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  1. Melanie

    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    The SACC needs a proposal for Patagona chaski. I think only after that the IOC will decide whether and when to accept the species.
  2. Melanie

    Your most anticipated futures books

    Before They Vanish Saving Nature's Populations – and Ourselves scheduled for November 2024 https://www.nhbs.com/before-they-vanish-book
  3. Melanie

    Your most anticipated futures books

    Darwinism's Generations - The Reception of Darwinian Evolution in Britain, 1859-1909 scheduled for November 2024 https://www.nhbs.com/darwinisms-generations-book
  4. Melanie

    HANDBOOK of the BIRDS of the WORLD question

    Abebooks is also a market place. In the settings, you can specify which countries are excluded from shipping.
  5. Melanie

    Genome of the little bush moa

    Press release https://phys.org/news/2024-05-reconstruct-genome-extinct-species-flightless.html
  6. Melanie

    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    These are serious considerations, but I also understand some of them, e.g. in the case of the Hitler's beetle. But there is the Principle of Priority in the ICZN, which means that a original describer of the species has the right to name a species. However, if a woke community is of the opinion...
  7. Melanie

    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    Luckily they can not change the scientific names.
  8. Melanie

    Dominic Williams (1947-1984)

    I would like to remember a scientist who almost fell into oblivion because he died at the age of just 37 due to complications after a cancer surgery. Thankfully, his mentor and colleague Rod Wells has collected enough material to pay tribute to his work. Indeed, Williams pioneered Genyornis...
  9. Melanie

    Lynx Edicions - What Next ?

    There are several red list changes, e.g. the conservation status of Charadrius dealbatus is changed from DD to LC (IUCN 2023).
  10. Melanie

    Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae

    I didn*t know that both articles are the same. My article dated from 30 April 2024.
  11. Melanie

    Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae

    Abstract Enantiornithines were the dominant birds of the Mesozoic, but understanding of their diet is still tenuous. We introduce new data on the enantiornithine family Bohaiornithidae, famous for their large size and powerfully built teeth and claws. In tandem with previously...
  12. Melanie

    Lynx Edicions - What Next ?

    Lynx state: Fully updated second edition with new additions to the Vietnam country list and the latest global conservation status for each species following the IUCN Red List.
  13. Melanie

    73-year old albatross returns to Midway Atoll

    Seems that Wisdom has a new mate since late 2023 Wisdom, World's Oldest Wild Bird, Seen Courting Again After Losing Mate Of 60 Years https://www.iflscience.com/wisdom-worlds-oldest-wild-bird-seen-courting-again-after-losing-mate-of-60-years-73880
  14. Melanie

    Characterization of Diagenetiforms in an Expanded Proteome of the Extinct Moa (Dinornithidae):

    Double post https://www.birdforum.net/threads/characterization-of-diagenetiforms-in-an-expanded-proteome-of-the-extinct-moa-dinornithidae.452337/
  15. Melanie

    Your most anticipated futures books

    Thanks for the information. I hope that there will be a Non-Passerines book by Shirihai/Svensson in the near future.
  16. Melanie

    Your most anticipated futures books

    Is ID Handbook of European Birds only available as two volume set or it also possible to buy a single volume? (e.g. Volume 1) I think the Passerines volume is rather similar to the Shirihai/Svensson book.
  17. Melanie

    Your most anticipated futures books

    There was a description of a new lizard from the Galapagos Islands last week. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5428.1.2
  18. Melanie

    Lynx Edicions - What Next ?

    An overhaul of the HBW project might be of advantage, in particular for the people who don't subscribe to BoW.
  19. Melanie

    Your most anticipated futures books

    Scheduled for February 2025 Preventing Animal Abuse and Exploitation An Assessment of Wildlife, Captive, and Domestic Animal Treatment by Carla Litchfield https://www.nhbs.com/preventing-animal-abuse-and-exploitation-book
  20. Melanie

    Netflix: Our Living World

    A new nature documentary series is on the start at Netflix. This time with the narration by Cate Blanchet. https://www.netflix.com/title/81137426
  21. Melanie

    BOW website

    BOW and eBird will be unavailable from 19th until 21th March. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/advance-notice-of-planned-maintenance-outage-for-birds-of-the-world-19-20-march
  22. Melanie

    Imparavis attenboroughi gen. et sp. nov.

    A press release about this bird. ‘Strange bird’ specimen might have looked like any other bird 120 million years ago — until it opened its mouth https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/08/world/attenborough-strange-bird-fossil-scn/index.html
  23. Melanie

    Cool bird in Africa has been photographed for the first time

    It was not easy for birders and ornithologists to make research in the DR Congo because of the wars and the conflicts. After 20 years it was now possible to photograph the Yellow-crested Helmet-shrike for the first time...
  24. Melanie

    Trochilidae

    Seven years later and new efforts to solve the mystery of Discosura letitiae. This is science :(
  25. Melanie

    Graham S. Cowles passed away

    I've just got a reply by Dr Julian Hume. He is currently writing an obituary for Cowles with two other colleagues. It will be published in one the IBIS issues this year.
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