This article reviewed the latest progress of birdsong, compared the role and anatomy structure of peripheral vocal organs, motor control mechanism and amplitude/frequency modulation.

• 本文综述了近年来鸟类鸣声研究的新进展，重点比较了鸣禽和非鸣禽外周发声器官的作用和解剖学结构的异同，两者发声运动控制机制和发声特性调控的异同。