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

补充道有可能雌性王摄蜜鸟甚至还没有把这些不同寻常唱者当作可能配偶，所以就不接触它们。

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，包括有袋动、莫多龙、凤头鹦鹉和食蜜鸟。

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

这就意味着在幼鸟生活第一年，周围成年王摄蜜鸟会很少。

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

12%鸟根本没有唱王摄蜜鸟。

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

克茨说，摄蜜鸟失去曲就等同于失去了文化。

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

他们发现，四分之一鸟儿唱着传统王摄蜜鸟曲变调。

I think there might have been a yellow-throated honeyeater there too.

我想那里可能还有一只黄喉蜜雀。

" 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.

“我们所有研究鸟类种类都很难研究， 原因多种多样，主要是因为它们非常稀有且高度移动。 ” 其中一种“难以研究鸟类” 就是极度濒危冕蜂鸟。

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

其中一种“难研究鸟”是极度濒危王摄蜜鸟。