OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Avian Biology is 4. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys	304
Corrigendum to “Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa”	203
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	19
Drivers of partial migration in the reddish egret Egretta rufescens	17
Effect sizes of divergence in urban noise and song minimum frequency of grey‐cheeked fulvettas Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia	14
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America	14
Oxidative state is associated with migration distance, but not traits linked to flight energetics	12
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
Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	11
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches	11
No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons	10
Effects of supplemental feeding on nesting success and physiological metrics in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis	10
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula: a cross‐foster experiment	10
Acoustic phenology of tropical resident birds differs between native forest species and parkland colonizer species	10
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Life history traits, habitat characteristics, and phylogeny influence tick infestation probability in tropical wild birds	9
Migration of black terns Chlidonias niger and common terns Sterna hirundo between south Sweden and the Atlantic coast of Africa	9
Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies	9
Genetic analysis of museum samples suggests temporal stability in the Mexican nonbreeding distribution of a neotropical migrant	9
Adaptive immunity modulation linked to migratory behaviour in two partially migratory hoopoe Upupa epops populations	8
Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non‐migratory populations	8
Good vibrations: remote‐tactile foraging success of wading birds is positively affected by the water content of substrates they forage in	8
Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island‐breeding tropical shorebird	8
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Experimentally impaired female condition does not affect biliverdin‐based egg colour	8
The interplay of resource availability and parent foraging strategies on juvenile sparrow individual specialization	8
Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?	7
Does hatch date set the clock? Timing of post‐fledging movements for families of a colonially breeding, long‐distance migratory songbird	7
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Extra‐pair paternity enhances the reproductive fitness of urban Chinese blackbird	7
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach	7
Habitat area and environmental filters determine avian richness along an elevation gradient in mountain peatlands	7
Heterozygosity, genetic similarity and extra‐pair paternity variation in two populations of rock sparrow Petronia petronia: a within and between populations comparison	7
Activity patterns of Hawaiian forest birds in a fragmented and continuous landscape	7
A trans‐African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females	7
Are urbanization and brood parasitism associated with differences in telomere lengths in song sparrows?	7
Local weather and endogenous factors affect the initiation of migration in short‐ and medium‐distance songbird migrants	6
Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration	6
Trophic strategies of two sympatric endemic pigeons in insular ecosystems: a framework for understanding spatiotemporal frugivory interactions	6
Correction to Multiple stressors: negative effects of nest predation on the viability of a threatened gull in different environmental conditions	6
Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator	6
Influence of floral orientation on feeding behavior in Anna's hummingbirds	6
Condition‐dependent immune response in a migrating shorebird, the common snipe Gallinago gallinago	6
Perceived eggshell luminance does not predict rejection of experimental egg models in eastern bluebirds	6
Dynamic body acceleration improves mapping of at‐sea foraging behavior in black‐tailed gulls Larus crassirostris	6
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	6
Comparison of myonuclear domain in phylogenetically paired tropical and temperate bird species	6
Blood‐ and muscle‐O₂ storage capacity in North American diving ducks	6
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Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success	5
Examining inter‐regional and intra‐seasonal differences in wintering waterfowl landscape associations among Pacific and Atlantic flyways	5
Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged daylength in a New World sparrow	5
Preening correlates with lower feather bacteria abundance but not feather coloration in a lek‐breeding bird	5
Role of the Chicamocha River Canyon on the phylogeography of humid montane forest birds in Colombia	5
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Factors influencing nest site selection in a rapidly declining shorebird, the Eurasian curlew	5
Phylogeography and demographic history of the black kite Milvus migrans, a widespread raptor in Eurasia, Australia and Africa	5
Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures	5
Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species–climate relationships in mountain birds	5
Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, black‐faced antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions	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
A tail of plumage colouration: disentangling geographic, seasonal and dietary effects on plumage colour in a migratory songbird	4
Local male breeding density affects extra‐pair paternity in a south temperate population of grass wrensCistothorus platensis	4
Nowhere to escape: the cross‐age avian haemosporidian exposure of migrants in northeast China	4
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in Thamnophilus ruficapillus, a Neotropical passerine with disjunct distribution in the Andean and Atlantic forests	4
Defining moults in migratory birds: a sequence‐based approach	4
Sperm numbers on the perivitelline layers of blue tit eggs are repeatable within a clutch, but independent of the occurrence of extra‐pair paternity	4
Carry‐over effects on reproduction in food‐supplemented wintering great tits	4
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
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Maturational changes in song sparrow song	4
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The trophic strategy of the European honey‐buzzard Pernis apivorus during breeding: extravagant specialization or ingenious solution?