Ornithology

Article	Citations
2022 AOS Marion Jenkinson Service Award to Erin Morrison	53
Birds of the Mesozoic: An Illustrated Field Guide	38
Use of anthropogenic landscapes in a wild Columba livia (Rock Dove) population	27
2022 AOS Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award to David Ainley and to Lindsay Young and Eric VanderWerf	26
Magnolia Warbler flight calls demonstrate individuality and variation by season and recording location	20
How Veeries vary: Whole genome sequencing resolves genetic structure in a long-distance migratory bird	19
Haemosporidian infection does not alter aerobic performance in Junco hyemalis (Dark-eyed Junco)	19
Songbird Behavior and Conservation in the Anthropocene	17
Divergence in mating signals predicts behavioral responses among three closely related species of wrens in the genus Campylorhynchus	17
Gerald Francis Shields, 1943–2023	15
The biotic and abiotic drivers of timing of breeding and the consequences of breeding early in a changing world	14
Beak deformities in Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk) signal possible emergence of avian keratin disorder among raptors	14
Thank you to the reviewers of the 2025 Ornithology , Volume 142	14
It is good to be average: Ecological correlates of breeding phenology in an Arctic seabird, Alle alle (Dovekie)	13
Flight paths: how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration	12
Thank You to the Reviewers of the 2024 Ornithology, Volume 141	12
Professional ethics survey identifies strengths and areas for improvement in the American Ornithological Society	12
Barn Swallows in East Asia show strong tolerance against nest mites	11
Experimentally reduced feather microbial loads improve reproductive performance in captive Zebra Finches	10
Long-term winter food supplementation shows no significant impact on reproductive performance in Mountain Chickadees in the Sierra Nevada Mountains	10
Elevational differences in migration phenology of Lazuli Buntings do not support selection-based hypotheses for protandry	10
Genotype predicts quantitative song variety in a chickadee hybrid zone despite limited sampling	10
Keith A. Hobson, 1954–2024	9
2024 AOS Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award to Jordan Karubian	9
Local food availability and nonbreeding carry-over effects affect breeding propensity and success of a tundra-nesting predator, the Long-tailed Jaeger	8

Experimental evidence of a consistent commensal relationship between avian hosts and feather mites of differing host specificities	8
Extended molt phenology models improve inferences about molt duration and timing	8
Leonard Alan Freed, 1947–2021	8
Sex, body size, and winter weather explain migration strategies in a partial migrant population of American Kestrels	7
2025 AOS Marion Jenkinson Service Awards to Jennifer Walsh and Evan Adams	7
Use of visual display in dark, cluttered environments	7
Syntopic diet divergence inferred from metabarcoding in a pair of parulid warblers: Setophaga virens (Black-throated Green Warbler) and	7
Evidence of differing staging strategies between adult and juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers highlights the importance of small staging sites in Atlantic Canada	6
Finding W. H. Hudson: The Writer Who Came to Britain to Save the Birds	6
Sex interacts with fledge date to influence dispersal probability in Fratercula arctica (Atlantic Puffin)	6
Machine learning reveals that climate, geography, and cultural drift all predict bird song variation in coastal Zonotrichia leucophrys	6
When predators get more than they bargained for: Naïve attacks on snakes by hawks, falcons, and owls	5
Migratory routing and departure decisions of Porzana carolina (Sora): New insights from the Motus Wildlife Tracking System	5
Macroevolution of body extremities reveals an integrated phenotypic response of coloration and morphology to temperature in a large clade of Neotropical passerines (Furnariida)	5
Walter J. Bock, 1933–2022	5
Wintering closer to breeding grounds comes at a cost in an Arctic-specialized songbird, Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow Bunting)	5
Increasing variability and declining breeding success: A major challenge in the conservation of the critically endangered Ardea insignis (White-bellied H	5
