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A bird that turned breathing into a hit single nobody asked for at 5 a.m.
means A bird, usually a perching species, capable of producing complex, musical vocalizations.
from Plain Old English logic: a bird that sings, no committee required. The technical term, oscine, comes from Latin oscen, a bird whose call was read for omens.
Vocal organSing through a syrinx, not a larynx.
Brain wiredLearn songs like humans learn speech.
Sex biasOften only males sing, for territory and mates.
Huge clubNearly half of all bird species qualify.