reproductive signalling Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Being similar, nesting different

By Adrian Barrero Diego|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

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

Colouration in Bearded Vultures

By Pascual López-López|2022-02-03T14:35:55+00:0031 Jan 2022|avian biology, birds of prey, communication, IBIS, non-vocal communication, plumage, raptors, reproductive signalling, soaring birds, vultures|

Dominant females are usually darker and prefer darker males for breeding: a new study on bird colouration

Glowing horns in a secretive seabird

By Bradley Wilkinson|2020-10-12T16:02:25+00:0026 Feb 2019|adaptation, biofluorescence, Breeding, Fluorescence, ornamentation, reproductive signalling, Seabirds, ultraviolet light|

Rhinoceros Auklets found to have fluorescent bill structures during breeding season