hybrids 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

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?