Graduate student Jake Berv is a co-author on a paper just out in The Auk that argues for full species status for the population of the Bahama Woodstar (a hummingbird) from the Inagua islands in the Bahamas: Divergence in morphology, calls, song, mechanical sounds, and genetics supports species status for…
This all-species phylogeny for the nine-primaried oscine passerines (a clade of about 800 species of warblers, orioles, blackbirds, tanagers, cardinals, sparrows, and related birds) is the result of a long collaboration between our lab and colleagues at three other institutions.
Congratulations to grad student Nick Mason for winning the Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, which recognizes an outstanding TAs who has demonstrated excellence and dedication in their instructional responsibilities. This university-wide award honors the important contributions made by teaching assistants towards enhancing undergraduate and graduate education at Cornell University.…