Flamingos are one of the most popular bird groups in the occidental pop media and the public imagination. Their exquisite features attract attention wherever they are, but there are still many things to learn about these magnificent birds. Amongst them are their long-distance movement patterns. While the six flamingo species have frequently been considered to be migratory, relatively little is known about their long-distance movements, especially in the case of the South American flamingos. Our […]

The latest issue of the BOC Bulletin (Vol. 139, No. 3 – September 2019) is now available for viewing or download. You can view the table of contents, abstracts and references, full text or downloadable PDFs of individual papers as well as the complete issue at the BioOne Complete website. You can also view the table of contents and download a PDF for the complete issue on the BOC website. This issue contains nine papers of wide interest ranging from Old World […]

We have posted a video at the BOC YouTube channel of a talk presented by Dr Joe Tobias, Reader in Biodiversity and Ecosystems at Imperial College London, based at Silwood Park. Joe gave a talk entitled The Shape ofB, and Why it Matters.  Birds come in an astonishing range of shapes and vary widely in size. During the last century, the field of ecomorphology began to shed light on the way birds are shaped by habitat preferences and […]

The latest issue of the BOC Bulletin (Vol. 138, No. 4 – December 2018) is now available for viewing or download. You can view the table of contents, abstracts and references, full text or downloadable PDFs of individual papers as well as the complete issue at the BioOne Complete website. You can also view the table of contents and download a PDF for the complete issue on the BOC website. This issue contains nine papers of wide interest from First records […]

We have posted a video at the BOC YouTube channel of a talk presented by Dr Huw Lloyd, a Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology at Manchester Metropolitan University, on 17 September 2018 at a regular meeting of the BOC. The talk was entitled Crabs, cranes, and cuckoos: developing bird conservation science in China. Since 2010, Huw Lloyd and colleagues have been working with Chinese universities and the China Ornithological Society to help develop the next generation of young scientists […]

The latest issue of the BOC Bulletin (Vol. 138, No. 3 – September 2018) is now available for viewing or download. You can view the table of contents, abstracts and references, full text or downloadable PDFs of individual papers as well as the complete issue at the BioOne Complete website. You can also view the table of contents and download a PDF for the complete issue on the BOC website. This issue contains eight papers of wide interest from An update […]