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Common Crane by John Billings
15+ hour, 44+ min ago (17+ words) Rare Bird Alert Rare Bird Alert, Reliable Bird News Services Since 1991...
Could AI replace some bird ringing for individual identification?
15+ hour, 40+ min ago (670+ words) Artificial intelligence could give conservation researchers a new way to follow individual birds through the landscape - not by identifying the species they belong to, but by recognising which individual is singing. The project, reported by Phys. org from the University…...
Manakins' dazzling dances may have begun with a shift to fruit
16+ hour, 5+ min ago (291+ words) The results suggest that intensified frugivory came first. Before the most acrobatic displays and most colourful male plumage evolved, ancestors of Manakins appear to have undergone important changes that helped them exploit fruit-rich diets. These included genetic and functional changes…...
More vultures dead as Africa's poisoning crisis worsens, #ornithology news via @Rare Bird Alert UK
15+ hour, 50+ min ago (611+ words) More than 60 vultures have been killed in less than a week in two separate poisoning incidents in Botswana and Senegal, according to a report from the Vulture Conservation Foundation. The organisation says the latest deaths form part of a wider…...
Black Guillemot returns as a breeding bird in Germany
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (506+ words) A story reported by Ornithomedia highlights the return of the Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle as a confirmed breeding bird in Germany, with nesting recorded since 2022 after a long absence from the country's breeding avifauna. The small auk, known in French…...
Short-tailed Albatross passes 11, 000 after near-extinction
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (554+ words) A story reported by Ornithomedia highlights one of the most striking seabird recoveries of recent decades, with the global population of Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus now estimated to have passed 11, 000 individuals. The latest count, carried out in Japan in early…...
Temminck's Stint by James Andrewes
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (17+ words) Rare Bird Alert Rare Bird Alert, Reliable Bird News Services Since 1991...
Caspian Tern by James Andrewes
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (17+ words) Rare Bird Alert Rare Bird Alert, Reliable Bird News Services Since 1991...
Caspian Tern by James Lowen
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (17+ words) Rare Bird Alert Rare Bird Alert, Reliable Bird News Services Since 1991...
Red-backed Shrike by Christopher Teague
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (18+ words) Rare Bird Alert Rare Bird Alert, Reliable Bird News Services Since 1991...