ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2021
Vocal imitations and production learning by Australian musk ducks (
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Abstract
Acquiring vocalizations by learning them from other individuals is only known from a limited number of animal groups. For birds, oscine and some suboscine songbirds, parrots and hummingbirds demonstrate this ability. Here, we provide evidence for vocal learning in a member of a basal clade of the avian phylogeny: the Australian musk duck (
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