passerines Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Do crossbill calls change over time?

By Ralph Martin|2023-08-07T17:41:54+00:0014 Aug 2023|acoustic monitoring, avian biology, behaviour, bioacoustics, communication, passerines, song|

Covering 58 years of crossbill recordings

How does weather affect songbirds?

By Michael McCloy|2023-08-01T11:11:32+00:007 Aug 2023|avian biology, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, passerines|

Analysing avian body condition across the southeastern United States

The genetic tale of Aquatic Warblers

By Justyna Kubacka|2023-07-26T12:48:29+00:0031 Jul 2023|birds of conservation concern, gene flow, genetic diversity, Genetics, passerines, wetlands|

A rare songbird harbours low diversity but excels in gene flow

Being similar, nesting different

By Adrián Barrero|2023-07-19T13:39:05+00:0024 Jul 2023|avian biology, passerines, physiology, plumage, reproductive signalling, woodland birds|

Can the choice of nesting site facilitate species coexistence?

The smell of flycatchers

By Marc Gilles|2023-07-17T11:43:51+00:0020 Jul 2023|avian biology, passerines, physiology, plumage, reproductive signalling, woodland birds|

Chemical analysis reveals social information in preen oil

Camelthorns and Blackthorns vital for Babblers

By Kim-Kelly Hunt|2023-07-11T09:54:40+00:0017 Jul 2023|Africa, ecology, foraging, passerines, reproduction|

Southern Pied Babbler reproduction possibly decoupled from rainfall and rather cued by tree resources

Omnivory in wild birds

By Simon Ojodomo Godday|2023-06-30T09:56:19+00:0010 Jul 2023|diet, diet composition, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, experiment, invertebrates, passerines|

Are Village Weavers obligate omnivores?

Hawfinch diet in a nutshell

By Ewan Stenhouse|2023-06-22T13:00:59+00:006 Jul 2023|diet, diet composition, distribution, DNA barcoding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fecal DNA, fieldwork, foraging, invertebrates, non-invasive sampling, passerines, woodland birds|

Using genetic techniques to gain unprecedented ecological knowledge of Hawfinches

Are long tails all about sex?

By Wenyi Zhou|2023-06-19T17:22:26+00:0026 Jun 2023|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, communication, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, feathers, IBIS, passerines, phenotypic variation, plumage|

A review of functions of avian elongated tails

Bird-building collisions spike during fair weather

By Erin Jackson|2023-05-30T11:18:49+00:005 Jun 2023|bird-human interactions, collision, collision risk, creative writing, early-career researcher, ECR, habitat selection, Migration, mortality, passerines, Urban birds, urbanization, volunteers|

Could calm weather be the perfect storm for bird collisions?