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The article, Description of a new species of Phylloscopus warbler from Vietnam and Laos was featured in The Guardian

The article, Seasonal movements of Gyrfalcons Falco rusticolus include extensive periods at sea, has been featured by the BBC and Physorg.com.

The world's largest falcon, the fast, taloned gyrfalcon, is a secret seabird, scientists have discovered.

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The article, Understanding bird collisions with man-made objects: a sensory ecology approach, has been featured by The Telegraph

Birds are not so eagle-eyed after all, according to a new study, that found golden eagles and other species crash into wind turbines and power lines because they do not look where they are going.

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Discover the extensive resource of backfiles from Ibis' illustrious history online, dating back to 1859.

Ibis' Backfile Virtual Issue highlights the availability of over 150 years of ornithological work in a searchable online format. The papers offer highlights from each decade since Ibis first appeared in 1859: all papers from the archive are now available online.

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Read the latest Virtual Issues from Ibis:

International Ornithological Congress Virtual Issue

The contents of this virtual issue, collated to coincide with the 25th International Ornithological Congress in Brazil, illustrates the extraordinarily wide range of interests in avian science. Ibis now publishes papers on a wider range of subjects than ever before and, as new methods become available, it is seeking to widen even further the range of subjects covered.

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Backfile Virtual Issue

Potential impacts of wave-powered marine renewable energy installations on marine birds
W. JAMES GRECIAN, RICHARD INGER, MARTIN J. ATTRILL, STUART BEARHOP, BRENDAN J. GODLEY, MATTHEW J. WITT and STEPHEN C. VOTIER

Review article: The catastrophic impact of invasive mammalian predators on birds of the UK Overseas Territories: a review and synthesis
GEOFF M. HILTON and RICHARD J. CUTHBERT

Vicars, tramps and assembly of the New Zealand avifauna: a review of molecular phylogenetic evidence
STEVEN A. TREWICK and GILLIAN C. GIBB

Here are a selection of articles which reflect the scope and level of commendable research recently published in the journal.

• Recent expansion of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1: a critical review
  M. Gauthier-Clerc, C. Lebarbenchon, F. Thomas
• Applications of stable isotope analyses to avian ecology
  Richard Inger, Stuart Bearhop
• Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus post-glacial colonization and extreme long-term use of nest-sites in Greenland
  Kurt K. Burnham, William A. Burnham, Ian Newton
• Estimating fat and protein fuel from fat and muscle scores in passerines
  Volker Salewski, Marc Kéry, Marc Herremans, Felix Liechti, Lukas Jenni
• Linking intronic polymorphism on the CHD1-Z gene with fitness correlates in Black-tailed Godwits Limosa l. Limosa
  Julia Schroeder, Rosemarie Kentie, Marco Van Der Velde, Jos C. E. W. Hooijmeijer, Christiaan Both, Oliver Haddrath, Allan J. Baker, Theunis Piersma
• Vicars, tramps and assembly of the New Zealand avifauna: a review of molecular phylogenetic evidence
  Steven A. Trewick, Gillian C. Gibb
• Adverse effects of agricultural intensification and climate change on breeding habitat quality of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa l. limosa in the Netherlands
  David Kleijn, Hans Schekkerman, Wim J. Dimmers, Ruud J. M. Van Kats, Dick Melman, Wolf A. Teunissen
• Understanding bird collisions with man-made objects: a sensory ecology approach
  Graham R. Martin