Ornithology Research - Cover Gallery
Volume 32, Issue 2, June 2024
Cover illustration: Adult of Schoeniophylax phryganophilus, a species widely distributed in South America. In this issue, Berryman and Kirwan reviewed the systematics of the species, finding no intraspecific geographic variations in morphology and main song for this taxon.
Photo credit: Cláudio Dias Timm, taken in March 2023, Municipality of Arroio Grande, RS, Brazil. [WA5312745, Schoeniophylax phryganophilus (Vieillot, 1817)]. Wiki Aves - A Enciclopédia das Aves do Brasil. Available at: http://www.wikiaves.com/5312745
Volume 32, Issue 1, March 2024
Cover illustration: Three species of birds found in the forests of southern Brazil performing some important environmental functions, from top to bottom: Turdus amaurochalinus (creamy-bellied thrush); Pipraieda melanonota (fawn-breasted tanager); Stephanoxis loddigesii (violet-crowned plovercrest).
Photo credit: Filipe Augusto Pasa Bernardi, Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, May 2013 (Stephanoxis loddigesii); November 2015 (Pipraieda melanonota); December 2015 (Turdus amaurochalinus).
Volume 31, Issue 4, December 2023
Cover illustration: The greater rhea, Rhea americana, considered the largest bird in the Americas, photographed by Viviane Zulian. In this issue, André Luza, Arthur Rodrigues, Louisa Mamalis and Viviane Zulian presented the distribution of the species in southern Brazil based on citizen-science platforms and expert-based information.
Photo credit: Viviane Zulian
Volume 31, Issue 3, September 2023
Cover illustration: The variable hawk, Geranoaetus polyosoma, photographed by Jorge Claudio Fuentes. In this issue Valladares-Faúndez et al. studied the diet of this species in Atacama Desert, and its ecological interaction with other raptor species as well as the role in the control of invasive species.
Photo credit: Jorge Claudio Fuentes (Claudio Artesanias)
Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2023
Cover illustration: Pfrimer's parakeet or Goias parakeet (tiriba-de-pfrimer, tiriba-do-paranã), Pyrrhura pfrimeri, photographed at Nova Roma (Goiás State), endemic species of Cerrado, Brazil. In this issue Dornas et al presented an update of the geographic distribution and assessed the conservation status of the species.
Photo credit: Tulio Dornas
Volume 31, Issue 1, March 2023
Cover illustration: Male long-tailed woodnymph (beija-flor-de-costas-violeta) Thalurania watertonii, photographed at RPPN Pedra D'Antas, Pernambuco, Brazil. In this issue Berryman et al. presented the conservation status of the species.
Photo credit: Alexandre Gualhanone (Instagram)
Volume 30, Issue 4, December 2022
Cover illustration: The southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), a typical South American bird, whose behaviour is still poorly studied. In this issue Delfino and Carlos identified the behavioural patterns of V. chilensis in agonistic interactions with other species.
Photo credit: Henrique Delfino.
Volume 30, Issue 3, September 2022
Cover illustration: A brassy-breasted tanager (Tangara desmaresti) eating fruits in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Carlo et al. (in this issue) review the major concepts and principles that govern interactions between Neotropical birds and plants, with emphasis on the interplay between the functional traits of birds and the fruits they eat.
Photo credit: Mathias Pires.
Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2022
Cover illustration: Attila phoenicurus, a tyranid species studied by Lopes and Schunck (in this issue). Records suggest seasonal migration and breeding in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Photo credit: Diomar Mühlmann (In: Mühlmann, D. (2020). [WA4057616, Attila phoenicurus Pelzeln, 1868]. Wiki Aves - A Enciclopédia das Aves do Brasil) - reproduced with author permission.
Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2022
Cover illustration: Southern subspecies of the scaled dove (Columbina squammata squammata) in southeastern Brazil. Sementili-Cardoso et al. (in this issue) analyzed variations in vocalizations of the two subspecies occurring in South America in relation to geographical isolation and environmental conditions.
Photo credit: Guilherme Sementili-Cardoso.
Volume 29, Issue 4, December 2021
Cover illustration: Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi, Orosí, Cartago, 25 May 2013. Endemic to Costa Rica, this ground sparrow is found in dense thickets, undeveloped areas and vegetated gardens of urban areas. Juárez et al. (in this issue) studied its territorial behavior, breeding, diet, population density, and provided a discussion of its IUCN status.
Photo credit: Pablo Siles.
Volume 29, Issue 3, September 2021
Cover illustration: The Lined Seedeater (Sporophila lineola) is a widely distributed species in South America, common in several types of open habitats, including human-altered environments. Martins et al. (in this issue) studied its territorial behavior during the breeding season in southeastern Brazil, as part of the Lined Seedeater Project.
Photo credit: Filipe C.R. Cunha.
Volume 29, Issue 2, June 2021
Cover illustration: Outcrop Sabrewing Campylopterus calcirupicola (Trochilidae), Montes Claros, MG, 16 September 2018. The Outcrop Sabrewing was recently described as a new endemic species from the dry limestone forests of eastern Brazil, following a taxonomic review of the Gray-breasted Sabrewing C. largipennis complex, which further led to the recognition of two other taxa as full species (C. diamantinensis and C. obscurus). This is one of many changes and updates incorporated by the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee in the second edition of the annotated checklist of birds of Brazil, published in this issue of Ornithology Research (Pacheco et al. 2021).
Photo credit: Tomé Silva.
Volume 29, Issue 1, March 2021
Cover illustration: a male Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) is a common migratory species within the Neotropical region, and an example of species studied based on citizen science databases. Barbosa et al. in the current issue, provided information on migratory timing and habitat use of species common recorded and photographed in Brazil. An evaluation on the bird citizen science profile and its potentials is provided.
Photo credit: Ronald Gruijters.
Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2020
Cover illustration: Caatinga Cacholote (Pseudoseisura cristata) is a typical and common bird species from the dry forests of northeastern Brazil, the Caatinga biome. In this issue, Tubelis reviewed the methods used for bird inventories in this biome.
Photo credit: Hector Bottai.
Volume 28, Issue 3, September 2020
Cover illustration: Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) is described for the first time in Argentina, with a well-established population. This is the southernmost population of tis enigmatic rail.
Photo credit: Jonatas Rocha.
Volume 28, Issue 2, June 2020
Cover illustration: Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis), species with the bulk of its distribution at Maranhão state, Brazil.
Photo credit: Pablo Cerqueira.
Volume 28, Issue 1, March 2020
Cover illustration: Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), and Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus) at Alagoas state, in northeastern Brazil.
Photo credit: Daniel Igor Silva.