Galliformes Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Revealing the Redleg’s Secrets

By Giovanni Forcina|2022-12-12T14:26:00+00:0022 Dec 2022|avian biology, climate change, disease, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, Farmland birds, Galliformes, game bird, Genetics, genomics, grassland birds, Science|

The whole genome marks a new era for the Red-legged Partridge

Capercaillies and climate change

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-04-04T14:10:19+00:007 Apr 2022|annual cycle, behaviour, Breeding, breeding success, climate change, forest birds, Galliformes, phenology, reproduction, temperature|

Earlier lekking activities enable these birds to cope with changing weather patterns.

Walking on the wild side

By Will Smith|2021-12-27T17:15:46+00:0027 Dec 2021|Conservation, domesticated, early-career researcher, ECR, evolution, Galliformes, gene flow, hybridization, pigeon, populations, selection|

What are the challenges of studying and conserving the wild forms of our domestic animals?

Hope never dies, tough old bird

By Giovanni Forcina|2021-06-14T18:07:49+00:0014 Jun 2021|Conservation, Galliformes, game bird, Genetics, hybridization|

Genomics opens new scenarios for the conservation management of the Red-legged Partridge

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

The social lives of Pheasants

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-12-15T17:11:25+00:0031 Oct 2019|behaviour, captive-bred, experiment, Galliformes, population dynamics|

Experimental study finds sexual segregation in time and space.

From IOCongress2018

By Garima Gupta|2021-02-19T16:51:49+00:0019 Oct 2018|BOU, BOU-funded, Community, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, Galliformes, Himalayan birds, Himalayas, IOCongress2018, News|

A great platform for early career researchers!