pair communications Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

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

Bird odour: camouflage or communication?

By Marc Gilles|2022-03-08T18:25:16+00:0014 Mar 2022|avian biology, breeding biology, camouflage, communication, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, incubation, nest predation, nesting success, pair communications, physiology, plumage, reproductive signalling, smell|

Investigating the olfactory functions of preen oil in birds

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

What do Great Tit pairs talk about?

By Ingrid Boucaud|2021-11-18T14:47:36+00:0018 Apr 2016|behaviour, Breeding, communications, nesting, pair communications, parental care|

Great tit pairs discuss at the nest during breeding, but why?