Biologists now describe how they mapped the genomes of the European pied flycatcher and the collared flycatcher and found that it is disparate chromosome structures rather than separate ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Every year, little black-and-white birds called pied flycatchers ...

Bird brains might pay the ultimate price for climate change, science says. Pied flycatchers make an annual road trip from sub-Saharan Africa to northern Europe to chow on caterpillars, build nests ...

Twelve species breed in Sweden, of which the European robin, the pied flycatcher and the thrush nightingale are the most well-known. All except three of these species winter in sub-Saharan Africa ...

Researchers drove European pied flycatchers north from the Netherlands to Sweden, where spring arrives two weeks later and food supplies peak at the right time for newly hatched chicks.

You can get in touch with Hannah by emailing [email protected] The war between two species of bird is gaining momentum as climate change brings great tits and pied flycatchers into increasing ...

The team also cross-mated parents to create hybrid offspring and found that the fledglings still had a preference for the pied flycatcher songs. "This shows that something built-in to the genome ...

An international team of researchers has found that extra-pair paternity in pied flycatchers leads to cooperation between males and females in feeding and fending off threats. In their paper ...

Pied flycatcher plumage varies geographically in both its structural and pigment-based properties. Both characteristics appear to be shaped by selection. A single-locus outlier test revealed 2 of ...

2023 hailed as best pied flycatcher breeding season at Haweswater There were between 50 and 60 breeding pairs in the reserve The RSPB said it was a "joy" to see so many migrate from West Africa 20 ...

Two mechanisms reduce the costs to female collared flycatchers of pairing with male pied flycatchers. A large proportion of young are sired by conspecific male collared flycatchers through extra ...

Twelve species breed in Sweden, of which the European robin, the pied flycatcher and the thrush nightingale are the most well-known. All except three of these species winter in sub-Saharan Africa ...