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Andrés Cuervo

@amcuervo.bsky.social
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Director & Curator National Bird Collection of Colombia | Associate Professor, Natural Sciences Institute, National University of Colombia (ICN-UNAL) | #evolution #ecology #ornithology #museums #aves 🪶🐦‍⬛🧬🇨🇴

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Dimitri Forero @dimitriforero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@amcuervo.bsky.social 👇🏾
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What a study! congrats all authors, especially the incredible Liliana Dávalos #bats #cienciacriolla @labdavalos.bsky.social
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Joseph W. Brown @josephwb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Early-diverging lineages provide little information about ancestors academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... From @phylieu.bsky.social @sinkingdiatom.bsky.social @omearabrian.bsky.social
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Early-diverging lineages provide little information about ancestors
Abstract. Large phylogenetic trees are often unbalanced near the root, with a species-depauperate lineage sister to a far more species-rich clade. The spec
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Sara Lipshutz (she/her) @jacanamama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Super excited to share this study by @gamaevo.bsky.social in collaboration with Steve Nowicki and Susan Peters!! Response to geographic song variation predicts differential gene expression in the blood of a songbird: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Response to geographic song variation predicts differential gene expression in the blood of a songbird
Behavioral neuroscience; Ecology; Transcriptomics
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Lizzy Steell @lizzysteell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨 New bird paper! 🚨 Take a look at our review paper that Juan Benito and I put together about avian systematics and the bird fossil record along with what we think are important future directions in the field 🐦 🦴 🦜🦅🦤 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A bird’s eye view of the fossil record: perspectives on avian systematics
Recent decades have witnessed an unprecedented rise in avian fossil discoveries that directly inform our understanding of bird origins and evolution, the stepwise assemblage of the avian body plan,...
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New paper: what shapes diversification across the Andean foothills? In the white-tipped sicklebill, repeated isolation and reconnection appear to have contributed to population divergence. ➡️ vist.ly/5iyqa #ornithology #birds #climate
Journal of Avian Biology issue 3 cover showing a white-tipped sicklebill, Eutoxeres aquila. Photo: Paula Carrera LevyFig. 2 from the article: Phylogeography of Eutoxeres aquila: (A) geographic distribution of samples included in genetic analyses; (B) Bayesian phylogenetic tree based on the concatenated dataset of ND2 and cytb; and (C) median-joining haplotype networks based on ND2 and cytb sequences.Fig. 6 from the article: Resistance surface for Eutoxeres aquila derived from climatic and topographic data.
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Song divergence and a gleaming white iris reveal four species in a widespread Neotropical understory bird (Clibanornis rubiginosus, Furnariidae) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Silent but dramatic loss of genetic diversity unveiled using museum specimens #consgen
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Dr. Stepfanie Aguillón 😷 @s-m-aguillon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
SOO excited to share this news!!!! @devonderaad.bsky.social is an amazing scientist and is going to build a stellar lab at AMNH!!
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's 2026, and you still carry that parachute? Key practices for ethical research during scientific expeditions. By @nelsyninor.bsky.social et al. in @conservationsp.bsky.social @society4conbio.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #expeditions #science #museums
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Xeno-canto @xeno-canto.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
... looks like an update may be necessary: xeno-canto.org/species/Clib...
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's 2026, and you still carry that parachute? Key practices for ethical research during scientific expeditions. By @nelsyninor.bsky.social et al. in @conservationsp.bsky.social @society4conbio.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #expeditions #science #museums
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
can you point out The Beast in this photo? #birds #ornithology Introducing "Piedemonte Llanero Foliage-gleaner"
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Kevin Bennett @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
📢New warbler research!📢 A phylogeny of Myioborus (the youngest genus of warblers) plus a hypothesis for how they diversified in South America and a gene causing a color difference between hybridizing species. It was great co-leading this with Laura Céspedes Arias. doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Diversification and divergence in Myioborus warblers: insights into evolutionary relationships and plumage genetics
Abstract. Genomic data can provide valuable insights into the evolutionary history of rapidly diversifying groups and the genetic basis of phenotypic trait
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ARAA @araa.at · 21/08/2026
#HotOffThePress 🔥🖊️ “Exploring Andean foothill connectivity: insights from population divergence in the white-tipped sicklebill”⛰️ Journal of Avian Biology. L. Rosado-Llerena, A. Perkins, @davidocampo.bsky.social, @jeffgarcialoor.bsky.social, @amcuervo.bsky.social, D.A. Prieto-Torres & E. Bonaccorso
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Exploring Andean foothill connectivity: insights from population divergence in the white‐tipped sicklebill, <i>Eutoxeres aquila</i>
The Northern Andes, acting both as barrier and corridor, exert strong influence in Neotropical biodiversity. Still, the diversification of foothill taxa inhabiting ecotonal zones between lowland rain....
