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Vocal Mimicry

Vocal Mimicry is a biological phenomenon in which a bird species acquires and reproduces the vocalizations of other species or environmental sounds, distinguished from innate vocalizations by its reliance on auditory learning and behavioral flexibility.

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Dynamics of the Vocal Imitation Process: How a Zebra Finch Learns Its Song

Ofer Tchernichovski, Partha P. Mitra, Thierry Lints et al. · Science · 2001 · 516 citations

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The Biology of Bird-Song Dialects

Myron Charles Baker, Michael Cunningham · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1985 · 394 citations

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Spontaneous Motor Entrainment to Music in Multiple Vocal Mimicking Species

Adena Schachner, Timothy F. Brady, Irene M. Pepperberg · Current Biology · 2009 · 376 citations · Full text

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Vocal mimicry of computer-generated sounds and vocal labeling of objects by a bottlenosed dolphin, Tursiops truncatus..

Douglas G. Richards, James P. Wolz, Louis M. Herman · Journal of comparative psychology · 1984 · 292 citations

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A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) can keep the beat: Motor entrainment to rhythmic auditory stimuli in a non vocal mimic.

Peter F. Cook, Andrew A. Rouse, Margaret Wilson et al. · Journal of comparative psychology · 2013 · 253 citations

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    Robert D. Magrath

    Australian National University, Australia

    10 publications · 292 citations

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    Robert B. Payne

    University of Michigan, United States

    8 publications · 286 citations

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    Jane Van Zandt Brower

    Amherst College, United States

    7 publications · 871 citations

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    Justin A. Welbergen

    Western Sydney University, Australia

    7 publications · 415 citations

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    Anastasia H. Dalziell

    Australian National University, Australia

    6 publications · 215 citations

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  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    716 citations

  2. Rockefeller University

    New York, United States

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    3.8K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    929 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    486 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    213 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    567 citations

  7. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    652 citations

  8. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    1.2K citations

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  4. Evolution

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