Not in my backyard. Territorial songbirds in New Zealand reacted more aggressively towards males encroaching on their territory if those rivals sang more complicated songs. The tui birds perceived ...

No one likes a show-off, not least the male tui bird from New Zealand. It has recently been found that the males cannot cope with others who outdo them in the singing department, and so act more ...

Tuis are boisterous songbirds that can be found in New Zealand. Researchers found that these tiny birds can actually get pretty aggressive when another bird shows up with longer and more complex songs ...