cryptic species Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

How many bird species?

By Robert Montgomerie|2026-01-15T21:26:19+00:0026 Dec 2025|cryptic species, History of Ornithology, hummingbirds, Taxonomy|

The answer: it depends.

Chasing the ghost bird

By Lucas DeGroote|2021-01-04T16:51:31+00:004 Jan 2021|citizen science, cryptic species, distribution, Migration, nocturnal birds|

Can citizen science data provide evidence that Common Potoos migrate?

Just what is a species?

By Rebecca Taylor|2020-12-15T17:29:52+00:001 Aug 2019|cryptic species, DNA sequencing, Genetics, News, Seabirds, storm-petrels|

Cryptic species of storm-petrels uncovered using DNA sequencing