Avian Research

Article	Citations
Changes in the adult sex ratio of six duck species breeding populations over two decades	33
Avian responses to an extreme weather event: The case of the ‘Filomena’ snowstorm in Madrid (central Spain)	32
Weather influenced nestling growth of an insectivorous but not a granivorous grassland passerine in Argentina	18
RETRACTED: The impact of weather conditions on the prevalence of avian influenza in dabbling ducks (genus Anas) during autumn migration in southern Western Siberia	17
DFEFM: Fusing frequency correlation and mel features for robust edge bird audio detection	17
Breeding ecology of two sympatric laughingthrushes (Trochalopteron milnei and Garrulax berthemyi) in southwestern China	16
Experimental evidence that cuckoos preferentially parasitize host nests early in their laying cycle	15
Intraguild niche partitioning in granivorous birds from the late past	15
Highly divergent sympatric lineages of Leptotila verreauxi (Aves: Columbidae) suggest a secondary contact area in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico	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)	14
Corrigendum to “Crown saturation and intrasexual dominance: Evidence of a negatively correlated handicap in male Saffron Finches” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100241]	13
Detour for the inexperienced? Migration count data suggest mostly juvenile Greater Spotted Eagles appear in coastal peninsulas in China	13
Are urbanization, biotic and social factors associated with the song frequency and song entropy attributes of three urban syntopic passerines?	13
Genomic evidence of hybridization between two species of Penduline Tits reveals postzygotic reproductive isolation	12
Feeding ecology of a highly aerial bird during its long breeding season	12
Three subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit share non-breeding sites in the world's largest river delta	12
Urban avifauna distribution explained by road noise in an Eastern European city	12
More than a simple egg: Underlying mechanisms of cold tolerance in avian embryos	11
Non-selective waterbird hunting in a Natura 2000 site results in killing of protected species: A case study from western Poland	11
Visual cognition of birds and its underlying neural mechanism: A review	10
Using non-destructive sampling to evaluate the population genomic status of captive Brown Eared Pheasants	10
Molecular evidence of introgressive hybridization between related species Jankowski's Bunting (Emberiza jankowskii) and Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) (Aves: Passeriformes)	10
Effects of night lighting on avian cognitive function: Mechanisms involving neurodegeneration, metabolic dysregulation and neuroinflammatory responses	10
Predicting the non-breeding distributions of the two Asian subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit using morphological information	10
Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) equalizes foraging costs with depth by switching foraging tactics	10

How many birds are there in Guangdong Province, China?	10
Long-term monitoring data reveal effects of age, population density, and environmental aspects on hatching success of Common Cranes (Grus grus)	9
eDNA enhances detection efficiency but reveals lower waterbird diversity: A comparison with point counting method	9
Avian phylogenetic and functional diversity and their influencing factors in urban parks of Nanjing, China	9
Density dependence and weather drive dabbling duck spatiotemporal distributions and intercontinental migration	9
Avian acoustic communication: Understanding of peripheral and central neural systems with ecological adaptations	9
Linking individual attributes and host specialization in brood parasitic cuckoos	9
Hard life for sons in the nest? Sex-dependent offspring mortality in Great Tits in urban and forest areas	8
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) prefer shells for nesting: A field experiment	8
Continent-wide vocal leapfrog pattern in Collared Scops Owls obfuscates species boundaries	8
Population trend and spatio-temporal distribution of Greater White-fronted (Anser albifrons) and Bean Geese (Anser fabalis) in Korea	8
The predictable HPAI H5 outbreaks in European wild birds	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
Model-based assessment of muscle forces and strain distribution in the femur of Cabot's Tragopans (Tragopan caboti)	8
Using stable isotope to compare the habitat use and trophic level between the new and old breeding range of wild Crested Ibis in the early breeding season	8
Myological variation in the hindlimb of three raptorial birds in relation to foraging behavior	7
Shallow water habitats provide high-quality foraging environments for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper at a critical staging site	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
Sri Lanka's laughingthrush: An ecological and phylogenetic assessment of a babbler confused for a laughingthrush	7
Corrigendum to “Multiple lines of evidence confirm that the critically endangered Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi) is an independent species” [Avian Res. 13 (2022) 100022]	7
Responses of steppe birds to habitat fragmentation: Insights from niche specialization and functional traits	7
Seasonal increase in nest defense, but not egg rejection, in a cuckoo host	6
Genetic benefits of female from extra-pair paternity are context dependent within the socially monogamous Tree Sparrow	6
Multidimensional nestedness patterns and underlying processes of bird assemblages in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China	6
Combining video and GPS-tracking to study the spatial foraging distribution of a single-prey loading seabird	6
Corrigendum to “Swan Project promotes citizen science initiative through a public bird migration tracking” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100298]	6
The spatial distribution and breeding behavior of neighbors affect the reproductive success of tits	6
Migration patterns and spatial connectivity of Pallas's Gulls (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) from Alakol lake, Kazakhstan using ring recovery and tracking data	6
Mammal-rich diet associated with reproductive success of Saker Falcons in Mongolia	6
