LyrebirdLab
@lyrebirdlab.bsky.social
www.lyrebirdlab.org
Our lab focuses on the behavioural ecology of the Superb and the Albert's lyrebird (family: Menuridae), and other Australian songbirds. Led by Dr Anastasia Dalziell and Prof Justin Welbergen. Based at the HIE, Western Sydney University
Our lab focuses on the behavioural ecology of the Superb and the Albert's lyrebird (family: Menuridae), and other Australian songbirds. Led by Dr Anastasia Dalziell and Prof Justin Welbergen. Based at the HIE, Western Sydney University
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LyrebirdLab
@lyrebirdlab.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Funded #PhD scholarship- Vocal mimicry in tooth-billed bowerbirds at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University @animalecolab.bsky.social
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
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1st recordings of vocal behavior in female Albert's lyrebird, from @drbackhouse.bsky.social @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
🐦 documents song from 2 females during nesting and nest construction
🐦 shows ♀️s produce mimicry, conspecific song & alarm calls
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
🐦 documents song from 2 females during nesting and nest construction
🐦 shows ♀️s produce mimicry, conspecific song & alarm calls
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Vocal Mimicry, and Conspecific Song and Calls, in Female Albert's Lyrebirds (Menura alberti) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
September 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
1st recordings of vocal behavior in female Albert's lyrebird, from @drbackhouse.bsky.social @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
🐦 documents song from 2 females during nesting and nest construction
🐦 shows ♀️s produce mimicry, conspecific song & alarm calls
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
🐦 documents song from 2 females during nesting and nest construction
🐦 shows ♀️s produce mimicry, conspecific song & alarm calls
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Reposted by LyrebirdLab
Vocal Mimicry, and Conspecific Song and Calls, in Female Albert's Lyrebirds (Menura alberti) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
September 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Vocal Mimicry, and Conspecific Song and Calls, in Female Albert's Lyrebirds (Menura alberti) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
Funded #PhD scholarship- Vocal mimicry in tooth-billed bowerbirds at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University @animalecolab.bsky.social
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
August 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Funded #PhD scholarship- Vocal mimicry in tooth-billed bowerbirds at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University @animalecolab.bsky.social
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The ghost bat is one of Australia’s most fascinating — and underrated — native animals. Help it take the spotlight this #ScienceWeek by casting your vote! 👻
🔗 www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#GhostBat #SciWeek #ThreatenedSpecies #VoteBats
🔗 www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#GhostBat #SciWeek #ThreatenedSpecies #VoteBats
August 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The ghost bat is one of Australia’s most fascinating — and underrated — native animals. Help it take the spotlight this #ScienceWeek by casting your vote! 👻
🔗 www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#GhostBat #SciWeek #ThreatenedSpecies #VoteBats
🔗 www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#GhostBat #SciWeek #ThreatenedSpecies #VoteBats
Funded #PhD scholarship on the ecology of the eastern horseshoe bat and its sensitivity to the impacts of fire at Western Sydney Univeristy.
Link: www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/... #IBRC2025
Link: www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/... #IBRC2025
August 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Funded #PhD scholarship on the ecology of the eastern horseshoe bat and its sensitivity to the impacts of fire at Western Sydney Univeristy.
Link: www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/... #IBRC2025
Link: www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/... #IBRC2025
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To commemorate this anniversary, we bring together a selection of research articles and news and opinion pieces on mimicry and other forms of deception from across journals in the @natureportfolio.nature.com 👇 www.nature.com/collections/...
Celebrating Bates
2025 marks 200 years since the birth of Henry Walter Bates, who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in butterflies.
www.nature.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
To commemorate this anniversary, we bring together a selection of research articles and news and opinion pieces on mimicry and other forms of deception from across journals in the @natureportfolio.nature.com 👇 www.nature.com/collections/...
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Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World - Wu - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World
Bats fatten to cope in environments with seasonal energy shortages, gaining more weight in seasonally cold climates and in tropical climates with highly seasonal rainfall. In cold climates, females l...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World - Wu - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What's next for #mimicry research? A new Viewpoint in @natecoevo.nature.com inspired by Henry Bates 🦋 rdcu.be/et5Tl
by @gabrielajamie.bsky.social, @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social & @animalecolab.bsky.social , Eunice J Tan, @colemag.bsky.social & Esther Melamed doi.org/10.1038/s415...
by @gabrielajamie.bsky.social, @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social & @animalecolab.bsky.social , Eunice J Tan, @colemag.bsky.social & Esther Melamed doi.org/10.1038/s415...
The past and future of mimicry research
Nature Ecology & Evolution - This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry Walter Bates, an English naturalist who formally introduced ‘mimicry’ as a scientific...
rdcu.be
July 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
What's next for #mimicry research? A new Viewpoint in @natecoevo.nature.com inspired by Henry Bates 🦋 rdcu.be/et5Tl
by @gabrielajamie.bsky.social, @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social & @animalecolab.bsky.social , Eunice J Tan, @colemag.bsky.social & Esther Melamed doi.org/10.1038/s415...
by @gabrielajamie.bsky.social, @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social & @animalecolab.bsky.social , Eunice J Tan, @colemag.bsky.social & Esther Melamed doi.org/10.1038/s415...