OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Avian Biology 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect sizes of divergence in urban noise and song minimum frequency of grey‐cheeked fulvettas Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia	342
Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys	251
Constitutive immune function variation across the non‐breeding season in an extreme long‐distance migrant	18
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Evolution of population‐specific migration routes in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus – evidence of a novel spring migration strategy	14
Consistent apparent adult survival and nest‐site fidelity of whimbrel Numenius phaeopus near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada over a 40 year period	12
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America	11
A longitudinal analysis of the growth rate and mass of tail feathers in a great tit population: ontogeny, genetic effects and relationship between both traits	11
Drivers of partial migration in the reddish egret Egretta rufescens	11
Energetic constraints drive sex‐specific parental care in the monomorphic Leach's storm‐petrel Hydrobates leucorhous	11
Oxidative state is associated with migration distance, but not traits linked to flight energetics	10
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula : a cross‐foster experiment	10
Corrigendum to “Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa”	10
Effects of supplemental feeding on nesting success and physiological metrics in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis	10
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches	10
No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons	9
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Migration of black terns Chlidonias niger and common terns Sterna hirundo between south Sweden and the Atl	9
Genetic analysis of museum samples suggests temporal stability in the Mexican nonbreeding distribution of a neotropical migrant	9
Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	9
Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies	9
Acoustic phenology of tropical resident birds differs between native forest species and parkland colonizer species	9
Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island‐breeding tropical shorebird	8
The interplay of resource availability and parent foraging strategies on juvenile sparrow individual specialization	8
Life history traits, habitat characteristics, and phylogeny influence tick infestation probability in tropical wild birds	8

A potential role for epigenetic mechanisms enabling appropriate seasonal reproductive transitions of liver yolk‐precursor production	8
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A trans‐African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females	7
Good vibrations: remote‐tactile foraging success of wading birds is positively affected by the water content of substrates they forage in	7
Does hatch date set the clock? Timing of post‐fledging movements for families of a colonially breeding, long‐distance migratory songbird	7
Extra‐pair paternity enhances the reproductive fitness of urban Chinese blackbird	7
Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non‐migratory populations	7
Activity patterns of Hawaiian forest birds in a fragmented and continuous landscape	7
Adaptive immunity modulation linked to migratory behaviour in two partially migratory hoopoe Upupa epops populations	7
Are urbanization and brood parasitism associated with differences in telomere lengths in song sparrows?	7
Experimentally impaired female condition does not affect biliverdin‐based egg colour	7
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach	7
Heterozygosity, genetic similarity and extra‐pair paternity variation in two populations of rock sparrow Petronia petronia : a within and between populat	7
Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?	7
Perceived eggshell luminance does not predict rejection of experimental egg models in eastern bluebirds	6
Correction to Multiple stressors: negative effects of nest predation on the viability of a threatened gull in different environmental conditions	6
Condition‐dependent immune response in a migrating shorebird, the common snipe Gallinago gallinago	6
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Blood‐ and muscle‐O ₂ storage capacity in North American diving ducks	6
Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success	5
Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged daylength in a New World sparrow	5
Dynamic body acceleration improves mapping of at‐sea foraging behavior in black‐tailed gulls Larus crassirostris	5
Local weather and endogenous factors affect the initiation of migration in short‐ and medium‐distance songbird migrants	5
Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration	5
Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator	5
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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 Ocean	5
Factors influencing nest site selection in a rapidly declining shorebird, the Eurasian curlew	5
Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species–climate relationships in mountain birds	5
Simulated bacterial infection induces different changes in DNA methylation between introduced and native house sparrows Passer domesticus	5
Influence of floral orientation on feeding behavior in Anna's hummingbirds	5
The combination of miniaturized GPS/VHF tags and soluble backpack harness as an effective method for tracking lightweight and elusive birds	4
Nowhere to escape: the cross‐age avian haemosporidian exposure of migrants in northeast China	4
Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo	4
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Experimental comparison of defence behaviour against different avian top predators in an intraguild prey	4
Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures	4
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Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in Thamnophilus ruficapillus , a Neotropical passerine with disjunct distribution in the Andean and Atlantic fores	4
Defining moults in migratory birds: a sequence‐based approach	4
Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, black‐faced antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions	4
Examining inter‐regional and intra‐seasonal differences in wintering waterfowl landscape associations among Pacific and Atlantic flyways	4
Preening correlates with lower feather bacteria abundance but not feather coloration in a lek‐breeding bird	4
The trophic strategy of the European honey‐buzzard Pernis apivorus during breeding: extravagant specialization or ingenious solution?	4
Sleep deprivation and stress hormone manipulation alter composition and decrease diversity in the gut microbiotas of common mynas	4
Evaluating the effects of tracking devices on survival, breeding success, behavior, and condition of a small, partially migratory shorebird	3
Structural and socioeconomic features of cities predict migratory bird species richness	3
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Food restriction delays breeding and affects insulin‐like growth factor‐1, oxidative damage and haematocrit value before egg‐laying in female canaries	3

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Preening for protection: a systematic review of the antimicrobial properties of uropygial secretions	3
Post‐colony swimming migration in the genus Uria	3
Local male breeding density affects extra‐pair paternity in a south temperate population of grass wrens Cistothorus platensis	3
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Response to Hill and Powers: It is irrelevant that the mode and tempo of Cassia crossbill speciation is not typical for birds	3
Hot stops: timing, pathways, and habitat selection of migrating eastern whip‐poor‐wills	3
First demographic insights reveal high extinction risk of an endemic raptor species: the Reunion harrier	3
A tail of plumage colouration: disentangling geographic, seasonal and dietary effects on plumage colour in a migratory songbird	3
Effects of urban life on the gut microbiota and the susceptibility to avian malaria infection in a population of the house sparrow Passer domesticus	3
Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black‐tailed godwits	3
Tissue‐ and diet‐dependent stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination: a calibration study in a captive shorebird species	3
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Bear presence attracts avian predators but does not impact lesser snow goose daily nest attendance	3
Are breeding activities risky for northern bobwhites? An assessment of survival costs of reproduction	3
Application of photographic ‘capture–recapture' modelling to estimate recruitment and apparent survival in a long‐lived territorial raptor	3
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Carry‐over effects on reproduction in food‐supplemented wintering great tits	3
Incubation behaviour in a double‐nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis : similar nest attendance by males and females	3