Ostrich

Papers
(The TQCC of Ostrich is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Gill Memorial Medal citation: Colleen Downs19
To honk or to hiss: uncovering call complexity in the Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca19
Mixed-species flocks of insectivorous birds (‘bird parties’) in Afrotropical forests and woodlands: a review18
Gould’sIcones avium(1837–1838) and vagrancy in the Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius— could it wander to islands in the Indian Ocean?12
Multiple circannual moult strategies: feather tract moult patterns for common birds of the central Fynbos region, South Africa11
Hilery Desmond Jackson: ornithologist and museologist10
Preliminary investigation into deducing breeding success of African Penguins Spheniscus demersus from automated transponder reader data to reduce disturbance7
Using stakeholder knowledge to co-produce research priorities for a raptor species vulnerable to impacts of wind energy facilities6
Reflections concerning spurfowl and francolin species recommendations contained in Mandiwana-Neudani et al. (2019a and 2019b)6
Difference in acoustic responses to urbanisation in two African passerines5
Nest-site selection by Levaillant’s Woodpecker Picus vaillantii in the Aurès Mountains of northeastern Algeria5
Seasonal movements of Black Coucals Centropus grillii in Nigeria5
Population trends of resident and migrant West African bird species monitored over an 18-year period in central Nigeria5
Genetic and morphological variation of Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis reveals cryptic mitochondrial lineages and patterns of mitochondrial–nuclear discordance5
Diet of a Maghreb Owl pair Strix mauritanica (Witherby, 1905) in an urban environment (Rabat City, Morocco)5
A demonstration of the value of recapture data for informing moult phenology models for avian species with imperfect moult data5
New Pleistocene avian ichnosites on South Africa’s Cape south coast4
Local knowledge and uses of the Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus in northern Benin4
Wing-moult and seasonal occurrence of sunbirds (Nectariniidae) captured at four sites in the Eastern Cape, South Africa4
Nest-site selection by Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus in the Sudano–Sahelian area of Burkina Faso4
Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus are still declining in West Africa: a nearly 50-year assessment study (1969–2019)4
Why the taxonomy of francolins and spurfowls (Galliformes, Phasianidae) needs revision: responses to Hustler (2021) and Hunter et al. (2021a,b)4
‘Vampire birds’: diet metabarcoding reveals that migrating Woodchat Shrikes Lanius senator consume engorged camel ticks in a desert stopover site4
One big Impact Factor3
Special issue on moult in African birds3
The use of image classification to estimate flamingo abundance from aerial, drone and satellite imagery3
Free-ranging poultry owners’ opinion towards raptors in Plateau State, Nigeria3
Dazzled by the light: the impact of light pollution from ships on seabirds at Tristan da Cunha3
Reproduction of the Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus at the El Maleh Dam reservoir in north-western Morocco3
Investigating the influence of the extreme Indian Ocean Dipole on the 2020 influx of Red-necked Phalaropes Phalaropus lobatus in Kenya3
Sunning in Yellow Bishops Euplectes capensis3
Carl John Vernon (1938–2021)3
Distribution and breeding numbers of a recently split species, the West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis3
Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus diet in a nutshell: use of indigenous and exotic plants in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa3
The African Bird Atlas Project: a description of the project and BirdMap data-collection protocol3
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