Vocal production is an important feature of animal communication and its functions are as diverse as territory defense, courtship, or exchange of information (Chen & Wiens, 2020). Vocal control is the ability to modify elements of an ongoing vocal output (Miller et al., 2003) and it undeniably confers benefits to birds as it enables them to adapt their response according to external stimuli.For example, birds can interrupt their vocalization upon hearing a predator approaching or match their neighbor's song when en-