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To kick off the breeding season, male Tūī perch in circles to out-sing each other in ‘song battles’ – and with two voice boxes each we’re talking the NZSO of birdsong, here – while females sit on the outside waiting to...

From the classic Christmas song to Shakespeare’s poem, cultural references to doves have been going on for centuries and for many people their purring ‘turr turr’ song from the hedgerows is the sound of summer. Considering the significance of this...