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Papers

(The median citation count of Emu-Austral Ornithology is 1. 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.)

Article	Citations
Shiny Cowbird ( Molothrus bonariensis ) brood parasitism occurrence and impact increases with decreasing forest cover	17
Emu Austral Ornithology: the value of ornithological research for conservation	10
Highway noise decreases the abundance of an understory rainforest bird	10
Stochastic population models hindcast population trajectory and breeding history of an endangered parrot	8
Display court ecology in male Albert’s Lyrebirds	7
The reproductive ecology of the Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris campestroides	7
Targeted nest predator management and zoo-bred supplementation in a Regent Honeyeater ( Anthochaera phrygia ) breeding event	7
Diet breadth of a critically endangered owl presents challenges for invasive rodent management: a conservation conundrum	6
Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art	6
Fellows of BirdLife Australia: citations	6
Using citizen science to identify Australia’s least known birds and inform conservation action	6
Avifaunal use of an artificial waterpoint in the Strzelecki Desert during an extended dry period	5
Population assessment of White-capped Albatrosses Thalassarche steadi in New Zealand	5
Trends in breeding activity of the threatened Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata): what can we expect under a changing climate?	5
Individual territoriality in lekking species: the case of the Helmeted Manakin	5
Plural breeding among unrelated females and other insights on complex social structure in the cooperatively breeding Variegated Fairywren	4
The influence of plant scents on nest box inspection by Eastern Rosella ( Platycercus eximius )	4
Physiological validation of the use of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites as a measure of stress in a passerine and a columbid from southern Africa	4
A review of specimens of Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii suggests serious concern for its conservation outlook	4
Rodent predation and specialised avian habitat requirements drive extinction risk for endemic island songbirds in the south-west Pacific	4
Population genomics and phylogeography of four Australasian waterfowl	4
Translocations and their effect on population genetics in an endangered and cryptic songbird, the Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus	4
A multi-locus approach to discern conservation units and adaptive potential of Pacific Black Ducks across Australia and surrounding islands	4
Correction	4
Central Chile comprises a previously unknown nonbreeding area for the migratory population of Turkey Vulture ( Cathartes aura ruficollis ) breeding in the northwestern A	3

