Africa Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Iberia receives expat African birds

By Ernest F.J. Garcia|2024-05-03T14:00:38+00:0013 May 2024|Africa, bird movements, vagrancy, vagrant birds|

Diverse species have colonised or may yet do so

What variable to choose?

By Krista Oswald|2023-11-13T09:13:17+00:0013 Nov 2023|adaptation, Africa, climate, climate change, monitoring, physiology, reproduction|

Implications of variable choice when estimating vulnerability to climate change

Camelthorns and Blackthorns vital for Babblers

By Kim-Kelly Hunt|2023-07-11T09:54:40+00:0017 Jul 2023|Africa, ecology, foraging, passerines, reproduction|

Southern Pied Babbler reproduction possibly decoupled from rainfall and rather cued by tree resources

Honey-hunting and human-honeyguide mutualism

By Afan Anap Ishaku|2023-03-16T09:32:54+00:0016 Mar 2023|Africa, behaviour, bird-human interactions, BOU-funded, early career, ecology, ECR, evolution, fieldwork|

What is the current state of honey-hunting and human-honeyguide mutualism in Northern Nigeria?

Birds in cocoa farms: a sweet deal

By Crinan Jarrett|2023-01-08T13:11:03+00:002 Feb 2023|Africa, agriculture, biodiversity, community ecology, displacement, ecology, experiment, fieldwork, forest birds, invertebrates, population dynamics, tropical birds|

Birds and bats regulate pest populations in African cocoa farms

Split flight feathers moult

By Yosef Kiat|2022-12-21T12:02:34+00:009 Jan 2023|Africa, annual cycle, avian biology, early-career researcher, ECR, feathers, IBIS, migrant, Migration, moult, passerines|

A response to time constraints during the main moult period

Where do Barbary Reed Warblers overwinter?

By Frédéric Jiguet|2022-11-07T15:06:03+00:0014 Nov 2022|adult survival, Africa, bio-logging, distribution, geolocator, IBIS, migrant, Migration, movement, movements, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, passerines, population dynamics, ringing, stable isotopes, tracking|

Geolocators and stable isotopes reveal the African wintering grounds of this long-hidden European species

How is climate change affecting Bearded Vulture ranges?

By Tulsi Subedi|2022-11-07T10:13:16+00:0010 Nov 2022|adaptation, Africa, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, climate, climate change, distribution, ecology, global change, habitat, Himalayan birds, IBIS, modelling, raptors, scavengers, soaring birds, vultures|

Modelling Bearded Vulture distributions under various climate scenarios

Why do migratory birds stop on ships?

By Maurizio Sarà|2022-09-07T12:11:32+00:0012 Sep 2022|adult survival, Africa, behaviour, bird movements, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, fieldwork, flight, IBIS, migrant, Migration, migration stopover, movements, non-breeding ecology, owls, passerines, raptors, soaring birds, survival, weather, wind|

Field observations by embarked ornithologists suggest new approaches in the study of migration

Nest uses across a changing environment

By Anthony Lowney|2022-06-10T14:24:20+00:0013 Jun 2022|Africa, arid zone, behaviour, bird communities, Breeding, camara traps, colonial birds, communal, community ecology, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, nesting, passerines|

Sociable Weaver colonies maintain local biodiversity in harsher environments