pair-bond Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Partners Beyond Breeding

By Frigg Speelman|2025-11-26T21:48:04+00:001 Dec 2025|behaviour, Breeding, breeding tactics, pair-bond|

Pair-bonded Chirruping Wedgebills spend lots of time together; but they’re closer after breeding than during breeding

Ties That Bind

By Robert Montgomerie|2024-07-18T08:57:17+00:0018 Jul 2024|History of Ornithology, pair-bond|

Understanding courtship and pair bonds

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

Fidelity or divorce? The dilemma of Jaegers

By Yannick Seyer|2022-12-05T12:01:41+00:008 Dec 2022|adult survival, annual cycle, breeding biology, colour ringing/banding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, life history, mark‐recapture, monitoring, mortality, movements, pair-bond, phenotypic variation, population dynamics, reproduction, Seabirds, site fidelity, Tundra|

How faithful are Arctic migratory seabirds to mates and breeding sites?

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

O’ partner, where were thou?

By Jean-Baptiste Thiebot|2021-03-17T15:10:54+00:0016 Apr 2018|geolocator, Migration, monogamy, pair-bond, Seabirds|

Auklet mates synchronize their activity after independent migration