Do Olive-backed Orioles and Green Orioles hybridize in Australia? A genomic assessment with taxonomic notes	3
Corticosterone levels, leukocyte profiles, and foraging and diving behaviours of Humboldt penguins during chick rearing in Northern Chile	3
Genomic insights into the taxonomy and migration of the Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii	3
2022 BirdLife Australia Fellows Citation	3
Extinct Australian birds: numbers, characteristics, lessons and prospects	3
Inter-sexual differences in contributions of helpers in a tropical population of the cooperatively breeding Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis	3
Evolutionary genetics of translocated island populations of birds: data and opportunities	3
Identifying factors affecting captive breeding success in a critically endangered species	3
Identification of breeding grounds and annual routines of the newly discovered bohaii subspecies of Black-tailed Godwits	2
Hot, unpredictable weather interacts with land use to restrict the distribution of the Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo	2
Trends and lessons from thirty years of Australian threatened bird action plans	2
Season and sugar concentration affect bird behaviour at urban sugar-water feeders	2
Editorial	2
Vale Emeritus Professor Henry Allan Nix AO (8 July 1937 – 2 February 2022)	2
Beak and feather disease virus and Chlamydiales infections in wild Australian psittacines: no statistical evidence for dependence	2
Monitoring threats to Australian threatened birds: climate change was the biggest threat in 2020 with minimal progress on its management	2
Consistent dear enemy effect despite variation in territorial centrality and population density in Rufous Horneros	2
Persisting in a transformed landscape: occupancy and habitat association of the range-restricted Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris	2
Trends and patterns in the extinction risk of Australia’s birds over three decades	2
Breeding ecology, population size and nest site preferences of Red-billed Tropicbirds at St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean	2
Large, overlapping home ranges reveal male mating strategies in polygynandrous Eclectus parrots	2
Gut-passage time and the role of the Greater Rhea ( Rhea americana ) influencing seed dispersal and predation in Neotropical grasslands and savannas	2
Morphometric analysis confirms the presence of the Plains-wanderer (Aves: Pedionomus torquatus ) in fossil deposits at Naracoorte Caves, South Australia	2
Environmental effects on movement and breeding of Australasian Gannets: insights from banding records	2
Taxonomic implications of recent molecular analyses of Spectacled (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) and Spot-winged (S. guttula) Monarchs (Passeriformes: Monarchidae)	2
High nest survival, but variable reproductive output in the Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii)	2
A meta-analysis of parrot tracking studies reveals the difficulties of transmitter attachment to Little Corella ( Cacatua sanguinea )	2
Microsatellite genotyping detects extra-pair paternity in the Chatham Island Black Robin, a highly inbred, socially monogamous passerine	2
Non-breeding behaviour in the Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi): insights from modelling moulting patterns and stable isotope analyses	2
Evolution in aviculture: loss of genetic diversity and head-colour morph frequency divergence in the domesticated Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)	1
Phylogenetic affinities of the Whenua Hou Diving Petrel: implications for conservation	1
Dr Eric Woehler OAM	1
Wildfire smoke reduces Little Eagle ( Hieraaetus morphnoides ) flight activity	1
Interactive effects of habitat attributes and predator identity explain avian nest predation patterns	1
Genetic and morphological relationships of fieldwrens (Calamanthus): implications for conservation status and management	1
Why Australian common bird names should respond to societal change	1
Insular nestling growth and its relationship to parental care effort in Silvereyes,Zosterops lateralis	1
Nest site selection by an endangered raptor, the Grey Goshawk ( Accipiter novaehollandiae ), in a hostile anthropogenic landscape	1
Health status indices of Kelp Gull populations in South Africa	1
Do differences in the availability of anthropogenic food resources influence the observed levels of agonistic behaviour in Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala)?	1
Mitigation of seabird bycatch in New Zealand squid trawl fisheries provides hope for ongoing solutions	1
Recent extinctions among Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii) and the origin of extant populations	1
Genetic markers separate breeding populations of the endangered Antipodean Albatross and allow for determination of provenance of birds killed at-sea	1
Influence of extreme and typical rainfall on nestling body condition of the endangered Norfolk Island Morepork: conservation implications of climate change	1
The feasibility of implementing management for threatened birds in Australia	1
Monitoring vocal activity and temporal patterns in attendance of White-chinned Petrels using bioacoustics	1
Status of Gould’s Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera caledonica in New Caledonia: distribution, breeding biology, threats and conservation	1
Distribution of Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster in the Great Sandy Region, Queensland and associations with vegetation communities	1
First peoples’ names for Australian birds? Only with free, prior and informed consent	1
Emu–Austral Ornithologyin the era of Twitter: 120 years of regional ornithology and counting	1

Rapid and recent range collapse of Australia’s Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus	1
Birds on farms: a review of factors influencing bird occurrence in the temperate woodlands of south-eastern Australia	1
Stable detection frequency of the threatened Christmas Island Boobook Ninox natalis , 2012–2022	1
Divided by the range: evidence for geographic isolation of the highly mobile Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)	1
Natal dispersal, philopatry and cooperative breeding in Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis	1
Professor Andrew F Bennett	1
Social organisation and breeding biology of the Western Grasswren (Amytornis textilis textilis)	1
Revealing migration schedule and potential breeding grounds of Lined Seedeaters using citizen science data	1
Habitat and phylogeny, but not morphology, are linked to fruit consumption in the most ecologically diverse bird family, the Furnariidae	1
Feeding ecology analysis supports a marine diet in the extinct Chatham Island Duck (Anas chathamica)	1
Partial migration of Brolgas (Antigone rubicunda) within a restricted range is revealed by GPS tracking	1