Zebra finch

Latest research

1. Relocated, range-limited, but resilient: niche shift and constraints on spread in introduced Nanday parakeets (Aratinga nenday)

   • Brenda R. Ramirez
   • Diego C. Blanco
   • John E. McCormack

   in Urban Ecosystems

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

2. Comparative evaluation of native slow-growing roosters: focus on gut integrity and physiological traits

   • Eleonora Erika Cappone
   • Edoardo Fiorilla
   • Achille Schiavone

   in BMC Veterinary Research

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

3. Navigating challenges in subspecies management: a tale of two rabbits in iberia

   • Patricia H. Vaquerizas
   • Julia E. Fa
   • Rafael Villafuerte

   in European Journal of Wildlife Research

   Article Open access 16 October 2025

   

4. Towards a sustainable use of indigenous dual-purpose chickens: laying performance, egg quality, and plumage condition of Dresden chickens and Dresden bantams over two laying cycles with an induced break

   • Ruben Schreiter
   • Tobias Born
   • Markus Freick

   in Poultry Science and Management

   Article Open access 16 October 2025

   

5. Sex-limited diversification of the eye in Heliconius cydno butterflies

   • Nathan P. Buerkle
   • Nicholas W. VanKuren
   • Stephanie E. Palmer

   in Journal of Comparative Physiology A

   Article Open access 16 October 2025

   

6. Recovering lost time in Syria: a gigantic latest Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from the Palmyrides mountain chain

   • Wafa A. Alhalabi
   • Felipe L. Pinheiro
   • Max C. Langer

   in The Science of Nature

   Article 16 October 2025

   

7. Divergent migratory strategies lead to variable refueling performance amongst Gray Catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) during spring stopover in the Gulf of Mexico

   • Michael Griego
   • Mariamar Gutierrez Ramirez
   • Alexander R. Gerson

   in Movement Ecology

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

8. Sex-specific seasonal variation in home range size in a sedentary avian predator

   • Ülo Väli
   • Jaan Grosberg
   • Paweł Mirski

   in Oecologia

   Article Open access 14 October 2025

   

9. Effect of maternal zinc supplementation on offsprings hatchability, growth performance and intestinal development in broiler chickens

   • Marappan Gopi
   • Govinthasamy Prabakar
   • Jag Mohan

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 14 October 2025

   

10. A systematic review and meta-analysis of effect of mutant traits in chickens

    • Salome Mhlabini
    • Thobela Louis Tyasi
    • Khetho Ratshilumela Nemutandani

    in Tropical Animal Health and Production

    Article Open access 13 October 2025

    

11. Eurasian spoonbill chicks receive parental care up to several months after fledging, but not into migration

    • Tamar Lok
    • Petra de Goeij
    • Wouter Vansteelant

    in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    Article Open access 13 October 2025

    

12. The prevalence and genetic diversity of Bartonella species in wild rodents from South Korea

    • Yujin Kim
    • Gi Seong Lee
    • Changjong Moon

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 13 October 2025

    

13. Zebra finch tutees not only share the melody but also the rhythm of their tutor’s song

    • Lara S. Burchardt
    • Judith M. Varkevisser
    • Michelle J. Spierings

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 13 October 2025

    

14. Isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from naturally infected seabirds on the southern coast of Santa Catarina state, Brazil

    • Ana Paula Remor-Sebolt
    • Felipe Rieth de Lima
    • Anderson Barbosa de Moura

    in Parasitology Research

    Article Open access 13 October 2025

15. First Confirmed Record of the Small-Eyed Loter Prionobutis microps (Butidae) for India, South Asia

    • P. Chakraborty
    • S. S. Mishra
    • S. B. Chakraborty

    in Journal of Ichthyology

    Article 12 October 2025

    

16. Rapid climate shifts and cenozoic river barriers constrain Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) into narrow extent in South and Southeast Asia

    • Imon Abedin
    • Hyun-Woo Kim
    • Shantanu Kundu

    in Biodiversity and Conservation

    Article Open access 11 October 2025

    

17. Ectoparasite and blood parasite prevalence in birds: a comparative study between urbanized airport environments and natural habitats

    • Victor Aguiar de Souza Penha
    • Graziela Tolesano-Pascoli
    • Diego Gil

    in Oecologia

    Article Open access 11 October 2025

    

18. Diet monitoring of a piscivorous seabird indicates a recent shift of coastal forage fish communities

    • Yutaka Watanuki
    • Jumpei Okado
    • Jean-Baptiste Thiebot

    in Fisheries Science

    Article 11 October 2025

    

19. Some look different – atypical colouration in garden dormice in Germany

    • Sven Büchner
    • Holger Meinig
    • Johannes Lang

    in European Journal of Wildlife Research

    Article Open access 10 October 2025

    

20. European bats capture migrating birds and eat them on the wing

    in Nature

    Article 10 October 2025

    

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