Tag Archive for 'Thrush'

Space weather from the Sun, such as coronal mass ejections, disturbs Earth’s magnetic field, causing the aurorae and potentially decreasing the magnetic field’s reliability for migrating birds. Image credit: John Megahan.

Severe Space Weather Events Disrupt Nocturnal Bird Migrations, Researchers Find

Oct 11, 2023 by News Staff

Earth’s magnetic field is occasionally but regularly impacted by bursts of energy from the Sun (space weather), such as coronal mass ejections. Birds...

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...