OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Bird Conservation International 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.)

Article	Citations
BCI volume 32 issue 1 Cover and Back matter	44
An update on the conservation status of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax: global and local population estimates, trends, and threats	25
A new hope for conserving the disjunct population of the Sierra Madre SparrowXenospiza baileyi: population size and new breeding localities in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico	22
Population density and distribution of the Endangered Black Shama Kittacincla cebuensis	17
Distribution and abundance of threatened and heavily traded birds in the mountains of western Java	16
The effects of powerlines on bustards: how best to mitigate, how best to monitor?	15
Status and habitat description of the globally threatened Udzungwa Forest PartridgeXenoperdix udzungwensisthirty years after discovery	13
Diversity and abundance of vultures in relation to seasonality, age, and habitat types in Mole National Park, Ghana	13
Space use and site fidelity in the endangered Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita: Effects of age, season, and sex	11
Estimating the Andean Condor Vultur gryphus population at the northern edge of its geographical range: a citizen science-based approach	9
Low juvenile survival threatens the Black Stork Ciconia nigra in northern Europe	9
Reported mortality of Griffon VultureGyps fulvusin central Italy and indications for conservation and management	9
Breeding and global population sizes of the Critically Endangered Red-fronted MacawAra rubrogenysrevisited	9
Improving national bird population estimates in Europe: insights from comparisons with atlas abundance data	8
Wild or farmed? Natural water-bodies, not aquaculture, drive fish intake in a top predator along the Odisha coast, India	8
BCI volume 32 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	8
Small-scale forest restoration in peri-urban areas provides immediate benefits for birds	7
Seeds consumed by three sympatric species of threatened Sporophila seedeaters: lessons for conservation and grassland restoration	7
Quantifying the regulation and cultural ecosystem services associated with Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus in Sardinia, Italy	7
Distribution, ecology, and natural history of the recently rediscovered and Critically Endangered Santa Marta Sabrewing Campylopterus phainopeplus	7
Status, distribution, and population trends of Galápagos Rail Laterallus spilonota and Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops on the Galápagos Islands	7
Recent trends in populations of Critically Endangered Gyps vultures in India	7
Habitat selection and ontogeny of habitat use by juvenile Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia revealed by GPS tracking	7
Spring snowmelt and mountain birds: foraging opportunities along ski-pistes	7
Spatio-temporal usage of water sources by Black-cheeked LovebirdsAgapornis nigrigenis: implications for conservation planning	7

Birds and Natura 2000: a review of the scientific literature	6
BCI volume 32 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	6
Assessment of long-term trends in a threatened grassland bird community using daily bird lists	6
Severe reduction in the distribution of the threatened New Caledonian Crow Honeyeater Eugymnomyza aubryana	6
Conservation of the surface-nesting Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta neglecta in the South Pacific: clarifying breeding ecology and the threat of avian ground predators	6
Fixed-plot monitoring as a tool to assess population trends of underground nesting seabirds: an example with Cory’s Shearwater at its world’s largest colony	6
Biased adult sex ratios in Western Europe populations of Little BustardTetrax tetraxas a potential warning signal of unbalanced mortalities	6
Akritas Cape: a new raptor migration hot spot in the Balkans	5
Human-induced mortality an overlooked threat for raptors in Nepal	5
Habitat restoration to conserve the Little Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus nanus on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos	5
Tall trees drive the nest-site selection of wild Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon	5
Conservation implications of the illegal trade in Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus for belief-based use in Benin, West Africa	5
Influence of stand-level characteristics on woodpecker diversity in human-modified forested habitats outside protected areas in the Eastern Himalaya, India	5
A review of the conservation status of Black Stork Ciconia nigra in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini	5
Camera Trapping Uncovers Nesting Ecology and Infant Mortality Causes in the Critically Endangered Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in Ghana	5
Evaluating the breeding phenology of the endangered ‘a‘o (Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli) on Kaua‘i to better focus conservation actions and management decisions	5
Movement ecology of the threatened Campo MinerGeositta poecilopteraand its implications for the conservation of tropical open grassland birds	4
Remnant Rhine delta population of Great Reed Warblers maintains high diversity in migration timing, stopping sites, and winter destinations	4
Migration routes and stepping stones along the western flyway of Lesser White-fronted Geese (Anser erythropus)	4
Another emerging threat to birds: avian mortality estimates from roadside transparent noise barrier collisions in South Korea	4
Trends in the area of suitable breeding habitat for the Endangered Lake Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera, 2001–2020	4
Vultures feeding on the dark side: current sanitary regulations may not be enough	4
Body temperature and thermoregulatory behaviour in the Endangered African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	4
Collateral damage of the energy transition? Investigating the avoidance of powerlines by the Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis in a German agricultural landscape	4
Phylogenetic placement and life history trait imputation for Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsi	4
Demographic composition, post-release and natal dispersal, and breeding success of the reintroduced Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	4
Status assessment and conservation priorities for a circumpolar raptor: the Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus	4
Assessing the trade of Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus in the USA	4
Influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and wetland condition on the abundance and spatial distribution of two flamingo species in lowland wetlands of central Argentina	3
Multi-resolution habitat models of the Puerto Rican Nightjar Antrostromus noctitherus	3
Drivers of scarcity in the globally threatened Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha: competition and habitat quality in the eastern escarpment region of South Africa	3
Landscape effects on the conservation of rear-edge populations of forest passerines (Passeriformes): current patterns and prospects	3
Population status of the endemic Pitcairn Reed Warbler Acrocephalus vaughani on Pitcairn Island, South Pacific	3
Traditional egg-harvesting policies for the endemic Moluccan ScrubfowlEulipoa wallaceion Haruku Island, Indonesia, and its conservation implications	3
Population decline of the Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis in continental Spain, a main western Palearctic stronghold	3
Utilising mitochondrial barcode sequencing to evaluate phylogeographical structure and guide the release of illegally traded Amazon parrots	3
Barbuda Warbler Setophaga subita and Yellow Warbler S. petechia bartholemica population assessment after Hurricane Irma	3
Range-wide changes in the North American Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata breeding population over 115 years	3
Conservation of Galliformes in the Greater Himalaya: is there a need for a higher-quality evidence-base?	3
Does anthropogenic fragmentation selectively filter avian phylogenetic diversity in a critically endangered forest system?	3
New surveys reveal a population stronghold for the Hoary-throated Spinetail Synallaxis kollari and Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria along the Guyana–Brazil border	3
Spatial and temporal differences in migration strategies among endangered European Greater Spotted Eagles Clanga clanga	3
The importance of landscape heterogeneity and vegetation structure for the conservation of the Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana	3
The conservation status of the Nubian Bustard Nubotis nuba: a review and prognosis	3
Long-term changes in population trends of wintering waterbirds in the Republic of Korea	3
Importation of plastic fragments into a seabird colony: accident or design, threat or benign?	3
Range-wide and regional distribution of the Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus and effects of disturbance on local abundances	2
Passive acoustic monitoring detects new records of globally threatened birds in a high elevation wetland (Free State, South Africa) – CORRIGENDUM	2
The effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on the relative abundance and conservation of Southern Black Korhaan Afrotis afra, a South African endemic	2
Assessing the spatial overlap between planned offshore wind farms and wintering waterbirds: a Baltic Sea case study	2

