colour mutations Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Why do birds have different eye colours?

By Eamon Corbett|2023-10-16T07:17:53+00:0016 Oct 2023|colour mutations, colouration, early-career researcher, evolution, Genetics|

Bird irises come in a rainbow of colours – but what are the causes behind them?

Can we solve one of ornithology’s oldest challenges?

By Leo Joseph|2023-10-12T10:40:06+00:009 Oct 2023|colour mutations, colouration, distribution, fieldwork, museum collections, pigeon, recording|

The challenge of accurately scoring iris colour in birds

Collection bias in bird colour aberrations

By Adam Zbyryt|2020-12-22T15:04:42+00:0026 Oct 2020|albinism, citizen science, collection bias, colour mutations, colouration, leucism, phenotypic variation|

What can digital data teach us about colour aberrations and human behaviour?