Dropping it into the #AvianHybrids Feed in case it hasn’t yet visited there.
The Mallard x Eider hybrid charged in to investigate me at Seahouses harbour this morning. Such an interesting bird with mannerisms more akin to its Mallard heritage. Almost appeared that the Eider were looking down on their half relation’s antics. #UKBirding #NEBirding
November 13, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Dropping it into the #AvianHybrids Feed in case it hasn’t yet visited there.
... #ornithology #seabirds #TeamMoth #AvianHybrids #BirdBook and those who contribute to the Feeds I have setup
#BirdingGear
#BWPUC
and
#OrkneyBirding
.
Here's to a bird-filled 2025!
#BirdingGear
#BWPUC
and
#OrkneyBirding
.
Here's to a bird-filled 2025!
December 31, 2024 at 6:59 PM
... #ornithology #seabirds #TeamMoth #AvianHybrids #BirdBook and those who contribute to the Feeds I have setup
#BirdingGear
#BWPUC
and
#OrkneyBirding
.
Here's to a bird-filled 2025!
#BirdingGear
#BWPUC
and
#OrkneyBirding
.
Here's to a bird-filled 2025!
Assumed hybrid LBBGxYLG(?), River Wansbeck, August 2026.
📸 Canon R5M2/RF800
#NEbirding #Avianhybrids #gulls #birding
📸 Canon R5M2/RF800
#NEbirding #Avianhybrids #gulls #birding
August 16, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Assumed hybrid LBBGxYLG(?), River Wansbeck, August 2026.
📸 Canon R5M2/RF800
#NEbirding #Avianhybrids #gulls #birding
📸 Canon R5M2/RF800
#NEbirding #Avianhybrids #gulls #birding
My latest paper just appeared in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 😀 🎉
Courtship dance similarity, but not complexity, may explain patterns of hybridization in manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
doi.org/10.1093/biol...
#ornithology #AvianHybrids #birds
Courtship dance similarity, but not complexity, may explain patterns of hybridization in manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
doi.org/10.1093/biol...
#ornithology #AvianHybrids #birds
Dancing Flirting GIF
ALT: Dancing Flirting GIF
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July 10, 2024 at 7:30 AM
My latest paper just appeared in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 😀 🎉
Courtship dance similarity, but not complexity, may explain patterns of hybridization in manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
doi.org/10.1093/biol...
#ornithology #AvianHybrids #birds
Courtship dance similarity, but not complexity, may explain patterns of hybridization in manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
doi.org/10.1093/biol...
#ornithology #AvianHybrids #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
A putative hybrid between Cattle Egret and Little Egret
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/a...
Based on the Waterbirds paper by Kanade Komaru et al. | #ornithology #birds
A putative hybrid between Cattle Egret and Little Egret
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/a...
Based on the Waterbirds paper by Kanade Komaru et al. | #ornithology #birds
November 15, 2023 at 8:06 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
A putative hybrid between Cattle Egret and Little Egret
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/a...
Based on the Waterbirds paper by Kanade Komaru et al. | #ornithology #birds
A putative hybrid between Cattle Egret and Little Egret
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/a...
Based on the Waterbirds paper by Kanade Komaru et al. | #ornithology #birds
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Body size shapes song in honeyeaters
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/b...
Based on the Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper by Eleanor Hay and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
Body size shapes song in honeyeaters
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/b...
Based on the Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper by Eleanor Hay and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
Body size shapes song in honeyeaters
Morphological constraints are the main driver of song evolution.
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July 24, 2024 at 8:09 AM
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Body size shapes song in honeyeaters
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/b...
Based on the Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper by Eleanor Hay and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
Body size shapes song in honeyeaters
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/b...
Based on the Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper by Eleanor Hay and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
The quantum evolution of bird beaks
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/t...
Based on the Evolution Letters paper by Louie Rombaut and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
The quantum evolution of bird beaks
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/t...
Based on the Evolution Letters paper by Louie Rombaut and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
The quantum evolution of bird beaks
Allometric conservatism is punctuated by occasional shifts in evolutionary change.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
May 22, 2024 at 7:15 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
The quantum evolution of bird beaks
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/t...
Based on the Evolution Letters paper by Louie Rombaut and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
The quantum evolution of bird beaks
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/t...
