The functions of vocal learning in parrots

Neural FoxP2 and FoxP1 expression in the budgerigar, an avian species with adult vocal learning

(2015) Erina Hara et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Nectar palatability can selectively filter bird and insect visitors to coral tree flowers

(2015) Susan W. Nicolson et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Birds Generally Carry a Small Repertoire of Bitter Taste Receptor Genes

(2015) Kai Wang et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

(2015) Richard O. Prum et al.   NATURE

Brain evolution by brain pathway duplication

(2015) M. Chakraborty et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Exploring the avian gut microbiota: current trends and future directions

(2015) David W. Waite et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Core and Shell Song Systems Unique to the Parrot Brain

(2015) Mukta Chakraborty et al.   PLoS One

Personality predicts cognitive bias in captive psittacines, Amazona amazonica

(2014) Victoria A. Cussen et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Diet and Geophagy Across a Western Amazonian Parrot Assemblage

(2014) Alan T. K. Lee et al.   BIOTROPICA

DifferentialFoxP2andFoxP1expression in a vocal learning nucleus of the developing budgerigar

(2014) Osceola Whitney et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Gut microbes of mammalian herbivores facilitate intake of plant toxins

(2014) Kevin D. Kohl et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant-associated bacteria degrade defense chemicals and reduce their adverse effects on an insect defoliator

(2014) Charles J. Mason et al.   OECOLOGIA

Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song-learning birds

(2014) A. R. Pfenning et al.   SCIENCE

Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

(2014) E. D. Jarvis et al.   SCIENCE

Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

(2014) G. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Female song is widespread and ancestral in songbirds

(2014) Karan J. Odom et al.   Nature Communications

Parallel adaptations to nectarivory in parrots, key innovations and the diversification of the Loriinae

(2014) Manuel Schweizer et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Characterizing the avian gut microbiota: membership, driving influences, and potential function

(2014) David W. Waite et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Means–end comprehension in four parrot species: explained by social complexity

(2013) Anastasia Krasheninnikova et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Performance on the Hamilton search task, and the influence of lateralization, in captive orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica)

(2013) Victoria A. Cussen et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Higher-order semantic structures in an African Grey parrot’s vocalizations: evidence from the hyperspace analog to language (HAL) model

(2013) Allison B. Kaufman et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Mountain Pine Beetles Colonizing Historical and Naïve Host Trees Are Associated with a Bacterial Community Highly Enriched in Genes Contributing to Terpene Metabolism

(2013) Aaron S. Adams et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Flight calls signal group and individual identity but not kinship in a cooperatively breeding bird

(2013) Sara C. Keen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

A test of multiple hypotheses for the function of call sharing in female budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus

(2013) Christine R. Dahlin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Abstract concept formation in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) on the basis of a low number of cues

(2013) Karolína Suková et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Individual variation in the contact calls of the monomorphic Peach-fronted Conure,Aratinga aurea, and its potential role in communication

(2013) Heidi M. Thomsen et al.   BIOACOUSTICS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SOUND AND ITS RECORDING

Relationships between time since fire and honeyeater abundance in montane heathland

(2013) Michael J. M. Franklin et al.   EMU

Angry Birds Need Not Apply: A Perspective on the Flexible form and Multifunctionality of Avian Vocal Duets

(2013) Christine R. Dahlin et al.   ETHOLOGY

Genetic evidence of extra-pair paternity and intraspecific brood parasitism in the monk parakeet

(2013) Juan José Martínez et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Is there variation in the response to contact call playbacks across the hybrid zone of the parrotPlatycercus elegans?

(2013) Raoul F. H. Ribot et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Bird pollinators differ in their tolerance of a nectar alkaloid

(2013) Sara Lerch-Henning et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Soil Consumed by Chacma Baboons is Low in Bioavailable Iron and High in Clay

(2013) Paula A. Pebsworth et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Global view of the functional molecular organization of the avian cerebrum: Mirror images and functional columns

(2013) Erich D. Jarvis et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Song learning in male and female Uraeginthus cyanocephalus, a tropical songbird species.

(2013) Nicole Geberzahn et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Physiological and behavioural effects of fruit toxins on seed-predating versus seed-dispersing congeneric rodents

(2013) M. Samuni-Blank et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Phylogeny of Birds Based on Over 1,500 Loci Collected by Target Enrichment and High-Throughput Sequencing

(2013) John E. McCormack et al.   PLoS One

DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genus Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae)

(2013) J. JR. V. REMSEN et al.   ZOOTAXA

Does syntax contribute to the function of duets in a parrot, Amazona auropalliata?

(2012) Christine R. Dahlin et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

The avian taste system: Potential implications in poultry nutrition

(2012) E. Roura et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Do experimental methods affect estimates of pollen digestion by birds?

