How to Use zebra finch in a Sentence

zebra finch

noun

• In a second study, the researchers found the same was true for zebra finches.
  — Marlene Cimons, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2018
• Genes that are switched on when neurons fire tend to be more active in the left half of a courting zebra finch’s brain than the right half.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2012
• Just last month, fragments of hepatitis-like viruses were found hiding out in the genes of the zebra finch.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2010
• They’ve also been involved in mapping parts of the brains of the zebra finch (a small bird) and zebrafish larvae.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
• In the wild, zebra finches typically live in colonies of between four and twenty birds.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• Julie Elie has been studying zebra finch vocalizations for years.
  — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
• The results from the zebra finch study tend to reflect similar studies in people.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2015
• The zebra finch, for example, is an Australian species of bird that learns unique songs passed down from its family.
  — Camille Bromley, The Atlantic, 18 July 2022
• This is true for zebra finches, waved albatrosses, tropic birds and juncos, too.
  — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
• Researchers there built a system that can track the neural activity in the brain of a zebra finch and predict the song the bird is about to sing.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2017
• Animals like zebra finches, chinchillas, and macaques can be trained to do this, but until now only humans were shown to do this spontaneously.
  — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, 3 Dec. 2019
• The researchers couldn’t hear a difference between the males’ songs before and after the break—but female zebra finches definitely could.
  — Olivia Ferrari, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2023
• The findings were consistent with a 2017 study that researched the breeding of wild zebra finches across a range of temperatures.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2019
• Seals, for instance, may be deafened by the underwater rumble of shipping traffic, while stressful noise levels seem to cut short the life expectancy of zebra finches.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 22 Nov. 2019
• The team found fewer receptors for mesotocin in key spots of the brain in species that were more territorial (less social) than the zebra finch—and more receptors in species that traveled in flocks.
  — Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
• Male zebra finches in the treatment group were fed dietary cysteine for a month along with the drug, ML349, that blocks pheomelanin synthesis.
  — Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• Two songbirds studied, zebra finches and canaries, are domesticated.
  — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
• In her work with zebra finches, Elie has categorized 11 of the birds’ calls, linking them to distinct meanings such as hunger, danger, bonding and social conflict.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
• Until a new study from the Korea Brain Research Institute set out to explore this behavior in captive zebra finches.
  — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
• Other genes on the zebra finch GRC are comparable to genes that are known from mouse studies to be involved in early embryonic development.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2019
• The zebra finch, a small Australian songbird, is a primary subject for neurological research due to its exceptional ability to learn and perfect complex songs.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
• Using data collected over years of painstaking observation, Elie discovered 11 core calls that make up the zebra finch vocabulary, such as calls for distress, hunger and saying hello.
  — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
• In contrast to both the males and to the female controls, female zebra finches in the treatment group showed slightly higher levels of oxidative damage when fed extra dietary cysteine, although the difference was insignificant.
  — Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• China has approved 54 wild species for commercial breeding and sale, including American red foxes, Australian zebra finches and African ostriches.
  — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020
• Researchers at Boston University have discovered a surprising mechanism in the brains of zebra finches that may explain why humans have a limited ability to regenerate brain cells.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
• Replicating the same categorization task used in past studies, the researchers showed 23 three- to four-month-olds eight images representing one of two categories—dinosaurs or fish—while simultaneously playing a zebra finch song.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2021
• In his lab, which studies the exchange of gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide between vertebrates and their environments, Damsgaard’s team used microsensors to measure oxygen levels in the retinas of zebra finches, pigeons, and chickens.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
• Boston University discovered that neurogenesis in the zebra finch brain involves a surprisingly aggressive migration process.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
• Julie Elie, an associate project scientist in the department of neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley, now works with zebra finches in captivity after studying them in the wild.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 June 2026