Based on the Evolution Letters paper by Louie Rombaut and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
How did the Common Chaffinch colonize the Macaronesian islands?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/h...
Based on the Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution paper by Maria Recuerda et al. | #ornithology #birds
How did the Common Chaffinch colonize the Macaronesian islands?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/h...
Based on the Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution paper by Maria Recuerda et al. | #ornithology #birds
How did the Common Chaffinch colonize the Macaronesian islands?
Separate colonizations from the mainland or hopping across islands?
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July 17, 2024 at 7:06 AM
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
How did the Common Chaffinch colonize the Macaronesian islands?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/h...
Based on the Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution paper by Maria Recuerda et al. | #ornithology #birds
How did the Common Chaffinch colonize the Macaronesian islands?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/h...
Based on the Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution paper by Maria Recuerda et al. | #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Range expansion resulted in hybridization between Little Tern and Fairy Tern
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/19/r...
A sneak peek of the paper on tern hybrids that I am currently working on. #ornithology #birds
Range expansion resulted in hybridization between Little Tern and Fairy Tern
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/19/r...
A sneak peek of the paper on tern hybrids that I am currently working on. #ornithology #birds
Range expansion resulted in hybridization between Little Tern and Fairy Tern
Retracing observations of tern hybrids in Australia.
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June 19, 2024 at 7:03 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Range expansion resulted in hybridization between Little Tern and Fairy Tern
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/19/r...
A sneak peek of the paper on tern hybrids that I am currently working on. #ornithology #birds
Range expansion resulted in hybridization between Little Tern and Fairy Tern
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/19/r...
A sneak peek of the paper on tern hybrids that I am currently working on. #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
A role for the W-chromosome in Haldane’s Rule
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/22/a...
Based on the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B paper by Valentina Peona and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
A role for the W-chromosome in Haldane’s Rule
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/22/a...
Based on the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B paper by Valentina Peona and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
November 22, 2023 at 9:05 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
A role for the W-chromosome in Haldane’s Rule
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/22/a...
Based on the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B paper by Valentina Peona and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
A role for the W-chromosome in Haldane’s Rule
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/22/a...
Based on the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B paper by Valentina Peona and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Warblers might attain yellow plumage color with a little help from their bacterial friends
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/w...
Based on the work of Marcella Baiz and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
Warblers might attain yellow plumage color with a little help from their bacterial friends
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/w...
Based on the work of Marcella Baiz and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
Warblers might attain yellow plumage color with a little help from their bacterial friends
Gut microbiome analyses uncover a surprising correlation.
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May 1, 2024 at 7:15 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Warblers might attain yellow plumage color with a little help from their bacterial friends
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/w...
Based on the work of Marcella Baiz and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
Warblers might attain yellow plumage color with a little help from their bacterial friends
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/w...
Based on the work of Marcella Baiz and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
The evolution of complex behaviors in cranes
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/t...
Based on the Avian Research paper by Nela Nováková and Jan Robovský | #ornithology #birds
The evolution of complex behaviors in cranes
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/t...
Based on the Avian Research paper by Nela Nováková and Jan Robovský | #ornithology #birds
The evolution of complex behaviors in cranes
The common ancestor of cranes already had an impressive behavioral repertoire.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
February 21, 2024 at 7:46 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
The evolution of complex behaviors in cranes
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/t...
Based on the Avian Research paper by Nela Nováková and Jan Robovský | #ornithology #birds
The evolution of complex behaviors in cranes
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/t...
Based on the Avian Research paper by Nela Nováková and Jan Robovský | #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Mitonuclear discordance in a rapid radiation of Kingfishers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/m...
Based on the Molecular Ecology paper by Devon DeRaad and his colleagues | #ornithology
Mitonuclear discordance in a rapid radiation of Kingfishers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/m...
Based on the Molecular Ecology paper by Devon DeRaad and his colleagues | #ornithology
Mitonuclear discordance in a rapid radiation of Kingfishers
What evolutionary process can explain this genomic mismatch?
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November 8, 2023 at 8:09 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Mitonuclear discordance in a rapid radiation of Kingfishers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/m...
Based on the Molecular Ecology paper by Devon DeRaad and his colleagues | #ornithology
Mitonuclear discordance in a rapid radiation of Kingfishers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/m...
