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

拉茨说，摄蜜失去歌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，四分之一的儿唱着传统摄蜜的歌曲变调。

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

12%的根本没有唱摄蜜的歌。

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

这就意味着在幼的第一年，周围的成年摄蜜会很少。

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的动物，包括有袋动物、科莫多龙、凤头鹦鹉和食蜜。

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摄蜜甚至还没有把这些不同寻常的歌唱者当作可能的配偶，所以就不接触它们。