OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ornithology is 4. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Integrative taxonomy and geographic sampling underlie successful species delimitation	37
Current methods and future directions in avian diet analysis	36
The genomic revolution and species delimitation in birds (and other organisms): Why phenotypes should not be overlooked	27
An overview of speciation and species limits in birds	27
Elevational niche-shift migration: Why the degree of elevational change matters for the ecology, evolution, and physiology of migratory birds	23
Migration distance is a fundamental axis of the slow-fast continuum of life history in boreal birds	23
Bill size, bill shape, and body size constrain bird song evolution on a macroevolutionary scale	21
Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’sCheck-list of North American Birds	18
Evaluating the impacts of metabarcoding primer selection on DNA characterization of diet in an aerial insectivore, the Purple Martin	17
Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification	16
Sixty-fourth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	15
Ultraconserved elements resolve the phylogeny and corroborate patterns of molecular rate variation in herons (Aves: Ardeidae)	15
Temperature and vegetation complexity structure mixed-species flocks along a gradient of elevation in the tropical Andes	14
Evolution of the preformative molt in Cardinalidae correlates with transitions from forest to open habitats	13
Army-ant following in Neotropical birds: A review and prospectus	12
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	12
The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) genoscape: implications for monitoring, management, and subspecies boundaries	12
Preston’s universal formula for avian egg shape	11
Heat shock protein gene expression varies among tissues and populations in free-living birds	10
Application of a global age-coding system (“WRP”), based on molts and plumages, for use in demographic and other studies of birds	10
Latitude does not influence cavity entrance orientation of South American avian excavators	10
Genomic and geographic diversification of a “great-speciator” (Rhipidura rufifrons)	10
DNA metabarcoding reveals broad woodpecker diets in fire-maintained forests	10
Comparative phylogeographic analysis suggests a shared history among eastern North American boreal forest birds	10
Rapid recovery by fat- and muscle-depleted Blackpoll Warblers following trans-oceanic migration is driven by time-minimization	10

DNA metabarcoding reveals broadly overlapping diets in three sympatric North American hummingbirds	10
Species limits in birds: Australian perspectives on interrelated challenges of allopatry, introgression of mitochondrial DNA, recent speciation, and selection	10
Multiple lines of evidence indicate ongoing allopatric and parapatric diversification in an Afromontane sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi)	9
Vertical sexual habitat segregation in a wintering migratory songbird	9
Systematics and conservation of an endemic radiation ofAccipiterhawks in the Caribbean islands	9
Genetic data and niche differences suggest that disjunct populations ofDiglossa brunneiventrisare not sister lineages	9
Extensive hybridization between two Andean warbler species with shallow divergence in mtDNA	9
Ecological and evolutionary drivers of geographic variation in songs of a Neotropical suboscine bird: The Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant (Hemitriccus diops, Rhynchocyclidae)	9
Performance of a points-based scoring system for assessing species limits in birds	9
Ecological and evolutionary significance of molt in lowland Neotropical landbirds	8
Plasma metabolite indices are robust to extrinsic variation and useful indicators of foraging habitat quality in Lesser Scaup	8
Season, anthocyanin supplementation, and flight training have mixed effects on the antioxidant system of migratory European Starlings	8
Dry season intensity has equivocal effects on the nutritional condition of understory birds in a Neotropical forest	8
A habitat-based approach to determining the effects of drought on aridland bird communities	8
Nest cavity reuse by the cooperatively breeding Acorn Woodpecker	7
Phylogenomic analysis confirms the relationships among toucans, toucan-barbets, and New World barbets but reveals paraphyly of Selenidera toucanets and evidence for mitonuclear discordance	7
Mass gain and stopover dynamics among migrating songbirds are linked to seasonal, environmental, and life-history effects	7
Genome-wide data reveal paraphyly in the sand plover complex (Charadrius mongolus/leschenaultii)	7
Extinct crane-like birds (Eogruidae and Ergilornithidae) from the Cenozoic of Central Asia are indeed ostrich precursors	7
Reduced diurnal activity and increased stopover duration by molting Swainson’s Thrushes	7
Variation in incubation length and hatching asynchrony in Eastern Kingbirds: Weather eclipses female effects	7
Experimental evidence that social information affects habitat selection in Marbled Murrelets	7
Updating splits, lumps, and shuffles: Reconciling GenBank names with standardized avian taxonomies	6
A new genus and species of tanager (Passeriformes, Thraupidae) from the lower Yungas of western Bolivia and southern Peru	6
Mixed-species flocking is associated with low arthropod detectability and increased foraging efficiency by Yungas forest birds in Argentina	6
Landscape cover type, not social dominance, is associated with the winter movement patterns of Snowy Owls in temperate areas	6
When to depart from a stopover site? Time since arrival matters more than current weather conditions	6
Contact calls of island Brown-throated Parakeets exhibit both character and variance shifts compared to calls of their mainland relatives	6
Lineage diversity in a widely distributed New World passerine bird, the House Wren	6
Haemosporidian prevalence and community composition vary little across a chickadee hybrid zone	6
High-intensity flight feather molt and comparative molt ecology of warblers of eastern North America	5
Morphology, vocalizations, and mitochondrial DNA suggest that the Graceful Prinia is two species	5
Addendum to the Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds	5
Early nest initiation and vegetation density enhance nest survival in Wild Turkeys	5
Neither sex appears to benefit from divorce within migratory Northern Flickers consistent with accidental loss and bet-hedging	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
Endogenous biomarkers reveal diet partitioning among three sympatric species of swallows	5
Avian taxonomy in turmoil: The 7-point rule is poorly reproducible and may overlook substantial cryptic diversity	5
Cryptic speciation in the Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)	5
Low levels of hybridization between domestic and wild Mallards wintering in the lower Mississippi Flyway	5
Exceptional variation in the appearance of Common Murre eggs reveals their potential as identity signals	5
Nestling Savannah Sparrows and Tree Swallows differ in their sensitivity to weather	5
Put some muscle behind it: Understanding movement capacity of tropical birds	5
Sixty-third supplement to the American Ornithological Society’sCheck-list of North American Birds	5
Haemosporidian parasite diversity and prevalence in the songbird genusJuncoacross Central and North America	4
Genomic variation in the Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) suggests divergence in a disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain population (S. v. waynei)	4
Underestimated Neotropical diversity: Integrative taxonomy reveals two unrelated look-alike species in a suboscine bird (Pachyramphus albogriseus)	4
The Big Boom Theory: The Common Nighthawk wing-boom display delineates exclusive nesting territories	4
Phylogenomic analyses reveal non-monophyly of the antbird generaHerpsilochmusandSakesphorus(Thamnophilidae), with description of a new genus forHerpsilochmus sellowi	4
Hatching failure is greater in altricial bird species with cavity nests and large clutches	4

Faster growth and larger size at crèche onset are associated with higher offspring survival in Adélie Penguins	4
Resource allocation underlies parental decision-making during incubation in the Manx Shearwater	4
Physiological condition reflects polymorphism at the toll-like receptors in a colonial waterbird	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