Avian Science

Swift trails - I love the patterns of flight, so elegant! @rspb.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social

🔊 ANNOUNCEMENT relating to the #BritishList

The BOU (including BOURC) to adopt the new AviList global avian taxonomy

Further details: bou.org.uk/british-l...

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#bioacoustics resources!

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Causes of Differential Migration Distance: Test of Seven Mechanistic Hypotheses in an Arctic Raptor Abstract. Exploring the causes of differential migration, or variation in migration distance, has increased our understanding of the remarkable variation i

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The crazy sex-chromosomes of the Larks The largest sex-chromosome found in birds consists of parts from several other chromosomes.

Your daily Avian Hybrids story!

The crazy sex-chromosomes of the Larks
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These scientists will be posting from the upcoming Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists #JMIH25 #AES25 ! Give them a follow, and let me know if I should add you!

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what a great use of a starter pack!

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New publication by @commonternproject.bsky.social with @coralinebcht.bsky.social, @mmoiron.bsky.social, @matteobeccardi.bsky.social & @icbm-uol.bsky.social: 'Mercury levels in chicks of a long-lived seabird – parental effects and links with growth and survival'. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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A systematic review of lapwing research in Africa to determine trends and evidence of their response to changes in terrestrial ecosystems - Journal of Ornithology Humans have altered natural habitats to satisfy their needs, affecting global ecosystems and biodiversity. Grasslands have been affected by fragmentation, habitat loss, and landscape changes, which ha...

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology

A systematic review of lapwing research in Africa to determine trends and evidence of their response to changes in terrestrial ecosystems

Review
Open Access

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A Green Woodpecker foraging in front of the Avocet Hide was one of the highlights at #uptonwarren this morning. Also 2 Redstart in transmitter field hedgerow, thanks to
@birdergladys.bsky.social. Moors best: 5 LRP, 4 Green Sand, 2 Common Sand, 5+ Lapwing, 2 Little Egret. #WorcsBirds #UKBirding

Summer of 'Jaws': Shark Week 2025 stocked with drama, dread ... and dancing It's the summer of "Jaws" turning 50. Do Shark Week, SharkFest and now Netflix make us more understanding of sharks? Or more afraid?

Summer of 'Jaws': Shark Week 2025 stocked with drama, dread ... and dancing www.usatoday.com/story/entert... the 37th annual Shark Week (July 20-26) might have finally jumped the sensational shark.

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This is Pogonophryne barsukovi, the stubbeard plunderfish. Such a great name. They live in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, and they have a pretty great dorsal fin.

#sciart #teamfish

Do you live in Oregon or know a bird lover who does?
RSVP for the 20th Annual Marbled Murrelet Community Science Survey in Yachats.

Help spot one of the pacific northwest’s most elusive birds!
📅 July 22-23, RSVP required

Learn more and register below:
🔗 birdallianceoregon.org/event/marble...

I SOOOO wish I was there!

Discover post-fledging movements in the Eurasian Goshawk in this paper from BTO scientists. 🌍 🌐

Here’s a nice summer image to share with you I took a while ago of one of our beautiful raptors, a Barn Owl flying down through a meadow in the late day sunshine #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

Congrats to our winner @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social ! Also, we goofed. This pic is from our MAPS station in Yosemite. Learn more about the MAPS program here: birdpop.org/pages/maps.php

Why do Western and Clark’s Grebe hybridize? A mixed pairing between Canada Goose and Greater White-fronted Goose in Portland

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog!

Why do Western and Clark’s Grebe hybridize?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/w...

Based on a paper in the Western North American Naturalist by Floyd Hayes et al. | #ornithology

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣

We are happy to announce the third JAB Review Award competition!

Submit your mini-review by 30 April 2026

Who: early career researchers up to 8 yrs after completition of doctorate

More info: vist.ly/3n7fbc8

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Estimating age of Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) chicks using sex-specific growth curve models - Journal of Ornithology We used measurements of tarsus length during the development of captive Greater Flamingo chicks (Phoenicopterus roseus) of known age to determine growth curves and derive functions to predict age. We ...

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology

Estimating age of Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) chicks using sex-specific growth curve models

Open access

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Diagnosis of external causes of population declines of wild species needs to be both quick and reliable Accurate diagnosis of the cause of a population decline can have consequences. In 2004, the veterinary pathologist Lindsay Oaks diagnosed widespread use of the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac on cat....

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LOOKING BACK in IBIS

Monitoring wader breeding productivity | onlinelibrary.wiley....

David Jarrett, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Stephen G. Willis | #ornithology 🪶

Inside the All-Out, 16-State Mission to Save the American Oystercatcher A massive network of conservation groups bet big on a business plan to reverse the striking shorebird’s decline—and won.

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