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Published: 2014-05-13 18:15:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 2896; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 0
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An informational piece on the avian vocalization organ and respiratory system. Featuring an illustration of a wild parakeet ( budgie ).ΒPhotoshop.Β
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Amazing avian respiratory system anatomy, i love it! I knew about syrinx and air sacs but i didn't imagine how beautiful and complex it was. Thank you for making this
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Wonderful, interesting! This would be beautiful laminated and hung up somewhere. Great quality!
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Excellent job. This is lovely. The avian respiratory system is a marvel with all those air sacs. They have true circular breathing so that the cycle is complete after the second exhale. Birds always have clean oxygenated air inside them even on an exhale. This is why in theory they can carry a note non-stop and because of the syrinx can hold two notes at once and sound like more than one bird.Β Starlings are masters at this.Β Far superior to the mammal's blind sac.
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No, those are air sacs, spaces where there is the constant presence of air. Birds have two lungs, in the drawing is marked only left lung (number 7) but they rely mostly on air sacs for ventilation, depending upon the species, the bird has seven or nine air sacs.
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... too many. They sure can scream for being such a small bird.
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Boy can they -A-
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Did you by any chance find mention on the purpose of the tracheal bulla while researching for this?Β Proctor and Lynch suggested it might be used in amplifying their vocalizations, but I'm not sure whether any follow-up research has been done. :o
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When I was researching I mostly was focusing on songbirds ( since I could not find any specifically on parakeets or parrots in general ) and based a lot of the syrinx anatomy on this really great article:Β www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articβ¦
I remember coming across the article you mentioned and I did not read too much of it because it was about ducks.Β
After looking over it now though, I wish I would have considered using it to help with my project.
So thank you for pointing that out!
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ooh, that's a great resource, I'm gonna bookmark that!
The only part about ducks was comparing the lengths of tracheas iirc? Β Β But the function of the tracheal bulla was only hypothesized, so it's probably better you didn't include it. :o Β I was just curious if you'd found anything!
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