At the AOS 2024 annual meeting, fellow ornithologists and I were invited to present academic talks during a female bird symposium organized by Joanna Wu aimed at highlighting recent research on female...

Humans organize social interactions in part by referring to others using proper names (hereafter “names”). Names might also facilitate the complex social lives of animals. Several animal species…

Podcast Episode · The Last Show with David Cooper · April 21 · 11m

Like many animals, parrots make sounds that suggest they are talking with each other, maybe even calling out to a specific parrot.

Humans organize social interactions in part by referring to others using proper names (hereafter “names”). Names might also facilitate the complex social lives of animals. Several animal species produ...

We examined song-type sharing and song-type co-occurrence among broadcast songs in a migratory population of a songbird with large and highly variable repertoire sizes, the Rock Wren (<em>Salpinctes o...

A Video Series for the Bird-curious Hosted by Lauryn Benedict and Pam Moore Produced by Jill Dugan

Elaborate traits like birdsong are thought to be sexually selected in males but are poorly understood in females. This study shows that year-round territoriality and biparental care are selected for f...

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ABSTRACT. Animal coloration patterns are wildly variable. Despite this, there are plumage traits that occur similarly across taxonomic groups, suggesting t

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ABSTRACT. Animal coloration patterns are wildly variable. Despite this, there are plumage traits that occur similarly across taxonomic groups, suggesting t

A new study shows that ecological research often ignores or excludes data on female birds and behavior, resulting in erroneous assumptions on conservation.

The Many Parrots group is a team of scientists studying parrot vocal learning and musicality. We invite the public to contribute to research by filling out surveys about their talking and singing parr...