Genetic analysis of Cistothorus palustris (Marsh Wren) across a broad transition zone in Southern Saskatchewan reveals deep divergence and little hybridi	5
Mitochondrial DNA sequences and nuclear microsatellites reveal population genetic structure of the range-restricted hummingbirdPhaeoptila sordidain the Balsas Basin	5
2025 AOS Elliott Coues Awards to Robb Brumfield and Ben Hatchwell	5
Ultraconserved elements support the elevation of a new avian family, Eurocephalidae, the white-crowned shrikes	4
Visual predators and diurnal nest predation provide support for the Skutch Hypothesis and explain evolved incubation behaviors in a montane tropical bird community	4
Richard W. (Dick) Coles, 1940–2022	4
Irruptive fall migrations are linked to elevated breeding abundance but are not associated with body condition or stopover duration in Northern Saw-whet Owls	4
Sexual dimorphism and sex-biased sampling influence analyses of trait evolution and diversity in a major songbird clade	4
No evidence that endohelminth parasites cause selection against hybrid orioles across the Baltimore–Bullock’s Oriole hybrid zone	4
Decline in capture rates of birds in the High Andes of Ecuador suggests broad-scale anthropogenic impacts to protected areas	4
Punctuated evolution of bill morphology in the largest family of songbirds (Thraupidae)	4
Habitat connectivity, gene flow, and population genetic structure in a Neotropical understory insectivore, the Rufous-and-white Wren	4
Birds that breed exclusively on islands have smaller clutches	4
Geographically consistent hybridization dynamics between the Black-crested and Tufted titmouse with evidence of hybrid zone expansion	4
Correction to: An overview of the drivers of performance in nonbreeding Nearctic–Neotropical migratory songbirds	4
Genomic variation in the Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) suggests divergence in a disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain population (S. v. waynei)	4
Richard L. Zusi, 1930–2024	4
Sulfur isotopic discrimination factors differ among avian tissues and diets: Insights from a case study in Gentoo Penguins	4
Feather mite transmission in Cuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo): Age-related differences and implications for dispersal	4
Sixty-sixth supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	4
Vocal species are more central in Eastern Himalayan mixed-species bird flocks	4
Fledging success peaks later than insect prey biomass in two aerial insectivores: Evaluating potential phenological mismatch and fitness consequences	4
Innovative microphone transmitter reveals differences in acoustic structure between broadcast and whisper songs of Myadestes obscurus (ʻŌmaʻo)	4
Thank You to the Reviewers of the 2022 Ornithology, Volume 139	4
Sixty-fourth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	3
The adaptive significance of off-lek sociality in birds: A synthetic review, with evidence for the reproductive benefits hypothesis in Long-wattled Umbrellabirds	3
Sex- and age-related differences in post-breeding molt phenology are phylogenetically and ecologically widespread in passerines	3
Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep by Roger F. Pasquier	3
A brief history of English bird names and the American Ornithologists’ Union (now American Ornithological Society)	3
Lesser Woodcreepers excavate nest cavities in trees	3
Females are larger and less detected than males but experience similar annual survival in the lek-displaying Eleothreptus anomalus (Sickle-winged Nightja	3
The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness	3
Did complex song and dance coevolve with brain size in the birds-of-paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae)?	3

Wood hardness drives nest-site selection in woodpeckers of the humid Chaco	3
Breeding success, but not reproductive investment, increases with female age in Tachycineta leucopyga (Chilean swallow)	3
Beaver activity and red squirrel presence predict bird assemblages in boreal Canada	3
Similar parasite communities but dissimilar infection patterns in two closely related chickadee species	3
Considerations for fitting occupancy models to data from eBird and similar volunteer-collected data	3
2025 AOS Florence Merriam Bailey Award to Henry C. Stevens	3