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 11/01/2026
A riddle wrapped in an enigma: parasitic lice as clues to the evolutionary puzzle of Sapayoa (Aves) royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... | #BiologyLetters #Evolution #MolecularBiology #Taxonomy
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Really looking forward to #SSB2026 in Baton Rouge and catch up with folks at LSU @systbiol.bsky.social
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
High-resolution land-use maps from 1960 to 2100 🌎🧪 🌐 www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
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High-resolution land-use maps from 1960 to 2100
Harmonized land-use and land-cover datasets that include past and future periods are key to solving sustainability issues, such as climate change and biodiversity loss. However, existing harmonized pr...
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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This is news that makes me happy. It really feels most of the time that taxonomy is in a bad place. But in reality, it seems that in the last decades, the rate of species description has been the highest it ever was! 🧪 Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cumulative numbers and rates in new species over time across living organisms.
(A) The total (cumulative) number of species known in each year and (B) the number of species newly described each year. The analysis includes 1.9 million species, including only extant, accepted names, and excluding viruses, fossil taxa, and species with unknown publication dates.
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’). thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...
Depictions of evolution where a phylogeny often has humans on the far right or top can give an impression of evolution being progressive of leading to ‘increased complexity’ when it does not. Top figure shows such a phylogeny which can look the same as ‘the March of progress’ depiction most commonly used to depict evolution (showing monkey to man erroneous march of evolution) - instead swiveling some nodes on a phylogeny where humans are shown closer to the center (which doesn’t change relationships) can lead to better ‘tree thinking’
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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We have successfully used immersion fixation for heads of Cathartes and Coragyps with the rest of the body used for skins, skeletons, and spirit specimens. I will add that for most comparative neuroanatomy an n of 3-6 is fine. Big series are only needed for sex or seasonal variation within species
Photos of extracted: top Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus); and bottom Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) brains. For each photo, white arrows point to OB (olfactory bulbs) and TeO (optic tectum).
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Sushma Reddy @sushred.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community. Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research. However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research? #ornithology
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 18/11/2025
Our final speaker for session 3 is Joe Wynn bringing us “Whole-genome resequencing reveals the origin of a rapidly emerging ‘reverse’ songbird migration” 🐦🧬 @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #BOUasm25 #ornithology
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
John McCormack: insights from the Mexican Bird Resurvey Project #BOUasm #ornithology
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
heads up! #BOUasm
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Natalia Przelomska @natalia-asp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
1/🧵 Today at #BOUasm25, I’m presenting on the ‘ō‘ū 🦜 a parrot billed-like #Hawaiian #honeycreeper, last seen in 1989. We dive into its population ecology and investigate – did it interbreed with other parrot-billed Hawaiian honeycreepers prior its extinction? doi:10.1098/rsbl.2025.0265 #ornithology
small, olive green passerine bird with a yellow head and parrot-like billed beak, perched on a lichen-covered tree branch
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
century long shifts in neotropical birds's morphology comparing collections from the 1910' and 2020's @nataliaperez-a.bsky.social #BOUasm #ornithology #evolution @bou.org.uk
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Glen Hancocks @gleneth93.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
1/6 Today I will be presenting my masters research on the #phylogeny of the waterfowl family Anatidae via the #BOUasm25 conference on BlueSky. What came first, the duck, the goose or the swan? #ornithology #systematics #waterfowl #ducks #geese #swans 1/6
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YaHsin @cindy841123.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Natural history collections are a time stamp of now. In Taiwan, there is an average of 1500-2000 roadkill cases reported per year. With the increasing public engagement, we can utilize these deaths to their full potential. #BOUasm25 #ornithology 🧵1/6
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 18/11/2025
We move to finish session 2 with keynote speaker JC Buckner, discussing “Ducking & diving: the role of adaptation in waterfowl macroevolution” 🦆 #BOUasm25 #ornithology #waterfowl #ducks
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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
All aspects of bird behaviour are a product of the anatomy and physiology of their brains. Brain anatomy can therefore provide new insights into bird behaviour. Today at #BOU2025, I will discuss how museum specimens can potentially be used to study bird brains. #ornithology #neuroskyence 1/6
A slide entitled Neuroscience at the Museum with two bullet points and three images. The first bullet point states that all behaviour is a product of the physiology and anatomy of the brain. The images below are photos of: a sharp-tailed grouse in a courtship display posture with its purple throat sacs and yellow eyebrows flared; a bright red and green king parrot perched on the back of a chair and holding a nut in its left foot that it is chewing on; and a flock of snow geese on an early morning with dozens of geese standing on a field and flying across. Below those images is the second bullet point" brain anatomy can provide novel insights into bird behavior.
