Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids
@jenteo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Wageningen University | Evolutionary Biology, Genomics and Ornithology | Blogging at Avian Hybrids
I am currently looking into owl hybrids, which involves diving into some grey literature. Look at this wonderful family: Eurasian Eagle-owl, Great Horned Owl and their offspring. 😀
© Risdon (1951) Avicultural Magazine
#ornithology
© Risdon (1951) Avicultural Magazine
#ornithology
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I am currently looking into owl hybrids, which involves diving into some grey literature. Look at this wonderful family: Eurasian Eagle-owl, Great Horned Owl and their offspring. 😀
© Risdon (1951) Avicultural Magazine
#ornithology
© Risdon (1951) Avicultural Magazine
#ornithology
Starting the week with an unexpected milestone. My Avian Hybrids website has been visited more than 500,000 times. 🤩
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
Although I don't really care about these statistics, it is nice to see some attention for avian hybridization and other #ornithology topics.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
Although I don't really care about these statistics, it is nice to see some attention for avian hybridization and other #ornithology topics.
January 26, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Starting the week with an unexpected milestone. My Avian Hybrids website has been visited more than 500,000 times. 🤩
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
Although I don't really care about these statistics, it is nice to see some attention for avian hybridization and other #ornithology topics.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
Although I don't really care about these statistics, it is nice to see some attention for avian hybridization and other #ornithology topics.
The only useful influencer is a "binfluencer". 😅
January 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The only useful influencer is a "binfluencer". 😅
I hurt my ankle. So, I cannot go for long walks during the weekend. 😑 A good excuse to do some more reading.📚
I just finished "The Serengeti Rules" by Sean B. Carroll. A nice overview of molecular and ecological mechanisms, such as negative feedback and cascading effects.
I just finished "The Serengeti Rules" by Sean B. Carroll. A nice overview of molecular and ecological mechanisms, such as negative feedback and cascading effects.
January 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I hurt my ankle. So, I cannot go for long walks during the weekend. 😑 A good excuse to do some more reading.📚
I just finished "The Serengeti Rules" by Sean B. Carroll. A nice overview of molecular and ecological mechanisms, such as negative feedback and cascading effects.
I just finished "The Serengeti Rules" by Sean B. Carroll. A nice overview of molecular and ecological mechanisms, such as negative feedback and cascading effects.
Time for my yearly overview of the best books I read in 2025. 😃📚
- The Genetic Book of the Dead (Richard Dawkins)
- Behave (Robert Sapolsky)
- Birds, Sex & Beauty (Matt Ridley)
- Lord of the Flies (Aimée de Jongh)
Complete overview on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...
- The Genetic Book of the Dead (Richard Dawkins)
- Behave (Robert Sapolsky)
- Birds, Sex & Beauty (Matt Ridley)
- Lord of the Flies (Aimée de Jongh)
Complete overview on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...
December 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Time for my yearly overview of the best books I read in 2025. 😃📚
- The Genetic Book of the Dead (Richard Dawkins)
- Behave (Robert Sapolsky)
- Birds, Sex & Beauty (Matt Ridley)
- Lord of the Flies (Aimée de Jongh)
Complete overview on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...
- The Genetic Book of the Dead (Richard Dawkins)
- Behave (Robert Sapolsky)
- Birds, Sex & Beauty (Matt Ridley)
- Lord of the Flies (Aimée de Jongh)
Complete overview on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...
Next book on the reading list "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin.
I have explored several chapters (especially the one on Hybridism), but I never read this classic cover to cover. Time to change that! 😀📚
I have explored several chapters (especially the one on Hybridism), but I never read this classic cover to cover. Time to change that! 😀📚
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Next book on the reading list "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin.
I have explored several chapters (especially the one on Hybridism), but I never read this classic cover to cover. Time to change that! 😀📚
I have explored several chapters (especially the one on Hybridism), but I never read this classic cover to cover. Time to change that! 😀📚
🥳 New paper in Emu - Austral Ornithology!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this study, I review the available evidence for hybridization in ratites. Most cases are linked to human activities, suggesting that natural hybridization among ratites is exceptionally rare.
#ornithology
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this study, I review the available evidence for hybridization in ratites. Most cases are linked to human activities, suggesting that natural hybridization among ratites is exceptionally rare.
#ornithology
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🥳 New paper in Emu - Austral Ornithology!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this study, I review the available evidence for hybridization in ratites. Most cases are linked to human activities, suggesting that natural hybridization among ratites is exceptionally rare.
