What kind of bird can best imitate human speech? Introduce this kind of bird.
In the whole structure of the sound tube, the sound tube is also very similar to the structure of human vocal cords, except that the human vocal cords are 20 cm from the throat to the tongue end, which is a right angle, while the parrot's sound tube is an obtuse angle from the tongue section 15 cm. This angle is the key to determine the pronunciation syllable and tone. The closer to the right angle, the stronger the sense of syllable and tone. Therefore, parrots can make cadence sounds and syllables like humans.
Except for the tongue, the parrot's tongue is very developed, smooth, thick and soft, and its shape is very similar to that of human tongue. It is because of this standard vocal condition that parrots can pronounce some simple but accurate syllables.
Why do birds "talk"
People often say, "people talk like birds." So, can birds really talk? There is also the idiom "parrot talks". How do parrots learn to talk?
Animals generally have the ability to imitate, especially songbirds with advanced imitation ability, which can often imitate different sounds, which is related to the sound conditions, places, times and different individuals. They can even learn to speak, especially parrots, which can be said to be very clever. For example, there was once a parrot who learned the "crash" sound of water when he saw his owner pick up a water bottle. When it saw a bee fly into the room, it made a buzzing sound; When you hear someone knocking at the door, you will shout "Come in".
Does this mean that this person can talk? In fact, parrots are unconscious of these things, but when they see something, they will reflect some kind of sound. For example, when training a parrot, people will associate knocking at the door with the sound of "please come in" * * The parrot will store these signals and repeat them * * *, which will form a conditioned reflex. So whenever it hears someone knocking at the door, it will shout, "Come in". But sometimes when there is a sound of knocking on the board outside, it will shout "come in".
It can be seen that if this is a parrot talking, it is not accurate. Because people's speech is acquired, and birds' life posture, singing and expression are basically the same, which is acquired. They can learn to speak, and only by raising them can they learn through teaching and training, and they are unconscious.
Besides parrots, larks, myna and myna can also learn to speak. Let's get to know them one by one
Parrots In ornithology, parrots belong to the family Nautilidae. There are many kinds of parrots, and there are more than 300 known species in the world. Parrot's mouth is short and powerful, the upper mouth is curved like a hook, and the hook has a file-like structure, which is most suitable for gripping seeds. Myna and Myna are cousins, belonging to passeriformes and Myna in bird classification.
Myna's feathers are black, and its wings and tail ends are dotted with white. When you spread your wings and fly, from below, the wings on both sides just look like a figure of eight, hence the name starling. Myna's voice is loud and clear, with a little rhyme, and sometimes it becomes rough. In the wild, it likes foraging in groups, eating insects and wild fruits. It is a beneficial bird in agriculture, and also the most sensible resident bird in South China and Southwest China, which is distributed in plain villages, pastoral areas and mountainous areas. Myna is a caged bird that Jiangnan people like to keep, because it has a variety of feeding habits, is fearless, is easy to breed, can learn to speak and loves to sing.
I always thought that only myna and parrot could speak eloquently. In fact, myna is the best bird that can learn human language. A young myna can learn a sentence in a week. At the same time, he is also an excellent singer, with a loud and melodious voice, which can produce all kinds of melodic tones, from deep cackling to brisk whistling. It can also imitate the cuckoo's call. It can learn not only sounds, but also tunes. For example, when it learns crisp female voice and vigorous male voice, it is clear and vivid. Bai Juyi, a poet, praised: "Ear spirit, tongue spirit, birds speak everything."
What kind of bird can imitate human language? Parrot starling?
Is there a kind of bird called Hao Han Bird? Let me introduce you. Hao Han bird got its name because it sounds like a baby, and it has a flying film, so it can glide like a bird. In fact, it is not a bird, but a mammal belonging to Zombidae. Its instep is orange, so it is also called "flying squirrel with orange feet". Mainly distributed in Henan, Gansu, Yunnan and Qinghai-Tibet regions of China.
