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Linguistic Rules of Syntax and Sharing in the Complex Songs of a Tropical <i>Passerine</i>

2025-08-01

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1. Birdsong offers a powerful model to study the evolution of complex communication systems. While most song syntax and sharing research focuses on temperate species with fixed repertoires, we know far less about tropical songbirds with large, open-ended vocal systems. 2. We examined song structure and cultural transmission in the White-bellied Sholakili Sholicola albiventris , a tropical passerine endemic to the...

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Literature Corpus work: 5824b728-f374-547e-b5aa-89720dfd0a1a
DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.31.666818

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