Avian Research

Article	Citations
Avian responses to an extreme weather event: The case of the ‘Filomena’ snowstorm in Madrid (central Spain)	38
RETRACTED: The impact of weather conditions on the prevalence of avian influenza in dabbling ducks (genus Anas) during autumn migration in southern Western Siberia	24
Weather influenced nestling growth of an insectivorous but not a granivorous grassland passerine in Argentina	22
DFEFM: Fusing frequency correlation and mel features for robust edge bird audio detection	22
Changes in the adult sex ratio of six duck species breeding populations over two decades	19
Grassland birds in Asia: A review of their ecology, threats, and conservation	19
LiBird: A new universal primer enhancing avian environmental DNA metabarcoding	18
Detour for the inexperienced? Migration count data suggest mostly juvenile Greater Spotted Eagles appear in coastal peninsulas in China	18
Feeding ecology of a highly aerial bird during its long breeding season	17
Corrigendum to “Crown saturation and intrasexual dominance: Evidence of a negatively correlated handicap in male Saffron Finches” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100241]	15
Genomic evidence of hybridization between two species of Penduline Tits reveals postzygotic reproductive isolation	15
Decreased basal thermogenesis is associated with the downregulation of cellular metabolic activity of organs and serum thyroid hormones in fasting Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus)	15
More than a simple egg: Underlying mechanisms of cold tolerance in avian embryos	13
Are urbanization, biotic and social factors associated with the song frequency and song entropy attributes of three urban syntopic passerines?	13
Predicting the non-breeding distributions of the two Asian subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit using morphological information	13
Intraguild niche partitioning in granivorous birds from the late past	13
Satellite tracking reveals a migratory divide and population-specific migratory strategies in White-naped Cranes	12
Non-selective waterbird hunting in a Natura 2000 site results in killing of protected species: A case study from western Poland	12
Three subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit share non-breeding sites in the world's largest river delta	12
Highly divergent sympatric lineages of Leptotila verreauxi (Aves: Columbidae) suggest a secondary contact area in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico	12
Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) equalizes foraging costs with depth by switching foraging tactics	11
How many birds are there in Guangdong Province, China?	11
The satellite tracking of Great Snipes from European Russia reveals low migratory connectivity	11
Risk analysis of cross-interface spillover of avian influenza between terrestrial bird and seabird hosts	10
Effects of night lighting on avian cognitive function: Mechanisms involving neurodegeneration, metabolic dysregulation and neuroinflammatory responses	10

Using non-destructive sampling to evaluate the population genomic status of captive Brown Eared Pheasants	9
A novel machine learning model for the prediction of avian haemosporidian infection from morphological data	9
eDNA enhances detection efficiency but reveals lower waterbird diversity: A comparison with point counting method	8
Model-based assessment of muscle forces and strain distribution in the femur of Cabot's Tragopans (Tragopan caboti)	8
Continent-wide vocal leapfrog pattern in Collared Scops Owls obfuscates species boundaries	8
Avian phylogenetic and functional diversity and their influencing factors in urban parks of Nanjing, China	8
Hard life for sons in the nest? Sex-dependent offspring mortality in Great Tits in urban and forest areas	8
Multidimensional beta diversity and its influencing factors of bird communities in urban parks of Nanjing, China	8
Density dependence and weather drive dabbling duck spatiotemporal distributions and intercontinental migration	8
Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance and virulence characteristics in Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis isolates from dead Crested Ibis embryos at the artificial breeding base	8
Population trend and spatio-temporal distribution of Greater White-fronted (Anser albifrons) and Bean Geese (Anser fabalis) in Korea	7
Avian acoustic communication: Understanding of peripheral and central neural systems with ecological adaptations	7
Removing non-avian sounds enhances correlations between acoustic indices and bird vocal activity in urban environments	7
Seasonal changes in Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) song syntax	7
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) prefer shells for nesting: A field experiment	7
Heterogeneity in song rates in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) explained with the availability parameter in generalized N-mixture models: Its importance for abundance estimates in avian	7
