Brown: Why do woodpeckers peck? New discovery about bird brains sheds light on intriguing question
September 21, 2022
September 21, 2022
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 21 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release:
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A team led by a Brown biologist discovered that the same specialized brain area that helps songbirds learn their songs also exists in woodpeckers, suggesting that the communicative drumming evolved in a similar way.
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While a woodpecker's bill-hammering is a familiar sound -- and sometimes too familiar, for those who've had a w . . .
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A team led by a Brown biologist discovered that the same specialized brain area that helps songbirds learn their songs also exists in woodpeckers, suggesting that the communicative drumming evolved in a similar way.
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While a woodpecker's bill-hammering is a familiar sound -- and sometimes too familiar, for those who've had a w . . .