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cooperative breeding in redstarts

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Birds from two different species raise chicks together in one nest

A pair of common redstarts and a pair of black redstarts were seen brooding in the same nest in Italy – a kind of cooperative breeding that has never been documented before

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Birds are using anti-bird spikes to make their nests

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Cooks petrel

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Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution hotspots

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Brain activity 'barcodes' may be linked to specific memories in birds

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Seagulls choose their meals based on what people nearby are eating

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The hunt for the South Island kōkako, New Zealand’s long-lost bird

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South Island Kokako, Callaeas cinerea, collected no data, New Zealand.

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Lost presumed dead: The search for the most wanted birds in the world

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Gannets' blue eyes turn black after an infection with bird flu

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Bird flu has killed 20 critically endangered California condors

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Songbirds sing out of tune if they don't practise every day

If zebra finches are prevented from singing for two weeks, they sing at a lower pitch – but they soon recover once they resume daily practice

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Zebra finches pick singing coaches based on songs they hear as embryos

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Sandgrouse have a special trick for carrying water to their fledglings

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Ancient droppings may help save kakapo parrots from extinction

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Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of seabirds

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