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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
2022 AOS Marion Jenkinson Service Award to Erin Morrison	46
Birds of the Mesozoic: An Illustrated Field Guide	35
Use of anthropogenic landscapes in a wild Columba livia (Rock Dove) population	24
No apparent trade-off between the quality of nest-grown feathers and time spent in the nest in an aerial insectivore, the Tree Swallow	23
It is good to be average: Ecological correlates of breeding phenology in an Arctic seabird, Alle alle (Dovekie)	19
Songbird Behavior and Conservation in the Anthropocene	17
2022 AOS Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award to David Ainley and to Lindsay Young and Eric VanderWerf	17
Divergence in mating signals predicts behavioral responses among three closely related species of wrens in the genus Campylorhynchus	16
Gerald Francis Shields, 1943–2023	16
Magnolia Warbler flight calls demonstrate individuality and variation by season and recording location	15
Beak deformities in Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk) signal possible emergence of avian keratin disorder among raptors	14
How Veeries vary: Whole genome sequencing resolves genetic structure in a long-distance migratory bird	13
Thank you to the reviewers of the 2025 Ornithology , Volume 142	13
The biotic and abiotic drivers of timing of breeding and the consequences of breeding early in a changing world	13
Haemosporidian infection does not alter aerobic performance in Junco hyemalis (Dark-eyed Junco)	12
Corrigendum to: Distinctive mitogenomic lineages within populations of White-tailed Eagles	11
Barn Swallows in East Asia show strong tolerance against nest mites	11
Flight paths: how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration	11
Professional ethics survey identifies strengths and areas for improvement in the American Ornithological Society	10
Vulnerable Neotropical migratory songbird demonstrates flexibility in space use in response to rainfall change	10
Thank You to the Reviewers of the 2024 Ornithology, Volume 141	10
Long-term winter food supplementation shows no significant impact on reproductive performance in Mountain Chickadees in the Sierra Nevada Mountains	9
Elevational differences in migration phenology of Lazuli Buntings do not support selection-based hypotheses for protandry	9
Experimentally reduced feather microbial loads improve reproductive performance in captive Zebra Finches	9
2024 AOS Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award to Jordan Karubian	8

Genotype predicts quantitative song variety in a chickadee hybrid zone despite limited sampling	8
Leonard Alan Freed, 1947–2021	7
Experimental evidence of a consistent commensal relationship between avian hosts and feather mites of differing host specificities	7
Keith A. Hobson, 1954–2024	7
Relative forelimb–hindlimb investment is associated with flight style, foraging strategy, and nestling period, but not nest type	7
Genetic analysis of Cistothorus palustris (Marsh Wren) across a broad transition zone in southern Saskatchewan reveals deep divergence and little hybridization between two cultural phenotypes	6
Evidence of differing staging strategies between adult and juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers highlights the importance of small staging sites in Atlantic Canada	6
Sex, body size, and winter weather explain migration strategies in a partial migrant population of American Kestrels	6
Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs: Forays in Postmodern Paleontology	6
Extended molt phenology models improve inferences about molt duration and timing	6
Local food availability and nonbreeding carry-over effects affect breeding propensity and success of a tundra-nesting predator, the Long-tailed Jaeger	6
Sex interacts with fledge date to influence dispersal probability in Fratercula arctica (Atlantic Puffin)	6
Extensive variation in feather ornaments of Whiskered Auklets in the Aleutian Islands reflects age, sex, condition, and geography	6
Use of visual display in dark, cluttered environments	6
Syntopic diet divergence inferred from metabarcoding in two parulid warblers: Setophaga virens (Black-throated Green Warbler) and	6
Mitochondrial DNA sequences and nuclear microsatellites reveal population genetic structure of the range-restricted hummingbirdPhaeoptila sordidain the Balsas Basin	6
Finding W. H. Hudson: The Writer Who Came to Britain to Save the Birds	5
Machine learning reveals that climate, geography, and cultural drift all predict bird song variation in coastal Zonotrichia leucophrys	5
Birds that breed exclusively on islands have smaller clutches	4
Resource allocation underlies parental decision-making during incubation in the Manx Shearwater	4
Macroevolution of body extremities reveals an integrated phenotypic response of coloration and morphology to temperature in a large clade of Neotropical passerines (Furnariida)	4
100 Years Ago in the American Ornithologists’ Union	4
Extensions and limitations of MacArthur (1958): A review of ecological and evolutionary approaches to competition and diet in the New World wood warblers (Parulidae)	4
Richard L. Zusi, 1930–2024	4
Sixty-sixth supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	4
Wintering closer to breeding grounds comes at a cost in an Arctic-specialized songbird, Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow Bunting)	4
Migratory routing and departure decisions of Porzana carolina (Sora): New insights from the Motus Wildlife Tracking System	4
Reduced diurnal activity and increased stopover duration by molting Swainson’s Thrushes	4
Sulfur isotopic discrimination factors differ among avian tissues and diets: Insights from a case study in Gentoo Penguins	4
Richard W. (Dick) Coles, 1940–2022	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
Walter J. Bock, 1933–2022	4
When predators get more than they bargained for: Naïve attacks on snakes by hawks, falcons, and owls	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
Ultraconserved elements support the elevation of a new avian family, Eurocephalidae, the white-crowned shrikes	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
The adaptive significance of off-lek sociality in birds: A synthetic review, with evidence for the reproductive benefits hypothesis in Long-wattled Umbrellabirds	3
Fledging success peaks later than insect prey biomass in two aerial insectivores: Evaluating potential phenological mismatch and fitness consequences	3
Innovative microphone transmitter reveals differences in acoustic structure between broadcast and whisper songs of Myadestes obscurus (ʻŌmaʻo)	3
Corrigendum to: Cryptic speciation in the Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)	3
Wood hardness drives nest-site selection in woodpeckers of the humid Chaco	3
Considerations for fitting occupancy models to data from eBird and similar volunteer-collected data	3
Sixty-fourth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	3
Did complex song and dance coevolve with brain size in the birds-of-paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae)?	3
Sexual dimorphism and sex-biased sampling influence analyses of trait evolution and diversity in a major songbird clade	3
No evidence that endohelminth parasites cause selection against hybrid orioles across the Baltimore–Bullock’s Oriole hybrid zone	3
Thank You to the Reviewers of the 2022 Ornithology, Volume 139	3
Correction to: An overview of the drivers of performance in nonbreeding Nearctic–Neotropical migratory songbirds	3
Similar parasite communities but dissimilar infection patterns in two closely related chickadee species	3

Genome-wide data reveal paraphyly in the sand plover complex (Charadrius mongolus/leschenaultii)	3
100 years ago in the American Ornithologists’ Union	3
Geographically consistent hybridization dynamics between the Black-crested and Tufted titmouse with evidence of hybrid zone expansion	3
Genomic variation in the Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) suggests divergence in a disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain population (S. v. waynei)	3
Decline in capture rates of birds in the High Andes of Ecuador suggests broad-scale anthropogenic impacts to protected areas	3
2025 AOS Florence Merriam Bailey Award to Henry C. Stevens	3
The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness	3
Sex- and age-related differences in post-breeding molt phenology are phylogenetically and ecologically widespread in passerines	3