Microgeographic variation in the songs of an endemic Hawaiian honeycreeper	7
Responses of steppe birds to habitat fragmentation: Insights from niche specialization and functional traits	7
Shallow water habitats provide high-quality foraging environments for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper at a critical staging site	7
Conserving waterbird diversity in fragmented agricultural wetlands: The roles of habitat heterogeneity and positive species associations in community persistence	7
The predictable HPAI H5 outbreaks in European wild birds	7
Sri Lanka's laughingthrush: An ecological and phylogenetic assessment of a babbler confused for a laughingthrush	7
From traits to services: How urban avian communities support ecosystem services in Nanjing, China	6
Chinese Blackbirds (Turdus mandarinus) mimic electric moped sounds with lower consistency and frequencies	6
Dynamic evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture	6
Migration patterns and spatial connectivity of Pallas's Gulls (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) from Alakol lake, Kazakhstan using ring recovery and tracking data	6
Most bird species remain poorly studied but threated status promotes research effort	6
Mammal-rich diet associated with reproductive success of Saker Falcons in Mongolia	6
Comparing line transect and Indian White-eye mobbing call playback for detecting forest birds in subtropical Yunnan	6
Genetic benefits of female from extra-pair paternity are context dependent within the socially monogamous Tree Sparrow	6
Antipredatory call behavior of lapwing species in an Afrotropical environment	6
Multidimensional nestedness patterns and underlying processes of bird assemblages in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China	6
Seasonal increase in nest defense, but not egg rejection, in a cuckoo host	6
Are the impacts of artificial light exposure at night on bird's cognitive performances always negative?	6
Hourly analyses reveal environment-linked between-parent dynamics in a biparentally incubating shorebird	6
Tri-axial accelerometry allows to determine parental food provisioning behaviour in a marine bird	6
The influence of the abundance and availability of alternative food on the foraging behavior of wintering Siberian Cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)	5
Spatiotemporal variation and driving mechanisms of nest predation on Spotted Doves along an urbanization gradient	5
Combining video and GPS-tracking to study the spatial foraging distribution of a single-prey loading seabird	5
Assessing the vulnerability of wintering habitats for the red-listed Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) using climate models and human impact assessments	5
Distribution pattern and niche overlap of sympatric breeding birds along human-modified habitat gradients in Inner Mongolia, China	5
Data reliability of the emerging citizen science in the Greater Bay Area of China	5
Vultures as a model for testing molecular adaptations of dietary specialization in birds	5
Highway effects on artificial nest survival in a neotropical sand-coastal plain: A spatiotemporal approach	5
Species status and genetic isolation in the Subalpine Warbler complex: Insights from mitochondrial DNA analysis	5
Individual consistency in spatiotemporal characteristics of migratory Whimbrels in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	5
CDA-Net: Cross dimensional attention network for wetland bird detection	5
Knowledge gaps in trace element contamination of shorebirds and allies along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway: A review	5
Oriental Reed Warblers do not abandon Common Cuckoo chicks during prolonged nestling periods	5
Vinous-throated parrotbills breed in invasive smooth cordgrass habitat: Can native birds avoid the potential ecological trap?	5

Large-brained birds lay smaller but heavier clutches	5
Corrigendum to “Swan Project promotes citizen science initiative through a public bird migration tracking” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100298]	5
Habitat preferences and nest site selection by sympatric populations of Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) and Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) in natural mountain forests of Sout	5
Non-breeding movements of the Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)	5
Effects of constant light and dark conditions on the locomotor activity, body mass, and body temperature rhythms of Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus)	5
Spatiotemporal variation in potential gosling development windows across Mongolian Plateau in relation to climate change	5
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestlings adapt their begging behavior to the host signal system	5
Effects of photoperiod on basal metabolism and substrate metabolism in Zebra Finches	4