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 18/11/2025
We join Shriya Uday in-person, for “The global palette: the role of colour in the wildlife trade” 🎨 @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social #BOUasm25 #wildlife
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Cassie Stoddard'a talk was really insightful and colorful: "sure, we're living exciting times to study the genome, but also to study the phenome, the birds' phenotypes using collections" #BOUasm25 #ornithology #evolution @bou.org.uk
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 18/11/2025
We’re back! 😄 We‘re kicking off session 2 online with Mary Caswell Stoddard for her keynote “Feathers and eggs: leveraging ornithological collections to explore the evolution of colour, pattern and structure in the avian world” 🪺 Gavin Thomas joins us as Chair. #BOUasm25 #ornithology #eggs
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 18/11/2025
Lucia Snyderman finishes off our first session with her presentation “Museum collections reveal Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) palaeoecology in England and offer reintroduction insights” 💡 @aukwardlucia.bsky.social  #BOUasm25 #palaeontology #palaeoecology
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 18/11/2025
We now move on to join Andrés M. Cuervo for his presentation “Century-spanning collections reveal ecological change and phenotypic shifts in Neotropical birds” 🐦 @amcuervo.bsky.social #BOUasm25 #ecology
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“From specimens to solutions: the evolving role and current challenges of natural history collections” Great keynote talk from Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social - I was impressed hearing about the mummy birds 😮 @nhm-london.bsky.social @bou.org.uk #BOUasm25 #ornithology #museums
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American Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Do older birds claim better territories, and does this drive age biases in space over time? Woodman et al. use 45 years of data to suggest that habitat quality - not age - shapes spatial demography. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 10/11/2025
Hybridization mitigates climate change risk in mountainous birds ->Nature | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
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Hybridization mitigates climate change risk in mountainous birds
Scheffers, B. R. et al. The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people. Science 354, aaf7671 (2016). Aitken, S. N. & Whitlock, M. C. Assisted gene flow to facilitate local adaptation to climate change. Annu. Rev...
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Ana V. Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
New work out from our @islandbirdproject.bsky.social team lead by @raquelponti.bsky.social We will be presenting this at the upcoming conference #BOUasm25 "A day at the museum: collections-based ornithological research in a changing world" on BlueSky, 18th of Nov.
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
It’s been a long wait for this fantastic @bou.org.uk event: “A day at the museum: collections-based ornithological research in a changing world” #BOUasm25
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 02/09/2025
🔈 #BOUasm25 KEYNOTE Mary Caswell Stoddard Princeton University, USA Feathers and eggs: leveraging ornithological collections to explore the evolution of colour, pattern and structure in the avian world Keynote abstracts: bou.org.uk/conferenc... #ornithology 🪶
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 20/01/2025
🔈 #BOUasm25 KEYNOTE Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social Natural History Museum, UK Natural history collections in the 21st century: Challenges and opportunities Submit your abstract: bou.org.uk/event/a-d... #ornithology 🪶
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 09/09/2025
🔈 #BOUasm25 KEYNOTE Sushma Reddy @sushred.bsky.social University of Minnesota, USA Using natural history collections to build community Keynote abstracts: bou.org.uk/conferenc... #ornithology 🪶
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 20/01/2025
🔈 #BOUasm25 KEYNOTE John McCormack Occidental College, USA Using habitat occupancy modelling and genomics to understand a century of change to the birds of Mexico Submit your abstract: bou.org.uk/event/a-d... #ornithology 🪶
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Aleksi Lehikoinen @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
New paper out about elevational shifts in European birds lead by @josephinecouet.bsky.social: "Solar Radiation Affects Bird Distributions but Not Elevational Shifts in European Mountains" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @emmamarjakangas.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social @ebcc.info
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Evaluating the roles of signaling and camouflage in the evolution of iris color in Tyranni passerines. Evolution doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Evaluating the roles of signaling and camouflage in the evolution of iris color in Tyranni passerines
Abstract. Iris color is a conspicuous and diverse trait across animals, but its evolutionary drivers are poorly understood. In over 1000 species of Tyranni
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Santiago Claramunt @sclaramunt.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Our synthesis on patterns of bird diversity and diversification dynamics in South America is available online: books.google.com/books?id=lyi...
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New Perspectives in Ornithology
People have been long-fascinated with birds, and their scientific study has been central to advances in evolution, animal behavior, biogeography, population dynamics, and community ecology. Research q...
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
continuous lower montane, tropical pluvial forests, 1600-1800 meter above sea level a series of bird expeditions to one of the few really unexplored regions of the Nothern Andes #ornithology #icn #unal 🇨🇴🧬🐦⛰️
untouched forest at 1750 mour camp site? right there in the middlemist-net transect, expecting the unexpectedplanning the ultimate hike
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