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College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Carlos Rodriguez

Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Neurobiology
Office
JH Julian Hall 210
Office Phone
(309) 438-7950office
phone
Email
carod12@ilstu.eduemail
Website
andeanbird.comwebsite
  • About
  • Selected Research

Current Courses

BSC 499.018 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

BSC 599.018 Research In The Biological Sciences

BSC 305.001 Biological Evolution

BSC 204.004 Biological Investigations

BSC 499.018 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

BSC 499.216 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis Last Term

BSC 290.023 Research In Biological Sciences

BSC 599.018 Research In The Biological Sciences

Teaching Interests & Areas

Evolution, Animal behavior, Biostatistics, Animal physiology, Zoology, Neuroscience

Research Interests & Areas

I study the evolution of animal communication. My research focuses on bird vocalizations. General topics of interest include animal behavior, neuroscience, evolution, vocal communication, bioacoustics, tropical biology, ornithology, and computational ethology. My students and I work in the laboratory and the field, including expeditions to the Tropics.

Grants and Contracts

Singing on the beat in the wild: Precision of interval timing in birdsong
Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
ISU- College of Arts and Sciences. July 1 2024 - June 30 2025

Journal Article

Ostrich (<i>Struthio camelus</i>) syrinx morphology and vocal repertoire across postnatal ontogeny and sex: Implications for understanding vocal evolution in birds
Michael Chiappone, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos, Lucas J. Legendre, Zhiheng Li, Julia Clarke.
Journal of Anatomy, 244 (4), 541-556, (2024), 10.1111/joa.13992
Precise and nonscalar timing of intervals in a bird vocalization
Carlos A Rodriguez Saltos, Fernanda G Duque, Julia Clarke.
Animal Behaviour, 191, 165-177, (2022), 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.06.004.
Transmission of high-frequency vocalizations from hummingbirds living in diverse habitats
Fernanda G Duque, Carlos A Rodriguez Saltos, Marco F Monteros, Walter Wilczynski.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132 (1), 148-160, (2021), 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa180
High-frequency hearing in a hummingbird
Fernanda G Duque, Carlos A Rodriguez Saltos, Shivaanii Uma, Isbah Nasir, Marco F Monteros, Walter Wilczynski, Laura L Carruth.
Science Advances, 6 (29), (2020), 10.1126/sciadv.abb9393
High-frequency vocalizations in Andean hummingbirds
Fernanda Duque, Carlos A Rodriguez Saltos, Walter Wilczynski.
Current Biology, 28 (17), PR927-R928, (2018), 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.058

Presentations

Using computer vision to explore the link between beak movements and birdsong in the wild
Jadyn Scott, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
2025 AOS Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, August, 2025
Using computer vision to explore the link between beak movements and birdsong in the wild
Jadyn Scott, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
32nd Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, March, 2025
Cooperation among antiphonal-duetting partners
Rachel Schinzler, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
University Research Symposium, Normal, Illinois, April 12, 2024
Song Dialects in a Bird with Highly Precise Timing of Notes (Microcerculus marginatus)
Tara Geyer, Fernanda Duque, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
University Research Symposium, Normal, Illinois, April 12, 2024
Song Dialects in a Bird with Highly Precise Timing of Notes (Microcerculus marginatus)
Tara Geyer, Fernanda Duque, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
Phi Sigma Annual Research Symposium, Normal, Illinois, April 5, 2024
Cooperation among antiphonal-duetting partners
Rachel Schinzler, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
Phi Sigma Annual Symposium, Normal, Illinois, April 5, 2024