OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ornithology is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

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
Haemosporidian infection does not alter aerobic performance in Junco hyemalis (Dark-eyed Junco)	19
How Veeries vary: Whole genome sequencing resolves genetic structure in a long-distance migratory bird	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
Machine learning reveals that climate, geography, and cultural drift all predict bird song variation in coastal Zonotrichia leucophrys	6
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
2025 AOS Elliott Coues Awards to Robb Brumfield and Ben Hatchwell	5
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
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
David F. DeSante, 1942–2022	3
Ben F. King, 1937–2024	3
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