Endangered Bird Was Losing its Song, So Captive Breeding Now Includes ‘Singing Lessons’ from Wild Males

In one of the stranger manifestations of species decline in Australia, the Critically-Endangered regent honeyeater is having to re-learn its natural love song. With 300 or fewer of these beautiful birds left in the wild, young solitary males have been observed mimicking the calls of other honeyeaters, and even other birds. The songs are part