100 years ago in the American Ornithologists’ Union	3
David F. DeSante, 1942–2022	3
Ben F. King, 1937–2024	3
Individual foraging site fidelity persists within and across stopover seasons in a migratory shorebird, Numenius phaeopus (Whimbrel)	2
Biparentally incubating Aegithalos concinnus (Black-throated Tit) provide a more stable nest thermal environment than uniparentally incubating	2
Gradual transitions in genetics and songs between coastal and inland populations of Setophaga townsendi	2
Apparent annual survival of adult Vermivora chrysoptera (Golden-winged Warbler) does not differ by sex or region	2
Phylogenomic analysis of pigeons and doves (Columbiformes) informs molecular evolution of a potential magnetoreceptor	2
Timing and duration of molt in temperate-zone passerines is shaped by frequency of double brooding, migration distance, and wing length	2
Winter range shifts and their associations with species traits are heterogeneous in eastern North American birds	2
Blue-footed Boobies: Sibling Conflict and Sexual Infidelity on a Tropical Island	2
Correction to: The biotic and abiotic drivers of timing of breeding and the consequences of breeding early in a changing world	2
The need for proper archiving and referencing of sound recordings in taxonomic studies of birds	2
Asymmetric song recognition does not influence gene flow in an emergent songbird hybrid zone	2
Neighbors matter: Vocal variation in Gentoo Penguins depends on the species composition of their colony	2
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds	2
Avian suture zones in Pan Amazonia	2
Amazonian avian biogeography: Broadscale patterns, microevolutionary processes, and habitat-specific models revealed by multidisciplinary approaches	2
2025 AOS William Brewster Memorial Awards to Kristen Ruegg and Hugh Drummond	2
Climate change outpaces adaptive potential via hybridization in nesting female Saltmarsh and Nelson’s Sparrows	2
Temporal stability in songs across the breeding range of Geothlypis philadelphia (Mourning Warbler) may be due to learning fidelity and transmission biases	2
Differences in weather conditions associated with the onset of pre-breeding migration of Scolopax rusticola (Eurasian Woodcock) and <	2
Plumage polymorphism in raptors	2
Low levels of hybridization between domestic and wild Mallards wintering in the lower Mississippi Flyway	2
Courtship behavior of a secretive forest tinamou, Tinamus major (Great Tinamou)	2
Studying individual-level interactions can transform our understanding of avian mixed-species flocks	2
Feather growth rate and hormone deposition vary with elevation but not reproductive costs in resident Mountain Chickadees	2
Haemosporidian infection prevalence varies temporally and spatially and Leucocytozoon infections are male biased in Song Sparrows	2
Flight of the Godwit: Tracking Epic Shorebird Migrations by Bruce M. Beehler	2
Evidence of environmental niche conservatism among pairs of allopatric avian lineages in two Neotropical dry forests, the Caatinga and the Chaco	2
Genomic and geographic diversification of a “great-speciator” (Rhipidura rufifrons)	1
Bird Brains and Behavior: A Synthesis by Georg F. Striedter and Andrew N. Iwaniuk	1
Tags temporarily decrease takeoff velocity and trajectory in Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)	1
2022 AOS William Brewster Memorial Award to Roxana Torres and Amanda Rodewald	1
Causes and consequences of nest-site fidelity in a tropical lekking bird: Win-stay-lose-shift tactics are unrelated to subsequent success, but site-faithful females nest earlier	1
Barometric geolocators can reveal unprecedented details about the migratory ecology of small birds	1
2024 AOS Elliott Coues Award to Rebecca T. Kimball	1
Super black plumage is prevalent among Lepidothrix manakins	1
A framework of hypotheses for studying post-breeding ecology and trade-offs in migratory birds	1
Year-round carryover effects are driven by migration phenology for Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow) wintering in West Africa	1
Why are ornithological studies so focused on the breeding stage? A test of hypotheses	1
2023 AOS Elliott Coues Award to Gregory F. Ball and Jacques Balthazart	1
Mass gain and stopover dynamics among migrating songbirds are linked to seasonal, environmental, and life-history effects	1
Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow) bill size is primarily shaped by thermoregulation on the California Channel Islands	1
Correction: Long-term winter food supplementation shows no significant impact on reproductive performance in Mountain Chickadees in the Sierra Nevada Mountains	1
High lek fidelity and low annual survival in two breeding populations of Gallinago media (Great Snipe)	1
Whether Darwin’s mystery of mysteries is actually mysterious depends on the species concept: A bird’s eye review	1
Correction to: Satellite tracking of American Woodcock reveals a gradient of migration strategies	1
Morphometric variation and deteriorating food availability both explain seasonally declining reproductive success of Dicrurus hottentottus (Hair-crested Drongo)	1
Phylogenomic analysis confirms the relationships among toucans, toucan-barbets, and New World barbets but reveals paraphyly of Selenidera toucanets and evidence for mitonuclear discordance	1
The evolution of enclosed nesting in passerines is shaped by competition, energetic costs, and predation threat	1
A rallid ballad: Communal signaling is correlated with year-round territoriality in the most duet-rich family of birds (Gruiformes: Rallidae)	1
Seeing in the dark: Using thermal imaging to directly observe nocturnal migration	1
Robert William Nero, 1922–2023	1
When do tropical birds breed? The case of Colombian species assemblages	1
High variability of migration strategies in a reestablished Cygnus buccinator (Trumpeter Swan) population	1
Genomic data reveal mixed support for the current subspecies designations in the Megascops asio (Eastern Screech-Owl)	1
An overview of the drivers of performance in nonbreeding Nearctic–Neotropical migratory songbirds	1
Sixty-fifth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	1
Cloacal microbial diversity is associated with competitive phenotypes in socially polyandrous jacanas	1
Dale Allen Zimmerman, 1928–2021	1
Spring migration strategies of Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) necessitate individual time-energy trade-offs despite wintering origins or migratory destinations	1
Thank You to the Reviewers of the 2023 Ornithology, Volume 140	1
Preston’s universal formula for avian egg shape	1
Experimental warming of embryos accelerates metabolism of postnatal songbirds, influences growth, but has no effects on parental feeding and brooding rates	1
Long-term, not short-term, temperatures predict timing of egg laying in European Starling	1
Unmasking hidden genetic, vocal, and size variation in the Masked Flowerpiercer along the Andes supports two species separated by Northern Peruvian Low	1
The Aquatic World of Penguins: Biology of Fish-Birds by David G., Ainley and Rory P., Wilson	1
2024 AOS Marion Jenkinson Service Award to Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez	1
DNA metabarcoding reveals rangewide variation in aquatic diet of a riparian avian insectivore, the Prothonotary Warbler	1
Fecal metabarcoding reveals differences in nestling diet across years with extreme variation in climate and arthropod availability in a montane songbird	1
Robert G. Goelet, 1923–2019	1
Variation in nuptial color in relation to sex, individual quality and mating success in the sex-role reversed Phalaropus fulicarius (Red Phalarope)	1
High within-clutch repeatability of eggshell phenotype in Barn Swallows despite less maculated last-laid eggs	1

Covariation between morphological traits and ant-following behavior in Neotropical birds	1
Divergence in vocalizations indicates cryptic speciation in Camptostoma tyrannulets	1
Female and male plumage brightness is positively correlated among populations of the dichromatic Variable Seedeater	1
Effects of age, breeding strategy, population density, and number of neighbors on territory size and shape in Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow)	1
Genetic analysis provides insight into the mating system of Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey) and reveals frequent extra-pair paternity	1
Vagrancy in Birds	1
Sturkie’s Avian Physiology, 7th edition	1
Incubation period length varies with temperature, female age, and clutch size in Protonotaria citrea (Prothonotary Warbler)	1
Breeding site departure and post-departure movement strategy in Vireo olivaceus (Red-eyed Vireo)	1