parental care Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Surviving in the colonies

By Guy Beauchamp|2022-02-18T09:35:06+00:0017 Feb 2022|bird communities, breeding biology, colonial birds, communal, cooperative breeding, ecology, IBIS, island birds, life history, longevity, parental care, scavengers, Seabirds|

How does breeding in colonies influence annual survival in birds?

Disappearing tongue spots in Dunnock nestlings

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-11-30T10:24:33+00:002 Dec 2021|behaviour, breeding biology, monogamy, nestling provisioning, nestlings, parental care|

What could be the function of these peculiar markings?

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 Kin-Lan Han|2021-11-16T14:22:00+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 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?