OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ornithology 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A roadmap to identifying and filling shortfalls in Neotropical ornithology	37
Bird migration within the Neotropics	37
Insectivorous birds in the Neotropics: Ecological radiations, specialization, and coexistence in species-rich communities	35
Integrative taxonomy and geographic sampling underlie successful species delimitation	33
Current methods and future directions in avian diet analysis	31
Plumage patterns: Ecological functions, evolutionary origins, and advances in quantification	28
An overview of speciation and species limits in birds	24
The genomic revolution and species delimitation in birds (and other organisms): Why phenotypes should not be overlooked	23
Migration distance is a fundamental axis of the slow-fast continuum of life history in boreal birds	20
Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	19
Bill size, bill shape, and body size constrain bird song evolution on a macroevolutionary scale	18
Testing the simple and complex versions of Gloger’s rule in the Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens, Thamnophilidae)	16
Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’sCheck-list of North American Birds	16
Evaluating the impacts of metabarcoding primer selection on DNA characterization of diet in an aerial insectivore, the Purple Martin	15
Elevational niche-shift migration: Why the degree of elevational change matters for the ecology, evolution, and physiology of migratory birds	15
The five million bird eggs in the world’s museum collections are an invaluable and underused resource	15
Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification	14
Haemosporidian parasites of Neotropical birds: Causes and consequences of infection	13
Conservative plumage masks extraordinary phylogenetic diversity in the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex of the humid Andes	13
Mitochondrial genomes and thousands of ultraconserved elements resolve the taxonomy and historical biogeography of the Euphonia and Chlorophonia finches (Passeriformes: Fringillidae)	13
Genomic and plumage variation across the controversial Baltimore and Bullock’s oriole hybrid zone	13
The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) genoscape: implications for monitoring, management, and subspecies boundaries	12
Sixty-fourth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	11
Temperature and vegetation complexity structure mixed-species flocks along a gradient of elevation in the tropical Andes	11
Genomic and plumage variation in Vermivora hybrids	11

Evolution of the preformative molt in Cardinalidae correlates with transitions from forest to open habitats	11
The costs of ignoring species detectability on functional diversity estimation	10
The Pacific as the world’s greatest theater of bird migration: Extreme flights spark questions about physiological capabilities, behavior, and the evolution of migratory pathways	9
Species limits in birds: Australian perspectives on interrelated challenges of allopatry, introgression of mitochondrial DNA, recent speciation, and selection	9
Ultraconserved elements resolve the phylogeny and corroborate patterns of molecular rate variation in herons (Aves: Ardeidae)	9
Systematics and conservation of an endemic radiation of Accipiter hawks in the Caribbean islands	9
Comparative phylogeographic analysis suggests a shared history among eastern North American boreal forest birds	9
Genomic and geographic diversification of a “great-speciator” (Rhipidura rufifrons)	9
DNA metabarcoding reveals broad woodpecker diets in fire-maintained forests	9
Latitude does not influence cavity entrance orientation of South American avian excavators	8
Dry season intensity has equivocal effects on the nutritional condition of understory birds in a Neotropical forest	8
Rapid recovery by fat- and muscle-depleted Blackpoll Warblers following trans-oceanic migration is driven by time-minimization	8
Performance of a points-based scoring system for assessing species limits in birds	8
Genetic data and niche differences suggest that disjunct populations of Diglossa brunneiventris are not sister lineages	8
Extensive hybridization between two Andean warbler species with shallow divergence in mtDNA	8
Season, anthocyanin supplementation, and flight training have mixed effects on the antioxidant system of migratory European Starlings	8
DNA metabarcoding reveals broadly overlapping diets in three sympatric North American hummingbirds	8
Preston’s universal formula for avian egg shape	8
Heat shock protein gene expression varies among tissues and populations in free-living birds	8
Ecological and evolutionary significance of molt in lowland Neotropical landbirds	8
Army-ant following in Neotropical birds: A review and prospectus	8
Extinct crane-like birds (Eogruidae and Ergilornithidae) from the Cenozoic of Central Asia are indeed ostrich precursors	7
Genetic and morphological differentiation among populations of the Rivoli’s Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) species complex (Aves: Trochilidae)	7
Multiple lines of evidence indicate ongoing allopatric and parapatric diversification in an Afromontane sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi)	7
Ecological and evolutionary drivers of geographic variation in songs of a Neotropical suboscine bird: The Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant (Hemitriccus diops, Rhynchocyclidae)	7
An early Oligocene stem Galbulae (jacamars and puffbirds) from southern France, and the position of the Paleogene family Sylphornithidae	6
Haemosporidian prevalence and community composition vary little across a chickadee hybrid zone	6
A habitat-based approach to determining the effects of drought on aridland bird communities	6
Vertical sexual habitat segregation in a wintering migratory songbird	6
Reduced diurnal activity and increased stopover duration by molting Swainson’s Thrushes	6
Climate change and maladaptive wing shortening in a long-distance migratory bird	6
When to depart from a stopover site? Time since arrival matters more than current weather conditions	6
High-intensity flight feather molt and comparative molt ecology of warblers of eastern North America	5
Exceptional variation in the appearance of Common Murre eggs reveals their potential as identity signals	5
Application of a global age-coding system (“WRP”), based on molts and plumages, for use in demographic and other studies of birds	5
The shape of avian eggs: Assessment of a novel metric for quantifying eggshell conicality	5
Nest cavity reuse by the cooperatively breeding Acorn Woodpecker	5
Breeding performance of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) does not decline among older age classes	5
Female and male song exhibit both parallel and divergent patterns of cultural evolution: A long-term study of song structure and diversity in tropical wrens	5
A new genus and species of tanager (Passeriformes, Thraupidae) from the lower Yungas of western Bolivia and southern Peru	5
Addendum to the Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	5
Genome-wide data reveal paraphyly in the sand plover complex (Charadrius mongolus/leschenaultii)	5
Neither sex appears to benefit from divorce within migratory Northern Flickers consistent with accidental loss and bet-hedging	5
Updating splits, lumps, and shuffles: Reconciling GenBank names with standardized avian taxonomies	5
Mixed-species flocking is associated with low arthropod detectability and increased foraging efficiency by Yungas forest birds in Argentina	5
Landscape cover type, not social dominance, is associated with the winter movement patterns of Snowy Owls in temperate areas	5
Put some muscle behind it: Understanding movement capacity of tropical birds	5
Divergence in plumage, voice, and morphology indicates speciation in Rufous-capped Warblers (Basileuterus rufifrons)	5
Variation in incubation length and hatching asynchrony in Eastern Kingbirds: Weather eclipses female effects	5