Andrés Cuervo
@amcuervo.bsky.social
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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Andrés Cuervo
@amcuervo.bsky.social
· Nov 17
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 🇨🇴🧬🐦⛰️
a series of bird expeditions to one of the few really unexplored regions of the Nothern Andes #ornithology #icn #unal 🇨🇴🧬🐦⛰️
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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"
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@emmamarjakangas.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social @ebcc.info
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@emmamarjakangas.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social @ebcc.info
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@emmamarjakangas.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social @ebcc.info
Evaluating the roles of signaling and camouflage in the evolution of iris color in Tyranni passerines. Evolution
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Evaluating the roles of signaling and camouflage in the evolution of iris color in Tyranni passerines. Evolution
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Our synthesis on patterns of bird diversity and diversification dynamics in South America is available online:
books.google.com/books?id=lyi...
books.google.com/books?id=lyi...
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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November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Our synthesis on patterns of bird diversity and diversification dynamics in South America is available online:
books.google.com/books?id=lyi...
books.google.com/books?id=lyi...
Reposted by Andrés Cuervo
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 🇨🇴🧬🐦⛰️
a series of bird expeditions to one of the few really unexplored regions of the Nothern Andes #ornithology #icn #unal 🇨🇴🧬🐦⛰️
November 17, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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 🇨🇴🧬🐦⛰️
a series of bird expeditions to one of the few really unexplored regions of the Nothern Andes #ornithology #icn #unal 🇨🇴🧬🐦⛰️
Reposted by Andrés Cuervo
Putting this here, partly to remind myself to read it (🙄) but also because it looks important and useful
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A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology
Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Putting this here, partly to remind myself to read it (🙄) but also because it looks important and useful
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Deconstructing the morphological basis of ecogeographic variation in the hand-wing index, a widely used proxy for avian mobility, in the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
@asn-amnat.bsky.social doi.org/10.1086/739176
#birds #collectionsareessential #museums #ornithology #evosky
@asn-amnat.bsky.social doi.org/10.1086/739176
#birds #collectionsareessential #museums #ornithology #evosky
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Deconstructing the morphological basis of ecogeographic variation in the hand-wing index, a widely used proxy for avian mobility, in the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
@asn-amnat.bsky.social doi.org/10.1086/739176
#birds #collectionsareessential #museums #ornithology #evosky
@asn-amnat.bsky.social doi.org/10.1086/739176
#birds #collectionsareessential #museums #ornithology #evosky
Reposted by Andrés Cuervo
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold. [In some cases, to zero.] Story by @alexwitze.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold. [In some cases, to zero.] Story by @alexwitze.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Resurveyed Island Vegetation Reveals That Species
Colonisation and Extinction Probabilities Are Linked
to Traits #FunctionalTraits 🧪🌐🌾 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Colonisation and Extinction Probabilities Are Linked
to Traits #FunctionalTraits 🧪🌐🌾 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Resurveyed Island Vegetation Reveals That Species
Colonisation and Extinction Probabilities Are Linked
to Traits #FunctionalTraits 🧪🌐🌾 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Colonisation and Extinction Probabilities Are Linked
to Traits #FunctionalTraits 🧪🌐🌾 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
museum job alert 🇨🇦
royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/XBR2Yc...
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Curator of Birds - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page
Apply to Curator of Birds at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
museum job alert 🇨🇦
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royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/XBR2Yc...
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"We show that more parental care is associated with more evolutionary freedom in how birds fly" #ornithology #evosky
"We show that more parental care is associated with more evolutionary freedom in how birds fly" #ornithology #evosky
Great expectations: altricial developmental strategies are associated with more flexible evolution of limb skeleton proportions in birds | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Birds have repeatedly evolved diverse developmental strategies, including multiple
origins of sophisticated parental care, making them a model system to explore the
consequences of developmental strat...
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
"We show that more parental care is associated with more evolutionary freedom in how birds fly" #ornithology #evosky
"We show that more parental care is associated with more evolutionary freedom in how birds fly" #ornithology #evosky
agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co/detalle/foto... this is us! National Bird Collection 🇨🇴
A laboratory of #ornithology for the most diverse bird country. It's paradise!
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia @vriunal.bsky.social
A laboratory of #ornithology for the most diverse bird country. It's paradise!
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia @vriunal.bsky.social
Fotogalería. Colección de aves de la UNAL, testigo de la mayor diversidad del planeta
En una sala de gabinetes metálicos del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN) de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) se guardan las huellas más delicadas del país: 45.000 aves que hablan de lo q...
agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co
October 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co/detalle/foto... this is us! National Bird Collection 🇨🇴
A laboratory of #ornithology for the most diverse bird country. It's paradise!
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia @vriunal.bsky.social
A laboratory of #ornithology for the most diverse bird country. It's paradise!
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia @vriunal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
Correlated evolution between nest architecture and the visual system of Passerine birds
#nesting #evosky #ecology #ornithology
Correlated evolution between nest architecture and the visual system of Passerine birds
#nesting #evosky #ecology #ornithology
Digest: Complex influences on an adaptive trait in birds
Abstract. Ausprey et al. (2025) investigated the relationship between vision, an adaptive trait in birds, and nest construction. Eye size was correlated wi
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October 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Correlated evolution between nest architecture and the visual system of Passerine birds
#nesting #evosky #ecology #ornithology
Correlated evolution between nest architecture and the visual system of Passerine birds
#nesting #evosky #ecology #ornithology
academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
on ecological realism and eco-evolutionary dynamics in contemporary timescales
"...stochasticity can affect phenotypic evolution even in large populations via stochastic selection generated by environmental fluctuations."
#evosky #ornithology #ecology
on ecological realism and eco-evolutionary dynamics in contemporary timescales
"...stochasticity can affect phenotypic evolution even in large populations via stochastic selection generated by environmental fluctuations."
#evosky #ornithology #ecology
Quantitative analyses of stochastic influences on the response to phenotypic selection in a small passerine, the collared flycatcher
Abstract. Stochastic influences arising from demographic and environmental stochasticity strongly affect eco-evolutionary dynamics. Demographic stochastici
academic.oup.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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on ecological realism and eco-evolutionary dynamics in contemporary timescales
"...stochasticity can affect phenotypic evolution even in large populations via stochastic selection generated by environmental fluctuations."
#evosky #ornithology #ecology
on ecological realism and eco-evolutionary dynamics in contemporary timescales
"...stochasticity can affect phenotypic evolution even in large populations via stochastic selection generated by environmental fluctuations."
#evosky #ornithology #ecology
October 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Link Between Range Size, Niche Specialisation and Diversification in One of the Most Successful Avian Radiations, the New World Flycatchers (Tyrannoidea).
Journal of Biogeography e70057. #ornithology #evosky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Journal of Biogeography e70057. #ornithology #evosky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Link Between Range Size, Niche Specialisation and Diversification in One of the Most Successful Avian Radiations, the New World Flycatchers (Tyrannoidea).
Journal of Biogeography e70057. #ornithology #evosky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Journal of Biogeography e70057. #ornithology #evosky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Introducing BIRDBASE, which aims to be the world's most comprehensive avian trait ecology database. Article links to open access paper, & data in Excel spreadsheet. phys.org/news/2025-09... #science #environment #ecology #eco #biology #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #openaccess #datascience
BIRDBASE dataset tracks ecological traits for 11,589 species of birds
Çağan Şekercioğlu was an ambitious, but perhaps naive graduate student when, 26 years ago, he embarked on a simple data-compilation project that would soon evolve into a massive career-defining achiev...
phys.org
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Introducing BIRDBASE, which aims to be the world's most comprehensive avian trait ecology database. Article links to open access paper, & data in Excel spreadsheet. phys.org/news/2025-09... #science #environment #ecology #eco #biology #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #openaccess #datascience
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#newpaper out in @natecoevo.nature.com on Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds, co-led by @jameskennerley.bsky.social when he was a PhD student at @eegcam.bsky.social . Nice summary on the @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/birds-all-ov...
Birds all over the world use the same sound to warn of threats
The findings of a new study about communication between birds also offer key insights into the origins of language.
theconversation.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#newpaper out in @natecoevo.nature.com on Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds, co-led by @jameskennerley.bsky.social when he was a PhD student at @eegcam.bsky.social . Nice summary on the @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/birds-all-ov...
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💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.
September 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.
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📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Natalia’s paper on morphological changes in forest birds in 100 years is having some coverage on the national news
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@nataliaperez-a.bsky.social
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@nataliaperez-a.bsky.social
Aves de Barbacoas | Blogs El Espectador
Entre 1911 y 1914 el Museo Americano de Historia Natural de los Estados Unidos auspició la Expedición Chapman a Suramérica, la intención era observar y estudiar las aves del continente y dejar registr...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Natalia’s paper on morphological changes in forest birds in 100 years is having some coverage on the national news
blogs.elespectador.com/cultura/pazi...
@nataliaperez-a.bsky.social
blogs.elespectador.com/cultura/pazi...
@nataliaperez-a.bsky.social
💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.
September 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM