Tag Archive for 'Flycatcher'

The great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Beeville, Texas, the United States, in July 2011. Image credit: Tess Thornton / CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed.

Scientists Translate Vocal Muscle Activity of Birds during Sleep into Synthetic Songs

Apr 15, 2024 by News Staff

During sleep, sporadically, it is possible to find neural patterns of activity in areas of the avian brain that are activated during the generation of...

This phylogenetic tree includes 301 species (ca. 92% species) from all currently recognized genera of the family Muscicapidae. Image credit: Zhao et al., doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646.

Ornithologists Unveil Family Tree of Old World Flycatchers, Robins and Chats

Nov 28, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Muscicapidae — the chats, robins and Old World flycatchers — is a diverse songbird family with over 300 species. This phylogenetic tree includes...

The Meratus white-eye in the Meratus Mountains, South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, on July 9, 2016. Image credit: Eaton et al.

Two New Bird Species Discovered on Borneo

Jan 31, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Ornithologists have described two new species of the flycatcher genus Cyornis and the white-eye genus Zosterops from southeastern Borneo, Indonesia. The...

The olivaceous flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus). Image credit: Hector Bottai / CC BY 4.0.

New Species of Bird Discovered in South America

Dec 7, 2021 by Natali Anderson

A team of ornithologists from Brazil and Finland has discovered a cryptic new species of flatbill flycatcher living in the Amazonian lowlands. The olivaceous...

The Urich’s tyrannulet (Phyllomyias urichi), photographed on May 11, 2021. Image credit: David Ascanio.

Tiny Passerine Bird Rediscovered in Venezuela: Urich’s Tyrannulet

Jun 8, 2021 by Natali Anderson

A team of ornithologists from the American Bird Conservancy and Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology has captured the first-ever clear images and...

This light microscopy image of the Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) retina shows the five traditional oil droplet types and the additional orange, conical structures belonging to the newly described photoreceptor. Image credit: Tyrrell et al, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51774-w.

Biologists Discover Previously Unknown Cellular Structure in Retina of Insect-Eating Birds

Dec 18, 2019 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers has found a novel retinal structure in the eyes of New World flycatchers. Named the megamitochondria-small oil droplet complex (MMOD...