Bird "Sings" Through Feathers

Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 13:56 in Biology & Nature

Solving a longstanding puzzle among bird experts, scientists have found that the sharp, violin-like sounds of a South American songbird come not from the beak but from a suite of specially evolved, vibrating feathers. With video.

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