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2026

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Haldar, E.; Arun, D.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Subadult macaws (Ara glaucogularis) copy better than adults but are less likely to imitate in problem-solving tasks. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Krasheninnikova, A.; Smeele, S.; Snijders, M.; Haldar, E.; Carpenter, J.; Zamora, R.; Naguib, M.; Wolf, J. B. W.; Gahr, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Evolution of vocal production learning in parrots. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Osipova, E.; Ko, M.-C.; Petricek, K. M.; Sin, S. Y. W.; Brown, T.; Winkler, S.; Pippel, M.; Jarrells, J.; Weiche, S.; Mosbech, M.-B. et al.; Taborsak-Lines, F.; Wang, C.; Contreras-Lopez, O.; Olsen, R.-A.; Ewels, P.; Mendez-Aranda, D.; Gaede, A.; Sadanandan, K. R.; Low, G. W.; Monte, A.; Ballerstädt, N.; Adreani, N. M.; Mentesana, L.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Rico-Guevara, A.; Edwards, S.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Kuhl, H.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.; Altshuler, D.; Buttemer, W.; Schupp, M.; Baldwin, M. W.; Hiller, M.; Sackton, T.: Convergent and lineage-specific genomic changes contribute to adaptations in sugar-consuming birds. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Torres Ortiz, S.; Maxwell, A.; Hernandez, A.; Hansen, K. A.: Does participation in acoustic experiments improve welfare in captive animals? A case study of three grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Torres Ortiz, S.; Smeele, S. Q.; Osvath, M.; Guerrero, A. M.; Hernandez Sanchez, A.; Ramirez, C. U.; Almunia, J.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Awareness of the future: Dolphins know when they need to remember for the future. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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2025

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Alessandroni, N.; Altschul, D.; Baumgartner, H. A.; Bazhydai, M.; Brosnan, S. F.; Byers-Heinlein, K.; Call, J.; Chittka, L.; Elsherif, M.; Espinosa, J. et al.; Freeman, M. S.; Gjoneska, B.; Güntürkün, O.; Huber, L.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Mazza, V.; Miller, R.; Moreau, D.; Nawroth, C.; Pronizius, E.; Ruiz-Fernández, S.; Schwing, R.; Šlipogor, V.; Visser, I.; Vonk, J.; Yeager, J.; Zettersten, M.; Prétô, L.: Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition. Nature Human Behaviour 9 (2), pp. 240 - 242 (2025)

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Brucks, D.; Dam, N. C. P.; Krasheninnikova, A.; McGregor, B.; Tsivlin, H.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Massen, J. J. M.: Exploring the drivers of inter- and intraspecific differences in prosociality in four parrot species. Scientific Reports 15, 23558 (2025)

