Petr Prochazka
@rytikerttunen.bsky.social
#ornithology 🥚🐣🐦| #birdmigration #birdringing #birdtracking | #broodparasitism | #TeamBird @ivb-cas.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social | #HABITRACK
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What an epic return! 🤩🌍🐦
A common snipe tagged in April 2025 near Olomouc is back in Czechia after migrating to the Yamalo-Nenets AO (east of the Urals) – a round trip of over 7,500 km!
#HABITRACK #ornithology #birdmigration #snipe
A common snipe tagged in April 2025 near Olomouc is back in Czechia after migrating to the Yamalo-Nenets AO (east of the Urals) – a round trip of over 7,500 km!
#HABITRACK #ornithology #birdmigration #snipe
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There’s one month left to apply for the PhD position on interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns, co-supervised by @alicecarravieri.bsky.social, Bernd Sures from @unidue.bsky.social and myself. You can do so here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
There’s one month left to apply for the PhD position on interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns, co-supervised by @alicecarravieri.bsky.social, Bernd Sures from @unidue.bsky.social and myself. You can do so here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
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🐞🧬🦅 join us for a PhD position researching how birds evolve resistance to prey toxins. If you’re excited about wild chemical arms races, we’d love to hear from you. @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🐞🧬🦅 join us for a PhD position researching how birds evolve resistance to prey toxins. If you’re excited about wild chemical arms races, we’d love to hear from you. @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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BehaveAI is live!
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
BehaveAI is live!
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
Our biologically inspired video analysis tool sees motion as colour. Track animals or objects, classify their behaviour, and handle complex natural scenes with ease.
Semi-supervised annotation, no GPUs required, user-friendly, free & open source.
Pre-print tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
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Granger et al. Multispecies sensory networks and social foraging strategies: Implications for population decline in procellariiform seabirds www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #ornithology #seabirds
Multispecies sensory networks and social foraging strategies: Implications for population decline in procellariiform seabirds | PNAS
Multispecies sensory networks, where different species prioritize different sensory
modalities and then use heterospecific information in a likely ...
www.pnas.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Granger et al. Multispecies sensory networks and social foraging strategies: Implications for population decline in procellariiform seabirds www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #ornithology #seabirds
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🥚 Tajemství kukaččích vajec: samice určují barvu, otcové mohou ovlivnit skvrnitost
www.avcr.cz/cs/pro-media...
www.avcr.cz/cs/pro-media...
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🥚 Tajemství kukaččích vajec: samice určují barvu, otcové mohou ovlivnit skvrnitost
www.avcr.cz/cs/pro-media...
www.avcr.cz/cs/pro-media...
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How does a single cuckoo species evolve eggs that mimic those of many different hosts?
In a new Science study, researchers report genomic data that reveal a complex geographic mosaic of cuckoo-host coevolution.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4nEZIfY
In a new Science study, researchers report genomic data that reveal a complex geographic mosaic of cuckoo-host coevolution.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4nEZIfY
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
How does a single cuckoo species evolve eggs that mimic those of many different hosts?
In a new Science study, researchers report genomic data that reveal a complex geographic mosaic of cuckoo-host coevolution.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4nEZIfY
In a new Science study, researchers report genomic data that reveal a complex geographic mosaic of cuckoo-host coevolution.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4nEZIfY
New paper today in Proc B @royalsociety.org. We explored nest architecture in 3,685 species of birds, modelling the multivariate nature of nests, i.e. how shape, location or attachment co-occur. Then we explored how the environment affected nest architecture evolution. Spoilers in the title! 🪺🐦🌍
A wide range of abiotic and biotic variables leaves most variation in bird nest architecture unexplained | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Nests are the locations or containers for offspring, and mediate interactions between
offspring and the environment. However, understanding how environmental factors shape
the evolution of nest archit...
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Matrilines attack,
for the hosts there is no hope.
Egg kaleidoscope.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
for the hosts there is no hope.
Egg kaleidoscope.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Genomic architecture of egg mimicry and its consequences for speciation in parasitic cuckoos
Host-parasite arms races facilitate rapid evolution and can fuel speciation. Cuculus cuckoos are deceptive egg mimics that exhibit a broad diversity of counterfeit egg phenotypes, representing host-ad...
www.science.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Our new @science.org paper is out! Cuckoos and hosts are locked in a coevolutionary arms race over egg mimicry.
But how are these egg types inherited, and could this drive speciation? We sequenced hundreds of genomes to find out!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
🧵1/6
But how are these egg types inherited, and could this drive speciation? We sequenced hundreds of genomes to find out!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
🧵1/6
Genomic architecture of egg mimicry and its consequences for speciation in parasitic cuckoos
Host-parasite arms races facilitate rapid evolution and can fuel speciation. Cuculus cuckoos are deceptive egg mimics that exhibit a broad diversity of counterfeit egg phenotypes, representing host-ad...
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Our new @science.org paper is out! Cuckoos and hosts are locked in a coevolutionary arms race over egg mimicry.
But how are these egg types inherited, and could this drive speciation? We sequenced hundreds of genomes to find out!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
🧵1/6
But how are these egg types inherited, and could this drive speciation? We sequenced hundreds of genomes to find out!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
🧵1/6
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🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
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🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
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1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration
The reshuffling of genomic variation from multiple origins is an important contributor to phenotypic diversification, yet insights into the evolutionary trajectories of this combinatorial process and ...
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
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#VacancyEdu #PhD #PhDposition #PhDlife #PhdScholarship #DoctoralCandidate #PhDstudents #ResearchOpportunity #PhDcommunity #PhDStudentship
#ornithology
#ornithology
🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
October 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
What an epic return! 🤩🌍🐦
A common snipe tagged in April 2025 near Olomouc is back in Czechia after migrating to the Yamalo-Nenets AO (east of the Urals) – a round trip of over 7,500 km!
