Czech Centre of Cognitive Ethology

🐦 Team from the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic 🦅 Investigating cognition and behavioural ecology of birds 🦉Predator-Prey Interactions

[Czech Centre of Cognitive Ethology @Cke_CZ]

‼️ Check out our team's book on avian predator-prey interactions ‼️ 🐦
This compendium covers cognitive and behavioural ecological aspects and provides a comprehensive overview of predator recognition. Perfect for ethologists, ornithologists, and comparative psychologists. 🧐⬇️

[Czech Centre of Cognitive Ethology @Cke_CZ]

🐦‍⬛🔊 How do phylogeny, morphology and ecological factors affect the structure of the #corvids vocalizations? 🤔

➡️ Find out in our new paper 🤩

🔗 https://t.co/Qq2eiQboZ6

#Corvidae #AlarmCalls #Morphology #Phylogeny #Ecology #Bioacoustics #AnimalCognition #NewPaper

[ManyBirds Project @TheManyBirds]

🐦NEW in PLOS Biology: “A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia” — by the #ManyBirds Project @TheManyBirds
🔗 https://t.co/BnmrRptkef

[Ondrej Fiser @LaniusOndrej]

😍🦅 An absolutely fantastic project and the best collaboration. I am thrilled that it was successful on such a scale. We are glad that we could contribute on behalf of our Czech team from @JihoceskaUni
🪶 🙏 #BirdCognition @Cke_CZ

[Ondrej Fiser @LaniusOndrej]

🎓✨ It’s official – I am now a Ph.D. 🎓✨
After years of research, fieldwork, and writing, I successfully defended my dissertation on predator recognition in birds.

I couldn’t have done this without the support of my colleagues, friends, family and birds. Thank you! 🦅🙏

[Tay @BioTay]

Monstruos de terror para aves

Al modificar los ojos de los gavilanes, los carboneros los encuentran: o bien inofensivos como una paloma (sin ojos), o bien absolutamente aterradores (con ojos frontales en línea o debajo del pico).

(paper) https://t.co/w5uyvuadLY @LaniusOndrej

[Ondrej Fiser @LaniusOndrej]

🧠🦅 Facial configuration matters 🦅🧠

We tested if wild #GreatTits recognise predators not just by what facial elements are present (eyes, beak), but also how they’re arranged.

👁️🔄 Rotate the eyes 90° = more fear
👁️↩️ Rotate 180° = same fear
👁️🚫 No eyes/beak = no fear

[J. of Avian Biology @AvianBiology]

NEW PAPER: Bunting hosts recognize and reject parasitic eggs using achromatic contrast between markings and background. Both species show moderate rejection rates, highlighting egg pattern adaptation in cuckoo-host dynamics

➡️ https://t.co/lti5vcy3qL

#ornithology #EggParasitism

[Czech and Slovak Ethological Society @CSEtS_]

🐝 According to the discovery of a new fossil hoverfly with a well-preserved mimetic color pattern, the occurrence of accurate wasp mimics preceded the dominance of passerine birds in Europe. 🐦

Read more in a new paper ⬇️

https://t.co/7DdHcTIuaJ

[Ondrej Fiser @LaniusOndrej]

🔍 Are you interested in how birds perceive the world?🦅

📦 I've thrown a #StarterPack about #BirdCognition on Bluesky💙

Follow it right there 📲

#Ornithology #BirdBrain #AnimalBehaviour

[Czech and Slovak Ethological Society @CSEtS_]

‼️ CogEvo 2025 🧠 🚨

A unique workshop on cognition, neuroscience, evolution and development organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences.

🗓️ July 17-18, 2025
📍 Rovereto, Italy 🇮🇹
🔗 Registration: https://t.co/o1Q2RnJHoV

#CogEvo2025 #CogEvo #Cognition #Neuroscience

[Anastasia Morandi-Raikova @MorandiRaikova]

Join us for CogEvo 2025! A unique workshop on cognition, neuroscience, development & evolution with invited speakers and a poster sessions.
🗓️ **July 17-18, 2025**
📍 **Rovereto, Italy**
🔗 [Register](https://t.co/hrLQLJXLTO)

#CogEvo2025 #Cognition #Neuroscience #Evolution

[Czech and Slovak Ethological Society @CSEtS_]

🛡️🐍 Did you know that some snakes have hidden armour?

👩🏻‍🔬 Dr. Frýdlová from @science_charles and her colleagues have discovered #osteoderms in three additional snake species, including the very first record of osteoderms in shield-tailed snakes (Uropeltidae). 🤩 Link below ⬇️

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

The Editorial for the Special Issue of #PsynomLB In honour of the contributions of @nickyclayton22 is now online: https://t.co/WCKTuj2yez #compcogpapers @ComparativeCog @Psychonomic_Soc

[Czech and Slovak Ethological Society @CSEtS_]

🐍 What role do defensive postures of #snakes play in evoking fear in humans? And why is the effect of posture so strong in hooding cobras? Prof. Frynta et al. from @science_charles come up with the answers in a new cross-cultural paper. Link below ⬇️

https://t.co/K9f0tnZf1W

[Jennifer Colbourne 🦜🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @Raccoonologist]

Came back briefly to share this amazing opportunity at my lab!

[J Zewald @ZewaldJ]

Do you like to dip your fries in ketchup before eating it? Our cockatoos do too! In a new study, we showed our cockatoos innovated a new way to flavour their food: they dunk noodles in blueberry soy yoghurt. Read about it and watch our video abstract: https://t.co/rQPsAZOJMg

[Giorgio Vallortigara @gVallortigara]

Is there an #innate sense of #number in the brain? Our paper is out in Cerebral Cortex @ElenaLorenzi3 @DKobylkov
with commentaries by
@Toshiya3Matsu3 @berent_iris @b_butterworth @benmarkharvey #Dos_Santos @TheBeesearcher #andreas_nieder
https://t.co/wXwLCFmbkm

[ComparativeCognitionSociety @ComparativeCog]

The #CO3_2025 program is now live! Check out our amazing line-up of speakers here: https://t.co/G0wvJUjXCy

[Behavioral Ecology @BehavEcol]

I remember you! Multicomponent warning signals and predator memory
#Communication #ColSci #PredatorPreyInteraction #Bird

https://t.co/RCpK65Pw9N

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

"Our research addresses a critical gap in our understanding of prey naïveté. Through field-based foraging experiments, we investigated why this phenomenon occurs following the introduction of an invasive predator..."
Read the full paper by @rkmckee14 here: https://t.co/ZejqVW0zS3