avian biology Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Do bird populations respond differently to climate change?

By Liam D. Bailey|2022-06-30T14:43:46+00:004 Jul 2022|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, climate, climate change, collaboration, ecology, eggs, forest birds, nesting, passerines, phenology, population dynamics, reproduction, temperature, woodland birds|

Birds in deciduous habitats are more sensitive to temperature change

Vocal differences in Acorn Woodpeckers

By José de Jesús Zazueta-Algara|2022-06-06T09:29:12+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

Promoting hummingbird conservation through demographic analyses

By Simon English|2022-03-31T13:24:45+00:004 Apr 2022|avian biology, bird communities, Breeding, climate change, colour ringing/banding, Conservation, demography, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, hummingbirds, population dynamics, population structure, ringing|

What survival rates can tell us about population declines

Breaking into the Major Histocompatibility Complex

By Alexandra McCubbin|2022-03-16T13:15:13+00:0017 Mar 2022|avian biology, BOU-funded, diversification, DNA sequencing, early career, ecology, ECR, endemic, genetic diversity, Genetics, genomics, island birds, storm-petrels|

The novel detection of two MHC lineages in Hydrobates storm petrels on the Azores

Bird odour: camouflage or communication?

By Marc Gilles|2022-03-08T18:25:16+00:0014 Mar 2022|avian biology, breeding biology, camouflage, communication, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, incubation, nest predation, nesting success, pair communications, physiology, plumage, reproductive signalling, smell|

Investigating the olfactory functions of preen oil in birds

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?

Impacts of parasitic flies on nestlings

By Exequiel Gonzalez|2022-02-14T11:17:57+00:0014 Feb 2022|avian biology, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, fledgling survival, invertebrates, nestling growth, nestling survival, nestlings, parasites, parasitism, passerines|

Addressing how the nestlings of three species that differ in body size are affected

Colouration in Bearded Vultures

By Pascual López-López|2022-02-03T14:35:55+00:0031 Jan 2022|avian biology, birds of prey, communication, IBIS, non-vocal communication, plumage, raptors, reproductive signalling, soaring birds, vultures|

Dominant females are usually darker and prefer darker males for breeding: a new study on bird colouration

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

The Great Auk had two brood patches

By Tim Birkhead|2021-10-07T14:44:56+00:0014 Oct 2021|avian biology, IBIS, museum collections, natural history, parental care, physiology, Seabirds|

The Great Auk had two brood patches not one as previously stated