Zebra Finches have become the most widely researched bird species outside of those used in agricultural production. Their adoption as avian model choice is largely down to a number characteristics that make them easy obtain and use captivity. The main point our paper very Finch highly amenable laboratory mean it by definition different from many other passerine birds, therefore not good general...

Developmental learning (for example, speech acquisition in human infants) takes place early in life but its effects may last the entire lifetime of the individual. Developmental learning is difficult to study because the behavioral changes involved span many time scales: The challenge is to relate the developmental parameters to behavioral changes, which can occur within hours as well as across...

This paper describes a monoclonal antibody that recognizes a molecule whose expression is mostly restricted to some of the forebrain areas that control singing behavior in adult estrildine species studied, including the zebra, Bengalese, and spice finches. When the song system displays extreme sexual dimorphism, as in these species, antibody staining occurs only in the male's song nuclei. Howev...