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Bioacoustics, Avian communication, behavioural ecology, Bird song
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Biography

My research focuses on the bioacoustics, behaviour and ecology of birds. I began my journey into songbird bioacoustics by studying song variation in fragmented populations and conducting playback experiments with the Hawai'i 'elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis). This journey through bioacoustic research continued during my PhD (2020-2024 / Charles University), where I studied the evolution and geographic variation of bird song in island and mainland systems, using migratory and sedentary pipit species as models. I also investigated the behavioural effects of playback-based bird capture and developed efficient methods for individual acoustic monitoring.

I continue to be an active collaborator of my former research group at Charles University, pursuing new projects focusing on song behaviour, bioacoustics and bird ecology. I am currently spending a few months at the Max Plank Institute for Biological Intelligence, studying the song of migratory and sedentary species in urban environments.

Activities

Employment (5)

Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence: Martinsried, DE

2025-01-15 to 2025-06-15 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Erasmus+ funding) (Animal Communication and Urban Ecology Group)
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Charles University: Prague, CZ

2021-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | Researcher (Department of Ecology - Faculty of Science)
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC: Sevilla, ES

2019-02 to 2019-09 | Intern (funded by Erasmus + Traineeship Scholarship) (Sea turtle research)
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Javier Oñate-Casado

University of Hawai'i at Hilo: Hilo, HI, US

2016-03-01 to 2016-07-10 | Internship (LOHE Bioacoustics Lab)
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Javier Oñate-Casado

FAUNIA Zoo: Madrid, ES

2014-09 to 2014-12 | Internship (Animal care - marine mammals)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Charles University: Prague, CZ

2020-09-24 to 2024-09-23 | PhD (Department of Ecology (Faculty of Science))
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussels, BE

2016-09-15 to 2018-09-08 | MSc Erasmus Mundus in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems (TROPIMUNDO)
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos: Madrid, Madrid, ES

2011-09-15 to 2016-07-18 | BSc in Biology
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Funding (6)

Bird song in urban environments: Insights from migratory and sedentary species

2025-01 to 2025-06 | Grant
Erasmus+ funding programme – European Commission (Prague, CZ)
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Cultural evolution of birdsong in island and mainland systems: two sister pipit species as models

2022-01 to 2024-12 | Grant
Charles University Grant Agency (Prague, CZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

GAUK 400422

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Javier Oñate-Casado

Does intra-sexual selection drive evolution of individual identity in animal signals?

2021-01 to 2023-12 | Contract
Czech Science Foundation (Prague, CZ)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

21-04023K

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Javier Oñate-Casado

Cultural evolution of birdsong in space and time: comparison of continental and island pipit sister species

2020-09 to 2024-09 | Contract
Charles University Grant Agency (Prague, CZ)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

SVV projects no. 260436

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Javier Oñate-Casado

Survival of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings on Boa Vista beach (Cape Verde): ghost crab (Ocypode cursor) predation, synchronized emergence, and climate change

2019-01 to 2019-09 | Grant
Erasmus+ funding programme - European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Effect of tidal and wind-induced surface currents on the offshore hatchlings dispersion. A comparative study among green and hawksbill turtles on Redang Island, Malaysia.

2018-02 to 2018-08 | Grant
Erasmus Mundus Masters Course TROPIMUNDO - European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Works (10)

Guess who? Evaluating individual acoustic monitoring for males and females of the Tawny Pipit, a migratory passerine bird with a simple song

Journal of Ornithology
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Javier Oñate-Casado; Michal Porteš; Václav Beran; Adam Petrusek; Tereza Petrusková
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An experience to remember: lifelong effects of playback-based trapping on behaviour of a migratory passerine bird

Animal Behaviour
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Javier Oñate-Casado; Michal Porteš; Václav Beran; Adam Petrusek; Tereza Petrusková
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Ecological drivers of the high predation of sea turtle hatchlings during emergence

Marine Ecology Progress Series
2021-06-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0171-8630
Part of ISSN: 1616-1599
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Offshore Dispersal and Predation of Sea Turtle Hatchlings I: A Study of Hawksbill Turtles at Chagar Hutang Turtle Sanctuary, Malaysia

Ichthyology & Herpetology
2021-04-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2766-1512
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Fisheries and Tourism: Social, Economic, and Ecological Trade-offs in Coral Reef Systems

YOUMARES 9 - The Oceans: Our Research, Our Future
2020 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783030203894
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Dear enemies or nasty neighbours? Same difference: How do male Hawaii Elepaio respond to conspecific playbacks from different habitat fragments?

Blog of the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
2020-07 | Interactive resource
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Response of Male Hawaii Elepaio Chasiempis sandwichensis to Conspecific Songs: A Small-Scale Playback Study

Ardeola
2020-05-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0570-7358
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Towing a Float Decreases Swim Speed but Does Not Affect Swimming Behavior During Offshore Swimming in Sea Turtle Hatchlings

Chelonian Conservation and Biology
2019-06-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1071-8443
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Tropical research mosaic: combining small studies to reveal the bigger picture

YOUMARES 9 - Conference for young marine researchers (Oldenburg, Sept 2018)
2018-09 | Conference abstract
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Javier Oñate-Casado

Meta-analysis of exclusion experiments of day-night pollinator. Do plants respond to their expected pollination syndrome?

Student conference on conservation science - SCCS Hungary (Lake Balaton, Aug 2017)
2017-08 | Conference poster
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Journal für Ornithologie. (1)