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Out 🌟TODAY🌟 in the #new volume of @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour, is latest #PhD chapter from the fantastic #Chun-ChiehLiao:
Functionally referential communication about danger in cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs
#fieldwork #experiments
With #RobMagrath #RobHeinsohn
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Two wild white-winged choughs in Canberra, Australia; the study species in the newly published paper. Lead author Chun-Chieh Liao presenting the published work at the Behaviour 2025 conference in Kolkata.
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
andyradford.bsky.social
The #fieldwork in Australia was made possible by the brilliant support from #Chun-ChiehLiao & #RobertMagrath at the @scienceanu.bsky.social.

Lola did her #Masters at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#birds #bioacoustics #experiments #social

@bristoluni.bsky.social

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Lola von Kietzell and Chun-Chieh Liao doing fieldwork in Australia
September 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
andyradford.bsky.social
🥂CONGRATULATIONS to Lola von Kietzell on defending her #Masters by Research thesis with no corrections. 👏

🙏THANK you to @josharbon.bsky.social for cosupervising, #Chun-ChiehLiao & #RobMagrath for brilliant #fieldwork support, and @caglarakcay.bsky.social & @stephanielking.bsky.social as examiners.
Lola von Kietzell in Canberra collecting field data. Lola von Kietzell with a group of white-winged choughs which she worked on for her Masters.
February 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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#Chun-ChiehLiao studied white-winged #choughs for his nearly completed #PhD. In this latest published chapter, he shows:
- Choughs produced different alarm calls according to threat type and urgency.
- ‘Bulging eyes’ occurred with one call type and might enhance alarm communication.
#ECR #birds
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Lead author and PhD student Chun-Chieh Liao with a white-winged chough, his Australian study organism.
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM