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  1. 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...
  2. 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
  3. 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...
  4. Melanie

    Graham S. Cowles passed away

    Cowles did important research on the extinct bird fauna of the Mascarenes. On January 19, 2024 he passed away. Graham Cowles, head of birds at the Natural History Museum who unearthed the ‘white dodo’ – obituary...
  5. Melanie

    Genomic insights into the evolutionary and demographic histories of the extinct Hoopoe Starling (Fregilupus varius)

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.13300
  6. Melanie

    Notable British female bird artists?

    Is there anywhere a list of current notable British female bird artists? I only know a few, including Emma Faull, Elizabeth Butterworth and Hilary Burn.
  7. Melanie

    Rare trapdoor spider rediscovered in Portugal

    One of the rarest spiders of Europe has been rediscovered after 92 years. https://www.rewild.org/press/lost-tap-dancing-spider-rediscovered-barricaded-in-a-burrow
  8. Melanie

    Your favourite books of 2023

    This year I bought 23 books. There were a few more on my wish list (e.g. Takahe - Bird of Dreams, Reptiles de Macaronesia, Strahan's Mammals of Australia, and Birds of China), but due to delivery problems (especially with Amazon), I'll have to wait until next year to get the books. Here's a list...
  9. Melanie

    R. Ewan Fordyce has died

    Ewan Fordyce, eminent New Zealand paleontologist and expert on fossil whales has died on 10 November 2023. https://www.tributes.co.nz/ViewMyTribute.aspx?id=19930
  10. Melanie

    Planet Earth III

    Sir David Attenborough is a phenomenon. He is working so hard to present one new television highlight after another. This time the new season of Planet Earth with Alastair Fothergill as producer and Hans Zimmer as composer. Airing since 22 October 2023
  11. Melanie

    Turnicidae

    Why are there are authors who claim that Turnix (varius) novaecaledoniae was described in 1893 though there is clearly evidence that it was described in 1889?
  12. Melanie

    Netflix: Life on our Planet

    The new Netflix series Life on our Planet tells the story of life during different geological eras. Steven Spielberg is among the executive producers. Narrated by Morgan Freeman. Air time 25 October 2023. More information about the series which will contain eight episodes...
  13. Melanie

    The strange case of Styginetta lofgreni

    Styginetta lofgreni is a rather strange case of a nomen nudum. It was first described in a doctoral thesis The origin and ecological diversification of modern birds: Evidence from the extinct wading ducks, Presbyornithidae (Neornithes: Anseriformes) by Thomas Allen Stidham in 2001 based on...
  14. Melanie

    Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848–1886) in East Africa

    Gustav Adolf Fischer was a famous naturalist who collected bird specimens in East Africa, including a famous turaco that was named after him. Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848–1886) in East Africa Abstract Gustav...
  15. Melanie

    Don Merton - The Man Who Saved the Black Robin

    Seems that this book is not easy to find outside New Zealand. Is anyone here who knows where I can get this book to a reasonable price and without a credit card?
  16. Melanie

    Extinct Night herons from islands

    Here is a new paper by Julian Hume which gives a very good overview on the extinct night herons of the world Osteological and historical data on extinct island night herons (Aves: Ardeidae), with special reference to Ascension Island, the Mascarenes and Bonin Islands The paper is a pre-proof...
  17. Melanie

    Rare lizard rediscovered in Australia after more than 50 years

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/25/australian-earless-dragon-last-seen-in-1969-rediscovered-in-secret-location
  18. Melanie

    Iridescent plumage in a juvenile dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur

    https://app.pan.pl/article/item/app010042022.html
  19. Melanie

    Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche

    Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche is sometimes cited as Carolina I. Acosta Hospitaleche (e.g. here Cyanoliseuspatagonopsis nov. sp. (Aves, Psittaciformes) del Pleistoceno de Punta Hermengo, provincia de Buenos Aires | Ameghiniana). Is anyone here who knows for what the...
  20. Melanie

    What are capuchinos?

    Within the genus Sporophila we can find several capuccinos. My question is: Are capuccinos colour morphs, hybrids or somewhat intermediate?
  21. Melanie

    Scientists film deepest ever fish on seabed off Japan

    A new Guinness Book world record for the deepest living fish has been set. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/4/snailfish-sink-to-new-lows-to-extend-their-record-as-the-worlds-deepest-fish-743278?fbclid=iwar1vieqqgg5udsse2ac3_jnghr4eguh7uhqkvhjtfkyip8u3ws71hxh2jdu...
  22. Melanie

    Olson's legacy

    Storrs Olson had a lot of material on undescribed extinct birds (e.g. the Fernando de Noronha rail). I wonder when this material will be described and by whom.
  23. Melanie

    What is Regulus cuvieri?

    Why it is so difficult to identify Regulus cuvieri (known from a plate in Audubon's Birds of America)?
  24. Melanie

    Your favourite books of 2022

    This year I've got 29 books, including several about bird art. Here is my Top 10 of the most interesting books 1) Extinct Birds of Hawaii, 2nd edition by Michael Walther and Julian P. Hume 2) New Zealand Bird Paintings by Ray Ching 3) Animals, Plants and Afterimages by Valérie Bienvenue and...
  25. Melanie

    Birds of the Mesozoic

    Next week it will be finally published. Birds of the Mesozoic from the publisher Lynx Edicions. Judging from the sample pages the images are looking really interesting and the text seems to be rather comprehensive
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