alpine birds Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

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

What’s a mountain?

By Davide Scridel|2021-03-10T15:14:07+00:0021 May 2018|alpine birds, climate change|

Which species are ‘mountain birds’ and what is their status in a fast-changing environment?

Weathering the storm

By Devin De Zwaan|2021-03-18T12:27:51+00:009 Apr 2018|alpine birds, nesting, phenotypic plasticity, thermoregulation|

How nesting behaviour may buffer alpine songbirds against weather variability

The importance of new native woodland for Black Grouse

By Davide Scridel|2021-04-16T14:09:54+00:0022 Jan 2018|alpine birds, habitat, habitat restoration, woodland birds|

Could the creation of new native woodland contribute to landscape-scale recovery of black grouse after decades of decline?

Snowfinch population structure in western Europe

By Jaime Resano-Mayor|2021-08-27T16:01:38+00:0020 Feb 2017|adaptation, adult survival, alpine birds, Genetics, movements, population dynamics, Science|

Integrating genetic and stable isotope analyses to infer Snowfinch population’s connectivity

Connections between the Andes and the mountains of Brazil

By Marcos Rodrigues|2021-10-14T07:41:50+00:0023 Jan 2017|alpine birds, cloud forest, Genetics, Taxonomy, tropical birds|

Discovery of new species supports previous climatic and environmental connections between the Andes Mountains and the mountains of eastern Brazil.

In search of the sacred birds of India

By Steve Dudley|2016-08-15T07:30:42+00:0015 Aug 2016|alpine birds, Conservation, vultures|

The Himalayan Griffon in the western Himalayas

#BOU2014 – upland and alpine birds conference

By Steve Dudley|2014-04-07T12:22:14+00:007 Apr 2014|alpine birds, Community, Conferences, Conservation, Science, upland birds|

#BOU14 in photos and a few words