@ottaviojanni.bsky.social
Mostly birds. Happiest on Linosa or in the Neotropics
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It's been a long wait but an advance copy of 'Grasshoppers' has finally arrived. It's been worth the wait with excellent printing
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's been a long wait but an advance copy of 'Grasshoppers' has finally arrived. It's been worth the wait with excellent printing
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Our NBC Conservation Fund has supported 160 priority bird conservation projects in 14 countries to the tune of $350,000. Encouraged to help? Find out more, donate or join NBC (to receive our journal and magazine) at the new website: neotropicalbirdingandconservation.org/conservation/ #ornithology
Conservation - Neotropical Birding and Conservation
neotropicalbirdingandconservation.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Our NBC Conservation Fund has supported 160 priority bird conservation projects in 14 countries to the tune of $350,000. Encouraged to help? Find out more, donate or join NBC (to receive our journal and magazine) at the new website: neotropicalbirdingandconservation.org/conservation/ #ornithology
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Here kitty kitty.
The ancient Chinese thought cats were so nice, they brought them in twice.
But the FIRST one...wasn't a house cat. It was a LEOPARD CAT.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-...
The ancient Chinese thought cats were so nice, they brought them in twice.
But the FIRST one...wasn't a house cat. It was a LEOPARD CAT.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-...
Ancient DNA reveals China’s first 'pet' cat wasn’t the house cat
The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.
www.sciencenews.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Here kitty kitty.
The ancient Chinese thought cats were so nice, they brought them in twice.
But the FIRST one...wasn't a house cat. It was a LEOPARD CAT.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-...
The ancient Chinese thought cats were so nice, they brought them in twice.
But the FIRST one...wasn't a house cat. It was a LEOPARD CAT.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-...
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Huge News from the Western Amazon: it's the year 2025 and we are still describing entirely new, strikingly-distinctive large-bodied bird species! Behold Tinamus resonans sp. nov. the Slaty-masked Tinamou mapress.com/zt/article/v... #Ornithology @tetzoo.bsky.social 🪶
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Huge News from the Western Amazon: it's the year 2025 and we are still describing entirely new, strikingly-distinctive large-bodied bird species! Behold Tinamus resonans sp. nov. the Slaty-masked Tinamou mapress.com/zt/article/v... #Ornithology @tetzoo.bsky.social 🪶
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Why are there more songbirds some years compared to others? When animals drift across continents, it's hard to know.
New study examined > 1.2 million captures of 33 passerine sp. across 11 European countries.
It found an answer: adult survival shapes abundance link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New study examined > 1.2 million captures of 33 passerine sp. across 11 European countries.
It found an answer: adult survival shapes abundance link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Adult survival has a stronger role than productivity in the annual population change of European songbirds - Oecologia
Biodiversity is decreasing at an alarming rate, and there is an urgent need to understand the demographic drivers behind population declines. Therefore, it is important to study the different stages o...
link.springer.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Why are there more songbirds some years compared to others? When animals drift across continents, it's hard to know.
New study examined > 1.2 million captures of 33 passerine sp. across 11 European countries.
It found an answer: adult survival shapes abundance link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New study examined > 1.2 million captures of 33 passerine sp. across 11 European countries.
It found an answer: adult survival shapes abundance link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🎉 New article out: 🎉
Not everyone is shrinking: increases in body mass and wing length in a Sand Martin population in northwestern Italy over two decades 🐦
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
@bou.org.uk
#ornithology #climatechange #OpenAccess
Not everyone is shrinking: increases in body mass and wing length in a Sand Martin population in northwestern Italy over two decades 🐦
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
@bou.org.uk
#ornithology #climatechange #OpenAccess
Not everyone is shrinking: increases in body mass and wing length in a Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) population in northwestern Italy over two decades
In recent decades, vertebrates, particularly birds, have exhibited notable morphological changes in response to climate change. In birds, these temporal trends usually entail a decrease in body mass ...
