Animal behaviour: a song and dance about lyrebirds

Raoul A Mulder; Michelle L Hall

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.009

Animal behaviour: a song and dance about lyrebirds

Curr Biol. 2013 Jun 17;23(12):R518-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.009.

Authors

Raoul A Mulder¹, Michelle L Hall

Affiliation

¹ Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. r.mulder@unimelb.edu.au

PMID: 23787044
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.009

Abstract

Coordinating movements to music is often considered a uniquely human skill. A new study dispels this notion by showing that male Australian lyrebirds also perform 'dance' moves which are predictably matched with specific songs in their display routines.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Auditory Perception / physiology*
Birds / physiology*
Dancing*
Humans
Locomotion*
Male
Motor Activity / physiology*
Music*
Singing*