Avian Science

Picture of Indian birds by groups

Patterns of regional species richness and endemism in Indian birds: a biogeographical perspective. 2025. Daniels, RJR. Academia Biology 2025; 3.

doi.org/10.20935/Aca...

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What will happen to the hybrid zone between Hooded and Carrion Crow? Mathematical modelling provides insights into the fate of this classic hybrid zone.

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog!

What will happen to the hybrid zone between Hooded and Carrion Crow?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/w...

Based on a nice simulation study by Dirk Metzler and his colleagues | #ornithology

Just a few days to go until our next deadline. Apply at the link below. #ornithology

Verification and quality assurance in Passive Acoustic Monitoring This survey explores how automated acoustic species identifications are verified and quality‑assured in practice, and how uncertainty is communicated and used. The survey takes approximately 20 minut...

1/ Survey! 📝 How are automated species identifications from passive acoustic monitoring verified and quality-assured in practice? #bioacoustics

Take part here ➡️ forms.gle/Ak3eYgZivUPa...

East or West Africa: Where was the Helmeted Guineafowl domesticated? Genomic analyses help to solve this mystery.

Your daily Avian Hybrids story!

East or West Africa: Where was the Helmeted Guineafowl domesticated?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/12/15/f...

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American Flamingo in Cuba

Current Status and Trends of American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in Cuba: Implications for Conservation and Management. 2025. Aguilar, S., et al.
Waterbirds 48 (3), 1-14.
doi.org/10.1675/063....

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Little Egret numbers higher than thought, new BTO study reveals New analysis by the BTO suggests the UK breeding population of Little Egret is significantly larger than previously estimated, highlighting the rapid success of one of Britain's most prominent recent colonists.

Britain's Little Egret population is bigger than thought, according to a fascinating new BTO study:

Dispatches from the Wild: The wolf wars aren’t as polarized as you think | Explore Big Sky By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST America’s debates over wildlife, especially wolves, are often framed as bitter battles between two entrenched camps: pro-wolf environmentalists and anti-wolf rura...

"America’s debates over wildlife, especially wolves, are often framed as bitter battles between two entrenched camps...

But recent research suggests the story is more complicated—and more hopeful." www.explorebigsky.com/dispatches-f...

Attend Global BirdFair for FREE!

New members to BirdGuides or Birdwatch will receive a free day ticket worth £20

Claim yours here: https://bit.ly/4j5zrqv

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Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities. 2025.
Waldron, L. J., et al. Journal of Applied Ecology.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Smiling woman stands outdoors in a snowy environment. She is looking down at a book in her hands. The title of the book is legible: Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences.

In case you're looking for a palate cleanse for your feed, 🥳YOU'RE INVITED TO THE PUBLIC LAUNCH🥳 of the book that @stephenbheard.bsky.social & I wrote to try to change something for the better, even if it feels really small: lnkd.in/e3eDjmKE 1/

Today's science on the Botswana-Namibia border: We've been mapping out the river bed, measuring the water, and listening (underwater) to boats, hippos and many mysterious fish. And mythbusting the local assertion that some parts of this waterway are 40 metres deep. We are such spoilsports...

Pampas of Argentina.

Nest concealment reduces predation during the nestling stage of grassland birds in the Pampas. 2025. Colombo, M. A., and L. N. Segura. 2025. Avian Conservation and Ecology 20(2):8.
doi.org/10.5751/ACE-...

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Women doing bird survey in the short grass prairie of Montana.

Effects of imperfect detection on inferences from bird surveys. Rigby, E. A., and D. H. Johnson. 2025. Avian Conservation and Ecology 20(2):3.
doi.org/10.5751/ACE-...

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Picture Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta)

Automated telemetry reveals migratory movements and stopover timing of an endangered saltmarsh passerine. 2025. Benvenuti, B., A. D. Smith, C. S. Elphick, N. Ernst, A. I. Kovach, K. M. O'Brien, and N. Pau. 2025. Avian Conservation and Ecology 20(2):2.
doi.org/10.5751/

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AFO WOS 2026 Visit the post for more.

The AFO and WOS are hosting a joint meeting in 2026!

The Association of Field Ornithologists and the Wilson Ornithological Society will be hosting a joint annual meeting July 7–9, 2026, on the campus of Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. Let's GO!

afowos2026.org

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS - NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 JUNE 2026 📣

Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives

More info: vist.ly/4fn5h

Guest editors: Julia Schroeder, RoxanaTorres, Britt Heidinger, Jaime Muriel, Michi Tobler

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Wood Ducks would like a word.

Large buffalo rubbing stone in the foreground of a wide landscape shot of prairie and blue sky.

Thousands of snow geese on a prairie lake.

Tall metal cut-out sign in front of a wooden rail fence with brown prairie and blue sky behind. Sign marks the head of the Grasslands Nature Trail in Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area.

Brown grass stretches to the horizon under a blue sky with wispy clouds. There is a fence on the horizon.

Hard to believe I’m watching snow fall now after a day like yesterday. Beautiful walk full of amazing nature encounters in the oldest migratory bird sanctuary in North America. Saw a few snow geese 😂. I’ll share more after I get through the photos! 🌿 #birds #prairie

Graphic showing a polar stereographic map of October 2024 Arctic sea ice concentration anomalies with anomalies from -50% in red shading to +50% in blue shading. More areas are below normal than above normal.

Substantial losses of #Arctic sea ice concentration are found in October. The largest declining trends extend from parts of the East Siberian Sea to the Chukchi Sea.

Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover. More info on recent Arctic climate: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...

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Randomised land use pathway generation allows efficient multi-outcome appraisal - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Randomised land use pathway generation allows efficient multi-outcome appraisal

We have a new paper out, in which we use brute force to identify combinations of land use/management changes which navigate the triple challenge of climate change, biodiversity conservation and food production: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ConservationScience 🌍 @rspbscience.bsky.social 1/

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Are you interested in the calls that waders/shorebirds make?
@waderstudy.bsky.social have kindly made a 'Perspectives' article available as 'open access'.
www.waderstudygroup.org/article/19261/
See thread for two WaderTales blogs about wader calls 👇
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You can see all of the articles in the latest Issue of Environmental Conservation (Volume 52 - Issue 3 - September 2025) at the link:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#EnvironmentalConservation #Environment #Conservation #Research #ConservationScience🌍

Colleagues from CPSG will be at the #WorldConservationCongress this week: don't miss them 🐸🫶

Schedule here:
www.instagram.com/p/DPjjwVkDM9...

Or here: www.linkedin.com/posts/conser...

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An infographic that has three watercolor painted birds, one blue and orange bluebird with the words hosted by Dani Shaw dot me at the top. A black-capped chickadee with a black back, yellow belly and white face sits on the BirdSongs hashtag. The words below state "Celebrating birds and music. Use birds posted in this thread as inspiration for your tunes." A green and yellow bird sits on the MusicChallenge hashtag. The background is a light blue and purple watercolor.

#MusicChallenge folks! Please join me starting tomorrow for a new #BirdSongs challenge featuring our feathered friends, birds! 🪶🐦🦉

Below, I'll post photos of #birds along with vital info for you to use as inspiration in selecting your song (not theirs!) for the challenge. Have fun! #MusicSky #Music

Deep breath checkpoint! If you're doomscrolling, unclench your jaw and take a few deep breaths as you enjoy this Brown Creeper creepin'

Shoddy camerawork and urban park audio, but the bird is too cute not to share

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Cassin's Sparrow (Peucaea cassinii) Idaho Fish and Game

Shifts in breeding phenology for Cassin’s Sparrow (Peucaea
cassinii) over four decades. 2025. Schnase, J. L., M. L. Carroll, P. M. Montesano, and V. A. Seamster.
Journal of Field Ornithology 96(3):3. doi.org/10.5751/JFO-...

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