New Breeding Records in Egypt Signal Range Expansion for Two Iconic Species
A pair of Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters – the first confirmed breeding record for the species in Aswan, Egypt. Once considered only a passage migrant, its seasonal presence along the Nile has increased in recent years. © Rotem Avisar
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New Breeding Records in Egypt Signal Range Expansion for Two Iconic Species

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Wings of the Amazon: The Macaw Society’s Living Chronicle
This Red-and-green Macaw is part of a decades-long research effort to secure the future of macaws in Peru’s lowland rainforests. © Caio Brito

Wings of the Amazon: The Macaw Society’s Living Chronicle

In the treetops of Peru’s Amazon, The Macaw Society is documenting the fragile lives of Red-and-green and Scarlet Macaws—revealing how long-term research, community partnerships, and quiet persistence protect the rainforest’s most vivid sentinels.
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The Ornithologist

The Ornithologist
Engineering Elegance: The Paradise Riflebird As Nature’s Most Theatrical Engineer
A male Victoria’s Riflebird in full theatrical flair, arching his jet-black wings and iridescent breast shield as he engineers a multisensory courtship spectacle – each gesture finely tuned by evolution to captivate the discerning female. This species shares the same extraordinary display mechanics described in recent Paradise Riflebird research. © Paul Maury 

Engineering Elegance: The Paradise Riflebird As Nature’s Most Theatrical Engineer

With a wave of his wings and the snap of a feather, the Paradise Riflebird transforms the rainforest floor into a stage. Recent research reveals that this avian dancer doesn’t just display beauty – it performs biomechanics at its evolutionary peak.
Avian Biology
The Ornithologist

The Ornithologist
From Kruger to Xinjiang: Tracking the European Roller’s Epic Journey
This gorgeous adult from Spain represents the nominate C. g. garrulus subspecies of the European Roller. Unlike the eastern semenowi subspecies, it appears to favour closer non-breeding grounds in East Africa. © Alfonso Guío Rodríguez

From Kruger to Xinjiang: Tracking the European Roller’s Epic Journey

As transmitters map their routes, the migration of the European Roller reveals a story of hidden connections and unexpected journeys.
Movement and Distribution
Gyorgy Szimuly

Gyorgy Szimuly