behaviour Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Sounds like an owl battle

By Fabrizio Grieco|2021-07-30T15:27:51+00:002 Aug 2021|acoustic monitoring, behaviour, bioacoustics, communication, nocturnal birds, territoriality, vocal activity|

Study reveals new insights about how group-living Scops Owls communicate

The pace-of-life of the pied flycatcher

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-07-26T12:15:20+00:0029 Jul 2021|behaviour, ecology, foraging|

Searching for a link between metabolism and personality.

Desert birds don’t wait for rain

By Amanda Bourne|2021-07-08T14:36:58+00:0012 Jul 2021|behaviour, BOU-funded, breeding biology, cooperative breeding, diet, diet composition, foraging, stable isotopes|

Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari start breeding before rainfall

Pheasants in the mountains

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-07-01T07:12:23+00:001 Jul 2021|behaviour, camara traps, competition, habitat selection, niche overlap|

How can three pheasant species coexist on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?

BOU supports student-led research

By William Feeney|2021-06-18T13:44:48+00:0024 Jun 2021|behaviour, BOU-funded, brood parasitism, nesting|

BOU funding supports new ornithological discoveries by student researchers

Does albatross allopreening aid parental coordination?

By Natasha Gillies|2021-06-18T07:25:36+00:0021 Jun 2021|behaviour, Breeding, communication, display, mate selection, monogamy, nesting, pair communications, pair-bond, parental care, Seabirds|

Allopreening between pairs of Black-browed Albatross may help them coordinate their care

Does human routine alter bird behaviour?

By Edvaldo F. Silva-Jr|2021-06-04T08:57:12+00:007 Jun 2021|acoustic monitoring, behaviour, bird song, bird-human interactions, Disturbance, noise pollution, road traffic, song, Urban birds|

Rufous Horneros behave equally during weekly cycles of human activity

Recognising next-door neighbours in the African bush

By Johann H. van Niekerk|2021-03-20T08:39:06+00:0022 Mar 2021|behaviour, diversification, evolution, Galliformes, phylogeny, Speciation, Taxonomy, vocalisations|

Crested Francolin subspecies produce distinctive calls to interact in their different habitats

Does testosterone make for bad fathers?

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-02-11T08:27:42+00:0011 Feb 2021|antipredator behaviour, behaviour, incubation, nesting|

Japanese Barn Swallows might be an exception to the rule.

Getting near the Noddies

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-22T15:05:46+00:0022 Oct 2020|behaviour, Disturbance, island birds, Seabirds|

Human visits to remote islands affect the behaviour of breeding Brown Noddies.