OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Emu-Austral 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
Population assessment of White-capped Albatrosses Thalassarche steadi in New Zealand	30
Stochastic population models hindcast population trajectory and breeding history of an endangered parrot	15
Corticosterone levels, leukocyte profiles, and foraging and diving behaviours of Humboldt penguins during chick rearing in Northern Chile	14
Both human activities and environmental conditions influence foraging oystercatchers on urban beaches	10
Season and sugar concentration affect bird behaviour at urban sugar-water feeders	10
Do Olive-backed Orioles and Green Orioles hybridize in Australia? A genomic assessment with taxonomic notes	9
Inter-sexual differences in contributions of helpers in a tropical population of the cooperatively breeding Grey-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis	9
Environmental effects on movement and breeding of Australasian Gannets: insights from banding records	8
Persisting in a transformed landscape: occupancy and habitat association of the range-restricted Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris	8
Unexpected hybridisation and limited population structure uncovers perplexing taxonomic issues in the Australian, Little, and Forest Ravens	7
Bower visitation patterns of resident and subordinate male Spotted Bowerbirds ( Chlamydera maculata ) via GPS tracking	7
Revealing migration schedule and potential breeding grounds of Lined Seedeaters using citizen science data	7
Assessing impacts on birds from onshore wind farms in Australia: an ecological risk assessment	6
Comparative nest attendance and chick provisioning strategies in coastal and desert nesting Grey Gulls (Leucophaeus modestus) in northern Chile	6
Reproductive biology of the Whitehead’s Broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi)	6
2023 BirdLife Australia Fellow Citation	5
Isotopic niche segregation during the non-breeding period in Black-faced Cormorants ( Phalacrocorax fuscescens )	5
Nomenclatural corrections for gender of species-group names for two Solomon Island birds	5
Tracking data demonstrate plasticity in migration behaviour of the East Asian Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	5
Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art	4
Forests and mangroves modulate the occupancy of the endemic and threatened White-collared Kite ( Leptodon forbesi ) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	4
Trends in monitoring of Australia’s threatened birds (1990–2020): much improved but still inadequate	4
Extra-pair paternity in the Saffron Finch is related to song peak frequency and body condition	4
Population genomics and phylogeography of four Australasian waterfowl	4
Nest predation in Patagonian wetlands: predator assemblage and microhabitat characteristics	4

A guide to the creatures in your neighbourhood	4
Large, overlapping home ranges reveal male mating strategies in polygynandrous Eclectus parrots	3
Consistent dear enemy effect despite variation in territorial centrality and population density in Rufous Horneros	3
DAWN WHYATT FRITH (1943-2025)	3
Health status indices of Kelp Gull populations in South Africa	3
Using citizen science to identify Australia’s least known birds and inform conservation action	3
Rodent predation and specialised avian habitat requirements drive extinction risk for endemic island songbirds in the south-west Pacific	3
Natal dispersal, philopatry and cooperative breeding in Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis	3
On the rarity of ratite hybridization	3
Insular nestling growth and its relationship to parental care effort in Silvereyes,Zosterops lateralis	3
Ducks in a row: the incidence of aggression and vigilance behaviour in Australian wood ducks ( Chenonetta jubata ) along an urbanisation gradient	3
Mass mortality of African Penguins ( Spheniscus demersus ) caused by Cape honeybees ( Apis mellifera capensis )	3
Influence of extreme and typical rainfall on nestling body condition of the endangered Norfolk Island Morepork: conservation implications of climate change	3
The impact of predation by South Island Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus finschi) on a protected shellfish, the toheroa (Paphies ventricosa), in northern New Zealand	3
Identifying factors affecting captive breeding success in a critically endangered species	3