Java sparrows are both vocalists and percussionists. Photo: Suzme/amanaimages/Corbis When Java sparrows make love, they do it to the beat of their own in-house avian techno. As at a rave, the ...

Pair-bonded Java sparrows show enlarged eye rings to signal breeding readiness. Birds are known for their elaborate courtship rituals and romantic gestures that are replete with beautiful songs ...

Pair-bonded Java sparrows show enlarged eye rings to signal breeding readiness. Birds are known for their elaborate courtship rituals and romantic gestures that are replete with beautiful songs ...

Birds don’t just sing, they can 'beatbox' too, a new study suggests. Male Java sparrows may click their bills together with the notes of their song in a similar way to human beatboxers ...

A Java sparrow named "Omame sensei" draws a tarot card at the Kissho Tennyo Koryuten fortune-telling shop in Yokohama's Naka Ward on Feb. 14, 2025. (Mainichi/Chika Yokomi) ...

Male Java sparrows may coordinate their bill-clicking sounds with the notes of their song. Birds may communicate using both vocalizations and movement, as for instance occurs during courtship ...

Male Java Sparrows Drop The BeatNon-vocal sound production is quite a rare phenomenon in birds that are vocal learners, Soma says, as the majority of the cases of non-vocal sound production are ...

Male Java sparrows may coordinate their bill-clicking sounds with the notes of their song, according to a study published May 20, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Masayo Soma and ...

According to a new study out of Japan, Java sparrows are more likely to mate after dancing together.