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Evolution of a mountain specialist family, the accentors

By Per Alström|2021-03-03T15:01:44+00:0016 Jul 2018|evolution, Taxonomy|

How accentors have diverged and expanded rapidly across the Palearctic

Song evolution in the ‘blue’ cardinals

By Natalia García|2021-03-05T14:57:33+00:0018 Jun 2018|bird song, evolution, song|

What do nymphs, pan pipes and bird song have in common?

Taking it slow in the tropics

By Andy J. Boyce|2021-05-19T10:04:54+01:002 Oct 2017|evolution, life history, survival, tropical birds|

Contrasting life-history evolution in New World thrushes

Towards a chicken’s breast

By Gerald Mayr|2021-06-08T13:29:56+01:0018 Sep 2017|evolution, flight, palaeontology|

How an important skeletomuscular correlate of flapping flight evolved

Survival of the prettiest

By Tuul Sepp|2021-06-09T13:32:12+01:003 Jul 2017|evolution, feathers, longevity, mate selection, Seabirds, survival|

Does wing pattern predict longevity?

Evolutionary distinctiveness of the Seychelles Black Parrot

By Hazel Jackson|2021-11-26T13:55:54+00:0021 Mar 2016|endangered, evolution, Genetics, parrot, population dynamics|

Conserving an endangered island parrot

Avian camouflage really does hinder predators

By Martin Stevens|2021-11-26T14:06:47+00:007 Mar 2016|adaptation, behaviour, Breeding, camouflage, cryptic, eggs, evolution, habitat|

Camouflage does protect nesting birds from being eaten

Survival out the nest: southern birds do best

By Penn Lloyd|2021-11-26T15:32:58+00:0023 Nov 2015|adult survival, Breeding, colour ringing/banding, evolution, fledgling survival, life history, survival, tracking|

Why?

Puffins have an eye for small fry

By Graham R. Martin|2021-12-02T11:11:18+00:005 Oct 2015|adaptation, behaviour, evolution, foraging, Science, Seabirds|

Visual fields in auks

Mark My Bird: understanding the evolution of birds and bills

By Steve Dudley (he/him)|2021-12-02T11:23:29+00:0021 Sep 2015|adaptation, behaviour, biodiversity, crowd-sourcing, diversification, evolution, morphology, Science|

Why birds diversified

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