A rebound from pre-dawn singing suppression drives intense morning singing in captive zebra finches.
Ednei Barros dos Santos, Chihiro Mori, Yunbok Kim, Joowon Kim, Ryosuke O. Tachibana, Ok-Yi Jeong, Juyeon Lee, Satoshi Kojima
The paper shows that intense morning singing in zebra finches is a rebound from pre-dawn singing suppression, driven by hormonal arousal and light changes.
bioRxiv · Sep 29, 2025 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition