Island bird Research
@islandbirdproject.bsky.social
We study the evolution of birds on islands and we are part of CIBIO, Portugal (Sociality group) and CEFE, Montpellier, France (E3CO group)
www.islandbirdproject.com
www.islandbirdproject.com
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Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra‐Family Competitors
Aim Island biotas experience unique ecological conditions, such as isolation, small areas, or simplified communities that promote repeated patterns of evolution like changes in body size, that have ...
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Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra‐Family Competitors - 2025, Global Ecology and Biogeography
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@raquelponti.bsky.social @anavleitao.bsky.social
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@raquelponti.bsky.social @anavleitao.bsky.social
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1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community.
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community.
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
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Island environments drive unique evolutionary changes in birds. 🌴🐦
At #BOUasm25, we’re sharing our global 🌍 study using museum collections to uncover how living on islands influences the evolution of locomotion traits.
Our paper 👉 doi.org/10.1111%2Fge...
#IslandBirds #Ornithology
Island environments drive unique evolutionary changes in birds. 🌴🐦
At #BOUasm25, we’re sharing our global 🌍 study using museum collections to uncover how living on islands influences the evolution of locomotion traits.
Our paper 👉 doi.org/10.1111%2Fge...
#IslandBirds #Ornithology
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Island environments drive unique evolutionary changes in birds. 🌴🐦
At #BOUasm25, we’re sharing our global 🌍 study using museum collections to uncover how living on islands influences the evolution of locomotion traits.
Our paper 👉 doi.org/10.1111%2Fge...
#IslandBirds #Ornithology
Island environments drive unique evolutionary changes in birds. 🌴🐦
At #BOUasm25, we’re sharing our global 🌍 study using museum collections to uncover how living on islands influences the evolution of locomotion traits.
Our paper 👉 doi.org/10.1111%2Fge...
#IslandBirds #Ornithology
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We’re back! 😄
We‘re kicking off session 2 online with Mary Caswell Stoddard for her keynote “Feathers and eggs: leveraging ornithological collections to explore the evolution of colour, pattern and structure in the avian world” 🪺
Gavin Thomas joins us as Chair.
#BOUasm25 #ornithology #eggs
We‘re kicking off session 2 online with Mary Caswell Stoddard for her keynote “Feathers and eggs: leveraging ornithological collections to explore the evolution of colour, pattern and structure in the avian world” 🪺
Gavin Thomas joins us as Chair.
#BOUasm25 #ornithology #eggs
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
We’re back! 😄
We‘re kicking off session 2 online with Mary Caswell Stoddard for her keynote “Feathers and eggs: leveraging ornithological collections to explore the evolution of colour, pattern and structure in the avian world” 🪺
Gavin Thomas joins us as Chair.
#BOUasm25 #ornithology #eggs
We‘re kicking off session 2 online with Mary Caswell Stoddard for her keynote “Feathers and eggs: leveraging ornithological collections to explore the evolution of colour, pattern and structure in the avian world” 🪺
Gavin Thomas joins us as Chair.
#BOUasm25 #ornithology #eggs
We’re kicking off session 1 with a keynote from Alex Bond, “From specimens to solutions: the evolving role and current challenges of natural history collections” 💭
Andreanna Welch joins us as Chair for this session.
@thelabandfield.bsky.social #BOUasm25 #ornithology #naturalhistory
Andreanna Welch joins us as Chair for this session.
@thelabandfield.bsky.social #BOUasm25 #ornithology #naturalhistory
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra‐Family Competitors - 2025, Global Ecology and Biogeography
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@raquelponti.bsky.social @anavleitao.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@raquelponti.bsky.social @anavleitao.bsky.social
Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra‐Family Competitors
Aim Island biotas experience unique ecological conditions, such as isolation, small areas, or simplified communities that promote repeated patterns of evolution like changes in body size, that have ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra‐Family Competitors - 2025, Global Ecology and Biogeography
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@raquelponti.bsky.social @anavleitao.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@raquelponti.bsky.social @anavleitao.bsky.social
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New work out from our @islandbirdproject.bsky.social team lead by @raquelponti.bsky.social
We will be presenting this at the upcoming conference #BOUasm25
"A day at the museum: collections-based
ornithological research in a changing world" on BlueSky, 18th of Nov.
We will be presenting this at the upcoming conference #BOUasm25
"A day at the museum: collections-based
ornithological research in a changing world" on BlueSky, 18th of Nov.
Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra‐Family Competitors | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Global Ecology and Biogeography | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
New work out from our @islandbirdproject.bsky.social team lead by @raquelponti.bsky.social
We will be presenting this at the upcoming conference #BOUasm25
"A day at the museum: collections-based
ornithological research in a changing world" on BlueSky, 18th of Nov.
We will be presenting this at the upcoming conference #BOUasm25
"A day at the museum: collections-based
ornithological research in a changing world" on BlueSky, 18th of Nov.
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*** Academic BFD alert ***
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
*** Academic BFD alert ***
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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A birdy & traity thread...
