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.

2023

3/22

• Evolution of body shape and mass distribution in pennaraptors (and other dinosaurs)
• Strength of the island rule in avians associated with absence of predators
• Visual fields of Harpia harpyja
• Thalamus drives vocal onsets in courtship song of Taeniopygia guttata
  

3/21

• Systematics of alaudids
• Absence of song suggests heterogeneity of vocal learning in trochilids
  

3/20

• New avialan Murgonornis archeri
  
• Neural hub for holistic courtship displays in Taeniopygia guttata
  
• Importance of cooperation in Acrocephalus orientalis for preventing brood parasitism by Cuculus canorus

3/17

• Reconstruction of non-contractile soft tissues in the hindlimb of Nothronychus graffami
  
• Concentration of tropical forest nutrient hotspots generated by Harpia harpyja

3/16

• Cranial adaptations of Pezoporus occidentalis

3/15

• New avialan Dynatoaetus gaffae
  
• New avialan Sericuloides marynguyenae
  
• Ecological drivers and consequences of torpor in Andean trochilids
• Drivers of sociality in Malurus assimilis and Malurus cyaneus
• Quantification of avian humeral pneumaticity
• Temporal stability of the hybrid zone between Calocitta
  

3/13

• Testosterone coordinates gene expression to produce carotenoid-based ornamentation in Malurus melanocephalus

3/11

• Biogeographic history of columbids
• Adjustment of foraging trips and flight behavior in Pterodroma externa
• Shifting drivers of decline of Strigops habroptila
  

3/9

• Multilevel social structure predicts individual helping responses in Malurus cyaneus

3/8

• Locomotor ecology of Ichthyornis dispar
• New specimens of Kansaignathus sogdianus
• Opposite-sex associations are linked with annual fitness in Passer domesticus
  

3/7

• New avialan Sororavis solitarius
• Hindlimb muscle architecture of Tyto furcata
  

3/6

• New avialan Yarquen dolgopolae
• New genus Dicranurania for "Eupherusa" ridgwayi
• Collection history of Rhizothera dulitensis
  
• Status of Glaucidium castaneum and Glaucidium albertinum
• Oscines singing at the same pitch avoid singing at the same time
• Review of Beringia as an engine of avian speciation
• Review of avian migration genetics
  

3/3

• Limited song-mixing without genomic gene flow between Phylloscopus forresti and Phylloscopus kansuensis

3/2

• Genetic homogeneity in Bubo scandiacus

3/1

• Scolopax rusticola produce the most brilliant white plumage patches among avians
  
• Rapid formation of new migration route and breeding area by Anser brachyrhynchus
  
• Hybridization explains rapid gorget color divergence in Heliodoxa
  
• Effect of sociality on avian competitive interactions
• Individual personality predicts social network assemblages in Phoenicopterus ruber
  

2/28

• New avialans Avolatavis europaeus, Tynskya brevitarsus, and Tynskya crassitarsus
  
• Diversity of aepyornithiforms based on ancient DNA

2/27

• New avialans Papulavis annae and Tegulavis corbalani
• Advancing morning emergence time does not increase extra-pair siring success in male Cyanistes caeruleus
  

2/26

• Singing behavior of Cisticola chubbi

2/24

• Changes in avian body size in the Yucatán Peninsula since the Late Pleistocene

2/23

• Evolution of the propatagium in pennaraptors
• Marine avian morphology determines operational wind speeds
  

2/22

• Decoupled spatiotemporal patterns of avian taxonomic and functional diversity
  
• Self control in Cyanistes caeruleus
  
• Experimental evidence that Cuculus canorus choose host nests following an egg matching strategy
• Naive Sylvia atricapilla show seasonally appropriate spring orientation
• Aerial insect biomass is associated with chick survival in Hirundo rustica
  
• Population trajectory of Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
• Geochemistry of sphenisciform fossils from the Paleogene of Antarctica
  

2/21

• Species coexistence by wide constant size spacing in Ducula and Ptilinopus
  
• Genetic structure of Larvivora akahige
  
• Factors influencing timing of reproduction in Elaenia chilensis
  
• Mate preference in Poephila acuticauda
  
• Phylogeography of Australasian anatids

2/20

• Low connectivity among Sterna dougallii in the Atlantic Basin

2/17

• New specimen of Parabohaiornis martini
• Singing on the nest is widespread in Mimus polyglottos
  

2/16

• Evolution of claw function in alvarezsaurs and therizinosaurs
• Intraspecific fledgling adoption in Malurus cyaneus
  
• Resource partitioning in mixed-species colony of Aerodramus
  
• Population genomics of the Anas crecca species complex
• Spontaneous coordination of vocalizations to water noise in Corvus frugilegus
  
• Effect of insect food availability on passeriform reproductive success
  

2/15

• Combined measures of mimetic fidelity explain imperfect mimicry in the eggs of Anomalospiza imberbis
• Diet of pengornithids
  
• Characterization of Geronticus eremita flight formations
• Recovery of constitutive immune function after endurance flight in migratory avians

2/14

• Avian preferences for fruit size vary with fruit traits along a tropical elevational gradient
  
• Avalanches create avian habitat in the Alps
• Metabolic scaling of avians (and mammals)
  
• Avian tracks from the Miocene of Spain
  

2/13

• Complete genome of Gallus gallus domesticus
• Struthioniform femur cast from the Pleistocene of China rediscovered
• Patterns of microsatellite distribution across avians
  

