The video shared by TikToker David Holt (@djskorpios) had 7.9 million views and 1.4 million likes at the time of writing.

The clip begins with a bird being placed on a bathroom sink, as the dance song begins playing in the background.

It then starts moving its head rhythmically, as a message on the video reads: “I definitely got this one.”

As the song enters its chorus, a message reads: “Wait, did we switch tempos?” The bird stops moving briefly at one point, as the message “Just give me a sec [second],” appears on the screen before the bird bops along again to the music. A message then reads: “Ok I got it now.”

The bird starts skipping forward towards the camera, as a message says: “Yes, the synths!” A voice in the background can be heard humming along to the tune as the bird continues to skip and turn around. The message on the video later reads: “Such a good tune” before the clip ends.

As synchronized as the bird in the latest TikTok video may have been to the beat, do birds really have rhythm?

An August 2021 study looking at how birds perceive songs conducted by a team of Tufts University biologists and psychologists found that, “like humans, zebra finches can recognize songs by their rhythmic patterns, even when played at very different tempos.”

The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that zebra finches can recognize songs more by “rhythmic patterns than specific time intervals” and can recognize “the pattern of the beat whether it is played fast or slow.”

Birds with especially strong capabilities in learning vocalizations (such as parrots, ravens and cockatoos, all of which can mimic a range of sounds and human speech) “may have very well-developed brain regions that link auditory and motor neural networks and identify not just rhythms but also complex and varying beat sequences,” according to the study.

The TikTok video has had users in stitches, with many both impressed and amused by the bird’s rhythmic movements.

In a comment that got 67,700 likes, user Sparkle Butt wrote: “It’s actually fascinating to watch this bird clearly grasp the concept of rhythm but still struggling. Puts our human intelligence into perspective.”

The original poster replied: “Exactly. People ask how she learned, I say the same way you learned. They mentally have the capacity unlike other species but still have to learn.”

Samantha Jo Kempster wrote: “You singing the instrumentals in the background?”

David Holt replied: “Yeah, it’s a bad habit, sometimes it helps her find a rhythm if she’s lost but sometimes it causes her to stumble.”

Destiel Lover wrote: “I love that she stops to listen to the rhythm and tries to match it but she can’t really do it. It shows she truly understands what she is listening [to].”

The original poster explained: “After a few listens she’ll start to remember certain parts also.”