#HABITRACK #ornithology #birdmigration #snipe
A common snipe tagged in April 2025 near Olomouc is back in Czechia after migrating to the Yamalo-Nenets AO (east of the Urals) – a round trip of over 7,500 km!
#HABITRACK #ornithology #birdmigration #snipe
October 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
What an epic return! 🤩🌍🐦
A common snipe tagged in April 2025 near Olomouc is back in Czechia after migrating to the Yamalo-Nenets AO (east of the Urals) – a round trip of over 7,500 km!
#HABITRACK #ornithology #birdmigration #snipe
A common snipe tagged in April 2025 near Olomouc is back in Czechia after migrating to the Yamalo-Nenets AO (east of the Urals) – a round trip of over 7,500 km!
#HABITRACK #ornithology #birdmigration #snipe
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Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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A vagrant juvenile Sanderling turned up in Israel—likely after a single non-stop flight from the Dutch Wadden Sea. Here’s thread explaining why that’s remarkable and interesting. @wadertales.bsky.social @globalflyway.bsky.social #Birds #Migration
September 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A vagrant juvenile Sanderling turned up in Israel—likely after a single non-stop flight from the Dutch Wadden Sea. Here’s thread explaining why that’s remarkable and interesting. @wadertales.bsky.social @globalflyway.bsky.social #Birds #Migration
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Are animals randomly distributed in the air, or is there a structure to where and when we find them? In our new paper we outline factors that shape habitat use in the air, from abiotic structure to biotic interactions. A lot of fun discussions behind this one! 🦅🦋🦇🌬
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Animal niches in the airspace
For flying animals, including many birds, bats, and insects, the air is a crucial
arena for a range of behaviors. Technological advances, such as year-round tracking
of flight altitudes and expanded u...
www.cell.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Are animals randomly distributed in the air, or is there a structure to where and when we find them? In our new paper we outline factors that shape habitat use in the air, from abiotic structure to biotic interactions. A lot of fun discussions behind this one! 🦅🦋🦇🌬
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/46pfg
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social , Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/46pfg
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social , Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
September 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/46pfg
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social , Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/46pfg
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social , Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
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Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
September 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
Reposted by Petr Prochazka
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Some labs drop papers on Bluesky.
Wolf Lab drops #haiku! 📝
Brilliant molecular poetry - check it out:
@jochenwolflab.bsky.social 🧬
Including this one:
Sauna, vodka, tea.
Inhale the North, speciate.
Even ants must pee.
#ornithology #MolecularEcology #evolution #SciComm
Wolf Lab drops #haiku! 📝
Brilliant molecular poetry - check it out:
@jochenwolflab.bsky.social 🧬
Including this one:
Sauna, vodka, tea.
Inhale the North, speciate.
Even ants must pee.
#ornithology #MolecularEcology #evolution #SciComm
Two million bases
defy conformity. Meth
rebels follow lead.
Merondun (2025) Mol Ecol
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
defy conformity. Meth
rebels follow lead.
Merondun (2025) Mol Ecol
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
DNA Methylation Reflects Cis‐Genetic Differentiation Across the European Crow Hybrid Zone
Chromatin modifications provide a substrate for epigenetic variation with evolutionary potential. To quantify the contribution of this layer of variation during speciation in crows, we leveraged geno...
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Some labs drop papers on Bluesky.
Wolf Lab drops #haiku! 📝
Brilliant molecular poetry - check it out:
@jochenwolflab.bsky.social 🧬
Including this one:
Sauna, vodka, tea.
Inhale the North, speciate.
Even ants must pee.
#ornithology #MolecularEcology #evolution #SciComm
Wolf Lab drops #haiku! 📝
Brilliant molecular poetry - check it out:
@jochenwolflab.bsky.social 🧬
Including this one:
Sauna, vodka, tea.
Inhale the North, speciate.
Even ants must pee.
#ornithology #MolecularEcology #evolution #SciComm
What life history and behavioral traits predict female bird song at a global scale?
Our collaborative paper let by Karan Odom and out today in @natcomms.nature.com helps to answer that question
@josephtobias.bsky.social @sheardcat.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our collaborative paper let by Karan Odom and out today in @natcomms.nature.com helps to answer that question
@josephtobias.bsky.social @sheardcat.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global incidence of female birdsong is predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds - Nature Communications
Elaborate traits like birdsong are thought to be sexually selected in males but are poorly understood in females. This study shows that year-round territoriality and biparental care are selected for f...
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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If you are an early career researcher and at #EOU2025 come to the @nordicoikos.bsky.social booth and learn all about our @avianbiology.bsky.social review award. 🪶🏆 #birds #ornithology
www.avianbiology.org/authors/jab-...
www.avianbiology.org/authors/jab-...
August 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you are an early career researcher and at #EOU2025 come to the @nordicoikos.bsky.social booth and learn all about our @avianbiology.bsky.social review award. 🪶🏆 #birds #ornithology
www.avianbiology.org/authors/jab-...
www.avianbiology.org/authors/jab-...
Our new study in Molecular Ecology doi.org/10.1111/mec.... explores the northward expansion of the Eurasian #reedwarbler. Despite a fast range shift, genetic diversity wasn't lost and only weak founder effect signs were found. Let’s break it down: 🧵👇 1/6
#ornithology
#ornithology
August 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Our new study in Molecular Ecology doi.org/10.1111/mec.... explores the northward expansion of the Eurasian #reedwarbler. Despite a fast range shift, genetic diversity wasn't lost and only weak founder effect signs were found. Let’s break it down: 🧵👇 1/6
#ornithology
#ornithology