OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Emu-Austral Ornithology 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Population assessment of White-capped Albatrosses Thalassarche steadi in New Zealand	35
Stochastic population models hindcast population trajectory and breeding history of an endangered parrot	22
Corticosterone levels, leukocyte profiles, and foraging and diving behaviours of Humboldt penguins during chick rearing in Northern Chile	17
The unique mating system of Tooth-billed Bowerbirds and bower evolution in the maypole-building clade	16
Persisting in a transformed landscape: occupancy and habitat association of the range-restricted Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris	11
Season and sugar concentration affect bird behaviour at urban sugar-water feeders	11
When high dispersal meets high diversification: the case of the White-bellied Cuckooshrike, Coracina papuensis	10
Environmental effects on movement and breeding of Australasian Gannets: insights from banding records	10
Both human activities and environmental conditions influence foraging oystercatchers on urban beaches	10
Do Olive-backed Orioles and Green Orioles hybridize in Australia? A genomic assessment with taxonomic notes	9
Unexpected hybridisation and limited population structure uncovers perplexing taxonomic issues in the Australian, Little, and Forest Ravens	8
Bower visitation patterns of resident and subordinate male Spotted Bowerbirds ( Chlamydera maculata ) via GPS tracking	8
Forty years of surveys reveal hydrological drivers of waterbird populations at a large ephemeral wetland of international significance	8
Assessing impacts on birds from onshore wind farms in Australia: an ecological risk assessment	7
Comparative nest attendance and chick provisioning strategies in coastal and desert nesting Grey Gulls (Leucophaeus modestus) in northern Chile	7
Reproductive biology of the Whitehead’s Broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi)	7
Living in a neighbourhood: a multi-male model of bower marauding	6
2023 BirdLife Australia Fellow Citation	6
Habitat substitution by pine plantations alters foraging niche attributes of temperate forest birds in Chile	6
Nomenclatural corrections for gender of species-group names for two Solomon Island birds	6
Forests and mangroves modulate the occupancy of the endemic and threatened White-collared Kite ( Leptodon forbesi ) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	5
A guide to the creatures in your neighbourhood	5
Isotopic niche segregation during the non-breeding period in Black-faced Cormorants ( Phalacrocorax fuscescens )	5
Tracking data demonstrate plasticity in migration behaviour of the East Asian Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	4
Decoration theft in the Great Bowerbird: preferences for colour, size and placement at the bower	4

Extra-pair paternity in the Saffron Finch is related to song peak frequency and body condition	4
Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art	4
Mass mortality of African Penguins ( Spheniscus demersus ) caused by Cape honeybees ( Apis mellifera capensis )	4
Nest predation in Patagonian wetlands: predator assemblage and microhabitat characteristics	4
Population genomics and phylogeography of four Australasian waterfowl	4
Consistent individual differences in decoration colour choice behaviour by male Spotted Bowerbirds Chlamydera maculata	4
Trends in monitoring of Australia’s threatened birds (1990–2020): much improved but still inadequate	4
Males maximise luminance and contrast of their display arenas irrespective of local light conditions in Great Bowerbirds Chlamydera nuchalis	3
Rodent predation and specialised avian habitat requirements drive extinction risk for endemic island songbirds in the south-west Pacific	3
Large, overlapping home ranges reveal male mating strategies in polygynandrous Eclectus parrots	3
Drone surveys of birds foraging in intertidal habitats: a proof-of-concept in Moreton Bay, Australia	3
Intriguing bowerbirds: introduction to the special issue of Emu – Austral Ornithology and a dedication to Dawn W. Frith	3
Using citizen science to identify Australia’s least known birds and inform conservation action	3
Ducks in a row: the incidence of aggression and vigilance behaviour in Australian wood ducks ( Chenonetta jubata ) along an urbanisation gradient	3
On the rarity of ratite hybridization	3
Movement ecology and diet are consistent across sexes in the endangered Southern Black-throated Finch ( Poephila cincta cincta )	3
Natal dispersal, philopatry and cooperative breeding in Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis	3
Identifying factors affecting captive breeding success in a critically endangered species	3
Consistent dear enemy effect despite variation in territorial centrality and population density in Rufous Horneros	3
DAWN WHYATT FRITH (1943-2025)	3
The impact of predation by South Island Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus finschi) on a protected shellfish, the toheroa (Paphies ventricosa), in northern New Zealand	3