Journal of Avian Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Avian Biology 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Constitutive immune function variation across the non‐breeding season in an extreme long‐distance migrant247
Energetic constraints drive sex‐specific parental care in the monomorphic Leach's storm‐petrelHydrobates leucorhous20
Consistent apparent adult survival and nest‐site fidelity of whimbrelNumenius phaeopusnear Churchill, Manitoba, Canada over a 40 year period18
Effect sizes of divergence in urban noise and song minimum frequency of grey‐cheeked fulvettas Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia14
A longitudinal analysis of the growth rate and mass of tail feathers in a great tit population: ontogeny, genetic effects and relationship between both traits12
Drivers of partial migration in the reddish egret Egretta rufescens11
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America11
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches11
Evolution of population‐specific migration routes in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus – evidence of a novel spring migration strategy11
Effects of supplemental feeding on nesting success and physiological metrics in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis10
Oxidative state is associated with migration distance, but not traits linked to flight energetics10
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula: a cross‐foster experiment10
Corrigendum to “Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa”10
Acoustic phenology of tropical resident birds differs between native forest species and parkland colonizer species10
Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys10
Migration of black terns Chlidonias niger and common terns Sterna hirundo between south Sweden and the Atl9
No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons9
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Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca9
Activity patterns of Hawaiian forest birds in a fragmented and continuous landscape8
Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island‐breeding tropical shorebird8
Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies8
The interplay of resource availability and parent foraging strategies on juvenile sparrow individual specialization8
Genetic analysis of museum samples suggests temporal stability in the Mexican nonbreeding distribution of a neotropical migrant8
A potential role for epigenetic mechanisms enabling appropriate seasonal reproductive transitions of liver yolk‐precursor production8
Life history traits, habitat characteristics, and phylogeny influence tick infestation probability in tropical wild birds8
Good vibrations: remote‐tactile foraging success of wading birds is positively affected by the water content of substrates they forage in7
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Heterozygosity, genetic similarity and extra‐pair paternity variation in two populations of rock sparrow Petronia petronia: a within and between populations comparison7
Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non‐migratory populations7
Adaptive immunity modulation linked to migratory behaviour in two partially migratory hoopoe Upupa epops populations7
Extra‐pair paternity enhances the reproductive fitness of urban Chinese blackbird7
Habitat area and environmental filters determine avian richness along an elevation gradient in mountain peatlands7
A trans‐African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females7
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach7
Does hatch date set the clock? Timing of post‐fledging movements for families of a colonially breeding, long‐distance migratory songbird7
Experimentally impaired female condition does not affect biliverdin‐based egg colour7
Simulated bacterial infection induces different changes in DNA methylation between introduced and native house sparrows Passer domesticus6
Dynamic body acceleration improves mapping of at‐sea foraging behavior in black‐tailed gulls Larus crassirostris6
Blood‐ and muscle‐O2 storage capacity in North American diving ducks6
Condition‐dependent immune response in a migrating shorebird, the common snipe Gallinago gallinago6
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Correction to Multiple stressors: negative effects of nest predation on the viability of a threatened gull in different environmental conditions6
Local weather and endogenous factors affect the initiation of migration in short‐ and medium‐distance songbird migrants6
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Are urbanization and brood parasitism associated with differences in telomere lengths in song sparrows?6
Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?6
Perceived eggshell luminance does not predict rejection of experimental egg models in eastern bluebirds6
Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures5
Nowhere to escape: the cross‐age avian haemosporidian exposure of migrants in northeast China5
Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success5
Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator5
Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species–climate relationships in mountain birds5
Influence of floral orientation on feeding behavior in Anna's hummingbirds5
Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged daylength in a New World sparrow5
Factors influencing nest site selection in a rapidly declining shorebird, the Eurasian curlew5
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Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration5
Geolocation and immersion loggers reveal year‐round residency and facilitate nutrient deposition rate estimation of adult red‐footed boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, tropical Indian Ocean5
Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, black‐faced antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions4
Examining inter‐regional and intra‐seasonal differences in wintering waterfowl landscape associations among Pacific and Atlantic flyways4
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in Thamnophilus ruficapillus , a Neotropical passerine with disjunct distribution in the Andean and Atlantic fores4
Defining moults in migratory birds: a sequence‐based approach4
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Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo4
The combination of miniaturized GPS/VHF tags and soluble backpack harness as an effective method for tracking lightweight and elusive birds4
The trophic strategy of the European honey‐buzzard Pernis apivorus during breeding: extravagant specialization or ingenious solution?4
Preening correlates with lower feather bacteria abundance but not feather coloration in a lek‐breeding bird4
The probability of being infected with haemosporidian parasites increases with host age but is not affected by experimental testosterone elevation in a wild songbird4
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Carry‐over effects on reproduction in food‐supplemented wintering great tits3
Local male breeding density affects extra‐pair paternity in a south temperate population of grass wrensCistothorus platensis3
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Patterns in avian reproduction in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, 2003–20193
Experimental comparison of defence behaviour against different avian top predators in an intraguild prey3
Interspecific competition and facilitation coexist in mixed‐species bird flocks of montane coniferous forests in Taiwan3
Maturational changes in song sparrow song3
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Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black‐tailed godwits3
Tissue‐ and diet‐dependent stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination: a calibration study in a captive shorebird species3
