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The main dynamic filter component is the oropharyngeal\u2013esophageal cavity (OEC), whose volume can be adjusted to track the fundamental frequency of modulated sounds. It is less well understood how birds that use harmonically rich sounds, such as the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), engage upper vocal tract structures to produce the complex spectral composition of their vocalizations. Furthermore, it is not known whether birds use instantaneous auditory feedback to adjust filter properties of the upper vocal tract structures. To fill these gaps, we developed a sensor system for tracking expansion of the OEC and recorded these movements together with subsyringeal air sac pressure and vocal behavior in intact zebra finches and after denervation of the right syringeal muscles. To go beyond correlations between OEC expansion and acoustic features, we prevented OEC expansion. The results illustrate the stereotyped dynamics of OEC expansion and confirm that relationships between OEC volume and acoustic features are complex. Significant shifts in sound frequency after denervation did not induce changes in the stereotyped OEC expansion patterns. Preventing OEC expansion caused predicted and unpredicted changes in the spectral composition of song syllables. 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