Parapatric speciation with recurrent gene flow of two sexual dichromatic pheasants	6
Antipredatory call behavior of lapwing species in an Afrotropical environment	6
Most bird species remain poorly studied but threated status promotes research effort	6
The influence of the abundance and availability of alternative food on the foraging behavior of wintering Siberian Cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)	6
Migration and wintering of vulnerable adult Chinese Egrets (Egretta eulophotes) revealed by GPS tracking	6
Seasonal changes in Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) song syntax	6
Dynamic evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture	6
Chinese Blackbirds (Turdus mandarinus) mimic electric moped sounds with lower consistency and frequencies	6
Tri-axial accelerometry allows to determine parental food provisioning behaviour in a marine bird	6
Highway effects on artificial nest survival in a neotropical sand-coastal plain: A spatiotemporal approach	6
Sexual dichromatism and assortative mating by multiple plumage color traits in wild Chestnut Thrush	6
Non-breeding movements of the Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)	5
Oriental Reed Warblers do not abandon Common Cuckoo chicks during prolonged nestling periods	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
Vultures as a model for testing molecular adaptations of dietary specialization in birds	5
Spatiotemporal dynamics of migratory shorebird populations in Korean coastal wetlands within the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	5
Vocal repertoire of Azure-winged Magpies (Cyanopica cyanus): A context-associated communication system	5
Assessing the vulnerability of wintering habitats for the red-listed Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) using climate models and human impact assessments	5
Vinous-throated parrotbills breed in invasive smooth cordgrass habitat: Can native birds avoid the potential ecological trap?	5
Species status and genetic isolation in the Subalpine Warbler complex: Insights from mitochondrial DNA analysis	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

Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestlings adapt their begging behavior to the host signal system	5
The benefits of being smaller: Consistent pattern for climate-induced range shift and morphological difference of three falconiforme species	5
Antioxidant defense mechanisms and fatty acid catabolism in Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) exposed to high temperatures	5
Distribution pattern and driving factors of genetic diversity of passerine birds in the Mountains of Southwest China	5
Large-brained birds lay smaller but heavier clutches	5
Distribution pattern and niche overlap of sympatric breeding birds along human-modified habitat gradients in Inner Mongolia, China	5
Seasonal variations in gonad morphology and hypothalamic GnRH-I and GnIH in Eurasian Tree Sparrow, a multi-brooded passerine	5
Individual consistency in spatiotemporal characteristics of migratory Whimbrels in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	5
Does bird photography affect nest predation and feeding frequency?	5
Selecting the best: Interspecific and age-related diet differences among sympatric steppe passerines	5
How does asymmetric sibling rivalry respond under environmental metal pollution? A case study of the Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)	5
Incubation temperature induced developmental plasticity of cold responsive physiological phenotypes in Japanese Quails	5
Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data	4
Use of evergreen and deciduous plants by nocturnal-roosting birds: A case study in Beijing	4
Nestlings of two parrotbill species can independently evaluate the presence of predators based on acoustic cues	4
Population structure and body condition of White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps) in relation to habitat in a modified Neotropical forest landscape	4
Timing of breeding as a determinant of nest success of the vulnerable Chestnut Seedeater (Sporophila cinnamomea) in grasslands of southern South America	4
The effect of Common Cuckoo parasitism on the annual productivity of a host population	4
Physiological strategies of moult-migrating Black-necked Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) in a polluted staging site according to blood chemistry	4
Detecting the non-breeding region and migration route of Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus rogachevae) in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	4
GPS tracking data reveal the annual spatiotemporal movement patterns of Bridled Terns	4
Escape behaviors of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) across China: Northern populations are bolder than southern populations	4
Investigating how different classes of nest predators respond to the playback of the begging calls of nestling birds	4
Differences in migration phenology of warblers at two stopover sites in eastern Russia suggest a longitudinal migration pattern	4
The effects of climate and land use change on the potential distribution and nesting habitat of the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal	4
Moving away from home: Early life movements and space use in juvenile Montagu’s Harriers (Circus pygargus) from central Italy	4
Nest attentiveness does not impact incubation duration across different bird species	4
Impacts of free-ranging yaks on habitat occupancy and population density of a high-mountain rare pheasant species	4
Data reliability of the emerging citizen science in the Greater Bay Area of China	4
The impact of climatic conditions in wintering and breeding quarters on long-term breeding success in the Common Swift	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
Impact of agricultural landscape structure on the patterns of bird species diversity at a regional scale	4
Corrigendum to “Migration pattern of a population of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) breeding in East Asian tropical region” [Avian Res. 15 (2024) 100192]	4
Altitudinal seasonality as a potential driver of morphological diversification in rear-edge bird populations	4
Inability of recognizing offspring underlies parental errors in the selection of offspring	3