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🎉 New article out: 🎉
Not everyone is shrinking: increases in body mass and wing length in a Sand Martin population in northwestern Italy over two decades 🐦
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
@bou.org.uk
#ornithology #climatechange #OpenAccess
Not everyone is shrinking: increases in body mass and wing length in a Sand Martin population in northwestern Italy over two decades 🐦
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
@bou.org.uk
#ornithology #climatechange #OpenAccess
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This Ross's Gull was painted from a long staying bird in Galway a few winters' back. I was fortunate to see it 3 times, and it was my third at that very location. This, and many more original artworks are available on my website www.robertvaughanillustrations.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This Ross's Gull was painted from a long staying bird in Galway a few winters' back. I was fortunate to see it 3 times, and it was my third at that very location. This, and many more original artworks are available on my website www.robertvaughanillustrations.com
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Have you read our recent paper looking at how #COVID19 #lockdown changed foraging behavior of #redkites in Switzerland? 🦅 (🧵⬇️) doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
@vogelwarte.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
@vogelwarte.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Have you read our recent paper looking at how #COVID19 #lockdown changed foraging behavior of #redkites in Switzerland? 🦅 (🧵⬇️) doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
@vogelwarte.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
@vogelwarte.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
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Incredible……
Colombia declares its entire Amazon Biome off limits to mining & oil extraction.
Colombia declares its entire Amazon Biome off limits to mining & oil extraction.
Colombia Declares Its Entire Amazon Region Off-Limits to Mining and Oil Extraction
At COP30, Colombia's Minister of the Environment announced that the entire Amazon region would be declared free of mining and oil extraction.
colombiaone.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Incredible……
Colombia declares its entire Amazon Biome off limits to mining & oil extraction.
Colombia declares its entire Amazon Biome off limits to mining & oil extraction.
Cool Neotropical vagrancy: Ecuador's first Black-collared Swallow, a bird of rocky lowland rivers, at 3300 meters in the Andes.
ML645687381 - Black-collared Swallow - Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML645687381; © Sam Woods/Tropical Birding Tours; Napo, Ecuador
macaulaylibrary.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Cool Neotropical vagrancy: Ecuador's first Black-collared Swallow, a bird of rocky lowland rivers, at 3300 meters in the Andes.
Some day...
Rarity finders: Siberian Rubythroat in Shetland
What began as a foggy day of late-autumn birding for Dave Cooper ended with a prize find long woven into British birding folklore:
What began as a foggy day of late-autumn birding for Dave Cooper ended with a prize find long woven into British birding folklore:
Rarity finders: Siberian Rubythroat in Shetland
What began as a foggy day of late-autumn birding for Dave Cooper ended with a prize find long woven into British birding folklore.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Some day...
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The Amazon Rainforest was shaped by people. Analysis of 262 trees species across 1,521 forest plots reveals that both pre-Columbian Indigenous peoples and European colonists enduringly influenced the forest’s relative abundance of trees. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/VAqY50XuP38
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Amazon Rainforest was shaped by people. Analysis of 262 trees species across 1,521 forest plots reveals that both pre-Columbian Indigenous peoples and European colonists enduringly influenced the forest’s relative abundance of trees. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/VAqY50XuP38
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Just out in Systematic Biology, we explore the role of gene flow in island phylogeography of the Solomons Black-and-white Monarch complex. doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Up first, strong genetic structure between islands groups and weak (but present!) structure between Pleistocene-connected islands (🧵)
Up first, strong genetic structure between islands groups and weak (but present!) structure between Pleistocene-connected islands (🧵)
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just out in Systematic Biology, we explore the role of gene flow in island phylogeography of the Solomons Black-and-white Monarch complex. doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Up first, strong genetic structure between islands groups and weak (but present!) structure between Pleistocene-connected islands (🧵)
Up first, strong genetic structure between islands groups and weak (but present!) structure between Pleistocene-connected islands (🧵)
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I want someone to make a Merlin app but it's just Mark Catesby's descriptions of birds from 1732.
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I want someone to make a Merlin app but it's just Mark Catesby's descriptions of birds from 1732.
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
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Postcard from the field from our wandering tour leader, Michele Viganò - Miki has been in the Western Sahara in the past week, and his first postcard shared with us is this gorgeous Sand Cat (Felis margarita). Stay tuned for more North Africa wildlife postcards from Miki this coming winter!
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Postcard from the field from our wandering tour leader, Michele Viganò - Miki has been in the Western Sahara in the past week, and his first postcard shared with us is this gorgeous Sand Cat (Felis margarita). Stay tuned for more North Africa wildlife postcards from Miki this coming winter!
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The Jazz Butcher said it best, "It was two or three years, for example, before it was explained to me that the Jesus and Mary Chain was in fact like listening to The Byrds with the hairdryer on."
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Jazz Butcher said it best, "It was two or three years, for example, before it was explained to me that the Jesus and Mary Chain was in fact like listening to The Byrds with the hairdryer on."
Greatest record ever?
Happy 40th birthday to this beautiful beast. The crescendo of singles leading up was almost unbearably perfect, the album itself totally thrilling. Started my first band the morning after seeing them live (12/8/85, 9:30 Club in DC), which led directly to SLR a few years later. Changed my life!