#ornithology
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this study, I review the available evidence for hybridization in ratites. Most cases are linked to human activities, suggesting that natural hybridization among ratites is exceptionally rare.
#ornithology
Next book on the reading list: "Song of the North Wind" by Paul A. Johnsgard. A little book about snow geese. 📚😀
#ornithology
#ornithology
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Next book on the reading list: "Song of the North Wind" by Paul A. Johnsgard. A little book about snow geese. 📚😀
#ornithology
#ornithology
Next book on the reading list. Exploring a history of ecological ideas. 🤓📚
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Next book on the reading list. Exploring a history of ecological ideas. 🤓📚
Do you also have a "To Read" folder that’s basically a black hole? 🕳️
My new blog post explores why that’s okay. And how to orbit the black hole instead of getting sucked in.
You’ll Never Keep Up with the Scientific Literature (and That’s Okay)
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/y...
My new blog post explores why that’s okay. And how to orbit the black hole instead of getting sucked in.
You’ll Never Keep Up with the Scientific Literature (and That’s Okay)
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/y...
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Do you also have a "To Read" folder that’s basically a black hole? 🕳️
My new blog post explores why that’s okay. And how to orbit the black hole instead of getting sucked in.
You’ll Never Keep Up with the Scientific Literature (and That’s Okay)
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/y...
My new blog post explores why that’s okay. And how to orbit the black hole instead of getting sucked in.
You’ll Never Keep Up with the Scientific Literature (and That’s Okay)
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/y...
🥳 My latest digest for Evolution is now available online!
Digest: Postzygotic isolation barriers stabilize a hybrid zone between two grosbeak species
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Original paper: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
#ornithology
Digest: Postzygotic isolation barriers stabilize a hybrid zone between two grosbeak species
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Original paper: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
#ornithology
October 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🥳 My latest digest for Evolution is now available online!
Digest: Postzygotic isolation barriers stabilize a hybrid zone between two grosbeak species
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Original paper: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
#ornithology
Digest: Postzygotic isolation barriers stabilize a hybrid zone between two grosbeak species
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Original paper: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
#ornithology
✍ New blog post! Avoiding Negativity Bias in the Digital Age
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/a...
Why do a few negative comments stick more than a hundred positive ones? That is negativity bias. I wrote a blog post about how it plays out on social media and what helps me deal with it.
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/a...
Why do a few negative comments stick more than a hundred positive ones? That is negativity bias. I wrote a blog post about how it plays out on social media and what helps me deal with it.
October 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
✍ New blog post! Avoiding Negativity Bias in the Digital Age
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/a...
Why do a few negative comments stick more than a hundred positive ones? That is negativity bias. I wrote a blog post about how it plays out on social media and what helps me deal with it.
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/a...
Why do a few negative comments stick more than a hundred positive ones? That is negativity bias. I wrote a blog post about how it plays out on social media and what helps me deal with it.
✍️New blog post! Beyond the Headlines: How Science Really Works
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/b...
Science isn’t all about breakthroughs and crises. Most progress comes from small insights, new methods, and even negative results.
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/b...
Science isn’t all about breakthroughs and crises. Most progress comes from small insights, new methods, and even negative results.
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
✍️New blog post! Beyond the Headlines: How Science Really Works
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/b...
Science isn’t all about breakthroughs and crises. Most progress comes from small insights, new methods, and even negative results.
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/b...
Science isn’t all about breakthroughs and crises. Most progress comes from small insights, new methods, and even negative results.
Happy Goose Day! 🤩 Perfect opportunity to share my PhD research on the evolutionary history of these wonderful birds.
More details in these papers:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ornithology
More details in these papers:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ornithology
September 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy Goose Day! 🤩 Perfect opportunity to share my PhD research on the evolutionary history of these wonderful birds.
More details in these papers:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ornithology
More details in these papers:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#ornithology
🥳New paper out in the Journal of #ornithology
Assignment of wintering Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A nice collaboration between Wageningen University and NIOO-KNAW. 🤝
Assignment of wintering Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A nice collaboration between Wageningen University and NIOO-KNAW. 🤝
September 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🥳New paper out in the Journal of #ornithology
Assignment of wintering Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A nice collaboration between Wageningen University and NIOO-KNAW. 🤝
Assignment of wintering Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A nice collaboration between Wageningen University and NIOO-KNAW. 🤝
It has taken me many years to develop and continually update the Avian Hybrids Project (it started in 2014).
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
The website has been a useful resource for many #ornithology colleagues, but occasionally I receive these blunt comments. 🙄
The best approach is a polite answer.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
The website has been a useful resource for many #ornithology colleagues, but occasionally I receive these blunt comments. 🙄
The best approach is a polite answer.
