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Viral Sparrow Song Takes Canada By Storm

A unique song variant that popped up in western Canada has 'gone viral' and crossed the entire continent - a situation never before reported for any songbird

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Nov 12, 2025
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White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis. (Credit: Scott M. Ramsay)

Just as popular songs ‘go viral’ amongst people, it has now been discovered that the same thing can happen in songbirds.

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