title: Animal behaviour: a song and dance about lyrebirds.
abstract: Coordinating movements to music is often considered a uniquely human skill. A new study dispels this notion by showing that male Australian lyrebirds also perform 'dance' moves which are predictably matched with specific songs in their display routines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. r.mulder@unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: Raoul A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D003615:Dancing; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009146:Music; D063346:Singing