parental care Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

The Great Auk had two brood patches

By Tim Birkhead|2021-10-07T14:44:56+00:0014 Oct 2021|avian biology, IBIS, museum collections, natural history, parental care, physiology, Seabirds|

The Great Auk had two brood patches not one as previously stated

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

Ambient temperature and incubation effort

By Riccardo Ton|2021-02-19T13:20:55+00:0022 Feb 2021|incubation, incubation attentiveness, parental care, temperature|

Reduced incubation time in hotter environments: saving energy or preventing hyperthermia?

Mother songbirds pick up the slack

By William D. Harrod|2020-12-15T12:58:53+00:001 Jun 2020|nestling growth, nestling provisioning, nestling survival, parental care|

Female Hooded Warblers completely compensate for late-season male nest desertion

The challenge of parenting around predators

By Colby Behrens|2020-10-15T14:52:22+00:004 Feb 2019|behaviour, nest predation, parental care, predation|

More predators makes parents stick closer to their nest

The secret sex life of the Brown-headed Nuthatch

By Steve Dudley|2016-06-27T07:30:30+00:0027 Jun 2016|Breeding, cooperative breeding, extra pair paternity, forest birds, Genetics, parental care|

Is there extra-pair paternity in the cooperatively breeding Brown-headed Nuthatch?

What do Great Tit pairs talk about?

By Steve Dudley|2020-09-22T13:39:51+00:0018 Apr 2016|behaviour, Breeding, communications, nesting, pair communications, parental care|

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