Parrots imitate song and dance with mixed vocal-gestural neural signals
C. D. Jones, Han Kheng Teoh, Julie Carpenter, Andrea Roeser, Ruidong Chen, Brian Kardon, Zhilei Zhao, itai cohen, Jesse H. Goldberg
The paper shows budgerigar parrots use mixed vocal-gestural neural signals for learned communication, with single neurons representing both song and headbob gestures.
bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience