Nicholas Sly

The 2nd paper from my postdoc work on yellowthroat genomics is now online at Molecular Ecology! Populations of Common Yellowthroats in eastern North America have notable differences in sexual selection on similar plumage ornaments ... 1/4 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

The 2025 U.S. #StateOfTheBirds report was released today. The report finds that birds continue to decline unabated across most habitats—habitats that are also vital to human well-being. Read the report & take action! stateofthebirds.org/2025/ #bringbirdsback

@NeonTetraploid Biblically accurate pheasant

@KevinFPBennett Freakin awesome work, man! I can’t wait to read in more detail.

Out today in @ScienceAdvances. We trace the evolutionary history of a trait under sexual selection in a genus of dancing manakins. Co-led with @hawchuan. science.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

The Birds of the World team wants to meet you! Visit the booth and ask what’s new (hint: a lot is new!) and grab a cool #sticker. They are seeking NEW submissions to the esteemed ornithology publication @birdsoftheworld and would love to see all previous/current authors.

I’m heading to #AOS24 with the BOW team. I hope to see many of my fellow bird nerds soon!

Out in ME! New work in the common yellowthroat describes a putative Z-chromosome inversion associated with geographic differences in male ornaments and female choice despite gene flow. @WileyEcolEvol Read More: buff.ly/3ML7VPs 📷: Glenn Bartley

In honor of fall migration, the moon has dressed up as a Wilson’s Warbler

The 2nd paper from my postdoc work on yellowthroat genomics is now online at Molecular Ecology! Populations of Common Yellowthroats in eastern North America have notable differences in sexual selection on similar plumage ornaments ... 1/4 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

Thus, structural variants on sex chromosomes could be a mechanism for maintaining divergence in sexual selection between populations with high gene flow. Pretty neat! 4/4 Also check out our prior work on genomics of mask and bib size, published in PNAS: pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

... that the Wisconsin and New York populations show little divergence except for a major putative inversion on the Z chromosome. This inversion contains vision-related genes as well as several genes we previously found to be associated with mask or bib size. ... 3/4

@ErikEnbody Congrats, and welcome to Ithaca!

@guttenbirder22 Will they continue to be cool when they are no longer accipiters?

Fun fact, all accipiters are cool all the time, no matter what.

New species of storm petrel! mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

@evornithology It me because I never remember where my phones mic is. Have to try different directions just in case they work better

Trying to get Merlin to ID that one really distant song

Going official with the release of something we've been cooking up for the last 3.5 years--a complete phylogeny of the world's birds! We = @snacktavish, @Avibase, and other great collaborators from @opentreeoflife and @CornellBirds. Why is this such a big deal? A few reasons.

Snow Goose / Ross’s Goose Canada Goose / Cackling Goose Greater White-fronted Goose / Lesser White-fronted Goose Bean Geese / Pink-footed Goose Why does this pattern keep happening in Arctic breeding geese? And where is the Greater Red-breasted Goose?

@evornithology frogbehaviour.org

I have a student interested in studying bird or herp behavior in grad school. So let's hear it: who are you favorite bird and herp animal behavior researchers right now? Who's doing the coolest shit?

Who wants to come work with me?