而且,健康状况、羽毛颜色等特征不同的雄性鹩莺,在鸣叫这种行为上也没有太大区别。
What's more, there are no obvious differences in male wrens' singing behavior based on other physical traits such as health and color.
黑头莺在欧洲一种常见的候鸟,它们生活在很多公园里,实际上它们曾经并没有禽虐感染,但是1999年的一项研究显示,几乎4%的黑头莺感染了这种疾病。
The blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), a migrant bird common in Europe that breeds in gardens, once had virtually no avian malaria but a study in 1999 showed nearly 4% had the disease.
这样,它们渐渐和那些到了冬季往南飞的黑头莺们在外表上出现差异,它们的鸟喙显得更狭长,这种形状的鸟喙在啄食西班牙的橄榄时可是大大不便。
So they're starting to look different from the birds that go south. Their beaks are longer and narrower, less suited to supping on Spanish olives.
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