Our list of songbirds rounds up seven well-known types illustrating how different one songbird can be from another. It’s not just the names of songbirds that differ – their size, color and ...

Many types of birds build nests to hold their eggs and hatchlings right on a tree branch quite successfully. One dark blue ...

For the first time, researchers have sequenced the genome of a songbird, reports an international consortium of researchers (Nature 464, 757–762; 2010). This songbird, the zebra finch ...

The songbird vocal motor nucleus HVC contains cells that project to the basal ganglia, the auditory system, or downstream vocal motor structures. In this fundamental study, the authors conduct ...