Scientists in France say they have discovered the building blocks of the incredible diversity of birdsong - A team analysed more than100,000 songs from 3,000 bird species and revealed that they are all composed of eight fundamental types of sound that the researchers call "motifs".

Scientists in France say they have discovered the building blocks of the incredible diversity of birdsong - A team analysed more than100,000 songs from 3,000 bird species and revealed that they are all composed of eight fundamental types of sound that the researchers call "motifs".