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EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Evidence of two types of coordinated vocalizations used in different territorial defence contexts by an Asian cooperative breeder | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Changjian Fu, Yuqi Sun, Emilio Pagani-Núñez, Lin Wang, Jinyue Liu, Zhongqiu Li | #ornithology 🪶
Evidence of two types of coordinated vocalizations used in different territorial defence contexts by an Asian cooperative breeder | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Changjian Fu, Yuqi Sun, Emilio Pagani-Núñez, Lin Wang, Jinyue Liu, Zhongqiu Li | #ornithology 🪶
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Evidence of two types of coordinated vocalizations used in different territorial defence contexts by an Asian cooperative breeder | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Changjian Fu, Yuqi Sun, Emilio Pagani-Núñez, Lin Wang, Jinyue Liu, Zhongqiu Li | #ornithology 🪶
Evidence of two types of coordinated vocalizations used in different territorial defence contexts by an Asian cooperative breeder | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Changjian Fu, Yuqi Sun, Emilio Pagani-Núñez, Lin Wang, Jinyue Liu, Zhongqiu Li | #ornithology 🪶
📢 REGISTER NOW!
#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
Early-bird deadline: 16 Feb
bou.org.uk/event/bir...
#ornithology 🪶
#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
Early-bird deadline: 16 Feb
bou.org.uk/event/bir...
#ornithology 🪶
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
📢 REGISTER NOW!
#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
Early-bird deadline: 16 Feb
bou.org.uk/event/bir...
#ornithology 🪶
#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
Early-bird deadline: 16 Feb
bou.org.uk/event/bir...
#ornithology 🪶
NEW on #theBOUblog from Bhawani Sabat
Unpacking Forensic Ornithology at BOU 2025: Frontiers in Ornithology
bou.org.uk/blog-saba...
#ornithology 🪶
Unpacking Forensic Ornithology at BOU 2025: Frontiers in Ornithology
bou.org.uk/blog-saba...
#ornithology 🪶
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Bhawani Sabat
Unpacking Forensic Ornithology at BOU 2025: Frontiers in Ornithology
bou.org.uk/blog-saba...
#ornithology 🪶
Unpacking Forensic Ornithology at BOU 2025: Frontiers in Ornithology
bou.org.uk/blog-saba...
#ornithology 🪶
🔊 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🔊 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Are morphometric traits cryptic indicators of sexual size dimorphism in ‘monomorphic’ species? Evidence from the King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Enzo Basso et al. | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Are morphometric traits cryptic indicators of sexual size dimorphism in ‘monomorphic’ species? Evidence from the King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Enzo Basso et al. | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
January 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Are morphometric traits cryptic indicators of sexual size dimorphism in ‘monomorphic’ species? Evidence from the King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Enzo Basso et al. | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Are morphometric traits cryptic indicators of sexual size dimorphism in ‘monomorphic’ species? Evidence from the King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Enzo Basso et al. | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Age, sex and individual identity are associated with the escape behaviour of Common Blackbirds (Turdus merula) in a European city | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Dariusz Wysocki, Zuzanna Modelska, Marlena Opolska, Piotr Minias | #ornithology 🪶
Age, sex and individual identity are associated with the escape behaviour of Common Blackbirds (Turdus merula) in a European city | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Dariusz Wysocki, Zuzanna Modelska, Marlena Opolska, Piotr Minias | #ornithology 🪶
January 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Age, sex and individual identity are associated with the escape behaviour of Common Blackbirds (Turdus merula) in a European city | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Dariusz Wysocki, Zuzanna Modelska, Marlena Opolska, Piotr Minias | #ornithology 🪶
Age, sex and individual identity are associated with the escape behaviour of Common Blackbirds (Turdus merula) in a European city | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Dariusz Wysocki, Zuzanna Modelska, Marlena Opolska, Piotr Minias | #ornithology 🪶
BOU Weekly Spotlight! #BOUSpotlight
Here’s some recent #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
Here’s some recent #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
BOU Weekly Spotlight! #BOUSpotlight
Here’s some recent #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
Here’s some recent #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
A low-dimensional model of birdsong production as a tool to study acoustic discrimination and mimicry in birds | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Camila Miravalles Stasta, Gabriel B. Mindlin, Juan C. Reboreda, María C. De Mársico | #ornithology 🪶
A low-dimensional model of birdsong production as a tool to study acoustic discrimination and mimicry in birds | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Camila Miravalles Stasta, Gabriel B. Mindlin, Juan C. Reboreda, María C. De Mársico | #ornithology 🪶
January 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
A low-dimensional model of birdsong production as a tool to study acoustic discrimination and mimicry in birds | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Camila Miravalles Stasta, Gabriel B. Mindlin, Juan C. Reboreda, María C. De Mársico | #ornithology 🪶
A low-dimensional model of birdsong production as a tool to study acoustic discrimination and mimicry in birds | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Camila Miravalles Stasta, Gabriel B. Mindlin, Juan C. Reboreda, María C. De Mársico | #ornithology 🪶
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Assessing ornamental function of the white wing stripe in the Great Tit (Parus major) | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Katarzyna Janas et al | #ornithology 🪶
Assessing ornamental function of the white wing stripe in the Great Tit (Parus major) | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Katarzyna Janas et al | #ornithology 🪶
January 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Assessing ornamental function of the white wing stripe in the Great Tit (Parus major) | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Katarzyna Janas et al | #ornithology 🪶