Impacts of prolonged dry season and artificial food supply on the wintering spatial distribution of Siberian Cranes: Implications for conservation	3
Impacts of China's natural forest protection project on habitat distribution of key protected birds in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	3
Conspecific cues and breeding territory selection in Whinchat on abandoned fields	3
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	3
A review of eDNA technology in avian monitoring: Current status, challenges and future perspectives	3
Flexible nest site selection of the endangered Oriental Storks (Ciconia boyciana): Trade-off from adaptive strategies	3
Hummingbird-plant interactions in Chile: An ecological review of the available evidence	3
Bare-throated spurfowl (Pternistis spp.) males across Africa impress females with bright throat colours during courtship	3
Inter- and intraspecific variation in flight muscle fibers is associated with migratory timing	3
Importance of surrounding landscape features in explaining wintering waterbird diversity and community assembly in Jiangsu's inland lake wetlands	3
Distinguishing between wild-caught and captive-bred Common Pheasant using methylation rate of skeletal muscle DNA	3
Ecological constraints on elevational gradients of bird species richness in Tajikistan	3
Mongolian Lark as an indicator of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of steppe birds	3
Shifts in phenology of autumn migration and wing length among reedbed passerines along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	3
Negative effects of artificial nest boxes on birds: A review	3
Identification of annual routines and critical stopover sites of a breeding shorebird in the Yellow Sea, China	3
Autumn migration routes of fledgling Chinese Egrets (Egretta eulophotes) in Northeast China and their implications for conservation	3
Avian hippocampus: Recent advances in anatomy and physiological functions	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
Phylogeography and diversification of Oriental weaverbirds (Ploceus spp.): A gradual increase of eurytopy	3
Regional differences in wintering habitat selection strategies of Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) and ecological network construction of key wintering areas	3
Comparative population genomics reveals glacial cycles to drive diversifications in tropical montane birds (Aves, Timaliidae)	3
Thermoregulatory function and sexual dimorphism of the throat sack in Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) across Africa	3
Abundance of White-fronted Parrots and diet of an urban parrot assemblage (Aves: Psittaciformes) in a green Neotropical city	3
Phylogenomic insights into the taxonomy and evolutionary relationships of penduline tits (Remiz spp.)	3
Canalization of globins in the adaptive evolution of birds	2
Testing urban edge effects: Nest predation rates are higher in areas further from the boundary of a suburban park	2
Nest decoration: Black feathers prevent Crested Mynas from nest usurpation	2
Correlation of personality with individual reproductive success in shrub-nesting birds depends on their life history style	2
Population genomic data reveal low genetic diversity, divergence and local adaptation among threatened Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)	2
A high level of extra-pair paternity in the Chestnut Thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)	2
Bird specimen number linked with species trait and climate niche breadth	2
An updated list of parasitic cuckoos and their hosts in China	2
Chromatic and achromatic differences of melanin- and carotenoid-based plumage coloration in five minivet species (Pericrocotus spp.) under conspecific and predator visual systems	2
Metagenomic insights into the geographic divergence and functional adaptation of gut microbiota in the endangered Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus)	2
Differential colour-ring loss among Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) colonies and its consequence on survival estimates	2
Integrating host biological and ecological variables to predict probability of haemosporidian infection in raptors	2
Bird species (Charadriiformes) does not impact endosymbiotic bacteria (Gammaproteobacteria) of their ectoparasites (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)	2
Year-round multi-scale habitat selection by Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) in lowland mixed forests (northern Italy)	2
Reconciling Bergmann's rule throughout the annual cycle in two congeneric large-bodied migratory waterbirds	2
Evolutionary relationships of mitogenomes in a recently radiated Old World avian family	2
Responses of breeding waterbird communities to environmental changes in subsidence wetlands in the North China Plain	2
Seed dispersal by wintering ducks in a coastal wetland of eastern China	2
The intensity of supplementary feeding in an urban environment impacts overwintering Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) as wintering conditions get harsher	2
Characteristics of cross transmission of gut fungal pathogens between wintering Hooded Cranes and sympatric Domestic Geese	2

Phylogeography of the endangered Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix)	2
Home range variability and philopatry in Cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) breeding in Iberia	2
A test of genetic divergence of a bird existing in the Sichuan Basin and its surrounding mountain ranges	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
Short-term night lighting disrupts lipid and glucose metabolism in Zebra Finches: Implication for urban stopover birds	2
Predatory birds in agroforestry: Dawn of a new era for biological control from multitrophic interactions	2
Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE	2
Sex-specific selective effect of winter weather on morphological traits in a small passerine bird	2
The evolution of courtship displays in Galliformes	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
Size of the ulna and taxonomic order affect vane dimensions of secondary remiges in birds	2
Inbreeding and genetic load in a pair of sibling grouse species: Tetrastes sewersowi and T. bonasia	2
Feeding ecology and interactions with mammal hosts in a symbiotic genus of birds (Buphagus spp.) in Namibia	2