Based on the Molecular Ecology paper by Devon DeRaad and his colleagues | #ornithology
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
The genomic underpinnings of plunge-diving in kingfishers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/t...
Based on the Communications Biology paper by Chad Eliason and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
The genomic underpinnings of plunge-diving in kingfishers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/t...
Based on the Communications Biology paper by Chad Eliason and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
The genomic underpinnings of plunge-diving in kingfishers
Brain-related genes might protect them against concussions.
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May 15, 2024 at 7:26 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
The genomic underpinnings of plunge-diving in kingfishers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/t...
Based on the Communications Biology paper by Chad Eliason and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
The genomic underpinnings of plunge-diving in kingfishers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/t...
Based on the Communications Biology paper by Chad Eliason and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Understory lifestyle of the Sulawesi Babbler prevented gene flow between islands
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/u...
Based on the Zoologischer Anzeiger study by Fionn Ó Marcaigh and his colleagues | #ornithology
Understory lifestyle of the Sulawesi Babbler prevented gene flow between islands
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/u...
Based on the Zoologischer Anzeiger study by Fionn Ó Marcaigh and his colleagues | #ornithology
Understory lifestyle of the Sulawesi Babbler prevented gene flow between islands
Multiple lines of evidence point to separately evolving lineages.
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June 12, 2024 at 7:50 AM
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Understory lifestyle of the Sulawesi Babbler prevented gene flow between islands
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/u...
Based on the Zoologischer Anzeiger study by Fionn Ó Marcaigh and his colleagues | #ornithology
Understory lifestyle of the Sulawesi Babbler prevented gene flow between islands
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/u...
Based on the Zoologischer Anzeiger study by Fionn Ó Marcaigh and his colleagues | #ornithology
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Lower bird species diversity in logged forests
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/12/20/l...
Based on the Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution paper by Jonathan Ramos Ribeiro et al. | #ornithology #birds
Lower bird species diversity in logged forests
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/12/20/l...
Based on the Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution paper by Jonathan Ramos Ribeiro et al. | #ornithology #birds
Lower bird species diversity in logged forests
The ecological winners and losers of tropical forest management.
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December 20, 2023 at 8:19 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Lower bird species diversity in logged forests
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/12/20/l...
Based on the Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution paper by Jonathan Ramos Ribeiro et al. | #ornithology #birds
Lower bird species diversity in logged forests
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/12/20/l...
Based on the Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution paper by Jonathan Ramos Ribeiro et al. | #ornithology #birds
The latest #AvianHybrids story (with a little delay due to holidays)
Gene flow between native and urban populations of the Australian White Ibis
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/g...
Based on the Conservation Genetics paper by Skye Davis et al. | #ornithology #birds
Gene flow between native and urban populations of the Australian White Ibis
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/g...
Based on the Conservation Genetics paper by Skye Davis et al. | #ornithology #birds
Gene flow between native and urban populations of the Australian White Ibis
What do these genetic patterns mean for management?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
August 10, 2024 at 4:16 PM
The latest #AvianHybrids story (with a little delay due to holidays)
Gene flow between native and urban populations of the Australian White Ibis
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/g...
Based on the Conservation Genetics paper by Skye Davis et al. | #ornithology #birds
Gene flow between native and urban populations of the Australian White Ibis
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/g...
Based on the Conservation Genetics paper by Skye Davis et al. | #ornithology #birds
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
How does recombination shape genomic differentiation in birds?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/08/21/h...
Based on the Journal of Heredity paper by Sheela Turbek and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
How does recombination shape genomic differentiation in birds?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/08/21/h...
Based on the Journal of Heredity paper by Sheela Turbek and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
How does recombination shape genomic differentiation in birds?
Comparing the genomes of different species pairs provides important insights.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
August 21, 2024 at 7:06 AM
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
How does recombination shape genomic differentiation in birds?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/08/21/h...
Based on the Journal of Heredity paper by Sheela Turbek and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
How does recombination shape genomic differentiation in birds?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/08/21/h...
Based on the Journal of Heredity paper by Sheela Turbek and her colleagues | #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
How one genomic region can mess up the avian phylogeny avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/05/h...
Based on the PNAS paper by Siavash Mirarab and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
How one genomic region can mess up the avian phylogeny avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/05/h...