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Greatest record ever?
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French minister publicly committing to defend illegality.
Its hard to fathom how damaging this is to democracy, the rule of law, citizens' trust in institutions, the credibility of the European project.
Shameful.
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
Its hard to fathom how damaging this is to democracy, the rule of law, citizens' trust in institutions, the credibility of the European project.
Shameful.
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
Le Ministre délégué chargé de la transition écologique en...
En visite dans les Landes à l’invitation de la Fédération départementale des chasseurs, Mathieu Lefevre a répété sa détermination à défendre le piégeage des...
www.lpo.fr
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
French minister publicly committing to defend illegality.
Its hard to fathom how damaging this is to democracy, the rule of law, citizens' trust in institutions, the credibility of the European project.
Shameful.
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
Its hard to fathom how damaging this is to democracy, the rule of law, citizens' trust in institutions, the credibility of the European project.
Shameful.
www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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How are Pacific NW mountain birds responding to climate change?
I got up at 4:00 am for a month to find out.
but first the backstory, or "how I spent seven years telling everyone this project wasn't possible"
new paper here:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
I got up at 4:00 am for a month to find out.
but first the backstory, or "how I spent seven years telling everyone this project wasn't possible"
new paper here:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How are Pacific NW mountain birds responding to climate change?
I got up at 4:00 am for a month to find out.
but first the backstory, or "how I spent seven years telling everyone this project wasn't possible"
new paper here:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
I got up at 4:00 am for a month to find out.
but first the backstory, or "how I spent seven years telling everyone this project wasn't possible"
new paper here:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Check out our new paper in @royalsociety.org testing mechanisms behind elevational range restriction in tropical montane songbirds! ⛰️🦜🌳
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Testing the thermal physiology, habitat and competition hypotheses for elevational range limits in four tropical songbirds | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Restricted elevational ranges are common across tropical montane species, but the
mechanisms generating and maintaining these patterns remain poorly resolved. A long-standing
hypothesis is that specia...
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Check out our new paper in @royalsociety.org testing mechanisms behind elevational range restriction in tropical montane songbirds! ⛰️🦜🌳
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Just look at this! This is right up my alley, I love ID as most know and seeing work like this that illustrates the differences so well is fantastic.
I completed the Swainson's and Grey-cheeked Thrush illustration over the weekend. It was really enjoyable to work on these 2 subtle American vagrants that I was lucky to see earlier this Autumn close to home. #donegalbirding
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Just look at this! This is right up my alley, I love ID as most know and seeing work like this that illustrates the differences so well is fantastic.
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The Blue-eyed Ground Dove has been confirmed as the only living member of the ancient genus Oxypelia. New genetic evidence reveals its deep evolutionary roots and the urgency of conserving its Cerrado refuge.
theornithologist.org/a-lost-dove-...
#TheOrnithologist #Ornithology
theornithologist.org/a-lost-dove-...
#TheOrnithologist #Ornithology
A lost dove, a revived genus: new genetic evidence redefines one of Brazil’s rarest birds
Blue-eyed Ground Dove has been confirmed as the only living member of the ancient genus Oxypelia. New genetic evidence reveals its deep evolutionary roots and the urgency of conserving its Cerrado ref...
theornithologist.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Blue-eyed Ground Dove has been confirmed as the only living member of the ancient genus Oxypelia. New genetic evidence reveals its deep evolutionary roots and the urgency of conserving its Cerrado refuge.
theornithologist.org/a-lost-dove-...
#TheOrnithologist #Ornithology
theornithologist.org/a-lost-dove-...
#TheOrnithologist #Ornithology
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A grim read - Lesser Kestrels at the 1000-pair colony in Matera, Italy suffering large losses (65%) as a result of climate-induced heatwaves. For every 10 chicks, the heat killed 7.
Not sure how they will adapt to that…
www.lifefalkon.eu/en/news/the-...
Not sure how they will adapt to that…
www.lifefalkon.eu/en/news/the-...
LIFE FALKON
Fostering the breeding rAnge expansion of central-eastern Mediterranean Lesser Kestrel pOpulatioNs
www.lifefalkon.eu
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A grim read - Lesser Kestrels at the 1000-pair colony in Matera, Italy suffering large losses (65%) as a result of climate-induced heatwaves. For every 10 chicks, the heat killed 7.
Not sure how they will adapt to that…
www.lifefalkon.eu/en/news/the-...
Not sure how they will adapt to that…
www.lifefalkon.eu/en/news/the-...