelated: Sparrow calls and songs help individuals communicate and defend territories.

• Laughing doveRelated: Its soft, rhythmic call is often heard as a characteristic part of its presence.

• MynaRelated: Myna calls and imitations are forms of bird vocalization with social functions.

• TyranniRelated: Comparing suboscine songs with learned oscine songs shows that vocal complexity does not map simply onto learning.

• AccentorRelated: Accentors use song as part of their breeding and social behavior.

• American robinRelated: Robin songs advertise territories and contribute to courtship.

• Atlantic canaryRelated: Male Atlantic canaries use song in territorial and reproductive behavior.

• Barbary doveRelated: The dove's soft cooing is part of its appeal in domestic keeping.

• Common nightingaleNarrower topic: The nightingale’s elaborate vocalizations are a distinctive form of birdsong.

• Common starlingRelated: Male starlings sing complex, variable songs that can include imitated sounds.

• KoelRelated: Koel calls are especially conspicuous during breeding, though many are classified as calls rather than song.

• OvenbirdNarrower topic: The Ovenbird’s repeated song is one of the clearest ways to detect it in dense forest.

• Red-winged blackbirdRelated: The male’s distinctive conk-la-ree song advertises his presence and territory.

• VireoRelated: Many vireos sing persistent, repeated phrases from concealed perches.

• Zebra doveRelated: The zebra dove’s repeated coo is valued in keeping and studied as a vocal signal.

• Australian magpieRelated: The magpie's varied, musical calls are a particularly elaborate form of birdsong.

• Common blackbirdRelated: The male’s rich, melodic song is a distinctive part of the species’ behavior.

• Common hill mynaRelated: The myna’s calls and imitations arise from vocal behavior, though speech mimicry is not human language.

• Domestic canaryNarrower topic: Canary song is the trait most closely associated with keeping and selective breeding.

• Eared doveNarrower topic: The dove’s coo is a recognizable call rather than the complex song typical of many songbirds.

• EmberizaRelated: Songs can help distinguish Emberiza species during field surveys.

• European robinRelated: The robin's clear, variable song is central to its territorial behavior.

• LocustellidaeRelated: Many locustellids are recognized by characteristic songs rather than conspicuous appearance.

• Meta-communicationBroader topic: Birdsong studies distinguish signals that convey information from signals that shape interaction.

• Northern mockingbirdNarrower topic: The mockingbird’s imitations are elaborate examples of bird song.

• Sebastian FaulksBroader topic: Its trench-warfare narrative became Faulks’s most widely recognized historical novel.