A 40-year study of the Hermit Thrush reveals how climate change reshapes birds in unexpected ways — through both evolution and phenotypic plasticity.
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The Thousand Birder Circle is a new way for readers to support thoughtful ornithological writing and the continued development of The Ornithologist.
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New research shows that just 11.6% of The Gambia remains highly suitable for Hooded Vultures – and most of it lies within human landscapes.
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How wildlife art and illustrations shape memory, education, and the foundations of ornithology — an interview with wildlife artist, Szabolcs Kókay.
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A new Conceptual Notes series in The Ornithologist explores the questions and uncertainties that sit just beyond conventional scientific publishing.
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CORRECTION!
A short conceptual note on naming, migration, and the European Roller’s shifting centre of gravity.
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We hear woodpecker drumming everywhere, but rarely ask what it truly signals. This Conceptual Note looks at what we know — and what we don’t.
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American Oystercatchers are nesting on Florida rooftops as beaches disappear — an extraordinary but precarious response to coastal development.
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Listening to forests can change how habitat quality is understood.
A Finnish study shows Crested Tits respond to fine-scale forest structure rather than forest age.
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When winter bites, survival becomes a question of access, not abundance. New research shows how Taiga Bean Geese rely on winter cereal fields during the harshest cold spells.
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Genetic data from Mexico’s coastlines reveal that American Oystercatchers are far more anchored to place than their mobility suggests.
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Cormorants’ wettable feathers look like an evolutionary mistake, yet they form a brilliantly efficient diving strategy unlike ducks, loons or penguins.
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What happens to birds when the law designed to protect them is itself under threat?
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New logger data reveal how Western Orphean Warblers cross the Sahara: not in marathon flights, but in a sequence of short, high-altitude hops along a remarkably direct migration route.
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Female Ruffs are not the solitary nesters we thought. A new study shows they cluster nests near leks and neighbours, reshaping our understanding of their breeding strategy.
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A single tracked Bluethroat from central Siberia reveals a hidden migration route across Central Asia – and hints at a long-suspected migratory divide.
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Iceland’s role in the movement of avian influenza is clearer than ever – and Gyrfalcons are now testing positive. With numbers already declining, the species faces a changing risk landscape.
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The Caspian Gull’s westward expansion did not begin at the coast. Tracing its journey from Ukraine to the North Sea reveals how freshwater corridors reshaped Europe’s avian map.
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You can now listen to selected articles on The Ornithologist.
The first narrated piece, the Peregrine Falcon downlisting debate, is live.
Try the new audio feature here:
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A Pygmy Cormorant has attempted to breed in Poland for the first time, marking the northernmost event in its range. This event highlights the species’ northward expansion.
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Four decades after reintroduction, Griffon Vultures in France show remarkably high and stable survival. A model case in long-term conservation.
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New study maps the Scarlet Flycatcher’s migration using citizen-science records. Clear breeding/wintering zones, eastward shifts, and possible partial migration. A great example of what citizen science can achieve.
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Nearly 1,900 birds—mostly Brown Pelicans—were killed in a rare Texas hailstorm. Drone surveys reveal the full scale of the devastation. News story now live.
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Bird conservation is often framed as optional, yet evidence shows it underpins ecosystem stability and human wellbeing.
This editorial explores why defending conservation is not idealism but necessity.
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The world has lost Solstice, the last surviving female kākāpō from Stewart Island. Her life embodied the resilience of a species once thought lost—and her legacy lives on through generations of chicks that now define the future of the kākāpō.
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Drones and deep learning are rewriting how we count seabirds. On the remote Bounty Islands, AI and 3D mapping reveal colonies with new clarity.
Read more in The Ornithologist.
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The Blue-eyed Ground Dove has been confirmed as the only living member of the ancient genus Oxypelia. New genetic evidence reveals its deep evolutionary roots and the urgency of conserving its Cerrado refuge.
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In a world torn by wars and crises, bird conservation can seem irrelevant. Yet to protect life itself is not indulgence – it’s resistance.
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A new study shows that for juvenile White Storks, migration is written in the calendar. Fledging just days earlier or later can decide which continent they’ll winter on — and that choice may last a lifetime.
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As climate change fuels stronger storms, African Oystercatchers face days without feeding — a quiet threat revealed by new research from South Africa.
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