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Edmans, I.; Bramham, P.; Hitchman, H.; Caching, E.; Stadler, S.; Ternes, K.; Nolte, A.; Bauersfeld, A.; Zech, S.; Dollhäupl, S. et al.; Marcordes, B.; Sliwa, A.; Lawrenz, A.; Fischer, K.; Kiessling, W.; Kiessling, C.; Borer, J.; Auz, D.; Pike, C.; Tebbich, S.; Teschke, I.; van de Poll, M.; Demergassi, N.; Suárez, A.; Mahler, B.; Drda, Š.; Apple, M.; Stjerndahl, G.; Kopsch, N. T.; Issel, D.; Bračko, A.; Bliznac, I.; Macan, V.; Linnemann, H.; Hinker, M.; Aschmann, B.; Schierhuber, S.; Monsour, M.; Miller, R.; Šlipogor, V.; Caspar, K. R.; Lois-Milevicich, J.; Soulsbury, C.; Reber, S. A.; Mettke-Hofmann, C.; Lambert, M.; Ashton, B. J.; Auersperg, A. M. I.; Bateson, M.; Belle, S.; Bilčík, B.; Biondi, L. M.; Bonadonna, F.; Brucks, D.; Butler, M. W.; Caro, S. P.; Charrier, M.; Chatelin, T.; Ching, J.; Clayton, N. S.; Cluver, B. J.; Cochran, E. B.; Cornero, F.; Danby, E.; Danel, S.; Darwich, M.; Davies, J. R.; de la Colina, A.; Fischer, D.; Fišer, O.; Foitzick, F.; Galluccio, E. C.; Garcia-Co, C.; Garcia-Pelegrin, E.; George, I.; Gladow, K.-P.; Gómez, R. O.; Grewer, A.; Grice, K.; Guillette, L. M.; Hallihan, D. C.; Harrington, K. J.; Heer, F.; Henry, C.; Hodova, V.; Hoeschele, M.; Houdelier, C.; de Aldecoa, P. I.; Iyasere, O. S.; Kanemitsu, Y.; Khodadadi, M.; Khong, D.; Kimball, M. G.; Klappert, A. N.; Koch, L. N.; König von Borstel, U. U.; Koštál, L.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Kubikova, L.; Lambert, C. T.; Laméris, D. W.; Lampert, C. G.; Larousse, O.; Lattin, C. R.; Li, Z.; Lindenmeier, M.; Lister, D. A.; Mackenzie, J. A.; Mainz, S.; Masri, D.; Massen, J. J. M.; Mohr, L.; Müller, W.; Nealen, P. M.; Nieder, A.; Novac, A.; Cavalcante, N. P.; Pascual, K.; Pascual-Guàrdia, C.; Patel, A.; Pichová, K.; Pilenga, C.; Prétôt, L.; Quinn, J. L.; Račevska, E.; Reboreda, J. C.; Reynolds, S.; Ridley, A. R.; Rössler, T.; Ruiz-Raya, F.; Salas, M.; Saldanha, B. C.; Santiago, S. M.; Schlöglová, N.; Seatriz, G.; Serrano-Davies, E.; Ali, E. G. S.; Sirovnik, J.; Skalná, Z.; Slocombe, K. E.; Soma, M.; Srdoc, T.; Stanescu, S.; Syrová, M.; Taylor, A. H.; Templeton, C. N.; Thompson, K.; Trigo, S.; Troisi, C. A.; Urhan, U.; Valbert, M.; van Oers, K.; Velando, A.; Verbruggen, F.; Verkleij, J. W.; Vernouillet, A.; Verspeek, J.; Veselý, P.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Waalders, E.; Whittaker, B. A.; Williamson, E. R.; Wilson, V. A. D.; Winfield, M. A.; Wittek, N.; Yeung, K. K. L.; Zanutto, J. A.: A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia. PLoS Biology 23 (10), e3003394 (2025)

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Haldar, E.; Hernandez Sanchez, A.; Tennie, C.; Torres Ortiz, S.; Vos, J.; Valbert, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Third-party imitation is not restricted to humans. Scientific Reports 15, 30580 (2025)

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2024

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Haldar, E.; Subramanya, P.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Automatic imitation of intransitive actions in macaws. iScience 27 (12), 111514 (2024)

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Rat-Fischer, L.; Plunkett, K.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Kacelnik, A.: Object play and problem solving in infancy: Insights into tool use. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 244, 105957 (2024)

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2023

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Farrar, B. G.; Vernouillet, A.; Garcia-Pelegrin, E.; Legg, E. W.; Brecht, K. F.; Lambert, P. J.; Elsherif, M.; Francis, S.; O'Neill, L.; Clayton, N. S. et al.; Ostojic, L.: Reporting and interpreting non-significant results in animal cognition research. PeerJ 11, e14963 (2023)

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2022

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Bergler, C.; Smeele, S. Q.; Tyndel, S. A.; Barnhill, A.; Torres Ortiz, S.; Kalan, A. K.; Cheng, R. X.; Brinkløv, S.; Osiecka, A. N.; Tougaard, J. et al.; Jakobsen, F.; Wahlberg, M.; Nöth, E.; Maier, A.; Klump, B. C.: ANIMAL‑SPOT enables animal‑independent signal detection and classification using deep learning. Scientific Reports 12, 21966 (2022)

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Brennecke, D.; Siebert, U.; Kindt-Larsen, L.; Midtiby, H. S.; Dyrberg Egemose, H.; Torres Ortiz, S.; Knickmeier, K.; Wahlberg, M.: The fine-scale behavior of harbor porpoises towards pingers. Fisheries Research 255, 106437 (2022)

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Brucks, D.; Petelle, M. B.; Baldoni, C.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Rovegno, E.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Intra- and interspecific variation in self-control capacities of parrots in a delay of gratification task. Animal Cognition 25 (2), pp. 473 - 491 (2022)

