Shorter Days Altered Migratory Restlessness in Juvenile Robins but Not Garden Warblers
In a Lund experiment, juvenile robins exposed to a southern-France photoperiod showed a weaker rise in nocturnal migratory…
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European Robin Retina Study Mapped Transducin Subunits and Found No Gtγ10 in Photoreceptors
A molecular study of retinal tissue from European robins captured near Oldenburg, Germany, mapped the transducin subunits present…
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Early-Migrating Robins Carried More Ticks Than Late Migrants
Nearly half of 198 migrating European robins carried ticks, and early autumn migrants had significantly higher tick loads…
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Site-Specific Thresholds Improved Robin Detection Precision by 15–29 Percentage Points
A 2026 protocol using European robin recordings improved automated detection precision by about 15–29 percentage points across three…
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Habitat and Prey Traits Shaped Sparrowhawk Diet Around 62 Czech Nests
A 2026 Czech study of 1,107 prey items from 62 Eurasian sparrowhawk nests found that diet composition varied…
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Urban European Robins Maintained Higher Minimum Song Frequencies Through the Day
A 2026 study of 113 European robins found that urban birds maintained higher minimum song frequencies through the…
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Part-Night Street Lighting Did Not Restore Natural European Robin Song Timing
European robins under streetlights switched off from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. still sang at times similar to…
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk Spring Passage Varied With the Timing of Bird Prey
Forty years of ringing data at Hel Peninsula in northern Poland linked year-to-year spring passage of Eurasian sparrowhawks…
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Common Grasshopper Warblers and Eurasian Tree Sparrows Declined Sharply at a Portuguese Ringing Station
A 27-year Portuguese ringing study found declines in all five long-distance migrants; common grasshopper warblers now barely occur…
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