Neotropics Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Wild “Pets” and Zoonoses

By Pedro Romero-Vidal|2024-07-01T09:52:26+00:001 Jul 2024|Neotropics, pet trade, zoonotic disease|

An overlooked risk for human, livestock and wildlife health

Fair weather feathered friends

By Ashleigh Marshall (she/her)|2024-05-16T01:04:36+00:0016 May 2024|functional diversity, functional traits, movement, Neotropics, rainforest|

Seasonality in bird community functional structure in the Neotropics

Breeding ecology of a critically endangered macaw

By Tom Lewis|2023-09-04T19:00:52+00:004 Sep 2023|birds of conservation concern, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, Conservation, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting, Psittaciformes, urbanization|

Combining nest-site selection and reproductive success to inform conservation

Parrot poaching in Peru and Ecuador

By Pedro Romero-Vidal|2023-06-06T14:25:56+00:008 Jun 2023|bird-human interactions, early-career researcher, ECR, endangered, fieldwork, morphology, Neotropics, parrot, populations, Psittaciformes, road ecology, survey|

Preferred species poached far beyond their abundances in the wild

Is successive remating beneficial for short-lived birds?

By Esteban Botero-Delgadillo|2023-02-08T13:43:27+00:0016 Feb 2023|behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, ecology, fieldwork, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nesting success, pair-bond, passerines, population dynamics, population structure, tropical birds|

Mate replacement versus mate retention in the Thorn-tailed Rayadito

Ecological interactions at risk

By Pedro Romero-Vidal|2022-12-17T15:06:54+00:005 Jan 2023|anthropogenic food sources, behaviour, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, foraging, forest birds, habitat degradation, habitat selection, migrant, Neotropics, parrot, Psittaciformes, road ecology, seed dispersal, threatened species, urbanization|

Exotic mammals threaten Araucaria Forests by displacing Austral Parakeets

A wildlife restaurant for birds

By Joedison Rocha|2022-11-23T16:23:20+00:0028 Nov 2022|behaviour, dispersal, diversity, ecology, frugivory, habitat restoration, hummingbirds, natural history, Neotropics, passerines, seed dispersal, tropical birds|

The recovery of epiphytic plants can help to conserve Neotropical birds

Blue Manakins nest near “nest-like” structures

By Paulo Zima|2022-10-25T13:37:11+00:0017 Oct 2022|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, Breeding, camouflage, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, endemic, evolution, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting material, nesting success, passerines, predation, predator-prey interactions, reproduction, tropical birds|

Could it be an anti-predatory strategy?

Disentangeling cooperative breeding in a Neotropical passerine

By Juan Manuel Rojas Ripari|2022-09-18T09:56:05+00:0019 Sep 2022|breeding biology, cooperative breeding, fieldwork, Genetics, genomics, Neotropics, parental care, passerines|

Use of genomic tools to describe relatedness patterns within Greyish Baywing cooperative groups

Vocal differences in Acorn Woodpeckers

By José de Jesús Zazueta-Algara|2022-06-06T09:29:12+00:0023 May 2022|acoustic monitoring, adaptation, avian biology, bioacoustics, bird song, citizen science, communications, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, Neotropics, population dynamics, song, tropical birds, vocalisations, vocalizations|

Structure and divergence of vocal traits in the Acorn Woodpecker