adaptation Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Vocal differences in Acorn Woodpeckers

By José de Jesús Zazueta-Algara|2022-05-23T07:41:34+00:0023 May 2022|acoustic monitoring, adaptation, avian biology, bioacoustics, bird song, citizen science, communications, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, Neotropics, population dynamics, song, tropical birds, vocalisations, vocalizations|

Structure and divergence of vocal traits in the Acorn Woodpecker

Competition for food in artificial mixed colonies

By João Gameiro|2022-04-15T11:26:17+00:0018 Apr 2022|adaptation, bird assemblages, bird communities, communal, community ecology, diet, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, nest monitoring, nesting, nestlings, niche overlap, population structure, stable isotopes|

Do birds in artificial mixed colonies overlap in their diet?

Urban raptors are small(-ish) generalists

By Daniel S. Cooper|2022-03-20T16:13:14+00:0021 Mar 2022|adaptation, bird assemblages, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, citizen science, ecology, IBIS, modelling, occurrence data, open source, plumage, population structure, raptors|

Community science data from cities on multiple continents reveal size and ecological traits that correspond to urban abundance

Hide and creep

By Juho Jolkkonen|2022-02-28T10:02:57+00:0028 Feb 2022|adaptation, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, behaviour, camouflage, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, fieldwork, habitat selection, IBIS, passerines, plumage, selection, woodland birds|

The Eurasian Treecreeper is well camouflaged – or is it?

The colour of Blue Manakin eggs

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-02-05T12:37:51+00:0010 Feb 2022|adaptation, Breeding, camara traps, camouflage, eggs, experiment, nest monitoring, nest predation, tropical birds|

Could these colour patterns function as camouflage?

Aposematism in birds

By Tim Caro|2021-11-21T15:23:11+00:0022 Nov 2021|adaptation, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, ecology, evolution, IBIS, morphology|

Aposematism and mimicry in birds

Shiny feathers in the mountains

By Chih-Ming Hung|2021-09-30T11:45:55+00:0020 Sep 2021|adaptation, alpine birds, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, evolution, feathers, forest birds, IBIS, island birds, passerines, phenotypic variation, plumage, population divergence, ultraviolet light|

Mountain babblers reflect more UV light than lowland babblers

Grey plumage: What is it good for?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-08-24T07:41:36+00:0026 Aug 2021|adaptation, camouflage, colouration, selection, sexual dimorphism|

A correlative study explores several hypotheses.

The benefits of urban nesting

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-03-20T13:34:04+00:0025 Mar 2021|adaptation, eggs, nesting, Urban birds|

Pale-breasted Thrushes take advantage of buildings and adjust their incubation behavior.

On cones and crossbills

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-02-22T09:27:34+00:0025 Feb 2021|adaptation, distribution, ecology, selection|

How did crossbills adapt to four pine species in Spain?