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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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Constitutive immune function variation across the non‐breeding season in an extreme long‐distance migrant	247
Energetic constraints drive sex‐specific parental care in the monomorphic Leach's storm‐petrelHydrobates leucorhous	20
Consistent apparent adult survival and nest‐site fidelity of whimbrelNumenius phaeopusnear Churchill, Manitoba, Canada over a 40 year period	18
Effect sizes of divergence in urban noise and song minimum frequency of grey‐cheeked fulvettas Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia	14
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	12
Drivers of partial migration in the reddish egret Egretta rufescens	11
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America	11
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches	11
Evolution of population‐specific migration routes in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus – evidence of a novel spring migration strategy	11
Effects of supplemental feeding on nesting success and physiological metrics in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis	10
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
Acoustic phenology of tropical resident birds differs between native forest species and parkland colonizer species	10
Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys	10
Migration of black terns Chlidonias niger and common terns Sterna hirundo between south Sweden and the Atl	9
No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons	9
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Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	9
Activity patterns of Hawaiian forest birds in a fragmented and continuous landscape	8
Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island‐breeding tropical shorebird	8
Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies	8
The interplay of resource availability and parent foraging strategies on juvenile sparrow individual specialization	8
Genetic analysis of museum samples suggests temporal stability in the Mexican nonbreeding distribution of a neotropical migrant	8

A potential role for epigenetic mechanisms enabling appropriate seasonal reproductive transitions of liver yolk‐precursor production	8
Life history traits, habitat characteristics, and phylogeny influence tick infestation probability in tropical wild birds	8
Good vibrations: remote‐tactile foraging success of wading birds is positively affected by the water content of substrates they forage in	7
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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 comparison	7
Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non‐migratory populations	7
Adaptive immunity modulation linked to migratory behaviour in two partially migratory hoopoe Upupa epops populations	7
Extra‐pair paternity enhances the reproductive fitness of urban Chinese blackbird	7
Habitat area and environmental filters determine avian richness along an elevation gradient in mountain peatlands	7
A trans‐African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females	7
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach	7
Does hatch date set the clock? Timing of post‐fledging movements for families of a colonially breeding, long‐distance migratory songbird	7
Experimentally impaired female condition does not affect biliverdin‐based egg colour	7
Simulated bacterial infection induces different changes in DNA methylation between introduced and native house sparrows Passer domesticus	6
Dynamic body acceleration improves mapping of at‐sea foraging behavior in black‐tailed gulls Larus crassirostris	6
Blood‐ and muscle‐O₂ storage capacity in North American diving ducks	6
Condition‐dependent immune response in a migrating shorebird, the common snipe Gallinago gallinago	6
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Correction to Multiple stressors: negative effects of nest predation on the viability of a threatened gull in different environmental conditions	6
Local weather and endogenous factors affect the initiation of migration in short‐ and medium‐distance songbird migrants	6
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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 bluebirds	6
Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures	5
Nowhere to escape: the cross‐age avian haemosporidian exposure of migrants in northeast China	5
Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success	5
Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator	5
Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species–climate relationships in mountain birds	5
Influence of floral orientation on feeding behavior in Anna's hummingbirds	5
Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged daylength in a New World sparrow	5
Factors influencing nest site selection in a rapidly declining shorebird, the Eurasian curlew	5
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Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration	5
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
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
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
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Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo	4
The combination of miniaturized GPS/VHF tags and soluble backpack harness as an effective method for tracking lightweight and elusive birds	4
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 bird	4
The probability of being infected with haemosporidian parasites increases with host age but is not affected by experimental testosterone elevation in a wild songbird	4
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Local male breeding density affects extra‐pair paternity in a south temperate population of grass wrensCistothorus platensis	3
A tail of plumage colouration: disentangling geographic, seasonal and dietary effects on plumage colour in a migratory songbird	3
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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 domesticus	3

Patterns in avian reproduction in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, 2003–2019	3
Incubation behaviour in a double‐nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis : similar nest attendance by males and females	3
Interspecific competition and facilitation coexist in mixed‐species bird flocks of montane coniferous forests in Taiwan	3
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Tissue‐ and diet‐dependent stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination: a calibration study in a captive shorebird species	3
Sleep deprivation and stress hormone manipulation alter composition and decrease diversity in the gut microbiotas of common mynas	3
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First demographic insights reveal high extinction risk of an endemic raptor species: the Reunion harrier	3
Are breeding activities risky for northern bobwhites? An assessment of survival costs of reproduction	3
Post‐colony swimming migration in the genus Uria	3
Bear presence attracts avian predators but does not impact lesser snow goose daily nest attendance	3
Carry‐over effects on reproduction in food‐supplemented wintering great tits	3
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Structural and socioeconomic features of cities predict migratory bird species richness	3
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Experimental comparison of defence behaviour against different avian top predators in an intraguild prey	3
Preening for protection: a systematic review of the antimicrobial properties of uropygial secretions	3
Maturational changes in song sparrow song	3
Food restriction delays breeding and affects insulin‐like growth factor‐1, oxidative damage and haematocrit value before egg‐laying in female canaries	3
Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black‐tailed godwits	3
Hot stops: timing, pathways, and habitat selection of migrating eastern whip‐poor‐wills	3
Response to Hill and Powers: It is irrelevant that the mode and tempo of Cassia crossbill speciation is not typical for birds	3
Evaluating the effects of tracking devices on survival, breeding success, behavior, and condition of a small, partially migratory shorebird	3