How do people in the “Land of Hornbills” perceive Hornbills?	2
Tracking the non-breeding range of Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae, a Critically Endangered seabird of the South Pacific Ocean	2
Highly pathogenic avian influenza causes mass mortality in Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisbreeding colonies across north-western Europe	2
Population estimates and sex ratio of the Critically Endangered Antioquia Brushfinch Atlapetes blancae	2
Conservation status of Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Armenia and Türkiye	2
Power line density and habitat quality: key factors in Canarian houbara bustard decline	2
Current status of the Critically Endangered Black-winged Trumpeter Psophia obscura in one of its last strongholds	2
The effect of small-scale agro-environmental initiatives on avian diversity in agricultural landscapes	2
Distribution and habitat use of the endemic Yungas GuanPenelope bridgesiin the Southern Yungas of Argentina	2
Movement behaviour of migratory Latham’s Snipe Gallinago hardwickii during their non-breeding season in Australia	2
The effect of shade tree species on bird communities in central Kenyan coffee farms	2
Assessing the potential disturbance effects on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) for European vultures research: a review and conservation recommendations	2
Status assessment and conservation priorities for a circumpolar raptor: the Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus – CORRIGENDUM	2
Environmental correlates of breeding outcomes in Endangered Grey Crowned Cranes Balearica regulorum in agricultural areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	2
Complementary fine-scale habitat selection of the European nightjars (Caprimulgus europaeus) in nesting and foraging sites	2
BCI volume 32 issue 3 Cover and Front matter	2
The expansion of olive groves is reducing habitat suitability for the Great Bustard Otis tarda and the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Southern Spain: could Important Bird Areas (IBAs) r	1
Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in the Chagos Archipelago	1
Home range and presence of the California Condor Gymnogyps californianus in a protected area in Baja California: seasonal, biological, and food supplementation influences	1
First nests of Endangered Nordmann’s Greenshank Tringa guttifer found in over 40 years indicate nesting plasticity	1
Breeding ecology of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola in calcareous fens at the south-western range limit	1
Differences in breeding phenology between two geographically separated populations of the ʻuaʻu (Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis)	1
New information on the breeding and moulting ecology of the Eastern population of Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus from GPS/GSM tracking data	1
Forest raptor nest selection traits in Mediterranean forest (Maamora, North Africa): conservation implications	1
Habitat selection and population status of breeding Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola in an alpine meadow in Sichuan, China	1
Biparental care and reproductive success in reintroduced and captive populations of the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Parrot Amazona vittata	1
BCI volume 32 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	1
Poisonous pitohuis as pets	1
Distribution and habitat use of the Madagascar Peregrine Falcon: first estimates for area of habitat and population size	1
Breeding biology of the Critically Endangered Cherry-throated Tanager Nemosia rourei	1
Demography, habitat use, and movement patterns of founder Oriental Storks Ciconia boyciana in South Korea	1
Alarming decline of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in one of its two population strongholds in Sardinia, Italy	1
FrigatebirdsFregata: impacts of potential taxonomic change on population and conservation status	1
Evidence of steep declines in the heavily traded Javan White-eyeZosterops flavusfrom repeated standardised surveys	1