Innate and Learned Birdsong Development

Day 0/Hatching

Apr 19, 2013

Born with crude template song (innate component), a basic outline to prevent them from learning song of wrong species.

Sensitive Imprinting Period

Period: Apr 19, 2013 to Jun 9, 2013

Vital to individual's success because it listens and practices calls of birds of the same species in the same area. Basically, it 'modifies' its own song. Also, imprinting occurs during this period.

Day 50

Jun 9, 2013

Song learning continues

listen and practice, creating a subsong

Period: Jun 9, 2013 to Sep 17, 2013

Immature Silent remembers song - for two months

Jul 12, 2013

Day 100 - Improved template specific to local dialect.

Jul 29, 2013

The improved template is now specific to the local dialect.

Day 150 - Subsong begins

Sep 17, 2013

Subsong begins

Day 200 - mature song

Oct 5, 2013

bird song examples