Taxonomy Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

A migratory divide in the Far East

By Toru Nakahara|2022-08-19T10:59:14+00:0022 Aug 2022|bio-logging, bird movements, birds of prey, distribution, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, island birds, movement, movements, population structure, raptors, satellite tracking, soaring birds, Taxonomy|

Migration routes of the two Eastern Buzzard subspecies are separated along the Sea of Japan

Genome-wide markers resolve Forest Owlet taxonomy

By Vinay K L|2022-08-12T13:31:27+00:0015 Aug 2022|biodiversity, birds of prey, evolution, Genetics, genomics, IBIS, natural history, nocturnal birds, owls, raptors, systematics, Taxonomy, tropical birds|

Examining UCEs clarify phylogenetic relationships of the Forest Owlet

The Dead Sea Sparrow: one or two species?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-06-13T12:27:22+00:0016 Jun 2022|distribution, diversification, DNA sequencing, gene flow, morphology, passerines, phylogeny, population divergence, Taxonomy|

Combining several lines of evidence to reach a solid taxonomic decision.

Overlooked diversity in a European context

By Manuel Schweizer|2022-04-29T15:29:48+00:009 May 2022|cryptic, diversification, diversity, DNA sequencing, evolution, genetic diversity, Genetics, IBIS, Mediterranean forest, museum collections, phylogeny, population structure, Speciation, Taxonomy|

Genome-wide data uncovers two morphologically cryptic lineages in the Middle Spotted Woodpecker

What’s in an English bird name?

By Robert Driver|2021-10-29T09:36:37+00:001 Nov 2021|IBIS, inclusivity, museum collections, natural history, nomenclature, systematics, Taxonomy|

How can we improve on English common bird names?

The taxonomic grey zone of the Olive Woodpecker

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-08-12T07:18:36+00:0012 Aug 2021|demography, diversification, evolution, gene flow, Genetics, Taxonomy|

Should this African woodpecker be classified as two or three species?

Meet the Satin Berrypecker, a new bird species from Papua

By Borja Milá|2021-07-23T20:00:00+00:0026 Jul 2021|fieldwork, phylogeny, Taxonomy|

Discovered in the remote cloud forests of the Kumawa Mountains, New Guinea

Rapid morphological evolution on remote islands

By Chentao Wei|2021-07-15T18:47:32+00:0022 Jul 2021|BOU-funded, evolution, genetic diversity, Genetics, island birds, morphology, phylogeny, population divergence, Taxonomy|

Resolving the taxonomic status of an island dwarfism warbler population

Rockjumpers can’t escape their (taxonomic) roots

By Krista Oswald|2021-03-26T13:01:28+00:0029 Mar 2021|passerines, phylogeny, physiology, Taxonomy, temperature, thermal stress|

Metabolic patterns are explained by season and phylogeny

Recognising next-door neighbours in the African bush

By Johann H. van Niekerk|2021-03-20T08:39:06+00:0022 Mar 2021|behaviour, diversification, evolution, Galliformes, phylogeny, Speciation, Taxonomy, vocalisations|

Crested Francolin subspecies produce distinctive calls to interact in their different habitats