How Magpies Learn to Talk - And What This Tells Us About Language Development

Young magpies learn their complex calls in much the same way that human toddlers learn sounds and words. We caught up with Dr Stephanie Mason from the University of Western Australia to talk about her research and what we can learn from it.

Audio of the magpie calls generously provided by Dr Stephanie Mason.

Study can be found at the link below:

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1620

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