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Shriya Uday

@shriyaaaaa.bsky.social

Conservationist and ecologist studying the wildlife trade. Enthusiastic science communicator and zine creator. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (Any pronouns) shriyauday.neocities.org (Not mobile friendly atm)

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A new zine about strange relationships! #zine #birds #dragons Available as a pdf here: shriyaaarghart.itch.io/the-cuckoo-a...

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 18/11/2025

Our speakers at the #NaturalHistoryMuseum @nhm.org for #BOUasm25 !!

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Image credits : 1/ Photo by Mohammad Husaini on Unsplash shorturl.at/AhfSC 6/ Photo by Jatin Saini on Unsplash shorturl.at/IL7LU Addiotinal graphics are taken from the Wellcome Collection

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

6/ Quantifying the nature and complexity of bird colouration is a unique way to tie together physical characteristics, the perceived aesthetic values of birds, and global avian conservation that both lets us examine the diversity we risk losing and the ability to use colour for conservation.

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

5/ When looking at the percentage of overlap between: - Export/Native birds - Import/Native birds We can see how colour rich countries tend to be more selective while countries with a smaller native colour space trade across their entire colour space.

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

4/ There is also a global demand for non-monochromatic birds - Likelihood of trade generally decreases with increasing area of a single colour on the body, particularly dull colours like grey, black and brown - Exceptions include rare colours like purple and green

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

3/ More colourful and more colour unique birds are more likely to be traded across both males and females. In general there's more colour across all traded birds when comparing them to the total percentages of bird colours.

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

2/ Using - 20 years of trade data from CITES - Bird colour data for over 8,500 species obtained from photographs of museum specimens We can come up with various colour metrics including colourfulness, colour uniqueness, colour categories, and overlap.

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Shriya Uday @shriyaaaaa.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

1/ Thousands of species are exploited every year for the wildlife trade. Using birds as a model group, at #BOUasm25 I talk about how colour influences demand on a global scale. My podcast about this topic -> shorturl.at/YsUvL #conservationscience🌎, #ornithology, #conservation

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