vocalisations Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Do finches trade colour for song?

By Agustin Casale|2026-05-17T12:38:54+01:0015 Jun 2026|colouration, IBIS, vocalisations|

Independent evolution of finch visual and acoustic signals

Optimizing BirdNET: lessons from a global initiative

By Cristian Pérez-Granados|2026-05-26T11:12:06+01:0025 May 2026|acoustic monitoring, IBIS, passive acoustic monitoring, vocalisations|

A collaborative worldwide initiative provides insights into how to better use BirdNET

Can you hear me now?

By Ashleigh Marshall|2025-04-16T19:42:50+01:0010 Apr 2025|acoustic niche partitioning, acoustic space, Cuckoos, forest birds, nature reserve, subtropical, vocal activity, vocalisations|

Seven sympatric cuckoo species minimally mask each other’s signals due to acoustic niche partitioning

Coordination breeds success

By Ashleigh Marshall|2024-08-24T00:10:40+01:0022 Aug 2024|change-over, coordination, crypsis, incubation, nest exchange ritual, parental care, parental cooperation, shorebirds, vocalisations, waders|

Quick but vocal nest relief rituals in cryptically incubating Semipalmated Sandpipers

The call of the Striped Cuckoo

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-27T13:57:52+01:002 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.

Squeaking shorebird chicks

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-05-31T07:56:30+01:001 Jun 2023|breeding biology, communication, fledglings, nest recording, parental care, shorebirds, vocalisations|

How do vocal traits of plovers and lapwings change with age?

Can you hear me?

By Lauren Chronister|2023-03-31T16:59:45+01:003 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

Can magpies tell friend from foe?

By Grace Blackburn|2022-11-28T11:42:26+00:005 Dec 2022|behaviour, bird communities, communal, communication, communications, corvids, early-career researcher, ECR, experiment, fieldwork, IBIS, personality, population dynamics, population structure, sound, territoriality, vocalisations|

Can Western Australian Magpies distinguish between songs of groupmates and non-groupmates?