Ethan Moon, the birder who first spotted the taiga flycatcher on Christmas Day, describes the moment as a “once-in-a-generation moment.” This phrase encapsulates the excitement and rarity of the ...

To assess regression models for lipid and lean body mass in small birds, we recorded live body mass ±0.1 g, total body electrical conductivity (TOBEC; from "third generation" TOBEC machine EM-SCAN® SA ...

Daurian redstarts move closer to humans to protect their nests from brood parasitism. Daurian redstarts move their nesting sites closer to or even inside human settlements when cuckoos are around. In ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Young American Robins (Turdus migratorius) and Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) were raised in isolated allospecific and conspecific (nest-mate ...

An international research team has found strong evidence that passerine birds near the equator live longer than their higher latitude counterparts. An international research team has found strong ...

The order Passeriformes—a group of birds known as passerines or perching birds, representing more than 60% of today’s bird species—originated about 47 million years ago in the South Pacific, near ...

Daurian redstarts move their nesting sites closer to or even inside human settlements when cuckoos are around. In doing so, they actively protect their nest against brood parasitism, as cuckoos avoid ...