What can morphological form tell us, if anything, about ecological function?
Our paper out today in @NatureEcoEvo asks this question from the perspective of ecological niches and convergent adaptation of bird...
What can morphological form tell us, if anything, about ecological function?
Our paper out today in @NatureEcoEvo asks this question from the perspective of ecological niches and convergent adaptation of bird...
November 13, 2024 at 4:15 AM
A birdy & traity thread...
What can morphological form tell us, if anything, about ecological function?
Our paper out today in @NatureEcoEvo asks this question from the perspective of ecological niches and convergent adaptation of bird...
What can morphological form tell us, if anything, about ecological function?
Our paper out today in @NatureEcoEvo asks this question from the perspective of ecological niches and convergent adaptation of bird...
New funding for our team!
Ana Leitão & Raquel Ponti, from CIBIO-BIOPOLIS, will investigate bird evolution in insular environments. Their SIBECOL-funded project explores how reduced predation & stable climates shape sexual dimorphism in endemic species. @anavleitao.bsky.social @raquelponti.bsky.social #evolution #birdresearch
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New funding for our team!
Happy #WomenInScience Day !
What better day to introduce our incredible core team—powered by four women! 💪✨
#WomenInSTEM
See here 1/5 👇🧵
What better day to introduce our incredible core team—powered by four women! 💪✨
#WomenInSTEM
See here 1/5 👇🧵
February 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy #WomenInScience Day !
What better day to introduce our incredible core team—powered by four women! 💪✨
#WomenInSTEM
See here 1/5 👇🧵
What better day to introduce our incredible core team—powered by four women! 💪✨
#WomenInSTEM
See here 1/5 👇🧵
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Global bioacoustics dataset ! 🎶🦜
WABAD, the World Annotated Bird Acoustic Dataset
5,044 min of annotated bird vocalizations, 1,147 species, 70 sites 🌍 across 27 countries & 13 biomes
Open-access for AI training & conservation research
👉 by C. Pérez-Granados et al.
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
🌐🧪🌍🦤🪶
WABAD, the World Annotated Bird Acoustic Dataset
5,044 min of annotated bird vocalizations, 1,147 species, 70 sites 🌍 across 27 countries & 13 biomes
Open-access for AI training & conservation research
👉 by C. Pérez-Granados et al.
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
🌐🧪🌍🦤🪶
January 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Global bioacoustics dataset ! 🎶🦜
WABAD, the World Annotated Bird Acoustic Dataset
5,044 min of annotated bird vocalizations, 1,147 species, 70 sites 🌍 across 27 countries & 13 biomes
Open-access for AI training & conservation research
👉 by C. Pérez-Granados et al.
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
🌐🧪🌍🦤🪶
WABAD, the World Annotated Bird Acoustic Dataset
5,044 min of annotated bird vocalizations, 1,147 species, 70 sites 🌍 across 27 countries & 13 biomes
Open-access for AI training & conservation research
👉 by C. Pérez-Granados et al.
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
🌐🧪🌍🦤🪶
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Our first Funk lecture of the new year is tomorrow! For more information and to register please visit our website: www.biogeography.org/news/news/gh...
January 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Our first Funk lecture of the new year is tomorrow! For more information and to register please visit our website: www.biogeography.org/news/news/gh...
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We have two PhD positions available at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
[Position 1] Birds, hybridization, genomes, island biology, biogeography, sexual selection 🦚, w/ me, Knud Jønsson, Martin Iredstedt and @stelkens.bsky.social et al
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We have two PhD positions available at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
[Position 1] Birds, hybridization, genomes, island biology, biogeography, sexual selection 🦚, w/ me, Knud Jønsson, Martin Iredstedt and @stelkens.bsky.social et al
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
PhD student in Evolution of Indo-Pacific birds
The Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics is offering a four-year PhD position focused on analyzing population-level genomic data from museum bird samples. The project will employ cutting-edge gen...
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January 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
[please share widely!]
We have two PhD positions available at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
[Position 1] Birds, hybridization, genomes, island biology, biogeography, sexual selection 🦚, w/ me, Knud Jønsson, Martin Iredstedt and @stelkens.bsky.social et al
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
We have two PhD positions available at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
[Position 1] Birds, hybridization, genomes, island biology, biogeography, sexual selection 🦚, w/ me, Knud Jønsson, Martin Iredstedt and @stelkens.bsky.social et al
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
We study evolution of birds on islands, particularly focusing on investigating the mechanisms underlying life history traits, colour, song, behaviour and morphology.
We examine questions from both ultimate and proximate perspectives and combine field and comparative work.
We examine questions from both ultimate and proximate perspectives and combine field and comparative work.
January 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We study evolution of birds on islands, particularly focusing on investigating the mechanisms underlying life history traits, colour, song, behaviour and morphology.
We examine questions from both ultimate and proximate perspectives and combine field and comparative work.
We examine questions from both ultimate and proximate perspectives and combine field and comparative work.