Hao Han bird is about 50 cm long, slightly larger than squirrel, with grayish brown fur, long and thick tail, round eyes, well-developed auricles, shorter forelimbs than hind limbs and claws on toes, which can be used to climb trees or cliffs. There is a flying membrane between the limbs. From the top of the tree and the top of the mountain, the flying film can glide for 20-50 meters. During the day, people live in caves with steep rocks or hide in crevices; Come out at night to find twigs and cypress seeds to eat.
The crocodile's friend is actually a kind of bird in Africa. Please introduce the characteristics of this bird in a few words. Swallow bird, it acts as a "toothpick", also known as "toothpick bird" and "crocodile bird". Swallows can do oral hygiene for crocodiles. It turns out that as soon as the crocodile eats, the meat scraps are embedded in his teeth, which slowly rot and produce maggots. Swallows and birds walked between the crocodile's sparse teeth, picking their teeth to catch maggots, waiting for the crocodile to get comfortable. At the same time, it also had a hearty meal. Sometimes, when the crocodile falls asleep, the swallow walks to its mouth and slaps it with its wings. The crocodile automatically opened its mouth and let the bird fly into it. Swallows still nest in crocodiles' nests and give birth to children, as if on guard against crocodiles. As long as there is a slight movement around, Swallow Thousand Birds will be alert to disperse in a hubbub. In this way, the crocodile suddenly woke up and prepared to meet the enemy.
There are talking birds in the mountains that can call people's names. What kind of birds are these? Myna, myna, Jay, several big parrots and two kinds of myna. That's all I know. Ha ha.
What kind of bird can learn to talk if it is easy to raise? For example, myna (I have one at home that says hello)-there are many kinds of parrots, but some parrots can be fierce, bite people when they are in a bad temper, and their fingers may be bitten off (so be careful)-myna seems to have thrush (but it will be more expensive).
If these are not enough, there is no way out. ...
Please introduce a bird, the nymph, which is the collective name of about 600 species of Swift Hummingbirds and the smallest bird known in the world. Hummingbirds are small and can hover in the air by flapping their wings quickly (15 to 80 times per second, depending on the size of hummingbirds). Hummingbirds are named after the hum of flapping wings. Hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards. Hummingbirds can also hover in the air and fly left and right.
Hummingbirds have bright colors and are often included in Hummingbirds or Hummingbirds with Swifts. Distribution is limited to the western hemisphere, and there are many species in South America. About 12 species are often found in the United States and Canada, and only in Nova Scotia to Florida in eastern North America is Archilochus colubris. The northernmost species is Sargassum, which breeds from southeastern Alaska to northern California. Hummingbirds are all small birds, some of which are very small. Patagona gigas, the largest hummingbird in western South America, is only 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and weighs about 20 grams (0.67 ounces). The smallest hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae or Calypte helenae) is found in Cuba and Pine Island, slightly longer than 5.5 cm (2. 12 inch) and weighs about 2 grams. This is the smallest bird in existence and the smallest warm-blooded vertebrate with shrews.
Hummingbirds are strong, muscular and have long thin wings. They can fly up and down, left and right, and up and down quickly. They can stand still in front of flowers and feed on nectar and insects. The body feathers are sparse, the appearance is scaly, and it is often metallic. A few species are similar in appearance, but most species are different. Men in the latter category have all kinds of beautiful decorations. There are different colors of iridescent bib feathers on the neck. Other special features are the short and thick shafts of the crown feathers and wing feathers, spatula-shaped, filiform or flag-shaped tails, and fluffy feather clusters (usually white) on the thighs. The mouth is slender and suitable for sucking honey from flowers. Ramphomicron and Chalcostigma have short mouths, but Ensifera ensifera's mouth is very long, which is more than half of its body length of 265,438+0 cm (8.25 inches). Many kinds of mouths bend slightly. Eutoxeres has a crooked mouth. However, Avocettula and Opisthoprora's mouths are upturned.