Assessing ornamental function of the white wing stripe in the Great Tit (Parus major) | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Katarzyna Janas et al | #ornithology 🪶
📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
January 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Automatic devices allow for effective monitoring of Western Capercaillie leks at the edge of a contracting refugium | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Mariano J. Feldman et al | #ornithology 🪶
Automatic devices allow for effective monitoring of Western Capercaillie leks at the edge of a contracting refugium | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Mariano J. Feldman et al | #ornithology 🪶
January 2, 2026 at 6:14 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Automatic devices allow for effective monitoring of Western Capercaillie leks at the edge of a contracting refugium | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Mariano J. Feldman et al | #ornithology 🪶
Automatic devices allow for effective monitoring of Western Capercaillie leks at the edge of a contracting refugium | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
Mariano J. Feldman et al | #ornithology 🪶
📢 Check out this upcoming conference
4th International Conservation Translocation Conference
7 - 9 September 2026
Info & mailing list sign-up on the website: vet.ed.ac.uk/ictc
4th International Conservation Translocation Conference
7 - 9 September 2026
Info & mailing list sign-up on the website: vet.ed.ac.uk/ictc
January 2, 2026 at 5:00 AM
📢 Check out this upcoming conference
4th International Conservation Translocation Conference
7 - 9 September 2026
Info & mailing list sign-up on the website: vet.ed.ac.uk/ictc
4th International Conservation Translocation Conference
7 - 9 September 2026
Info & mailing list sign-up on the website: vet.ed.ac.uk/ictc
NEW on #theBOUblog from Susan McKinlay
Barn Swallows, New Collaborations, and Welsh Dancing: My First EOU Experience
bou.org.uk/blog-mcki...
#ornithology 🪶
Barn Swallows, New Collaborations, and Welsh Dancing: My First EOU Experience
bou.org.uk/blog-mcki...
#ornithology 🪶
January 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Susan McKinlay
Barn Swallows, New Collaborations, and Welsh Dancing: My First EOU Experience
bou.org.uk/blog-mcki...
#ornithology 🪶
Barn Swallows, New Collaborations, and Welsh Dancing: My First EOU Experience
bou.org.uk/blog-mcki...
#ornithology 🪶
NEW on #theBOUblog from Maurizio Sarà
Returning to their natural home: Lesser Kestrels resist environmental changes by nesting in cliffs
bou.org.uk/blog-sara...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
Returning to their natural home: Lesser Kestrels resist environmental changes by nesting in cliffs
bou.org.uk/blog-sara...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
December 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Maurizio Sarà
Returning to their natural home: Lesser Kestrels resist environmental changes by nesting in cliffs
bou.org.uk/blog-sara...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
Returning to their natural home: Lesser Kestrels resist environmental changes by nesting in cliffs
bou.org.uk/blog-sara...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
NEW on #theBOUblog from Radhika Jha
Reflections from the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference
bou.org.uk/blog-jha-...
#ornithology 🪶
Reflections from the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference
bou.org.uk/blog-jha-...
#ornithology 🪶
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Radhika Jha
Reflections from the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference
bou.org.uk/blog-jha-...
#ornithology 🪶
Reflections from the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference
bou.org.uk/blog-jha-...
#ornithology 🪶
📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS
Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ?
#BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Nominate via link ⬇️
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ?
#BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Nominate via link ⬇️
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS
Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ?
#BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Nominate via link ⬇️
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ?
#BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Nominate via link ⬇️
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
📢 NOMINATE FOR BOU COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
Full details: bou.org.uk/about-the...
#ornithology 🪶
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
Full details: bou.org.uk/about-the...
#ornithology 🪶
December 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 NOMINATE FOR BOU COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
Full details: bou.org.uk/about-the...
#ornithology 🪶
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
Full details: bou.org.uk/about-the...
#ornithology 🪶
📢 APPLY NOW...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 APPLY NOW...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
📢 APPLY NOW
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 APPLY NOW
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
🔈 CALL FOR PAPERS
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔈 CALL FOR PAPERS
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
BOU Weekly Spotlight! #BOUSpotlight
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
December 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BOU Weekly Spotlight! #BOUSpotlight
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
An automated workflow that combines sound-based bird identification and localization | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Carsten M. Buchmann, Frank M. Schurr | #ornithology 🪶
An automated workflow that combines sound-based bird identification and localization | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Carsten M. Buchmann, Frank M. Schurr | #ornithology 🪶
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
An automated workflow that combines sound-based bird identification and localization | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Carsten M. Buchmann, Frank M. Schurr | #ornithology 🪶
An automated workflow that combines sound-based bird identification and localization | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Carsten M. Buchmann, Frank M. Schurr | #ornithology 🪶
🔊 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔊 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