Birdsongs are both innate and learned. However, young birds must hear an adult male sing the species song. Why?

A.
Young birds can immediately match the song they learn.

B.
A bird raised alone will never sing.

C.
Birds can learn the species song as soon as they listen to it.

D.
The song gets imprinted on the young birds.

1 answer

B. A bird raised alone will never sing.

This is because young birds need to hear adult males sing the species song in order to learn and imitate it. Without this exposure, a bird raised alone will not have the opportunity to learn to sing the correct song for its species.
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