September 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It has taken me many years to develop and continually update the Avian Hybrids Project (it started in 2014).
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
The website has been a useful resource for many #ornithology colleagues, but occasionally I receive these blunt comments. 🙄
The best approach is a polite answer.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
The website has been a useful resource for many #ornithology colleagues, but occasionally I receive these blunt comments. 🙄
The best approach is a polite answer.
I have been running the Avian Hybrids Project for about 10 years now, attracting visitors from all over the world. Top countries are USA, UK and Canada.
However, I am still missing Western Sahara and North Korea for a complete world map...
However, I am still missing Western Sahara and North Korea for a complete world map...
August 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I have been running the Avian Hybrids Project for about 10 years now, attracting visitors from all over the world. Top countries are USA, UK and Canada.
However, I am still missing Western Sahara and North Korea for a complete world map...
However, I am still missing Western Sahara and North Korea for a complete world map...
🥳 New paper out in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society!
Manakin’s moving melody: the interplay between courtship dance display and vocalization as a predictor of hybridization in manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
#ornithology
Manakin’s moving melody: the interplay between courtship dance display and vocalization as a predictor of hybridization in manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
#ornithology
August 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🥳 New paper out in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society!
Manakin’s moving melody: the interplay between courtship dance display and vocalization as a predictor of hybridization in manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
#ornithology
Manakin’s moving melody: the interplay between courtship dance display and vocalization as a predictor of hybridization in manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
#ornithology
Nice news-piece from Science. But the title could have been more accurate... 😉🍟
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
August 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Nice news-piece from Science. But the title could have been more accurate... 😉🍟
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
I came across this nice story about "the fisherman and the businessman". There is more to life than work.
Cartoon from: satwcomic.com/we-re-gonna-...
Cartoon from: satwcomic.com/we-re-gonna-...
August 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I came across this nice story about "the fisherman and the businessman". There is more to life than work.
Cartoon from: satwcomic.com/we-re-gonna-...
Cartoon from: satwcomic.com/we-re-gonna-...
Perfect representation of scientific papers. 😅
July 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Perfect representation of scientific papers. 😅
✍ New blog post! My favorite philosophical ideas for navigating (academic) life
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/m...
An overview of four philosophical pillars (Optimistic Nihilism, Wu Wei, Stoicism, and Scientism) that form the foundation of how I navigate academic life and the world.
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/m...
An overview of four philosophical pillars (Optimistic Nihilism, Wu Wei, Stoicism, and Scientism) that form the foundation of how I navigate academic life and the world.
July 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
✍ New blog post! My favorite philosophical ideas for navigating (academic) life
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/m...
An overview of four philosophical pillars (Optimistic Nihilism, Wu Wei, Stoicism, and Scientism) that form the foundation of how I navigate academic life and the world.
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/m...
An overview of four philosophical pillars (Optimistic Nihilism, Wu Wei, Stoicism, and Scientism) that form the foundation of how I navigate academic life and the world.
✍ New blog post! Sisyphus and scientific publishing: The importance of enjoying the process
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/s...
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/s...
July 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
✍ New blog post! Sisyphus and scientific publishing: The importance of enjoying the process
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/s...
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/s...
Next book on the reading list: "Birds, Sex and Beauty" by Matt Ridley. An interesting combination of evolutionary biology, natural history and #ornithology. 🤓📚
July 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Next book on the reading list: "Birds, Sex and Beauty" by Matt Ridley. An interesting combination of evolutionary biology, natural history and #ornithology. 🤓📚
🚨 New paper out in Polar Biology! 🐧
Do ocean currents shape patterns of penguin hybridization?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Overall, hybridization in penguins is shaped by a combination of abiotic (ocean currents) and biotic factors (numerical imbalances at breeding colonies).
#ornithology
Do ocean currents shape patterns of penguin hybridization?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Overall, hybridization in penguins is shaped by a combination of abiotic (ocean currents) and biotic factors (numerical imbalances at breeding colonies).
#ornithology
July 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🚨 New paper out in Polar Biology! 🐧
Do ocean currents shape patterns of penguin hybridization?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Overall, hybridization in penguins is shaped by a combination of abiotic (ocean currents) and biotic factors (numerical imbalances at breeding colonies).
#ornithology
Do ocean currents shape patterns of penguin hybridization?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Overall, hybridization in penguins is shaped by a combination of abiotic (ocean currents) and biotic factors (numerical imbalances at breeding colonies).
#ornithology