Most species of hummingbirds are not paired, while Colibri and a few other species of hummingbirds live in pairs and reproduce together. Most kinds of males defend the occupied area by flying (occupied area is where they show off to passing females). Male birds often hover in front of female birds, allowing sunlight to reflect the color of their necks. Male birds in the occupied area chase hummingbirds of the same or different species and rush to large birds (such as crows and eagles) and even mammals (including humans). Most hummingbirds (especially smaller species) scratch, chirp or squeak. But in U-flight, wings often hum, hiss or sonic boom, just like other birds' songs. Many kinds of tail feathers make sounds.
The nest is cup-shaped and consists of plant fibers, spider webs, lichens and mosses, which are attached to branches, big leaves or rock protrusions. Some species of nests in the genus Turtledove have a slender stem hanging under a projection or on the top of caves and culverts. Soil and plants are placed on both sides of the nest to keep balance. Two white oval eggs (rarely 1) were laid, which was the smallest of the birds' eggs, but the egg weight was about 10% of the female's body weight. The newly hatched chicks are blind and hairless, and are fed by their parents. After about three weeks, their feathers are full.
Among all animals, hummingbirds have the most beautiful posture and the brightest colors. Exquisite carvings and jade carvings are not comparable to this treasure of nature. Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world. "It has not won a good reputation because it is small.". Hummingbird is a masterpiece of nature: light, swift, agile, elegant and gorgeous feathers-this little darling has everything. It shines like emeralds, rubies and topaz. It never lets the dust on the ground dirty its clothes. It flies in the air all day and only eats grass occasionally. It shuttles between flowers and feeds on nectar.
All kinds of hummingbirds are distributed in the hottest areas of the New World, mainly in South America. They are numerous, but they seem to be only active between the two tropic of cancer. Some of them extend their activities to temperate zones in summer, but they only stay for a short time.
Among birds, the smallest hummingbird is smaller than a fly, weighing only 2 grams, not as thick as a bumblebee, and its egg weighs 0.2 grams, which is similar to peas. Its beak is a fine needle and its tongue is a thin thread; Its eyes are like two flashing black spots; The feathers on its wings are very thin and seem to be transparent; Its feet are short and small, and it is not easy to be noticed; It is rarely used enough and only stops at night; It keeps flying, fast and buzzing. Its wings flap very fast, so when it stays in the air, it not only keeps its shape unchanged, but also looks motionless. It circled like a helicopter, only to see it stop for a minute in front of a flower and then fly like an arrow to another flower. It sticks its slender tongue into their arms and sucks their nectar, as if this is the only purpose of its tongue.
People saw it madly chasing birds twenty times bigger than it, attaching to them and pecking them repeatedly: let them fly with themselves until it calmed its insignificant anger. Sometimes, hummingbirds have very fierce fights.
Mellisuga helenae weighs 1.8g and is the smallest bird known in the world. There is also a typical North American hummingbird, Archilochus colubris, which weighs about 3 grams and is 7.6 centimeters long. The largest hummingbird is Patagona gigas, which is only 20cm long and 20g heavy.
Hummingbirds have superb flying skills and are also called "God Birds", "Comets", "Goddess of the Forest" and "Corolla".
[Edit this paragraph] The origin of hummingbirds
Hummingbirds are too small to be preserved as fossils, and their evolutionary history remains a mystery. Most hummingbirds now live in Central and South America, and the hummingbird fossils 1 10,000 years ago were found in South America, so scientists believe that hummingbirds originated in the Pleistocene. However, in southern Germany, scientists discovered the oldest hummingbird fossil in the world, which has a history of more than 30 million years. So the ancestors of hummingbirds appeared as early as Oligocene.
[Edit this paragraph] Ecological environment
Hummingbirds live in a wide range, from the Andes up to 4000 meters to the tropical rain forest of the Amazon River. Some hummingbirds live in dry shrubs and jungles, and some hummingbirds live in wet swamps.
[Edit this paragraph] Distribution area
Hummingbirds only live in America, from southern Canada and Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, including the West Indies. Black-headed northern hummingbirds are the most common species in the western United States and Canada. Only red-throated northern hummingbirds breed in eastern North America, but individual members of other kinds of hummingbirds ("AIDS" in bird-watching jargon) can also be seen in eastern North America, sometimes vagrants from Cuba or the Bahamas.