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Danel, S.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Osiurak, F.: Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) fail to use tools flexibly in problem-solving tasks. Ethology 128 (2), pp. 99 - 110 (2022)

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Rössler, T.; Mioduszewska, B.; O’Hara, M.; Huber, L.; Prawiradilaga, D. M.; Auersperg, A. M. I.: The innovation arena: A method for comparing innovative problem-solving across groups. Journal of Visualized Experiments 183 (2022)

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Torres Ortiz, S.; Smeele, S. Q.; Champenois, J.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Memory for own actions in parrots. Scientific Reports 12, 20561 (2022)

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2021

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Chow, P. K. Y.; Clayton, N. S.; Steele, M. A.: Cognitive performance of Wild Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in rural and urban, native, and non-native environments. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 615899 (2021)

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Chow, P. K. Y.; Uchida, K.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Koizumi, I.: Characteristics of urban environments and novel problem-solving performance in Eurasian red squirrels. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1947), 20202832 (2021)

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Danel, S.; Chiffard‑Carricaburu, J.; Bonadonna, F.; Nesterova, A. P.: Exclusion in the field: Wild brown skuas find hidden food in the absence of visual information. Animal Cognition 24 (4), pp. 867 - 876 (2021)

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Danel, S.; Rebout, N.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Osiurak, F.: Complex nests but no use of tools: An investigation of problem solving in weaverbirds (Ploceidae). Behavioural Processes 192, 104493 (2021)

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Frasnelli, E.; Robert, T.; Chow, P. K. Y.; Scales, B.; Gibson, S.; Manning, N.; Philippides, A. O.; Collett, T. S.; de Ibarra, N. H.: Small and large bumblebees invest differently when learning about flowers. Current Biology 31 (5), pp. 1058 - 1064 (2021)

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Martin, M. J.; Torres Ortiz, S.; Reyes, M. V. R.; Marino, A.; Bessega, M. I.; Wahlberg, M.: Commerson’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) can relax acoustic crypsis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75 (6), 100 (2021)

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O'Neill, L.; Rasyidi, R.; Hastings, R.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Innovative problem solving in macaws. Learning & Behavior 49 (1), pp. 106 - 123 (2021)

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Torres Ortiz, S.; Stedt, J.; Midtiby, H. S.; Egemose, H. D.; Wahlberg, M.: Group hunting in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 99 (6), pp. 511 - 520 (2021)

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2020

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Brucks, D.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Parrots voluntarily help each other to obtain food rewards. Current Biology 30 (2), pp. 292 - 297 (2020)

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Danel, S.; Troina, G.; Dufour, V.; Bailly-Bechet, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Osiurak, F.: Social learning in great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus): A preliminary study. Learning & Behavior 48 (3), pp. 344 - 350 (2020)

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de Montaigu, C. T.; Durdevic, K.; Brucks, D.; Krasheninnikova, A.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Blue‐throated macaws (Ara glaucogularis) succeed in a cooperative task without coordinating their actions. Ethology 126 (2), pp. 267 - 277 (2020)

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Gill, L.; van Schaik, J.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Gahr, M.: Genetic monogamy despite frequent extrapair copulations in "strictly monogamous" wild jackdaws. Behavioral Ecology 31 (1), pp. 247 - 260 (2020)

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Horn, L.; Bugnyar, T.; Griesser, M.; Hengl, M.; Izawa, E.-I.; Oortwijn, T.; Rössler, C.; Scheer, C.; Schiestl, M.; Suyama, M. et al.; Taylor, A. H.; Vanhooland, L.-C.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Zürcher, Y.; Massen, J. J. M.: Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids. eLife 9, e58139 (2020)

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Morales Picard, A.; Mundry, R.; Auersperg, A. M.; Boeving, E. R.; Boucherie, P. H.; Bugnyar, T.; Dufour, V.; Emery, N. J.; Federspiel, I. G.; Gajdon, G. K. et al.; Guéry, J.; Hegedič, M.; Horn, L.; Kavanagh, E.; Lambert, M. L.; Massen, J. J. M.; Rodrigues, M. A.; Schiestl, M.; Schwing, R.; Szabo, B.; Taylor, A. H.; van Horik, J. O.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Seed, A.; Slocombe, K. E.: Why preen others? Predictors of allopreening in parrots and corvids and comparisons to grooming in great apes. Ethology 126 (2), pp. 207 - 228 (2020)

