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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science.

Liz A Aguilar, Isaac Miller-Crews, Jeremy M Dobris, Jo Anne Tracy, Paul Macklin, Shantanu Dixit, Ryan A Jacobson, Rachel L Evans, Evan L McGuire, Daniel P Beverly and 2 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Liz A AguilarDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7606-6511
Isaac Miller-CrewsDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-3661-4747
Jeremy M DobrisDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-4204-1614
Jo Anne TracyOffice of Research, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-9020-4505
Paul MacklinLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9925-0151
Shantanu DixitLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Ryan A JacobsonLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6563-9708
Rachel L EvansDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-3790-1190
Evan L McGuireDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-1168-4926
Daniel P BeverlyDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1267-4147
Dustin G ReichardDepartment of Biological Sciences, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1219-9219
Kimberly A RosvallDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3766-9624

Funding

Common Themes in Reproductive DiversityT32HD049336 · NICHD · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI DALE R SENGELAUB · 2005 to 2026
$4.4M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD049336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial intelligence analyses of nearly 100,000 vocalizations, we found that bird behavior was substantially affected by these few minutes of unexpected afternoon darkness. More than half of wild bird species changed their biological rhythms, with many producing a dawn chorus in the aftermath of the eclipse. This natural experiment underscores the power of light in structuring animal behavior: Even when "night" lasts for just 4 minutes, robust behavioral changes ensue.

Indexed as

Behavior, AnimalBirdsCircadian RhythmPhotoperiodVocalization, AnimalAcousticsAnimalsDarkness

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PMID41066559
PMCPMC12925511

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