2/11

• Factors predicting the distribution of Harpia harpyja

2/10

• Flexible tool set transport in Cacatua goffiniana
• Reproductive success of Acanthisitta chloris and Petroica macrocephala along an elevational gradient

2/9

• Agelaius phoeniceus nesting nearer to Setophaga petechia and conspecific nests experience less brood parasitism

2/8

• New avialans Kumimanu fordycei and Petradyptes stonehousei
• Departure, routing, and landing decisions of oscines in relation to weather
• Parus major differentially prioritize visual and olfactory foraging cues depending on habitat of origin and sex
  
• Newborn Gallus gallus domesticus prefer stimuli that move against gravity
• Large-scale movement patterns in Gyps fulvus are influenced by seasonality, sex, and breeding region
• Determinants of natal dispersal distances in North American avians
  
• Photoperiod-driven changes in hypothalamic and brainstem transcription of sleep and immune genes in Emberiza bruniceps

2/7

• New avialans Anachronornis anhimops and Danielsavis nazensis
• Complex genomic architecture underlies reproductive isolation in a Icterus bullockii x Icterus galbula hybrid zone
• Radial porosity profiles as a tool for tracing locomotor maturation in avian limb bones
  
• Resolving the associative learning paradox by category learning in Columba livia
  

2/6

• Changes in avian functional diversity
• Non-breeding behavior in Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi
  

2/3

• Elements in procellariiform feathers differ among oceanic basins in the Southern Hemisphere

2/2

• Contrasting patterns of population structure of Bulweria bulwerii between oceans

2/1

• Phylogeography of Climacteris melanurus and Climacteris picumnus
• Winter connectivity and leapfrog migration in Passerina ciris
  
• Local-scale impacts of extreme events drive demographic asynchrony in Thalassarche melanophris populations
• Multi-level combinatoriality in non-song vocalizations of Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis
  

1/31

• Evolution of paleognath eggshell structure
• Offspring plumage coloration as a condition-dependent signal in Cyanistes caeruleus
  
• Mobbing behavior of oscines in response to calls of Glaucidium gnoma

1/30

• New avialan Macronectes tinae
• Reproductive skew in Polytelis swainsonii favors breeders that monopolize nest cavities

1/27

• Demographic history of Anthus berthelotii

1/25

• Genetic evidence for population size expansion in North American boreal avians prior to the Last Glacial Maximum
  
• Behavioral and musculoskeletal changes as a result of wing disuse in Gallus gallus domesticus
• Acoustic model of the upper vocal tract in Passer domesticus
  

1/24

• Evolution of female song and duetting in Fringilla
• Spatial coding in the hippocampus and hyperpallium of flying Tyto alba

1/23

• Genomes of Cygnus atratus and Cygnus olor
  
• Spatial memory predicts home range size and predation risk in Phasianus colchicus
  
• Functional traits and environment determine spatial scaling of avian population stability in North America
• Historical increases in intraspecific body size variation in avians (and mammals)
  

1/22

• Phylogeny of ardeids

1/21

• New avialan Rhynchaeites litoralis

1/19

• Phylogeny of the Anser fabalis species complex
• Loss of wild Gallus gallus genotype through introgression
• Plasticity in migratory phenology of parulids
• Dispersal of Plegadis falcinellus in the West Mediterranean basin
  
• Dromaeosaurid from the Villalba de la Sierra Formation
  

1/18

• Phylogeography of Pipra fasciicauda

1/17

• Feather taphonomy of Sapeornis chaoyangensis
• Population genetics and phylogeography of Falco columbarius in North America
  
• Reproductive consequences of mate retention and pair bond duration in Aphrastura spinicauda
• Correlates of passeriform diversity in the East Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau
  

1/16

• Breeding origins of Dolichonyx oryzivorus in the Galápagos Islands
  
• Genetic and ecological drivers of molt in Passerina ciris
• Plastic plumage coloration in response to experimental humidity in Passer domesticus
• Fall fueling behavior in passeriforms in relation to migratory distance and daylength
• Divergences in the Paradoxornis webbianus species complex
• Determinants of departure to natal dispersal across an elevational gradient in Milvus milvus
  

1/13

• Nest site selection of Montifringilla nivalis

1/12

• Loss of a gluconeogenic muscle enzyme contributed to adaptive metabolic traits in trochilids
  
• Song preferences predict quality of vocal learning in Taeniopygia guttata
• Review of avian hatching failure
  

1/11

• Phylogeny of Amaurospiza
  
• Ecomorphology of strigiform feet
  
• Migration direction in Phylloscopus trochilus explained by two loci
  
• How keratin cortex thickness affects iridescent feather colors in Phasianus colchicus
• Reconstruction of an Ardea purpurea glacier mummy
  

1/9

• Fall stopover hotspots and habitat associations of migratory avians in the eastern United States
• Geomagnetic disturbance associated with increased vagrancy in migratory avians
  
• Morus from the Miocene of Portugal

1/7

• Play in juvenile Rhea americana

1/6

• Allometry of avian pectoral flight muscles
• Parental provisioning drives avian brain size
• Putative Numida meleagris x Penelope superciliaris hybrid refuted
  

1/5

• Claw function in Cariama cristata

1/4

• Dicrurus adsimilis are undeterred by the Accipiter mimicry of Cuculus gularis

1/3

• Coprolites of Gypaetus barbatus from the Pleistocene of Portugal
• Breeding biology of Eugymnomyza aubryana
  

1/2

• New avialan Cratonavis zhui