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Rössler, T.; Mioduszewska, B.; O'Hara, M.; Huber, L.; Prawiradilaga, D. M.; Auersperg, A. M. I.: Using an Innovation Arena to compare wild-caught and laboratory Goffin’s cockatoos. Scientific Reports 10, 8681 (2020)

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von Bayern, A. M. P.; Jacobs, I.; Osvath, M.: Tool-using puffins prickle the puzzle of cognitive evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (6), pp. 2737 - 2739 (2020)

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2019

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Auersperg, A. M. I.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Who’s a clever bird - now? A brief history of parrot cognition. Behaviour 156 (5-8), pp. 391 - 407 (2019)

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Chow, P. K. Y.; Lea, S. E. G.; Hempel de Ibarra, N.; Robert, T.: Inhibitory control and memory in the search process for a modified problem in grey squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis. Animal Cognition 22 (5), pp. 645 - 655 (2019)

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Danel, S.; van Buuren, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Osiurak, F.: Male yellow-crowned bishops (Euplectes afer afer) acquire a novel foraging behaviour by social learning. Journal of Ethology 37 (2), pp. 235 - 239 (2019)

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Danel, S.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Osiurak, F.: Ground-hornbills (Bucorvus) show means-end understanding in a horizontal two-string discrimination task. Journal of Ethology 37 (1), pp. 117 - 122 (2019)

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Federspiel, I. G.; Boeckle, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Emery, N. J.: Exploring individual and social learning in jackdaws (Corvus monedula). Learning & Behavior 47 (3), pp. 258 - 270 (2019)

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Krasheninnikova, A.; Berardi, R.; Lind, M.-A.; O'Neill, L.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Primate cognition test battery in parrots. Behaviour 156 (5-8), pp. 721 - 761 (2019)

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Krasheninnikova, A.; Brucks, D.; Blanc, S.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Assessing African grey parrots' prosocial tendencies in a token choice paradigm. Royal Society Open Science 6 (12), 190696 (2019)

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Krasheninnikova, A.; Brucks, D.; Buffenoir, N.; Blanco, D. R.; Soulet, D.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Parrots do not show inequity aversion. Scientific Reports 9, 16416 (2019)

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Lambert, M. L.; Jacobs, I.; Osvath, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Birds of a feather? Parrot and corvid cognition compared. Behaviour 156 (5-8), pp. 505 - 594 (2019)

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Liévin‐Bazin, A.; Pineaux, M.; Le Covec, M.; Gahr, M.; Bovet, D.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Food sharing and affiliation: An experimental and longitudinal study in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus). Ethology 125 (5), pp. 276 - 288 (2019)

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O'Hara, M.; Mioduszewska, B.; Haryoko, T.; Prawiradilaga, D. M.; Huber, L.; Auersperg, A.: Extraction without tooling around - The first comprehensive description of the foraging- and socio-ecology of wild Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana). Behaviour 156 (5-8), pp. 661 - 690 (2019)

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O'Neill, L.; Picaud, A.; Maehner, J.; Gahr, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Two macaw species can learn to solve an optimised two-trap problem, but without functional causal understanding. Behaviour 156 (5-8), pp. 691 - 720 (2019)

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Petelle, M. B.; Martin, J. G. A.; Blumstein, D. T.: Mixed support for state maintaining risky personality traits in yellow-bellied marmots. Animal Behaviour 150, pp. 177 - 188 (2019)

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Sánchez–Hernández, P.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Almunia, J.; Molina–Borja, M.: Social interaction analysis in captive orcas (Orcinus orca). Zoo Biology 38 (4), pp. 323 - 333 (2019)

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Torres Ortiz, S.; Maxwell, A.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Wahlberg, M.; Larsen, O. N.: Problem solving capabilities of peach-fronted conures (Eupsittula aurea) studied with the string-pulling test. Behaviour 156 (5-8), pp. 815 - 846 (2019)

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van Buuren, M.; Auersperg, A.; Gajdon, G.; Tebbich, S.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: No evidence of mirror self-recognition in keas and Goffin’s cockatoos. Behaviour 156 (5-8), pp. 763 - 786 (2019)

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