Hummingbirds are not distributed in all parts of China, and some large moths (such as hummingbirds and moths) will be mistaken for hummingbirds when they feed on nectar during the day. There are hummingbird specimens in the herbarium of the School of Life Sciences of Beijing Normal University, which were brought to Fu Jen Catholic University by an American missionary in the early 20th century (later merged into Normal University), and all of them were stripped off with fakes. After staying in Chenfang for nearly a hundred years, the specimens are well preserved, and the bright colors of feathers can still be seen.
[Edit this paragraph] Morphological characteristics
Hummingbirds' feathers are generally blue or green, * * * is shallow, and some males have crests or slender tail feathers. Most males are blue-green, some are purple, red or yellow. The feathers on the female bird are dull.
[Edit this paragraph] Amazing memory
Although hummingbirds' brains are only the size of rice grains at most, their memory ability is quite amazing. Researchers from Britain and Canada recently found that hummingbirds can not only remember the kind of food they just ate, but also remember when they ate it, so they can easily eat things they haven't "tasted".
Reuters reports that hummingbirds in nature have their own spheres of influence. They can not only clearly remember which flowers they have collected honey, but also judge the "approximate time" of visiting these flowers, and then look for new food according to the nectar re-secretion law of different plants. In this way, when the hummingbird comes out again, it can not "harass" the plants whose nectar has been hollowed out by itself. Researchers point out that these amazing movements make hummingbirds the only wild animals that can remember when and where to eat. Previously, scientists thought that only humans would have similar judgment ability.
It is reported that this Canadian hummingbird flies from the cold Rocky Mountains to the warm Mexican region every winter, and then they will return to the Rocky Mountains to breed in the following spring. Scientists therefore speculate that hummingbirds have amazing memories because they are so small that it takes a long time to travel long distances year after year, so they can't spend precious time looking for food. Researchers claim that a small hummingbird can distinguish the nectar secretion of up to eight different flowers. The above results were published in a biological journal called Contemporary Biology.
[Edit this paragraph] Metabolism
In order to adapt to the rapid flapping of wings, hummingbirds have the fastest metabolism of all animals. Their heart rate can reach 500 beats per minute! Hummingbirds consume far more food than their own weight every day. In order to get a lot of food, they must eat hundreds of flowers every day. Sometimes hummingbirds have to endure hunger for hours. In order to adapt to this situation, they can slow down their metabolism at night or when food is not easy to get. Entering a state similar to hibernation is called "hibernation". During hibernation, the heart rate and respiratory rate will slow down to reduce the demand for food.
[Edit this paragraph] Flight speed
Hummingbirds fly at a speed of 90 km/h, and if they dive, the speed can reach 100 km/h.
[Edit this paragraph] Life span
There is little research data about hummingbirds' life span, and most experts believe that the average life span of hummingbirds is 3-4 years. Under artificial propagation, the life span of hummingbirds can reach 10 years, while the life span of blue-breasted hummingbirds recorded in the field is only 7-8 years.
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Male birds don't participate in nesting, and female birds build their own nests. Hummingbirds' nests are cup-shaped fabrics, which are usually hung on branches, caves, rock surfaces or large leaves. Hummingbirds lay two very small white eggs at a time, but they are still relatively large compared with the size of birds. The incubation period of eggs is usually 15- 19 days.
[Edit this paragraph] Hummingbirds feed.
Hummingbirds like flowering plants (especially red flowers), including shrimp flowers, flowers hanging upside down (also called bell flowers) and plants catching bells and willows. Hummingbirds feed on the nectar of these plants. They are also important pollinators, especially those with long sleeves. Most hummingbirds also feed on insects.
