Maniraptor News

I will update this page with news related to maniraptors and link to websites that discuss these finds, the newest updates at the top.

News from past years can be found archived here.

2026
2/13

• New avialan Rhynchaeites mcfaddeni

2/12

• Male Chlamydera nuchalis upregulate multiple sexual signals following bower wall removal
• Complex communication in Amazona auropalliata

2/11

• Pelagornis could not meet the energetic demands of skimming

2/10

• Breeding biology of Agelasticus cyanopus

2/6

• New avialans Cercomacra mura and Cercomacra raucisona
• Drivers of seasonal avian distribution in mountains

2/5

• Social origins of vocal sequences in Taeniopygia guttata (and Homo sapiens)
• Ancient gene flow shapes phylogenetic discordance in Leiothlypis

2/4

• Role of tensegrity in the diversity of avian postural stability
• Latitude and communal living associated with evolution of joint territory defense in American oscines
• Sex-role reversal and the Bateman gradient in Centropus
• Temporal dynamics of selection on early-life phenotypic plasticity in seasonal migration in Gulosus aristotelis

2/3

• Genomic history of oscines in the Himalayas–Hengduan Mountains

2/2

• Torpor in Cheramoeca leucosterna
• Phylogenetic position of mohoids
• Allometric relationship between bill length and bill-clattering display rhythm in ciconiids
• Egg recognition and nestling discrimination in Pycnonotus cafer
• Response of incubating Sericornis frontalis to information about danger
• Indicatorids from the Varswater Formation

2/1

• Niche pre-emption as a constraint on morphological evolution in passeridans

1/31

• Females are larger and less detected than males but experience similar annual survival in Eleothreptus anomalus

1/30

• Environmental drivers of Pterodroma vagrancy in the Southwest Pacific
• Aramides cajaneus from the La Esperanza Formation

1/29

• New avialans Vegavis geitononesos and Vegavis notopothousa
• Genetic and morphological basis of local adaptation to elevational extremes in Leucosticte tephrocotis dawsoni

1/28

• Avian species with similar effect traits maintain temporal stability of community functions under tropical cyclone disturbance
• Nest tails as disruptive camouflage in Chiroxiphia caudata
• Perisoreus infaustus help conspecifics in distress regardless of social familiarity
• Holistic motor control of Taeniopygia guttata song syllable sequences
• Morphological assessment of species limits in the Tyto alba species complex

1/27

• Morphological integration in avian foot forms
• Functional morphology of the avian neck compared to crocodylians
• Evolutionary history of delayed plumage maturation in piprids
• Factors affecting frontline host defences against avian brood parasitism

1/26

• New avialans Porphyrio claytongreenei and Strigops insulaborealis
• Evolution of the avian jaw joint and middle ear
• Gliding aerodynamics of Microraptor

1/24

• Social and ecological factors associated with innovation in urban Cacatua galerita

1/23

• Phylogeny of Garrulus

1/22

• Development of the abdominal musculature in the Gallus gallus domesticus embryo

1/21

• Oxygen-free metabolism in the avian inner retina supported by the pecten
• Phylogeny of anseriforms
• A plumage patch signalling nest occupancy is shaped by social environment in Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Molt phenology reflects breeding investment and intrinsic constraints in Pygoscelis adeliae
• Alerting and orienting attention in anti-predator vigilance of Aphelocoma coerulescens
• Recent breeding experience improves egg ejection behavior in Hirundo rustica
• Distress calls as social stressors in Gallus gallus domesticus

1/20

• Postnatal skull and cervical development of picines

1/19

• Bone histology of phorusrhacids
• Female Acrocephalus scirpaceus in social pairs with low MHC dissimilarity achieve higher MHC dissimilarity through random extra-pair mating

1/16

• Ecological niche differences underlie assembly of endemic avians in acrobiont forests of northern Mesoamerica
• Species limits in Platyrinchus mystaceus

1/14

• Prevalence of super black plumage in Lepidothrix
• Drivers of the evolution of avian innate immune defences
• Development of the avian acrocoracoid process

1/13

• Drivers of aquatic avian extinction in Hawaiʻi
• Plumage color of male Lepidothrix coronata predicts female visitation rates but does not signal avian haemosporidian infection
• Early-life social instability affects aggression but not response inhibition in Gallus gallus domesticus

1/12

• New specimens of Hassiavis laticauda
• Interplay between syllable duration and pitch during whistle matching in Luscinia megarhynchos
• Diving ecology of Procellaria

1/11

• Review of the evolution of obligate avian scavengers

1/9

• Quantifying unrecorded loss of avian phylogenetic diversity
• Combinatoriality within the vocal repertoire of Porphyrio melanotus melanotus

1/8

• New troodontid Xenovenator espinosai
• Diversification of Troglodytes musculus
• Divergent migratory strategies of Cepphus grylle

1/7

• Quantitative characterization of melanin-based feather color
• Variation in visual displays of Phylloscopus from discrete modifications of motion

1/6

• Physiological role for pheomelanin in Taeniopygia guttata
• Genetic population structure in Eudyptes moseleyi

1/5

• Poecile atricapillus behavioral responses to predator mounts of varying threat levels
• Demographic pathways linking environmental covariates to population dynamics in Ficedula hypoleuca
• Vocal repertoire and acoustic cues to individual identity in Eudyptes moseleyi

1/2

• Comment and response on the evolution of avian cranial kinesis

1/1

• New avialan Hylophilus moxensis