And 12 percent of the birds weren't singing honeyeater songs at all.

12%根本没有唱王摄歌。

They found that a quarter of the birds sang variations of the traditional honeyeater song.

他们发现，四分之一儿唱着传统王摄歌曲变调。

That means fewer honeyeater adults are nearby during the young birds' first year of life.

这就意味着在幼活第一年，周围成年王摄会很少。

Crates says the honeyeaters' loss of songs equates to a loss of culture.

克拉茨说，摄失去歌曲就等同于失去了文化。

Instead, the islands have a totally different cast of ecological characters, including marsupials, Komodo dragons, cockatoos, and honeyeaters.

相反地，这些岛屿有完全不同动物，包括有袋动物、莫多龙、凤头鹦鹉和食。

Ramsay added that female honeyeaters may not even recognize these unusual singers as possible mates, and so do not approach them.

拉姆齐补充道有可能雌性王摄甚至还没有把这些不同寻常歌唱者当作可能配偶，所以就不接触它们。

One of those " difficult birds" is the critically endangered regent honeyeater.

其中一种“难研究”是极度濒危王摄。

" All our study species are quite challenging to study for various reasons, mostly because they're really rare and highly mobile." One of those " difficult birds" is the critically endangered regent honeyeater.

“由于各种原因， 我们所有研究物种研究都非常具有挑战性，主要是因为它们非常稀有且流动性强。 ” 这些“困难类” 之一是极度濒危摄政吸。