OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Avian Research is 5. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

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
DFEFM: Fusing frequency correlation and mel features for robust edge bird audio detection	17
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
Breeding ecology of two sympatric laughingthrushes (Trochalopteron milnei and Garrulax berthemyi) in southwestern China	16
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
Experimental evidence that cuckoos preferentially parasitize host nests early in their laying cycle	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
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
Corrigendum to “Crown saturation and intrasexual dominance: Evidence of a negatively correlated handicap in male Saffron Finches” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100241]	13
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
Genomic evidence of hybridization between two species of Penduline Tits reveals postzygotic reproductive isolation	12
Non-selective waterbird hunting in a Natura 2000 site results in killing of protected species: A case study from western Poland	11
More than a simple egg: Underlying mechanisms of cold tolerance in avian embryos	11
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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