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The mantling behavior of Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) as a defensive strategy against pedestrians
A growing number of studies have shown increasing Red-shouldered Hawk ( Buteo lineatus ) populations in urban and suburban landscapes. When not...
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Tolerance and avoidance of urban cover in a southern California suburban raptor community over five decades
We explored nest site placement and re-use relative to ornamental tree usage and urbanization level in a diurnal raptor community in southern...
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Disclosing the hidden nucleotide sequences: a journey into DNA barcoding of raptor species in public repositories
BackgroundIn nucleotide public repositories, studies discovered data errors which resulted in incorrect species identification of several accipitrid...
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The relative sizes of nuclei in the oculomotor complex vary by order and behaviour in birds
Eye movements are a critical component of visually guided behaviours, allowing organisms to scan the environment and bring stimuli of interest to...
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Chicago to Scenic, June 20–26
Harold described the shifting scenery on the train trip west, in Rapid City, South Dakota, and back into the Badlands at Scenic. He begins his side...
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Red-Shouldered Hawks: Adaptable Denizens of the Suburbs
With its beautiful black-and-white wings and tail contrasting with a richly rusty body and its insistent “kee-kee-kee” calls, the red-shouldered hawk...
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Final Photos, Samples, and Ship** Out, August 16–23
During their final prospecting, sediment sampling, and photography, they encountered chalcedony (silica) veins cutting through the clay strata and...
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Moth Flagships in Australia: Focus on Single Taxa
The very small number of moth species signalled formally as threatened or endangered in Australia and listed under Commonwealth or more local...
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Diversity of raptors and nest sites characteristics in an urban area in Southern Chile
Urban areas form a complex, heterogeneous, fragmented mosaic of habitats, including ecosystems in different degrees of alteration. Nevertheless, some...
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An evidence-based overview of hybridization in tinamous
Estimates suggest that about 16% of bird species hybridize in the wild. This number is based on two main sources: the Handbook of Avian Hybrids of...
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Birds and plastic pollution: recent advances
Plastic waste and debris have caused substantial environmental pollution globally in the past decades, and they have been accumulated in hundreds of...
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Ophthalmology of Accipitrimorphae, Strigidae, and Falconidae: Hawks, Eagles, Vultures, Owls, Falcons, and Relatives
Birds of prey, also collectively known as raptors, consist of the Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras), Accipitriformes (eagles, buzzards, hawks,...
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Value Chain Analysis of the Marine Ornamental Reef Fishery in Trincomalee, Eastern Sri Lanka
Marine ornamental fishery began in the 1930s in Sri Lanka has developed into a multi-million-dollar industry at present. This study was carried out...
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A review of the diet of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in the context of anthropogenic change
The common vampire bat ( Desmodus rotundus ) maintains a diverse, sanguivorous diet, utilizing a broad range of prey taxa. As anthropogenic change...
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Top–down effects of raptor predation on northern bobwhite
Understanding how predators affect prey species is a central endeavor in applied ecology. Game birds are a culturally and economically important...
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Skeleton and Skeletal Muscles
The avian skeleton and skeletal muscles have been modified by natural selection over millions of years to meet the demands of flight. Some birds have...
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Increasing climatic decoupling of bird abundances and distributions
Species abundances and distributions are changing in response to changing climate and other anthropogenic drivers but how this translates into how...
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Vacuolar myelinopathy: waterbird risk on a southeastern impoundment co-infested with Hydrilla verticillata and Aetokthonos hydrillicola
Invasive aquatic plants such as hydrilla ( Hydrilla verticillata ) are spreading through North America, impeding navigation and hydropower facilities,...
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A comprehensive review on avian chlamydiosis: a neglected zoonotic disease
Avian chlamydiosis is one of the important neglected diseases with critical zoonotic potential. Chlamydia psittaci , the causative agent, affects most...
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Homeward bound: canopy cover and species identity influence non-breeding season homing success and speed in forest birds
BackgroundEfficient and safe movement is fundamental for wild birds to thrive in their environments. For arboreal forest animals, especially birds,...
