Migration Distance Doesn’t Dictate Arrival Timing in Barn Swallows
Barn Swallows winter as far apart as Ghana and South Africa – yet return to the Netherlands at the same time. Here’s how they stay precisely on schedule.
Beyond North and South: Vertical Migration in the White-chested Alethe
Using a barometric pressure logger, researchers documented seasonal vertical migration in a White-chested Alethe, revealing how African forest birds track rainfall, food availability, and elevation rather than latitude.
Gyorgy Szimuly
Upstream of Science: The Role of Bird Art in Understanding — An Interview with Szabolcs Kókay
Ornithology begins not with numbers, but with looking. This conversation with Szabolcs Kókay examines how bird art operates upstream from science – shaping what we notice, understand, and value.
Gyorgy Szimuly
The Ornithologist Launches ‘Conceptual Notes’: Exploring the Unanswered Questions in Ornithology
The Ornithologist has launched a new editorial series titled Conceptual Notes, designed to give space to questions, uncertainties, and unresolved patterns that sit just beyond the boundaries of conventional scientific publishing. The series responds to a familiar tension in ornithology and ecology: while journals excel at reporting methods, results, and conclusions, there is far less room to discuss the moments before hypotheses solidify, or the ambiguities that persist even after d
Gyorgy Szimuly