Why are Procellariiform seabirds most diverse in the Southern Hemisphere? Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Doing lit review be like: These habitat preferences are closely linked to the predominant agricultural activity of the study area, which is characterized by a high density of dairy farms for the production of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Stone curlews seeks out real cheese 😏

We've just launched AviList! - the new unified global taxonomic checklist for the world's birds, developed through the Working Group on Avian Classification, including BirdLife, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, IOC and others @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.avilist.org

Glad to have been able to contribute to this initiative! Efforts like this are important for making our scientific community more inclusive and accessible to everyone, regardless of language background. The guidelines have been uploaded to Figshare, please feel free to use and share lnkd.in/geipqBxk

As a part of our initiative to lower #languagebarriers at #ICCB2025, we started this series where people share tips for attending/presenting at your first international conference. More to come! See: www.instagram.com/iccb2025/ Led by Angela Liu, @rosamardm.bsky.social and @elizeyxng.bsky.social.

【📢 Now available in Chinese and Japanese!】 We invite all shorebird practitioners to share their conservation efforts along the EAAF. Your insights are invaluable in understanding what works and what doesn’t. Contribute by completing our survey tinyurl.com/shorebirdsur...

Call for input from shorebird practitioners to document conservation actions along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Your insights will help assess what actions works and what doesn’t! You may share your efforts via a survey tinyurl.com/shorebirdsur... or contacting [email protected]

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Seems like bluesky is now bustling! If anyone has starter packs for ornithology, population/evolutionary genetics, and conservation, please drop me an invite! Am still trying to figure out my way around here!

Taxonomic revision of parrots: digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/81f5f7... 🪶🧪 (📷Dale Dyer)

Velvet-purple Coronet hummingbird at Montezuma Rainforest Lodge, Colombia. #birds #hummingbirds

It is probably not a coincidence that after a paper was accepted in a MDPI journal that the email used is now spammed with predatory journal submission requests

Beautiful Firetail for the bird of the week 😎💁‍♀️

"Galcial pace" best description for how slow things take effect or to be put in place. Best of all, it is somewhat relevant for use in my thesis 🤣

Early bird catches, a bird? Superb Fairywren snuck into my office Please ignore my horribly messy desk

Its already the 1st of November, where did the year went?! 😱

📢 NEW PAPER: Using genome wide loci to detect the shift in sources of Zosterops species in the illegal cagebird trade. Highlighting the application of genomic methods to trace and uncover illegal trade routes

Interesting sight to see both Green and Eastern Rosellas feeding in the tree from my window's office. The latter has never been seen on campus before! A new campus ✅🦜

The evolutionary relationships among birds and their close extinct relatives are my main field of study and interest, so I couldn't not draw an infographic about it at some point. I decided to do it while working on my PhD, which may have been a poor decision. www.deviantart.com/albertonykus...

In the genomic era, taxonomic descriptions are increasingly made using genomic data. Challenging the current nomenclature model of permissible species descriptions As the next edition of the code is being drafted, the ICZN invite biologist to weigh in dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Found this Australasian Gannet on Squeaky beach in late July, but regretfully did not check its ABBBS band. Turns out its 33 years old since it was banded as a chick at Pope's Eye, Port Phillip. With many thanks to Stephen Powell for getting the ABBBS and tracing the records.

Setting up my inaugural bluesky post featuring the Apostlebirds which are not the most colourful but definitely full of character! 😍 PS: What are bluesky posts called? Blues? 😂