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Tiny radio transmitters reveal a hidden survival tactic in birds

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By Alice Barratt
| Daily Bulletin AU Verified
In Sturt National Park, near Tibooburra in central Australia where temperatures can range from freezing to nearly 50°C, there lives a small bird with a white back, forked tail and – as we’ve just discovered – a very clever strategy to survive its extreme environment. The white-backed swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) is a type of passerine – the largest group of birds, comprising 60% of all bird species.
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Tiny radio transmitters reveal a hidden survival tactic in birds

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By Alice Barratt, Christopher Turbill, Robert Egan Verified
| Phys.org Verified
White-backed swallow in Sturt National Park. Credit: Alice Barratt, CC BY-NC In Sturt National Park, near Tibooburra in central Australia where temperatures can range from freezing to nearly 50°C, there lives a small bird with a white back, forked tail and—as we've just discovered—a very clever strategy to survive its extreme environment. The white-backed swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) is a type of passerine—the largest group of birds, comprising 60% of all bird species.
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Tiny radio transmitters reveal a hidden survival tactic in birds

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By Alice Barratt
| Inkl
White-backed swallow in Sturt National Park. Alice Barratt, CC BY-NC In Sturt National Park, near Tibooburra in central Australia where temperatures can range from freezing to nearly 50°C, there lives a small bird with a white back, forked tail and – as we’ve just discovered – a very clever strategy to survive its extreme environment. The white-backed swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) is a type of passerine – the largest group of birds, comprising 60% of all bird species.
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