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@mostlywaxbills.bsky.social

CIBIO team studying behavioural ecology with waxbills (mostly). posts by g.cardoso

MostlyWaxbills @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

New #bioacoustics article at @journal-evo.bsky.social on how bird songs evolved extreme sound frequencies, despite frequency-dependent constraints on sound amplitude. Paper here 📎: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

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MostlyWaxbills @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

João Pacheco's new paper - doi.org/10.1016/j.an... - continues a story of fear, reputation, show-off and aggression in waxbills. Here are all chapters: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... doi.org/10.1098/rspb... doi.org/10.1093/behe... doi.org/10.1016/j.an... doi.org/10.1016/j.an... doi.org/10.1111/eth....

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MostlyWaxbills @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

A waxbill with its red bill mottled black. This happens in breeding females, who mottle their red bill with juvenile-like black. Perhaps breeding females exploit others' innate responses towards juvenile bill colour. See the new article @asn-amnat.bsky.social here doi.org/10.1086/735832

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