Soaring migratory birds avoid wind farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The number of wind farms operating in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico, has rapidly increased in recent years; yet, this region serves as a major migration route for various soaring birds, including Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) and ...
Rafael Villegas-Patraca +2 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The currently circulating high‐pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the subtype H5 causes variable illness and death in wild and domestic birds and mammals, as well as in humans. This virus evolved from the Goose/Guangdong lineage of the HPAI H5 virus, which emerged in commercial poultry in China in 1996, spilled over into wild birds,
Thijs Kuiken +9 more
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Navigating Storms: Examining Vultures’ Behavior in Response to Extreme Weather Events
Diversity, 2023 Extreme weather events such as hurricanes and tornadoes have been found to change the spatial and temporal abundance of raptors by decreasing survival and forcing the emigration of individuals, or by increasing habitat heterogeneity and facilitating ...
Adrián Naveda-Rodríguez, Scott A. Rush
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Past research and future directions in understanding how birds use their sense of smell
Ibis, EarlyView.Our understanding of the functional importance of olfaction to birds has improved over the past 60 years, largely as the result of experimental studies testing how birds use their sense of smell in different contexts. As it is impossible to measure directly which odours birds can detect, we rely on measuring behavioural responses to scent cues or ...
Darcy Creece +2 more
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Geronogyps reliquus Campbell (Ciconiiformes: Vulturidae) en el Pleistoceno tardío de la provincia de Entre Ríos y su significado paleoambiental [PDF]
, 2007 Fil: Noriega, Jorge Ignacio. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos.
Noriega, Jorge Ignacio +1 more
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Stop and Smell the Pollen: The Role of Olfaction and Vision of the Oriental Honey Buzzard in Identifying Food. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The importance of olfaction for various avian behaviors has become increasingly evident. So far, the use of olfaction for food detection among raptors has only been demonstrated for Cathartes vultures.
Shu-Yi Yang +2 more
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El Aguilucho Jote (Buteo albonotatus) en Argentina [PDF]
, 2014 En este trabajo confirmamos mediante fotografías la presencia del Aguilucho Jote en Argentina en seis localidades, reportamos observaciones sin documentación en siete nuevas localidades, demostramos la existencia de al menos un reporte erróneo de la ...
Almiron, Daniel +5 more
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The mechanisms of color production in black skin versus red skin on the heads of New World vultures
Avian Research, 2023 A determination of how the color of animal integument is produced is a starting point for investigations into the function and evolution of coloration. The mechanisms that give rise to the color of bare skin of New World vultures are largely unexplored ...
Nicholas M. Justyn +5 more
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A case of partial leucism in the American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) (Temminck, 1827), from Buenos Aires province, Argentina [PDF]
, 2014 The diverse colorations of a birds’ plumage are due to either structural colors or pigments that are synthesized in specialized cells or incorporated through the diet.
Chiale, Maria Cecilia +1 more
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