OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Emu-Austral Ornithology is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Stochastic population models hindcast population trajectory and breeding history of an endangered parrot	18
Population assessment of White-capped Albatrosses Thalassarche steadi in New Zealand	11
Inter-sexual differences in contributions of helpers in a tropical population of the cooperatively breeding Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis	10
Corticosterone levels, leukocyte profiles, and foraging and diving behaviours of Humboldt penguins during chick rearing in Northern Chile	8
Do Olive-backed Orioles and Green Orioles hybridize in Australia? A genomic assessment with taxonomic notes	8
Season and sugar concentration affect bird behaviour at urban sugar-water feeders	8
Persisting in a transformed landscape: occupancy and habitat association of the range-restricted Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris	7
Environmental effects on movement and breeding of Australasian Gannets: insights from banding records	6
Identification of breeding grounds and annual routines of the newly discovered bohaii subspecies of Black-tailed Godwits	6
Revealing migration schedule and potential breeding grounds of Lined Seedeaters using citizen science data	6
Trends in monitoring of Australia’s threatened birds (1990–2020): much improved but still inadequate	5
Reproductive biology of the Whitehead’s Broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi)	5
Comparative nest attendance and chick provisioning strategies in coastal and desert nesting Grey Gulls (Leucophaeus modestus) in northern Chile	5
Tracking data demonstrate plasticity in migration behaviour of the East Asian Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	4
A guide to the creatures in your neighbourhood	4
Rodent predation and specialised avian habitat requirements drive extinction risk for endemic island songbirds in the south-west Pacific	4
Extra-pair paternity in the Saffron Finch is related to song peak frequency and body condition	4
Using citizen science to identify Australia’s least known birds and inform conservation action	4
Nest predation in Patagonian wetlands: predator assemblage and microhabitat characteristics	4
2023 BirdLife Australia Fellow Citation	4
Impacts of the invasive European Starling on two neotropical woodpecker species: agonistic responses and reproductive interactions	4
Population genomics and phylogeography of four Australasian waterfowl	4
Avifaunal use of an artificial waterpoint in the Strzelecki Desert during an extended dry period	3
Status of Gould’s Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera caledonica in New Caledonia: distribution, breeding biology, threats and conservation	3
Natal dispersal, philopatry and cooperative breeding in Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis	3

Identifying factors affecting captive breeding success in a critically endangered species	3
Correction	3
Influence of extreme and typical rainfall on nestling body condition of the endangered Norfolk Island Morepork: conservation implications of climate change	3
Large, overlapping home ranges reveal male mating strategies in polygynandrous Eclectus parrots	3
Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art	3
Consistent dear enemy effect despite variation in territorial centrality and population density in Rufous Horneros	3
Insular nestling growth and its relationship to parental care effort in Silvereyes,Zosterops lateralis	3
2023 DL Serventy Medal Citation	2
Urbanisation-induced changes in the morphology of birds from a tropical city	2
The influence of plant scents on nest box inspection by Eastern Rosella ( Platycercus eximius )	2
Diet breadth of a critically endangered owl presents challenges for invasive rodent management: a conservation conundrum	2
The Compact Australian Bird Guide	2
Dr Eric Woehler OAM	2
Imperilled birds and First Peoples’ land and sea Country in Australia	2
Vocal activity of the Eastern Ground Parrot ( Pezoporus wallicus wallicus ) and implications for acoustic monitoring efforts	2
Seed preferences suggest a high vulnerability of the Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata) to habitat degradation in Argentina	2
A review of specimens of Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii suggests serious concern for its conservation outlook	2
2022 BirdLife Australia Fellows Citation	2
Health status indices of Kelp Gull populations in South Africa	2
Year-round vocal activity of two African barbet species	2
Declining but not (yet) threatened: a challenge for avian conservation in Australia	2
Behavioural differences between ornamented and unornamented male Red-backed Fairywrens (Malurus melanocephalus) in the nonbreeding season	2
Targeted nest predator management and zoo-bred supplementation in a Regent Honeyeater ( Anthochaera phrygia ) breeding event	2
Breeding ecology, population size and nest site preferences of Red-billed Tropicbirds at St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean	2
Seasonal and decadal changes in seabird abundance in inshore waters at subantarctic Macquarie Island	2
The impact of predation by South Island Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus finschi) on a protected shellfish, the toheroa (Paphies ventricosa), in northern New Zealand	2