ornithology

The researchers, part of the Search for Lost Birds project, were overjoyed by their findings.

Calabria's updated bird checklist now lists 363 species, 43 more than in 1993, including Italy's first documented breeding White-rumped Swift and continued Egyptian Vulture nesting. The post A New Checklist For The Birds Of Calabria: 363 Species At Mediterranean Crossroads first appeared on Blog .

Hundreds of birdwatchers have flocked to Wales after a "mega rare" bird appeared in the UK for the first time. Ornithologist Simon Hugheston-Roberts made the historic identification of the western reef heron, a species normally found along coastal areas from West Africa through to India, at Y Foryd in Caernarfon, North Wales. He made the discovery at approximately 10am on Saturday morning while d…

Winter months are dreary in New York City, but perhaps none so much as January 2021. Cold air and gray clouds blew between the skyscrapers as the world below remained stuck in the pandemic’s icy grip. But that month, a small corner of the city briefly came alive when a majestic Snowy Owl appeared in Central Park. Bird fanatics and dozens of other intrigued New Yorkers ventured out of their homes,…

Alaska’s birds are as varied as the state itself. We share our secrets on where to see Alaska’s iconic waterbirds, arctic birds, and the birds most significant to Alaska’s First People.

by Francesco Ventura As part of NASA grant 80NSSC25K7836, Francesco Ventura from WHOI’s Ummenhofer Lab led a field campaign to the Falkland Islands to track Black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris) nesting…

AJP spotted this bird in the New Territories at the end of winter there. In our time in 1960s Hong Kong it would have caused a sensation amongst the birdwatchers for the simple reason it remained unrecorded there for at least another two decades. The latest Field Guide to the Birds of Hong Kong and South China (9th edition, 2022) describes it as “mostly an irruptive and uncommon winter visitor in…

Where rare birds go, camera-toting enthusiasts tend to follow. But sometimes, all it takes to cause a commotion is a relatively common, though little-known, bird with some funky dance moves. On Friday, more than 650 people congregated for a special bird walk in New York City’s Bryant Park, where American woodcocks have been stopping to rest and refuel on their migrations north for breeding. “We h…

The best time to visit Minnesota is in the winter for a wonderland of Arctic and resident birds and hardy wildlife! We explored the Sax Zim Bog and beyond to find Long-eared owls, Saw-whet owls, Snowy Owls, Hawk owls and more!

Ornithologists with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have stitched together the most complete avian evolutionary tree ever, unveiling surprising relationships and offering bird lovers the illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer to trace lineages and evolutionary milestones. The post New Online Tool Charts Evolution of Every Known Bird Species appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science N…

This Shining Sunbeam hummingbird shows why its name is appropriate. The iridescence from those feathers on its back have to be seen to be believed. We were at Hacienda El Bosque, a popular birding lodge at an altitude 11,000 feet (3,350 metres) almost at the highest point of a pass over the Cordillera Central of the northern Andes. There are feeders to attract all sorts of birds and this hummingb…

After discovering a historic bird survey in the Pacific Northwest, Georgia Tech’s Ben Freeman located the original sites, repeating the surveys three decades later.

A new study published in the open-access journal Nature Conservation assesses the threat status of bird species from Vietnam, underscoring the country’s critical conservation needs. Vietnam is well known for its extraordinary level of biodiversity, particularly its very rich bird fauna. However, although the country is home to more than 900 species, co-author of the … Continue reading "Eyes to th…