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Avian embryos react to predators

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-07-11T14:47:25+00:0014 Jul 2022|antipredator behaviour, behaviour, Breeding, communication, eggs, experiment, incubation, nest predation, shorebirds, vocalisations|

Testing the effects of several predator-related cues on two shorebird species.

Dancing after sex

By Anastasia Dalziell|2022-03-25T17:20:21+00:0028 Mar 2022|behaviour, bird song, breeding biology, communication, IBIS, mate selection, pair communications, passerines, plumage, reproductive signalling, sensory ecology, tropical birds, vocalisations|

Male Superb Lyrebirds perform a bizarre audio-visual display, after copulation

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

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

A warbler’s choice

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-01-10T14:42:34+00:0013 Jan 2022|acoustic monitoring, breeding biology, communication, experiment, habitat selection, sound, territoriality|

How do Black-and-white Warblers select a breeding location?

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 changing sounds of spring

By Catriona Morrison|2021-11-15T10:32:04+00:0015 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, biodiversity, bird assemblages, bird communities, bird song, citizen science, communication, community ecology, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, passerines, sound, vocalisations|

Citizen science data reveals a decline in the quality of soundscapes across two continents.

The nightly call of the tinamou

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-10-30T11:31:25+00:004 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, breeding biology, communication, habitat, nocturnal birds, territoriality|

Why does the Undulated Tinamou call at night?

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

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

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