How does asymmetric sibling rivalry respond under environmental metal pollution? A case study of the Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)	4
The benefits of being smaller: Consistent pattern for climate-induced range shift and morphological difference of three falconiforme species	4
The impact of climatic conditions in wintering and breeding quarters on long-term breeding success in the Common Swift	4
Moving away from home: Early life movements and space use in juvenile Montagu’s Harriers (Circus pygargus) from central Italy	4
Selecting the best: Interspecific and age-related diet differences among sympatric steppe passerines	4
Incubation temperature induced developmental plasticity of cold responsive physiological phenotypes in Japanese Quails	4
Vocal repertoire of Azure-winged Magpies (Cyanopica cyanus): A context-associated communication system	4
Escape behaviors of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) across China: Northern populations are bolder than southern populations	4
Spatiotemporal dynamics of migratory shorebird populations in Korean coastal wetlands within the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	4
Timing of breeding as a determinant of nest success of the vulnerable Chestnut Seedeater (Sporophila cinnamomea) in grasslands of southern South America	4
Differences in migration phenology of warblers at two stopover sites in eastern Russia suggest a longitudinal migration pattern	4
Patterns and drivers of beta diversity in bird communities associated with blue-green infrastructure in rapidly urbanizing landscapes	4
Balancing energy efficiency and avian conservation: divergent nest-site selection responses of Barn Swallows and Red-rumped Swallows to attached sunspaces in cold rural landscapes	4
Use of evergreen and deciduous plants by nocturnal-roosting birds: A case study in Beijing	4
Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data	4
From partial to complete: Wing- and tail-feather moult sequence and intensity depend on species, life-cycle stage, and moult completeness in passerines	4
Estradiol acutely modifies singing patterns via modulating the synaptic activity of RA in Zebra Finches	4
Nestlings of two parrotbill species can independently evaluate the presence of predators based on acoustic cues	3
Phylogeography and diversification of Oriental weaverbirds (Ploceus spp.): A gradual increase of eurytopy	3
Inter- and intraspecific variation in flight muscle fibers is associated with migratory timing	3
Nest attentiveness does not impact incubation duration across different bird species	3
Impacts of China's natural forest protection project on habitat distribution of key protected birds in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	3
Physiological strategies of moult-migrating Black-necked Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) in a polluted staging site according to blood chemistry	3
The effects of climate and land use change on the potential distribution and nesting habitat of the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal	3
Corrigendum to “Migration pattern of a population of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) breeding in East Asian tropical region” [Avian Res. 15 (2024) 100192]	3
Is the personality of Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) in heavy metal-polluted environments undergoing silent change?	3
Coping with extremes: diet and phylogeny shape gut microbiota in six passerine species inhabiting the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	3
Bare-throated spurfowl (Pternistis spp.) males across Africa impress females with bright throat colours during courtship	3
Importance of surrounding landscape features in explaining wintering waterbird diversity and community assembly in Jiangsu's inland lake wetlands	3
Avian hippocampus: Recent advances in anatomy and physiological functions	3
Conspecific cues and breeding territory selection in Whinchat on abandoned fields	3
Impact of agricultural landscape structure on the patterns of bird species diversity at a regional scale	3
Population structure and body condition of White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps) in relation to habitat in a modified Neotropical forest landscape	3
Corrigendum to “Shallow water habitats provide high-quality foraging environments for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper at a critical staging site” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100233]	3
Impacts of prolonged dry season and artificial food supply on the wintering spatial distribution of Siberian Cranes: Implications for conservation	3
Inability of recognizing offspring underlies parental errors in the selection of offspring	3
Decadal banding efforts pay off: Assessing Chinese Crested Tern conservation through resighting data	3