(2012) Patricia A. Fleming et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Temporal Variation in Flock Size and Habitat Use of Parrots in New Caledonia

(2012)   CONDOR

Experience matters: prior exposure to plant toxins enhances diversity of gut microbes in herbivores

(2012) Kevin D. Kohl et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Diversity and function of the avian gut microbiota

(2012) Kevin D. Kohl   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Factors shaping the ontogeny of vocal signals in a wild parrot

(2012) Karl S. Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Advantages of granivory in seasonal environments: feeding ecology of an arboreal seed predator in Amazonian forests

(2012) Suzanne Palminteri et al.   OIKOS

Gut Microbiome of the Critically Endangered New Zealand Parrot, the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)

(2012) David W. Waite et al.   PLoS One

Evidence for Vocal Learning and Limited Dispersal as Dual Mechanisms for Dialect Maintenance in a Parrot

(2012) Alejandro Salinas-Melgoza et al.   PLoS One

Vocal Imitation in Parrots Allows Addressing of Specific Individuals in a Dynamic Communication Network

(2012) Thorsten J. S. Balsby et al.   PLoS One

Grey parrots use inferential reasoning based on acoustic cues alone

(2012) C. Schloegl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Context-related vocalizations in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

(2011) Nicolas Giret et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Vocal similarity and familiarity determine response to potential flockmates in orange-fronted conures (Psittacidae)

(2011) Thorsten J.S. Balsby et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Long-term maintenance and eventual extinction of preference for a mate’s call in the female budgerigar

(2011) Hiroko Eda-Fujiwara et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Cooperative problem solving in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

(2011) F. Péron et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Geographic variation of three vocal signals in the Australian ringneck (Aves: Psittaciformes): Do functionally similar signals have similar spatial distributions?

(2011) Myron Baker   BEHAVIOUR

African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) use inference by exclusion to find hidden food

(2011) S. Mikolasch et al.   Biology Letters

Duet Function in the Yellow-Naped Amazon, Amazona auropalliata: Evidence From Playbacks of Duets and Solos

(2011) Christine R. Dahlin et al.   ETHOLOGY

Geophagy in Brown Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Colombia

(2011) Andres Link et al.   FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA

Macroevolutionary patterns in the diversification of parrots: effects of climate change, geological events and key innovations

(2011) Manuel Schweizer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Social context influences the vocalizations of a home-raised African Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus).

(2011) Erin N. Colbert-White et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Acoustic and perceptual categories of vocal elements in the warble song of budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus).

(2011) Hsiao-Wei Tu et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Flexibility in Problem Solving and Tool Use of Kea and New Caledonian Crows in a Multi Access Box Paradigm

(2011) Alice M. I. Auersperg et al.   PLoS One

Vertical transmission of learned signatures in a wild parrot

(2011) K. S. Berg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Diversity and novelty of the gut microbial community of an herbivorous rodent (Neotoma bryanti)

(2011) Kevin D. Kohl et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Feeding Ecology of Military Macaws (Ara militaris) in a Semi-Arid Region of Central México

(2011) A. M. Contreras-González et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Mesozoic retroposons reveal parrots as the closest living relatives of passerine birds

(2011) Alexander Suh et al.   Nature Communications

Contact calls are used for individual mate recognition in free-ranging green-rumped parrotlets, Forpus passerinus

(2010) Karl S. Berg et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Big brains are not enough: performance of three parrot species in the trap-tube paradigm

(2010) Jannis Liedtke et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Referential learning of French and Czech labels in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus): Different methods yield contrasting results

(2010) Nicolas Giret et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

The significance of unripe seeds and animal tissues in the protein nutrition of herbivores

(2010) Thomas C. R. White   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Avian Visual Behavior and the Organization of the Telencephalon

(2010) Toru Shimizu et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Patterns of daily activity of Meyer's Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

(2010) Rutledge S. Boyes et al.   EMU

Social Behavior and the Ontogeny of Foraging in the Kea (Nestor notabilis)

(2010) Judy Diamond et al.   ETHOLOGY

‘Virtual Parrots’ Confirm Mating Preferences of Female Budgerigars

(2010) Marin L. Moravec et al.   ETHOLOGY

Genetic evaluation of the mating system in the blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna, Aves, Psittacidae) by DNA fingerprinting

(2010) Renato Caparroz et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Use of Mineral Licks by White-Bellied Spider Monkeys (Ateles belzebuth) and Red Howler Monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) in Eastern Ecuador

(2010) John G. Blake et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Nutritional Content of the Diets of Free-living Scarlet Macaw Chicks in Southeastern Peru

(2010) Donald J. Brightsmith et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Importance of the lilac-crowned parrot in pre-dispersal seed predation of Astronium graveolens in a Mexican tropical dry forest

(2010) Emma Ines Villaseñor-Sánchez et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Aerial surveillance by a generalist seed predator: food resource tracking by Meyer's parrot Poicephalus meyeri in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

(2010) Rutledge S. Boyes et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Notes on the diet of the critically endangered orange–fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus malherbi) on Maud Island

