When young male white-crowned sparrows were tutored with tape recordings of songs of both song sparrows and white-crowned sparrows, they
A) acquired no song at all.
B) copied only the songs of song sparrows.
C) copied only the songs of their own species.
D) learned all the songs equally well.

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Young male white-crowned sparrows will learn the songs of their own species when exposed to recordings of both their species and another species, indicating an innate preference or predisposition for their species-specific songs.

When Young Male White-Crowned Sparrows Were Tutored with Tape Recordings