Pigeon Syrinx Making Sound (VIDEO)

University of Southern Denmark

Caption

This is a high-speed video of syringeal kinematics during sound production in the domestic pigeon. The first part of the video is imaged under incident lighting, followed by trans-illumination, which clearly reveals the inner contours of lateral vibratory mass (LVM) motion. Recorded at 4000 frames s-1 and slowed 133 times. The extracted LVM inner contours were superimposed upon the individual images (right, green; left, red).

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Coen Elemans/SDU

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