What’s New in Ornithology?
Birds are some of the best-studied organisms in the world, but this means that every day, there’s a flood of papers that come out all over the world!
We’ve started this page as a way to filter through this literature for you, and to feature the publications of:
Researchers from the SOAR network
Research featuring new findings on California birds
Avian research that’s just incredible, regardless of geographic location!
Featured paper of the month:
Synchrony of Bird Migration with Global Dispersal of Avian Influenza Reveals Exposed Bird Orders
Yang et al. (2024) examine the epidemiological chronology of a virulent strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV H5 clade 2.3.4.4) with respect to the migratory phenology of 95 bird species from 10 orders. The authors report tight synchrony between certain viral dispersal events and their modelled migratory movements of three avian orders: Ciconiiformes, Pelecaniformes, and Passeriformes. We review points of interest in their work both to identify areas for future investigation and to highlight methodological questions that may be pertinent to subsequent studies of HPAIV epidemiology.
Research from the SOAR Network
Here, we have recent papers published by researchers affiliated with the SOAR Network. Click on the citation under each corresponding image if you’d like to read more!
New Research on California Birds
SOAR and our partners are just one of many initiatives in California that are finding out incredible new details about our state’s bird life. Click on each citation for the full text!
New Bird Research from Across the Globe!
Amazing ornithological research is published every day across the world. Click on the citation for each paper if you’d like to read the original paper!