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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Changes in the adult sex ratio of six duck species breeding populations over two decades	104
Avian responses to an extreme weather event: The case of the ‘Filomena’ snowstorm in Madrid (central Spain)	30
Weather influenced nestling growth of an insectivorous but not a granivorous grassland passerine in Argentina	27
Breeding ecology of two sympatric laughingthrushes (Trochalopteron milnei and Garrulax berthemyi) in southwestern China	24
Experimental evidence that cuckoos preferentially parasitize host nests early in their laying cycle	16
TEMPORARY REMOVAL: The impact of weather conditions on the prevalence of avian influenza in dabbling ducks (genus Anas) during autumn migration in southern Western Siberia	16
DFEFM: Fusing frequency correlation and mel features for robust edge bird audio detection	15
Corrigendum to “Crown saturation and intrasexual dominance: Evidence of a negatively correlated handicap in male Saffron Finches” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100241]	14
Highly divergent sympatric lineages of Leptotila verreauxi (Aves: Columbidae) suggest a secondary contact area in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico	14
Phylogeography and morphometric variation in the Cinnamon Hummingbird complex: Amazilia rutila (Aves: Trochilidae)	14
Three subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit share non-breeding sites in the world's largest river delta	13
Intraguild niche partitioning in granivorous birds from the late past	13
Urban avifauna distribution explained by road noise in an Eastern European city	13
Are urbanization, biotic and social factors associated with the song frequency and song entropy attributes of three urban syntopic passerines?	13
Detour for the inexperienced? Migration count data suggest mostly juvenile Greater Spotted Eagles appear in coastal peninsulas in China	12
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)	12
Predicting the non-breeding distributions of the two Asian subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit using morphological information	11
More than a simple egg: Underlying mechanisms of cold tolerance in avian embryos	10
Molecular evidence of introgressive hybridization between related species Jankowski's Bunting (Emberiza jankowskii) and Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) (Aves: Passeriformes)	10
eDNA enhances detection efficiency but reveals lower waterbird diversity: A comparison with point counting method	10
Migration routes, behavior and protection status of Eurasian Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) wintering in China	10
Feeding ecology of a highly aerial bird during its long breeding season	10
Linking individual attributes and host specialization in brood parasitic cuckoos	10
Using non-destructive sampling to evaluate the population genomic status of captive Brown Eared Pheasants	10
Long-term monitoring data reveal effects of age, population density, and environmental aspects on hatching success of Common Cranes (Grus grus)	10

Population trend and spatio-temporal distribution of Greater White-fronted (Anser albifrons) and Bean Geese (Anser fabalis) in Korea	9
Density dependence and weather drive dabbling duck spatiotemporal distributions and intercontinental migration	9
Hard life for sons in the nest? Sex-dependent offspring mortality in Great Tits in urban and forest areas	9
Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) equalizes foraging costs with depth by switching foraging tactics	9
Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance and virulence characteristics in Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis isolates from dead Crested Ibis embryos at the artificial breeding base	9
Model-based assessment of muscle forces and strain distribution in the femur of Cabot's Tragopans (Tragopan caboti)	9
Visual cognition of birds and its underlying neural mechanism: A review	9
Continent-wide vocal leapfrog pattern in Collared Scops Owls obfuscates species boundaries	8
Nest site tenacity and mate fidelity in the Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)	8
Taxonomic revision of the Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) complex based on vocalizations reveals three species	8
Masting effect on alpha and beta avian diversity in fragmented forests of relict-endangered Mexican Beech (Fagus grandifolia subsp. mexicana)	8
Autumn migration of Ospreys from two distinct populations in Poland reveals partial migratory divide	8
Migration routes, population status and important sites used by the globally threatened Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor): a synthesis of surveys and tracking studies	8
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) prefer shells for nesting: A field experiment	8
Myological variation in the hindlimb of three raptorial birds in relation to foraging behavior	8
Avian acoustic communication: Understanding of peripheral and central neural systems with ecological adaptations	8
Shallow water habitats provide high-quality foraging environments for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper at a critical staging site	7
Use of DNA metabarcoding of bird pellets in understanding raptor diet on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China	7
The composition of mixed-species flocks of birds in and around Chitwan National Park, Nepal	7
Citrine Wagtail migration on the Indo-European flyway: a first geolocator track reveals alternative migration route and endurance flights to cross ecological barriers	7
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	7
Seasonal changes in Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) song syntax	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
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
Genetic benefits of female from extra-pair paternity are context dependent within the socially monogamous Tree Sparrow	7
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
Multidimensional nestedness patterns and underlying processes of bird assemblages in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China	6
Antipredatory call behavior of lapwing species in an Afrotropical environment	6
Autumn migration routes and wintering areas of juvenile Chinese Egrets (Egretta eulophotes) revealed by GPS tracking	6
Parapatric speciation with recurrent gene flow of two sexual dichromatic pheasants	6
The spatial distribution and breeding behavior of neighbors affect the reproductive success of tits	6
Seasonal increase in nest defense, but not egg rejection, in a cuckoo host	6
Combining video and GPS-tracking to study the spatial foraging distribution of a single-prey loading seabird	6
Most bird species remain poorly studied but threated status promotes research effort	6
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	6
Distribution pattern and driving factors of genetic diversity of passerine birds in the Mountains of Southwest China	5
Vinous-throated parrotbills breed in invasive smooth cordgrass habitat: Can native birds avoid the potential ecological trap?	5
Assessing the vulnerability of wintering habitats for the red-listed Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) using climate models and human impact assessments	5
Individual consistency in spatiotemporal characteristics of migratory Whimbrels in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	5
Seasonal variations in gonad morphology and hypothalamic GnRH-I and GnIH in Eurasian Tree Sparrow, a multi-brooded passerine	5
Vultures as a model for testing molecular adaptations of dietary specialization in birds	5
Non-breeding movements of the Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)	5
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestlings adapt their begging behavior to the host signal system	5
Sexual dichromatism and assortative mating by multiple plumage color traits in wild Chestnut Thrush	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
Does bird photography affect nest predation and feeding frequency?	5
Oriental Reed Warblers do not abandon Common Cuckoo chicks during prolonged nestling periods	5
Migration and wintering of vulnerable adult Chinese Egrets (Egretta eulophotes) revealed by GPS tracking	5