Hummingbirds can use "milk bottles", especially the red ones. Suitable artificial nectar consists of one part sucrose and four parts water. Sucrose is most easily dissolved in boiling water, and then it is completely cooled before being eaten by hummingbirds. Things other than sugar, such as honey, ferment too fast, so it will hurt birds. There are also some hummingbird foods for sale, but they usually contain unwanted red pigment. It is reported that pigment can poison hummingbirds. The use of red flower-shaped utensils will have a good attraction effect. Hummingbird food also contains a small amount of nutrients, but hummingbirds obviously get nutrients from the insects they prey on, so they don't need nutrients. Therefore, sugar and water can make the best nectar.
Hummingbirds' "milk bottles" should be cleaned once a week and replaced with sugar water, or more frequently if the climate is warm. Replace it at least once a month, otherwise it must be replaced if there is black mold. The "milk bottle" should be soaked in chlorine bleaching powder solution. Hummingbirds don't want to use a "bottle" washed with soap. They don't like the taste of soap.
Hummingbirds sometimes stray into the garage and get trapped. Because they mistake the hanging latch handle (usually red) for a flower, although sometimes hummingbirds are trapped in fences that don't contain any red. Once trapped inside, hummingbirds may not be able to escape, because when they are threatened or trapped, their instinctive reaction is to fly upwards. This will threaten the life of hummingbirds. Hummingbirds will die in a short time, maybe less than an hour, because their physical strength is exhausted. If the hummingbird is trapped inside, it can be easily caught and released outside. When caught in the hand, it will remain quiet until it is released.
[Edit this paragraph] The myth of hummingbirds
Hummingbirds in Aztec mythology are regarded as the sun god and the god of war.
Ohlone, a native of San Francisco, tells the story of how a hummingbird brought fire to the world.
[Edit this paragraph] Protect hummingbirds
Because of the gorgeous feathers of hummingbirds, in the19th century, European and American women often made hats with hummingbird feathers, and merchants bought hummingbird skins, which posed a great threat to the survival of hummingbirds. In modern society, with the deforestation and the development of agriculture, the habitat on which hummingbirds live is gradually destroyed, and some hummingbirds are also in danger of extinction.
[Edit this paragraph] Hummingbird's egg
The smallest egg in the world is only the size of a bean, and each egg weighs only 0.5 gram.
[Edit this paragraph] Hummingbird software
The internal code of Tencent's product is Hummingbird Project, and the software is tentatively named QQ Hummingbird. It imitates its main rival, Microsoft MSN, in appearance and functional characteristics, hoping to break the situation that MSN occupies most of the high-end market, while Tencent QQ is mainly in the low-end market.
According to informed sources, Tencent's Hummingbird Program aims to provide users with IM software integrating instant messaging, relationship management and value-added services, and strive to be concise in the operation interface, so as to make it more in line with the usage habits of middle and high-end users.
At this point, Tencent has three IM softwares, QQ, TM and Hummingbird, which are aimed at different market segments, respectively for family, enterprise and school users.
Observers said that Tencent's plan to break through the high-end market with QQ hummingbird will face severe challenges. In addition to the ban of traditional rivals such as MSN, it will also face powerful competitors such as Google Talk and Fetion.
[Edit this paragraph] The smallest bird and the smallest bird egg.
Many people know that hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world, but this statement is not very accurate, because there are about 365,438+05 species of hummingbirds in the world, which are distributed from Alaska in North America to strait of magellan in South America and many islands in the middle. Their bodies are also very different. The largest hummingbird is 2 1.5 cm long, but it can't be said to be the smallest bird in the world. The hummingbird produced in Cuba is only 5.6 cm long, of which the beak and tail account for about half, and the weight is only about 2 grams, which is about the size of a bee. This hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world, and its egg is also the smallest bird's egg in the world, not much bigger than a full stop. Hummingbirds' feathers are mostly bright and metallic. Their flying skills are superb, they can fly upside down, take off and land vertically, and their wings vibrate very fast, up to 50 ~ 70 times per second, so they are called "God Birds", "Comets", "Goddess of the Forest" and "Corolla". In recent years, many places in China have claimed to have found hummingbirds, but they are all misinformed. (Note 2)
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