A complete syllable dictionary for Serinus canarius

This paper is devoted to a detailed quantitative analysis of the vocal repertoire of a domestic male canary (Serinus Canarius) by multivariate statistical methods, and temporal and spectral feature extraction. In the first part of the paper, combination of various methods are employed to extract characteristic features to classify all syllables, and construct a complete seasonal syllable dictionary for the canary. In the second part, synthetic syllables corresponding to all entries in the dictionary are generated providing a standardized framework for behavioral and neural studies of canaries.