(2010) Luis Ortiz–Catedral et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Predation and infanticide influence ideal free choice by a parrot occupying heterogeneous tropical habitats

(2010) Timothy C. Bonebrake et al.   OECOLOGIA

Laminar and columnar auditory cortex in avian brain

(2010) Yuan Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular characterization of the cloacal microbiota of wild and captive parrots

(2010) Panagiotis G. Xenoulis et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Preliminary Evidence Suggests Extra-Pair Mating in the Endangered Echo Parakeet,Psittacula eques

(2009) Tiawanna D. Taylor et al.   AFRICAN ZOOLOGY

Rapid vocal convergence in an Australian cockatoo, the galah Eolophus roseicapillus

(2009) Judith C. Scarl et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Does the ring species concept predict vocal variation in the crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans, complex?

(2009) Raoul F.H. Ribot et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The function of double chees in orange-fronted conures (Aratinga canicularis; Psittacidae)

(2009) Danielle Adams et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Heightened responsiveness to female-initiated displays in an Australian cockatoo, the Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)

(2009) Judith Scarl   BEHAVIOUR

Spontaneous categorization of vocal imitations in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

(2009) Nicolas Giret et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Vocal matching by orange-fronted conures (Aratinga canicularis)

(2009) Thorsten J.S. Balsby et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Factors Influencing Nest Spacing of a Secondary Cavity-Nesting Parrot: Habitat Heterogeneity and Proximity of Conspecifics

(2009) Alejandro Salinas-Melgoza et al.   CONDOR

Fission–fusion populations

(2009) Iain D. Couzin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Male and female contact calls differentially influence behaviour in a cockatoo, the Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)

(2009) Judith C. Scarl   EMU

Duets in Yellow-Naped Amazons: Variation in Syntax, Note Composition and Phonology at Different Levels of Social Organization

(2009) Christine R. Dahlin et al.   ETHOLOGY

Cooperative breeding, mate guarding, and nest sharing in two parrot species of New Caledonia

(2009) Jörn Theuerkauf et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

The evolutionary diversification of parrots supports a taxon pulse model with multiple trans-oceanic dispersal events and local radiations

(2009) Manuel Schweizer et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The feeding ecology of Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

(2009) Rutledge S Boyes et al.   OSTRICH

Losses of female song with changes from tropical to temperate breeding in the New World blackbirds

(2009) J. J. Price et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Araucaria araucana and the Austral parakeet: pre-dispersal seed predation on a masting species

(2009) JOHN D SHEPHERD et al.   REVISTA CHILENA DE HISTORIA NATURAL

Factors affecting seed predation of Eriotheca gracilipes (Bombacaceae) by parakeets in a cerrado fragment

(2008) Mercival R. Francisco et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Individual recognition and selective response to contact calls in foraging brown-throated conures, Aratinga pertinax

(2008) Susannah C. Buhrman-Deever et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

ANALYSIS OF A CULTURAL TRAIT ACROSS AN AVIAN HYBRID ZONE: GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN PLUMAGE MORPHOLOGY AND VOCAL TRAITS IN THE AUSTRALIAN RINGNECK PARROT (PLATYCERCUS ZONARIUS)

(2008) MYRON C. BAKER   AUK

Geophagy in New Guinea birds

(2008) Jared Diamond et al.   IBIS

Vocal mimicry in wild African Grey Parrots Psittacus erithacus

(2008) ALICK J. CRUICKSHANK et al.   IBIS

Microflora in the crop of adult Dusky-billed Parrotlets (Forpus modestus)

(2008) M. Andreína Pacheco et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Nectar-feeding bird and bat niches in two worlds: pantropical comparisons of vertebrate pollination systems

(2008) Theodore H. Fleming et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny of the Parrots (Psittaciformes): Support for a Gondwanan Origin during the Cretaceous

(2008) Timothy F. Wright et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular Mapping of Movement-Associated Areas in the Avian Brain: A Motor Theory for Vocal Learning Origin

(2008) Gesa Feenders et al.   PLoS One

Sex-specific responses to vocal convergence and divergence of contact calls in orange-fronted conures (Aratinga canicularis)

(2008) T. J.S Balsby et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Yellow‐chevroned Parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri) abundance and canopy foraging at a dry forest in western Brazil

(2008) José Ragusa‐Netto   STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT

VIEWPOINT. An hypothesis to explain the linkage between kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) breeding and the mast fruiting of their food trees

(2008) Andrew E. Fidler et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Use of Clay Licks by Maroon-Fronted Parrots (Rhynchopsitta terrisi) in Northern Mexico

(2008) Rene A. Valdés-Peña et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Foraging Ecology Of Parrots In A Modified Landscape: Seasonal Trends And Introduced Species

(2008) Greg D. Matuzak et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Extra pair paternity in birds: a review of interspecific variation and adaptive function

(2003) Simon C. Griffith et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY