Birdsong for the
Curious Naturalist

California quail

Chapter 3: Why and How Birds Sing
Subchapter: Singing in the brain
From page 36 in the book.

♫112. Whether call or song, the chi-CAH-go is believed to be inborn, or innate, not learned or imitated by listening to adult models of the same species. Correspondingly, songbird-like song control centers are not found in quail brains. June 12, 2009. Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Burns, Oregon. (0:57)