Summary

This episode is all about Female Birdsong.

Songs are one of the things we love most about birds. They define the soundscapes of the natural world.

Even though humans have been surrounded by singing birds for millions of years, we still have some misconceptions about birdsong. Today’s episode is about a misconception about sex differences in birds… About who sings and who doesn’t.‍

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Links of Interest

• The Forgotten Female: How a Generation of Women Scientists Changed Our View of Evolution
• Female Bird Song Project
• Video of Superb Fairy Wren female Singing
• Singing female Cerulean Warblers [Video]

Research Citations

• The role of diversity in science a case study of women advancing female birdsong research
• Female song is widespread and ancestral in songbirds
• Losses of female song with changes from tropical to temperate breeding in the New World blackbirds

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Photos of Some Species Mentioned

Attributions

• Gilbert's Whistler sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC336497)
• Orange-bellied Leafbird sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC65513)
• Bar-winged Wood Wren sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC242747)
• Northern Cardinal sounds (Xeno Canto recordings XC370880)