鹩
1、——见“鹪鹩”(jiāoliáo)。
这是屠夫鸟的声音,它们会捕食这种美丽的鹩莺。
That's the sound of butcher-birds, which prey on splendid wrens.
每当雄性鹩莺听到屠夫鸟的啼叫,它们就会这样回应[鹩莺的声音]。
Every time male wrens hear that cry, they sing this in response [wren sound].
其中最珍贵的鸟是鹩歌,所以我们的文章题目是鹩这里房子的计划。
One of the most cherished of song birds is the wren, and so the subject of our article here is about wren house plans.
但格雷格说鹩莺也许并不是真的处于危险中,伯劳鸟鸣叫的时候可能正无心打猎。
But Greig says that the wrens might not be in any real danger; when the butcherbird is singing it's probably not interested in hunting.
他们先单独播放雄性细尾鹩莺的声音,然后再播放紧接着屠夫鸟叫声的鹩莺啭鸣。
They played just the male fairy-wren call. Then they played the trill of the wrens singing immediately after the butcher-birds.
蚋鹩一种灰翼莺属的北美洲小鸟,具有蓝灰色间白的羽毛,长尾和小而细的喙。
Any of several tiny North American birds of the genus Polioptila, having bluish-gray and white plumage, a long tail, and a small, slender bill.
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.
当伯劳鸟出现时,亮蓝色的雄性壮丽细尾鹩莺面对危险不会逃离,而是发出一种特有的鸣叫。
Bright blue male splendid fairy-wrens, instead of fleeing in the face of danger, sing a distinctive song when a butcherbird is in the area.
研究者埃玛·格雷格和史蒂芬·普鲁厄特·琼斯说,鹩莺的鸣叫是对伯劳鸟叫声的回应,所以它们几乎是在唱二重唱。
The researchers, Emma Greig and Stephen Pruett-Jones, say that the wren's song responds to the butcherbird's song, so that the two are almost singing a duet.
研究者埃玛·格雷格和史蒂芬·普鲁厄特·琼斯说,鹩莺的鸣叫是对伯劳鸟叫声的回应,所以它们几乎是在唱二重唱。
The researchers, Emma Greig and Stephen Pruett-Jones, say that the wren's song responds to the butcherbird's song, so that the two are almost singing a duet.