The long horizon in Carpentaria, Queensland (2023).
Long-tailed finches on the cover of Current Biology
Our study on the molecular composition, genetic architecture, and evolutionary history of bill color variation in the long-tailed finch was featured on the cover of Current Biology. Photo credit - Col Roberts.
Field ute
Kyle Kostrzewa sitting atop the field ute. Carpenteria, QLD (2023).
Beautiful outback scene
Carpentaria, QLD (2023)
Long-tailed finch
A striking red-billed long-tailed finch (Poephila a. hecki) on Gregory Downs Station, QLD (2023).
Black-throated Finch
Black-throated finch (Poephila cincta atropygialis). Carpentaria, Queensland (2023).
Cathedral termite mound in Carpentaria, QLD (2023).
Night Sky
The night sky putting on a show in Carpentaria, Queensland (2023).
Finching
Finch squad processing Poephila in Carpentaria, QLD (2023). From left: Kyle Kostrzewa, me, Callum McDiarmid, and Rhiannon Schembri. Photo credit - Geoffrey Giller.
Plum-headed finch
A fieldwork first for me, the charming plum-headed finch (Aidemosyne modesta) in Carpentaria, QLD (2023).
Geoffrey Giller with an incredible cathedral termite mound in Carpentaria, QLD (2023).
Pictorella munia
The enigmatic pictorella munia (Heteromunia pectoralis), Carpentaria, QLD (2023).
Long shadow country
Dawn casting in Carpentaria, QLD (2023).
Zebra finch
An Australian icon: the zebra finch (Taeniopygia castanotis), Carpentaria, QLD (2023).
Golden-shouldered parrot
The elusive golden-shouldered parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius). In Carpentaria captivity, QLD (2023).
Trying to find finches
Kyle Kostrzewa and I consulting a station map for potential places to find finches, Carpentaria, QLD (2023). Photo credit - Geoffrey Giller.
Processing finches
Kyle Kostrzewa helping take a blood sample and morphological measurements of a black-throated finch before sending it off on its way. Carpentaria, QLD (2023).
Long-tailed finch
Red-billed long-tailed finch (Poephila a. hecki) on Gregory Downs Station, QLD (2023).
Callum McDiarmid, Emma Greig, Simon Griffith, Kyle Kostrzewa, and Daniel Hooper
Long-tailed finch (Poephila a. acuticauda)
Yellow-billed long-tailed finch (Poephila a. acuticauda) on El Questro, WA (2018).
Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)
Cover of a special edition of Molecular Ecology on the role of genomic structural variants in adaptation and diversification - featuring our long-tailed finches! See Hooper et al. (2018).
Star Finch (Bathilda ruficauda)
Masked Finch (Poephila personata)
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Double-barred Finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)
Pictorella Mannikin (Heteromunia pectoralis)
Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
Kyle Kostrzewa and Dr. Emma Greig
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)