Regional differences in wintering habitat selection strategies of Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) and ecological network construction of key wintering areas	3
Distinguishing between wild-caught and captive-bred Common Pheasant using methylation rate of skeletal muscle DNA	3
The effect of Common Cuckoo parasitism on the annual productivity of a host population	3
No egg or nestling-retrieval behavior in a cavity-nesting cuckoo host	3
Impacts of free-ranging yaks on habitat occupancy and population density of a high-mountain rare pheasant species	3
Seed dispersal by wintering ducks in a coastal wetland of eastern China	2
Inbreeding and genetic load in a pair of sibling grouse species: Tetrastes sewersowi and T. bonasia	2
Canalization of globins in the adaptive evolution of birds	2
Bird species (Charadriiformes) does not impact endosymbiotic bacteria (Gammaproteobacteria) of their ectoparasites (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)	2
Correlation of personality with individual reproductive success in shrub-nesting birds depends on their life history style	2
Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE	2
An updated list of parasitic cuckoos and their hosts in China	2
The Black-winged Monarch (Monarcha frater): Geographic variation, taxonomy, a "new" population, and an enduring mystery in migration	2
Egg rejection and egg recognition mechanism in a Chinese Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) population	2
Mongolian Lark as an indicator of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of steppe birds	2
Bird specimen number linked with species trait and climate niche breadth	2
Exploring the interplay of T cell receptor-V gene copy numbers and major histocompatibility complex selection pressure in avian species: Insights into immune system evolution and reproductive investme	2
Reconciling Bergmann's rule throughout the annual cycle in two congeneric large-bodied migratory waterbirds	2
Testing urban edge effects: Nest predation rates are higher in areas further from the boundary of a suburban park	2
Differential colour-ring loss among Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) colonies and its consequence on survival estimates	2
A test of genetic divergence of a bird existing in the Sichuan Basin and its surrounding mountain ranges	2
Integrating host biological and ecological variables to predict probability of haemosporidian infection in raptors	2
Escape behavior and refuge selection preferences by two common urban birds	2
Short-term night lighting disrupts lipid and glucose metabolism in Zebra Finches: Implication for urban stopover birds	2
Nest decoration: Black feathers prevent Crested Mynas from nest usurpation	2
Sex-specific selective effect of winter weather on morphological traits in a small passerine bird	2
Bird banding in Asia: Contributions, challenges, and prospects	2
Negative effects of artificial nest boxes on birds: A review	2
A review of eDNA technology in avian monitoring: Current status, challenges and future perspectives	2
Phylogenomic insights into the taxonomy and evolutionary relationships of penduline tits (Remiz spp.)	2
Evolutionary relationships of mitogenomes in a recently radiated Old World avian family	2
Predatory birds in agroforestry: Dawn of a new era for biological control from multitrophic interactions	2
Weak influence of natural vegetation in urban green spaces compared to agricultural ecosystems on House Martin populations: Insights from nationwide citizen science data in the Czech Republic	2
Determinants of secondary school students' conservation willingness toward the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) in riparian cities along the Yellow River in Henan Province, China	2
Unraveling the spatial patterns and driving mechanisms of avian functional assemblages in the agro-pastoral ecosystems of the Tibetan Plateau	2

Responses of breeding waterbird communities to environmental changes in subsidence wetlands in the North China Plain	2
Feeding ecology and interactions with mammal hosts in a symbiotic genus of birds (Buphagus spp.) in Namibia	2
Population genomic data reveal low genetic diversity, divergence and local adaptation among threatened Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)	2
The intensity of supplementary feeding in an urban environment impacts overwintering Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) as wintering conditions get harsher	2
A high level of extra-pair paternity in the Chestnut Thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)	2
Different nest-scale strategies determine the reproductive success of two 'winner' bird species along an urban gradient in southeastern Brazil	2
Flexible nest site selection of the endangered Oriental Storks (Ciconia boyciana): Trade-off from adaptive strategies	2
Landscape and habitat effects on functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure of bird communities in fragmented habitats within an urban landscape, Southwest China	2