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Birds of a feather: Comprehensive plumage colour analysis for a revised subspecies classification of the Chestnut-winged Babbler (Cyanoderma erythropterum) species complex | www.sciencedirect.co... | Avian Research | #ornithology 🪶
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Breeding and foraging habitat are important in determining foraging ranges of sympatric generalist species | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Chris B. Thaxter et al | #ornithology 🪶
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The origins and functions of bowers in the Bowerbirds: a review and synthesis | doi.org/10.1080/0158... | Emu | #ornithology 🪶
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Wild Birds Affected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Worldwide: Epidemiological Insights Into the Recent Panzootic | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Global Change Biology | #ornithology 🪶
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Habitat associations of the Southern Squatter Pigeon | afo.birdlife.org.au/... | Australian Field Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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Disentangling host identity and storage time effects on gut microbiota composition in captive migratory birds using absolute and relative quantification | academic.oup.com/cz/... | Current Zoology | #ornithology 🪶
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Connectivity and evolution between forest macrorefugia: a niche and morphological study of South American birds | doi.org/10.1093/biol... | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | #ornithology 🪶
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Sexual selection drives sex difference in adult life expectancy across mammals and birds | www.science.org/doi/... | Science Advances | #ornithology 🪶
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Good habitat and group living mitigate nest failure from predation and flooding in a riparian bird | doi.org/10.1111/1365... | Journal of Applied Ecology | #ornithology 🪶
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Inadequate reproductive success is a potential cause of Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) population decline in England | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Malcolm D. Burgess et al | #ornithology 🪶
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First record of Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan in Saudi Arabia. | http://marineornitho... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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Body surface temperatures as biomarkers of physiological environmental adaptation in wild birds and mammals | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Biological Reviews | #ornithology 🪶
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⏰ EARLY-BIRD EXTENDED

#BOUasm25 A day at the museum | 18 Nov 2025 | Natural History Museum, London

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Early-bird rates available until 21 October

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Early records of stones (gastroliths) in stomachs of Antarctic penguins | http://www.marineorn... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Mátyás Prommer

From cliffs to pylons: how Peregrine Falcons reclaimed Hungary

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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

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Spatiotemporal Overlap of Mallards With Poultry Farms Is Associated With Greater Risk of Avian Influenza Wild Bird Spillover Events | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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Notes on the breeding population of the Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa on Motu Motiro Hiva (Salas y Gómez Island), eastern South Pacific | http://marineornitho... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