song Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Swan Song

By Robert Montgomerie|2024-12-04T14:28:17+00:0021 Nov 2024|Conservation, History of Ornithology, song, sound, waterbirds|

White swans were all named for the sounds they make

Fit as a fiddle: Parasitic infection and bioacoustics

By Ashleigh Marshall (she/her)|2024-04-04T02:59:14+00:004 Apr 2024|avian malaria, bioacoustics, Haemosporidia, host-parasite interactions, song|

Infection status is linked to song rate in Rufous-naped Wrens

‘The Boss’: factors explaining vocal activity and territorial behaviour

By Adrian Barrero Diego|2024-02-21T17:00:19+00:0019 Feb 2024|birds of conservation concern, competition, passerines, song, steppe birds|

Do intrasexual competition and resource availability modulate territorial displays in a steppe passerine?

The call of the Striped Cuckoo

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-27T13:57:52+00:002 Nov 2023|acoustic monitoring, annual cycle, behaviour, breeding biology, Cuckoos, mate selection, passive acoustic monitoring, song, vocalisations|

This species uses two vocalisations for different purposes.

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

Can you hear me?

By Lauren Chronister|2023-03-31T16:59:45+00:003 Apr 2023|acoustic monitoring, bird song, citizen science, communications, community ecology, competition, data repository, IBIS, open source, song, sound, vocalisations|

Birds use clever strategies to communicate in crowds

How to use BirdNET

By Cristian Pérez-Granados|2023-03-20T15:38:40+00:0027 Mar 2023|acoustic monitoring, bird song, citizen science, data repository, IBIS, open source, passive acoustic monitoring, song, sound, vocalisations|

Reviewing the applications, performance and opportunities of BirdNET for bird monitoring

The rise of passive acoustic monitoring

By Oliver Metcalf|2023-03-17T11:39:46+00:0020 Mar 2023|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, biodiversity, bird assemblages, diversity, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, habitat restoration, impact assessment, monitoring, passive acoustic monitoring, populations, recording, song, vocalisations|

Using passive acoustic monitoring for surveying birds in the UK

How do urban birds settle fights under noise?

By Çağla Önsal (she/her)|2022-10-08T14:43:57+00:0013 Oct 2022|acoustic monitoring, behaviour, bird song, communication, competition, Disturbance, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, experiment, fieldwork, garden birds, habitat, noise pollution, passerines, sensory ecology, song, sound|

Loud cities reshape communication and aggressive behaviour in European Robins

Vocal differences in Acorn Woodpeckers

By José de Jesús Zazueta-Algara|2022-06-06T09:29:12+00:0023 May 2022|acoustic monitoring, adaptation, avian biology, bioacoustics, bird song, citizen science, communications, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, Neotropics, population dynamics, song, tropical birds, vocalisations, vocalizations|

Structure and divergence of vocal traits in the Acorn Woodpecker