tropical birds Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Searching for signals of local adaptation in an endemic bird of the Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico: conservation perspectives in the face of climate change

By Andreia Malpica|2025-10-30T20:24:24+00:003 Nov 2025|adaptation, climate change, tropical birds|

Report from a BOU-funded project

Is successive remating beneficial for short-lived birds?

By Esteban Botero-Delgadillo|2023-02-08T13:43:27+00:0016 Feb 2023|behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, ecology, fieldwork, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nesting success, pair-bond, passerines, population dynamics, population structure, tropical birds|

Mate replacement versus mate retention in the Thorn-tailed Rayadito

Birds in cocoa farms: a sweet deal

By Crinan Jarrett|2023-01-08T13:11:03+00:002 Feb 2023|Africa, agriculture, biodiversity, community ecology, displacement, ecology, experiment, fieldwork, forest birds, invertebrates, population dynamics, tropical birds|

Birds and bats regulate pest populations in African cocoa farms

A wildlife restaurant for birds

By Joedison Rocha|2022-11-23T16:23:20+00:0028 Nov 2022|behaviour, dispersal, diversity, ecology, frugivory, habitat restoration, hummingbirds, natural history, Neotropics, passerines, seed dispersal, tropical birds|

The recovery of epiphytic plants can help to conserve Neotropical birds

Gardens as conservation tools

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-10-16T12:45:19+00:0020 Oct 2022|bird assemblages, bird-human interactions, cameras, Conservation, foraging, garden feeding, hummingbirds, morphology, species interactions, tropical birds|

Human-provided resources can benefit hummingbirds and plants in Colombia.

Blue Manakins nest near “nest-like” structures

By Paulo Zima|2022-10-25T13:37:11+00:0017 Oct 2022|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, Breeding, camouflage, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, endemic, evolution, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting material, nesting success, passerines, predation, predator-prey interactions, reproduction, tropical birds|

Could it be an anti-predatory strategy?

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

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

Same strategy as last year?

By Kirsty Franklin|2022-04-27T20:49:48+00:002 May 2022|behaviour, bird movements, BOU Warham Student, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, endemic, fieldwork, gps tags, IBIS, island birds, islands, islands birds, Migration, movements, phenology, Round Island petrel, satellite tracking, Seabirds, tropical birds|

Tropical seabirds show high consistency of migratory behaviours despite often weak seasonal predictability of resources

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