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Cover | How complex are parrot duets? Evidence for large repertoires and syntactic structure in a wild species
Cover | How complex are parrot duets? Evidence for large repertoires and syntactic structure in a wild species

Our latest cover depicts a yellow-naped amazon, photographed by JD Gilardi, World Parrot Trust.

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Cover | How do low-traffic roads affect ground-nesting birds?
Cover | How do low-traffic roads affect ground-nesting birds?

Our latest cover depicts a common snipe, photographed by Tómas G. Gunnarsson.

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*Cover | Incubation behaviour in a double-nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis: similar nest attendance by males and females
*Cover | Incubation behaviour in a double-nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis: similar nest attendance by males and females

September-October cover depicting a rock partridge pair, featuring the article 'Incubation behaviour in a double-nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis: similar nest attendance by males and females' by Bernard-Laurent et al. Photo credit: Jean Guillet.

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Journal of Avian Biology is a journal of the Nordic Society Oikos, published in cooperation with Wiley. The journal is available at Wiley Online Library. Back issues are at JSTOR.

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New paper: uropygial secretions vary in antimicrobial activity across 11 passerine species: house sparrows exhibit the strongest responses, secretion activity links to gland size, and body condition influences activity differently among species. ㅤ ➡️
New paper: guidelines for tracker choice: a global synthesis of 2745 shorebird trackers on 37 species shows most deployments fail early, but success improves with lighter tags, leg-loop harnesses, satellite data retrieval, and solar power ㅤ ➡️ https:
New paper: do Asian koels mimic their hosts’ eggs? Museum analyses show no mimicry of house crow eggs or host-specific types, but eggs resemble red-billed blue magpies and some crows, suggesting selective mimicry. ㅤ ➡️ https://vist.ly/4vnqt ㅤ #
New paper: on the functional significance of female song in a temperate migratory species: nearly 40% of female great reed warblers sing early in incubation, likely to signal territory and reproductive status ㅤ ➡️ https://vist.ly/4vgyi ㅤ Great reed w
🚨 Top-downloaded 2024/25: Tracking devices on banded dotterels show no adverse effects on survival, breeding, or behavior. The study suggests refining device limits using species’ load capacity and locomotion mode ㅤ ➡️ https://vist.ly/4v77i ㅤ
New paper: in great tits, male nestlings grow bigger and show stronger immune defenses than females, showing fast growth doesn’t compromise immunity, likely thanks to priority access to food from parents. ㅤ ➡️ https://vist.ly/4u2ys ㅤ Great tit