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Are breeding activities risky for northern bobwhites? An assessment of survival costs of reproduction3
Bear presence attracts avian predators but does not impact lesser snow goose daily nest attendance3
A tail of plumage colouration: disentangling geographic, seasonal and dietary effects on plumage colour in a migratory songbird3
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Effects of urban life on the gut microbiota and the susceptibility to avian malaria infection in a population of the house sparrow Passer domesticus3
Structural and socioeconomic features of cities predict migratory bird species richness3
Incubation behaviour in a double‐nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis : similar nest attendance by males and females3
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Preening for protection: a systematic review of the antimicrobial properties of uropygial secretions3
Food restriction delays breeding and affects insulin‐like growth factor‐1, oxidative damage and haematocrit value before egg‐laying in female canaries3
Sleep deprivation and stress hormone manipulation alter composition and decrease diversity in the gut microbiotas of common mynas3
Hot stops: timing, pathways, and habitat selection of migrating eastern whip‐poor‐wills3
First demographic insights reveal high extinction risk of an endemic raptor species: the Reunion harrier3
Response to Hill and Powers: It is irrelevant that the mode and tempo of Cassia crossbill speciation is not typical for birds3
Post‐colony swimming migration in the genus Uria3
Evaluating the effects of tracking devices on survival, breeding success, behavior, and condition of a small, partially migratory shorebird3
Disentangling the relative roles of geographical and ecological factors in driving genomic variations of a widely distributed bird across a longitudinal gradient2
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Exceptionally high apparent adult survival in three tropical species of plovers in Madagascar2
Using metabolic data to investigate the role of brood size in the development of endothermy2
Evolution of female song and duetting in the chaffinch (Fringilla) species complex2
Genetic differentiation between two subspecies of Emberiza schoeniclus and open forest bunting's evolution inferred from mitogenomes2
Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa2
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Using juvenile movements as a proxy for adult habitat and space use in long‐lived territorial species: a case study on the golden eagle2
Nest predation and climate change as drivers of alternative reproductive tactics in a migratory species2
The regulatory basis of migratory behaviour in birds: different paths to similar outcomes2
Integrating adverse effects of triazole fungicides on reproduction and physiology of farmland birds2
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Genetic diversity and sperm characteristics are not associated in two bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) populations2
Measuring avian bill size: comparing and evaluating 3D surface scanning with traditional size estimates in Australian birds2
Effects of climate on bill morphology within and across Toxostoma thrashers2
The impacts of sleep disturbance on birds: a review of the knowledge gaps2
Migration strategies, performance and annual activity budget in a short‐distance migrant, the common starlingSturnus vulgaris2
Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the ancient genus Onychorhynchus (Aves: Onychorhynchidae) suggest cryptic Amazonian diversity2
Startling ravens Corvus corax at foraging: differences in anti‐predator behaviour can be explained by age rather than personality1
Function of juvenile plumage in the northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis): aggressive mimicry hypothesis1
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Temperatures inside little penguin Eudyptula minor artificial nest habitats exceed upper thermal limits in a range edge population1
Object neophilia in wild herring gulls in urban and rural locations1
Canada goose fecal microbiota correlate with geography more than host‐associated factors1
Estimate of Strouhal and Reynolds numbers for swimming penguins1
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Egg shape variation across the distribution of the partially migratory fork‐tailed flycatcher Tyrannus savana1
Discordancy of two common methods of measuring feather hydrophobicity1
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Sea crossings of migratory pink‐footed geese: seasonal effects of winds on flying and stopping behaviour1
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Incorporating the full annual cycle when studying reproductive isolation and speciation1
Different migration patterns of Wahlberg's eagles Hieraaetus wahlbergi across Africa1
Same‐sex partnerships in birds: a review of the current literature and a call for more data1
What doesn't kill you makes you (and your descendants) stronger: a perspective on early‐life exposure to human‐induced challenges as a trigger of compensatory mechanisms1
Danger, risk and anti‐predator behavior in the life history of long‐distance migratory sandpipers1
Patterns of parental care and movement in divided broods of golden‐winged warblers1
Variation in DRD4 gene methylation in wild great tits is associated with behavioural tolerance to human disturbance but not with habitat urbanization1
Secrets of the night: roost sites and sleep disturbance factors during the autumn migration of first‐year white storkCiconia ciconia1
Young male blackcaps with blood parasite coinfections cope with oxidative stress favouring anthocyanin‐rich food during migratory fattening1
Spatial and temporal migratory connectivity of two sympatrically breeding wood‐warblers with geographically discordant population trends1
Causes and consequences of material variation in avian nest building1
Nest‐boxes alter the reproductive ecology of urban cavity‐nesters in a species‐dependent way1
Do older parents do better? Relationships between parental age, chick body condition and migratory behaviour in a colonial‐breeding waterbird1
Itinerant lifestyle and congregation of lesser kestrels in West Africa1
The influence of temperature, humidity and wind on the daily visits to water by the Australian zebra finch1
Density dependence of clutch size and offspring sex ratio in starling colonies1
Climate change and nest predation affect shifts in timing and duration of breeding as well as reproductive success in a migratory species1
Associations between human non‐motorised recreational activity on nest box occupation, exploratory behaviour and breeding success in a passerine bird1
Active defence mechanisms in brood parasitism hosts and their consequences for parasite adaptation and speciation1
LiDAR‐derived high resolution vegetation structure and selection patterns of the common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos in riparian habitats1
Nest orientation and proximity to snow patches are important for nest site selection of a cavity breeder at high elevation1
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Birds under pressure: associations of highly‐, moderately‐, and lowly‐abundant birds with landscape and local variables in a dense Neotropical city1
Effects of landscape heterogeneity on bird communities in temperate, boreal, and montane forests – a review1
Correction to: evaluating the effects of tracking devices on survival, breeding success, behavior, and condition of a small, partially migratory shorebird1
Bird migration in space and time: chain migration by Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata arquata along the East Atlantic Flyway1
Maternal in‐nest call structure reduces habituation risk in songbird embryos1
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