mate selection Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Do wing patches predict assortative mating?

By Meijun Liu|2025-12-07T13:27:00+00:008 Dec 2025|behaviour, IBIS, mate selection|

White wing patch size predicts assortative mating in Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)

The call of the Striped Cuckoo

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-27T13:57:52+00:002 Nov 2023|acoustic monitoring, annual cycle, behaviour, breeding biology, Cuckoos, mate selection, passive acoustic monitoring, song, vocalisations|

This species uses two vocalisations for different purposes.

Dancing after sex

By Anastasia Dalziell|2022-03-25T17:20:21+00:0028 Mar 2022|behaviour, bird song, breeding biology, communication, IBIS, mate selection, pair communications, passerines, plumage, reproductive signalling, sensory ecology, tropical birds, vocalisations|

Male Superb Lyrebirds perform a bizarre audio-visual display, after copulation

Does albatross allopreening aid parental coordination?

By Natasha Gillies|2021-06-18T07:25:36+00:0021 Jun 2021|behaviour, Breeding, communication, display, mate selection, monogamy, nesting, pair communications, pair-bond, parental care, Seabirds|

Allopreening between pairs of Black-browed Albatross may help them coordinate their care

Males have preferences too

By Abby Kimmitt|2020-10-12T16:29:17+00:0016 Feb 2019|mate selection, Migration, population divergence, seasonal sympatry|

Males exhibit courtship preferences based on migratory strategy of a potential mate

Survival of the prettiest

By Tuul Sepp|2021-06-09T13:32:12+00:003 Jul 2017|evolution, feathers, longevity, mate selection, Seabirds, survival|

Does wing pattern predict longevity?

Drab females are warm mothers

By Masaru Hasegawa|2021-10-18T14:33:30+00:0017 Oct 2016|Breeding, feathers, incubation, mate selection, nesting, plumage|

Less pigmented females have warm brood patches