game bird Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Horse of the Woodland

By Robert Montgomerie|2025-04-18T14:32:43+00:0018 Apr 2025|display, Galliformes, game bird, History of Ornithology, sexual dimorphism, sexual selection, woodland birds|

The Scottish origins of the name 'Capercaillie'

The Swedish Game

By Robert Montgomerie|2025-03-19T23:19:09+00:0020 Mar 2025|behaviour, bird trapping, game bird, History of Ornithology|

A lek is a mating game where males display close together to attract females

Seeking shelter under the snow

By Amy Shipley|2023-04-17T17:37:08+00:0017 Apr 2023|adaptation, adult survival, annual cycle, behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, climate, climate change, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, game bird, habitat selection, IBIS, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, temperature, thermal stress, winter|

The benefits of snow burrowing for a winter-adapted bird

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

What future for the British uplands?

By Alistair Crowle|2022-01-19T17:17:47+00:0020 Jan 2022|agriculture, EU, funding, game bird, habitat, habitat degradation, IBIS, land management, land use, legislation, moorland, People, red grouse, upland birds|

Are moorlands destined to be tree and sheep covered or are there alternatives

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

Wing shape: migration vs predator escape

By Xabier Cabodevilla|2021-03-18T12:54:34+00:0026 Mar 2018|bird movements, game bird, migrant, molt, predation, wing morphology|

Differences in wing morphology between juvenile and adult European Turtle Doves

Nest predation in hybrid quails

By Manel Puigcerver|2021-10-18T14:41:00+00:003 Oct 2016|captive-bred, Farmland birds, game bird, hybrids, nest predation, nesting, Science, tracking|

Could nest-site selection explain the lack of a hybrid quail swarm?