Zebra Finch

2007-01-19T23:43:00.000-08:00

Overheard At McGill » Wait…Zebras can fly?: "[Prof plays song from a male zebra finch bird. Class is silent.]
Prof: Obviously none of you are female zebra finches, or you’d be going completely crazy right now!"

2007-01-12T20:12:00.000-08:00

tornoutoftime: So far...: "I have a puppy ( Angel the white boxer) , a birdy (frankenstein the zebra finch)"

2007-01-03T21:14:00.000-08:00

Zebra Finch (JPEG Image, 817x656 pixels)

2007-01-03T14:30:00.000-08:00

ExNihilo- Thoughts & Images by a Fascinated Mind: "Finches... Again... But hey, they're fledglings!"

2006-12-30T04:01:00.000-08:00

Zebra Finches Photo Gallery by PicsbyTammy at pbase.com: "Zebra Finches"

2006-12-28T21:34:00.000-08:00

Jessie Bluejay » Blog Archive » The Dating Game: "Piglet is a female gray Zebra finch and as you can see, she’s quite lovely."

2006-12-24T15:32:00.000-08:00

Zebra finch pair (pics) - Tailfeathers Bird Community

2006-12-22T00:31:00.000-08:00

Bright Beaks Signal Health to Female Birds, Study Says: "The male zebra finch's brightly colored beak helps attract mates. Males with the brightest beaks also had higher immune functions, according to recent research."

2006-12-22T00:30:00.000-08:00

2006-12-20T22:00:00.000-08:00

IngentaConnect Yolk antioxidants and mate attractiveness in the Zebra Finch: "demonstrate that female Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) mated to attractive males deposit more carotenoids and alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) in later-laid eggs, shown by a significant interaction between laying order and antioxidant concentration."

2006-12-20T21:10:00.000-08:00

IngentaConnect Do female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) copy each others ma...: "investigated whether female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) would alter their mate preferences after observing the choices of other females."

2006-12-19T16:22:00.000-08:00

Display photo of male Zebra Finch

2006-12-10T21:46:00.000-08:00

DAVID KLEINERT PHOTOGRAPHY: "Three Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) sit on an old barbed wire fence near Coleambally in NSW."

2006-12-04T22:19:00.000-08:00

news @ nature.com - City birds raise their tempo - Birds change their tune to be heard over traffic.
Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), for example, crystallize their melody in their first months, and so would not be expected to adapt to a new soundscape ...

2006-12-04T22:18:00.000-08:00

2005-02-23T08:14:00.000-08:00

Zebra Finches: Facts - H.-J. Martin

2005-02-17T22:13:00.000-08:00

Discovery Channel - Sleep Helps Birds Master Singing by Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News - Feb. 16, 2005-- "Sleep helps young birds master the art of song, according to a study that analyzed and recorded every vocalization made by young male zebra finches through cycles of wakefulness and sleep."

2005-02-17T22:12:00.000-08:00

2004-07-12T17:25:00.000-07:00

Zebra Finch Gallery

2004-05-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

Zebra Finch Habitats on Zebby Finch Website

2004-05-15T09:13:00.000-07:00

Kathy W. Nordeen: "Kathy W. Nordeen, PhD, University of California at Irvine, 1982 - Professor, Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Neurobiology & Anatomy - Links to Articles/Studies based on research of Zebra Finches"

2004-05-15T09:09:00.000-07:00

APS Staff Research Interests Professor Tim Birkhead: "Current Research Projects related to the Zebra Finch (and other birds)"

2004-05-15T09:06:00.000-07:00

Current Research Projects related to the Zebra Finch: ""

2004-05-15T09:04:00.000-07:00

Art Arnold Laboratory, UCLA: "Reports on study of a half-male, half-female zebra finch (Agate et al., 2003). "

2004-05-08T20:09:00.000-07:00

Humans Are Birdbrained When Learning Speech, Study Hints: "Erich Jarvis, a neurobiologist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, studies the vocal-learning ability of birds like hummingbirds and zebra finches. His aim: to understand how the brain pathways for vocal learning evolved and work. "

2004-05-03T08:39:00.000-07:00

The Sunday Mail QLD: Birds rule roost [02may04]: "SOME say it's for the birds, but today's State Bird Fair at Waterford in Brisbane's south is the big day of the year for bird nerds. While most people are familiar with the humble budgie, all kinds of birds will be on display, from the native zebra finch to the exotic Hahn's macaw. "

2004-04-15T20:53:00.000-07:00

Academic research into bird song and the brain circuitry that controls vocal behavior has concentrated primarily upon two species of domesticated birds: the canary (Serinus canaria) and the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

2004-04-06T16:03:00.000-07:00

Zebra Finch

2004-04-06T14:54:00.000-07:00

Finch Fest: Finches Play Ball

2004-04-01T20:48:00.000-08:00

ZEBRA FINCHES OF AUSTRALIA

2004-04-01T20:47:00.000-08:00

The Zebby Page

2004-03-31T16:01:00.000-08:00

Bird's song may be linked to speech disorders: "Study published March 31 in the Journal of Neuroscience supports the theory that two genes shared by humans and songbirds, FoxP1 and FoxP2, may play a critical role in human speech, and speech disorders. Focuses on male zebra finches' courtship song.