hybridization Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Doves of a feather flock together

By Will Smith|2023-04-12T10:20:50+00:0013 Apr 2023|bird assemblages, citizen science, colouration, connectivity, distribution, early-career researcher, ECR, feathers, fieldwork, Genetics, hybridization, hybrids, IBIS, island birds, plumage, population structure, range expansion|

Can we distinguish Rock Doves from feral pigeons using plumage?

Mating of hybrid woodpeckers

By Łukasz Kajtoch (he/him)|2022-07-27T16:21:52+00:001 Aug 2022|Breeding, hybridization, hybrids|

Could mixed woodpeckers successfully breed?

The mixed-up world of swifts

By Alice Cibois|2022-07-13T11:39:17+00:0018 Jul 2022|avian biology, cryptic, diversity, DNA barcoding, flight, gene flow, genetic diversity, Genetics, hybridization, hybrids, IBIS, population dynamics, population structure, populations|

Two species of swifts hybridize with each other in an unsuspected way

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

Mate shortage in exotic parrots

By Dailos Hernández-Brito|2021-03-12T13:55:53+00:0018 Mar 2021|hybridization, parrot, population structure|

Can successful hybridization between non-congeneric species assist biological invasions?

From PenguinWatch to PetrelWatch!

By Kirsty Franklin|2021-01-04T16:54:14+00:0021 Dec 2020|BOU, BOU Warham Student, BOU-funded, Breeding, breeding biology, camara traps, citizen science, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, hybridization, islands, islands birds, monitoring, passive monitoring, remote sensing, Seabirds|

If you have ever wanted to visit an Indian Ocean seabird colony, here is a chance to do so – albeit remotely.

The remarkable nesting success of New Zealand Mallards

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-12-15T12:42:10+00:0018 Jun 2020|hybridization, nesting, waterbirds|

These ducks have a longer nesting season and produce more eggs compared to their mainland relatives.

Round Island fieldwork

By Kirsty Franklin|2020-10-07T08:08:01+00:0020 Feb 2020|BOU, BOU Warham Student, BOU-funded, Breeding, breeding biology, camara traps, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, hybridization, islands, islands birds, monitoring, passive monitoring, remote sensing, Seabirds|

Warham PhD Student Kirsty Franklin, tells us about her first field season in the Indian Ocean

The Avian Hybrids Project

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-11-26T15:39:19+00:009 Nov 2015|hybridization, Science|

Documenting avian hybridization