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Bengelese	Canary	European Starling
Gold Breast Waxbill	Koel	Mockingbird
Robin	Zebra Finch

As worldwide master musicians, songbirds use their vocalizations to communicate, bond, court mates, defend territories, thwart rivals, maintain contact and even tell where they seasonally migrate. As a single, duet or group, their repertoire and complexity depends on the environment, the birds’ motives, syrinx muscles development, and skills. Some increase their repertoire by mimicking, such as mockingbirds, starlings, mynahs, marsh warbler, lyrebirds, bowerbirds, scrub-birds and African robin-chats incorporating other birds and non-animal sounds. Some also externally amplify their sounds.