Journal of Avian Biology

Empirical and theoretical research in ornithology

Published by The Nordic Society Oikos

JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY
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Editors-in-Chief: Jan-Åke Nilsson, Staffan Bensch

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Blog

The itinerant movements of lesser kestrels in West Africa

Michi

23 November 2023

Read more about the findings on lesser kestrel non-breeding movement behaviour from the study by Lopez-Ricaurte et al.

Hello there... Suvi Ruuskanen!

Michi

4 November 2023

Meet our editors! Read the short interview with Suvi Ruuskanen, JAB subject editor, and learn how being an editor helped in her role as head of the scientific committee for the recent EOU conference.

The elusive and unique swimming migration of young guillemots

Michi

18 October 2023

Read about the distinct migration paths of father–chick pairs of young guillemots in the new JAB paper by Merkel and Strøm.

Hello there... Ulf Bauchinger!

Michi

15 September 2023

Meet our Editorial Board - read the short interview with Ulf Bauchinger, JAB subject editor with expertise on avian energetics, metabolism, migration, stopover and individual performance.

September/October Cover

Michi

11 September 2023

The September/October cover features a courting male adult blue throat from Johnsen et al: "Genetic diversity and sperm characteristics are not associated in two bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) populations".