Based on the PNAS paper by Siavash Mirarab and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
How one genomic region can mess up the avian phylogeny
But what process underlies the origin of this region?
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June 5, 2024 at 7:22 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
How one genomic region can mess up the avian phylogeny avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/05/h...
Based on the PNAS paper by Siavash Mirarab and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
How one genomic region can mess up the avian phylogeny avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/05/h...
Based on the PNAS paper by Siavash Mirarab and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Not subspecies status, but habitat explains genetic population structure in White-crowned Sparrows
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/10/n...
Based on the Ecology and Evolution study by Catherine A. Welke et al. | #ornithology #birds
Not subspecies status, but habitat explains genetic population structure in White-crowned Sparrows
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/10/n...
Based on the Ecology and Evolution study by Catherine A. Welke et al. | #ornithology #birds
Not subspecies status, but habitat explains genetic population structure in White-crowned Sparrows
Significant differences between coniferous and deciduous habitats.
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July 10, 2024 at 7:28 AM
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Not subspecies status, but habitat explains genetic population structure in White-crowned Sparrows
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/10/n...
Based on the Ecology and Evolution study by Catherine A. Welke et al. | #ornithology #birds
Not subspecies status, but habitat explains genetic population structure in White-crowned Sparrows
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/07/10/n...
Based on the Ecology and Evolution study by Catherine A. Welke et al. | #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
The origin of a hybrid Puffin population
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/03/20/t...
Based on the Science Advances study by Oliver Kersten et al. | #ornithology #birds
The origin of a hybrid Puffin population
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/03/20/t...
Based on the Science Advances study by Oliver Kersten et al. | #ornithology #birds
The origin of a hybrid Puffin population
Genomic analyses suggest recent climate change as a driving factor.
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March 20, 2024 at 7:45 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
The origin of a hybrid Puffin population
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/03/20/t...
Based on the Science Advances study by Oliver Kersten et al. | #ornithology #birds
The origin of a hybrid Puffin population
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/03/20/t...
Based on the Science Advances study by Oliver Kersten et al. | #ornithology #birds
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
A selective trade-off between mimicry and hybridization in woodpeckers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/a...
Based on the Journal of Avian Biology paper by MichaëlNicolaï and me | #ornithology #birds
A selective trade-off between mimicry and hybridization in woodpeckers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/a...
Based on the Journal of Avian Biology paper by MichaëlNicolaï and me | #ornithology #birds
A selective trade-off between mimicry and hybridization in woodpeckers
The story behind our recent paper.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
March 13, 2024 at 7:39 AM
✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
A selective trade-off between mimicry and hybridization in woodpeckers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/a...
Based on the Journal of Avian Biology paper by MichaëlNicolaï and me | #ornithology #birds
A selective trade-off between mimicry and hybridization in woodpeckers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/a...
Based on the Journal of Avian Biology paper by MichaëlNicolaï and me | #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Hybrid hoax: A fake cross between Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/h...
A preview from my upcoming paper on vulture hybrids. 😉 #ornithology #birds
Hybrid hoax: A fake cross between Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/h...
A preview from my upcoming paper on vulture hybrids. 😉 #ornithology #birds
Hybrid hoax: A fake cross between Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture
But who forged this hybrid vulture?
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April 24, 2024 at 7:11 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Hybrid hoax: A fake cross between Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/h...
A preview from my upcoming paper on vulture hybrids. 😉 #ornithology #birds
Hybrid hoax: A fake cross between Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/h...
A preview from my upcoming paper on vulture hybrids. 😉 #ornithology #birds
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Ghost introgression of a supergene in the Ruff?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/g...
Based on the Molecular Biology and Evolution paper by Jason Hill and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
Ghost introgression of a supergene in the Ruff?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/g...
Based on the Molecular Biology and Evolution paper by Jason Hill and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
Ghost introgression of a supergene in the Ruff?
Unexpectedly low mutational load in an inversion.
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April 10, 2024 at 8:45 AM
New story on the #AvianHybrids blog!
Ghost introgression of a supergene in the Ruff?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/g...
Based on the Molecular Biology and Evolution paper by Jason Hill and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds
Ghost introgression of a supergene in the Ruff?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/g...
Based on the Molecular Biology and Evolution paper by Jason Hill and his colleagues | #ornithology #birds