{"id":2013,"date":"2026-05-06T00:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/cikavinky\/shpak-kopiyuie-zvuky\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:17:02","slug":"shpak-kopiyuie-zvuky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/cikavinky\/shpak-kopiyuie-zvuky\/","title":{"rendered":"How does a starling copy up to 50 different sounds?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How does a starling copy up to 50 different sounds?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Imagine: you're walking through a park and you hear your cell phone ringing. You look around and the phone is gone. But there's a fluffy black bird sitting on a branch, looking at you with sly curiosity. It's a starling, and it's just played a trick on you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The starling is one of the best imitators in the bird world. One starling can memorize and repeat up to 50 different sounds! Scientists have recorded starlings imitating: a telephone ringing, a police siren, a dog barking, a cat meowing, a door creaking, the noise of an engine, a train horn, and even human laughter and words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does it do it? The starling has a special organ in its throat called the syrinx. It is more complex than a human's. Thanks to this, the starling can make two different sounds at the same time! It's like a choir from one bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, starlings don't just copy for fun. It's part of the "courtship" process: a male who knows more sounds seems smarter\u2014and females choose him more often. It's like serenading a girl, but with 50 different songs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlings also gather in huge flocks - up to a million birds! And they make amazing figures in the sky - a cloud, a dolphin, a spiral. This is called "murmuring", and it looks like a living drawing in the sky. Each bird watches only 7 neighbors - and all together create a miracle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, the famous character of one film, Mozart the Starling, really existed! Composer Wolfgang Mozart had a pet starling that sang melodies from his operas. The composer loved it so much that he even held a funeral for the bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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