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04 August 2020

AOS Staff

A Story About a “Gem”: The Rivoli’s Hummingbird, Eugenes fulgens

However, I have developed a particular affinity for hummingbirds, thanks to their colorful feathers, incredible physiology, and graceful behaviors.

22 June 2020

AOS Staff

Large-Scale Coordinated Effort Sheds Light on Difficult-to-Study Arctic Shorebirds

Bird migration is one of the most spectacular wildlife phenomena on the planet, especially that of shorebirds that migrate thousands of miles every year.

17 June 2020

AOS Staff

2020 Coues Award Winner: Thomas Smith

The Elliott Coues Award recognizes outstanding and innovative contributions to ornithological research, regardless of the geographic location of the work.

12 June 2020

AOS Staff

2020 Miller Award Winner: Erica Nol

The American Ornithological Society’s Loye and Alden Miller Research Award is given for lifetime achievement in ornithological research.

21 May 2020

AOS Staff

Three Things You Should Know About Population Estimation

Population size estimation is experiencing a bit of a renaissance, due in no small part to the recent “three billion birds lost” paper by Rosenberg et al.

18 May 2020

AOS Staff

Investigating Female Song Use in Black-Capped Chickadees

Bird song has long been considered a sexually selected signal, used predominantly by male songbirds for territorial defense and mate attraction.

american golden-plover
14 May 2020

AOS Staff

Ocean or Mountain View: How to Choose a Summer Home in a Changing Climate

If you were searching for a summer home for your young family, would you choose a place amidst lush coastal meadows, or high up in the mountains?

trays of preserved bird specimens
12 May 2020

AOS Staff

An Obscure Bird and the Richness of Biological Specimens

The beauty of specimens in biological collections is that they keep serving researchers for an indefinite period of time after they have been collected.

11 May 2020

AOS Staff

A Tiny Fossil Reveals Part of the Complex History of Puffbirds and Jacamars in Europe

When the fragment of calcareous plate was unearthed in sunny southeastern France, there was a hint of the presence within it of small fossil bones.

08 May 2020

AOS Staff

Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day With Six Cool Migration Studies

In celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, here are six favorite migration-related papers published in AOS journals in the past year.

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