Ornithologist, Animal Behaviorist. University of Northern Colorado. Ask me about birds.
Lauryn Benedict
Parrots demonstrate the ability to use specific names to identify individuals, suggesting complex vocal and cognitive skills similar to aspects of human naming behavior. doi.org/hbxj7n
I had a very fun chat with @lastshow.bsky.social about our research on how parrots use names.
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Do you know a parrot that talks or sings? Tell us about it at www.manyparrots.org @birdsingalong.bsky.social @laurynbenedict.bsky.social et al.
A new study by @laurynbenedict.bsky.social and colleagues finds companion parrots often learn and use names, sometimes applying them as individual vocal labels in social contexts like greetings and attention-seeking, highlighting their capacity for name-like communication.
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Science X / Phys.org
Lauryn Benedict
New paper examining song type sharing between Rock Wrens in NoCo, with @laurynbenedict.bsky.social journal.afonet.org/vol97/iss1/a...
Henkjan Honing
After visiting Down House, I understand why Darwin often spent decades working on one book. The pace of life seems slower there. And those gardens plus 10 children must have been a strong force calling him away from his study.
PLOS One
Can parrots 🦜 learn the names of people and animals they live with? Yes. Do they use them correctly? Sometimes.
Read more about how parrots of many species use names in our recently published article: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @viktoriagroiss.bsky.social
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Lauryn Benedict
Lauryn Benedict
Podcast Episode · The Last Show with David Cooper · April 21 · 11m
Humans organize social interactions in part by referring to others using proper names (hereafter “names”). Names might also facilitate the complex social lives of animals. Several animal species…
Humans organize social interactions in part by referring to others using proper names (hereafter “names”). Names might also facilitate the complex social lives of animals. Several animal species produ...
We examined song-type sharing and song-type co-occurrence among broadcast songs in a migratory population of a songbird with large and highly variable repertoire sizes, the Rock Wren (<em>Salpinctes o...
