Female songbirds sing!

In their study,  Pedro Diniz and colleagues show that female and male duet behavior can vary with season and singing role in a Neotropical ovenbird, the Rufous Hornero. Check out their article in the Journal of Avian Biology: ...

Discover Magazine emphasizes the importance of listening for and documenting female bird songs and efforts to make their songs heard....

Dustin Reichard and colleagues show that some female Dark-eyed Juncos sing when riled up about female intruders! Popular coverage by New Scientist here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2151727-female-birds-that-used-to-be-silent-are-now-singing-like-males/ Go...

Audubon highlights the Female Bird Song Project to help female bird song continue gathering the support it needs! ...

The Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution special topic "Fitness Costs and Benefits of Female Song" eBook is now available!   Visit: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/3139/fitness-costs-and-benefits-of-female-song to...

Listen to Jordan Price tell NPR's On the Record about the evolution of elaborate traits in birds, including great coverage on the evolution of female bird song!...

In this editorial article, Michelle Hall and Naomi Langmore synthesize the contributions to the Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution research topic on female bird song! http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00048/full...

See the April 2017 issue of Birding Magazine for Lauryn Benedict and Karan Odom’s article on “Listening to Nature's Divas – Research reveals that female songbirds commonly sing. Find out how you can help make their voices...

First documentation of female bird song in the Puerto Rican Oriole! Recent research by recently graduated UMBC undergraduate, Susanna Campbell. Susanna K. Campbell et al. 2016. Documentation of female song in a newly recognized species, the Puerto Rican Oriole...