Journal of Avian Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Avian Biology is 1. 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.)
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A longitudinal analysis of the growth rate and mass of tail feathers in a great tit population: ontogeny, genetic effects and relationship between both traits263
Energetic constraints drive sex‐specific parental care in the monomorphic Leach's storm‐petrelHydrobates leucorhous157
Drivers of partial migration in the reddish egret Egretta rufescens23
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches19
Consistent apparent adult survival and nest‐site fidelity of whimbrelNumenius phaeopusnear Churchill, Manitoba, Canada over a 40 year period18
Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys16
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America15
Effect sizes of divergence in urban noise and song minimum frequency of grey‐cheeked fulvettas Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia15
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula: a cross‐foster experiment12
Oxidative state is associated with migration distance, but not traits linked to flight energetics12
Corrigendum to “Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa”12
Migration of black terns Chlidonias niger and common terns Sterna hirundo between south Sweden and the Atlantic coast of Africa11
Geographic variation in body size and plumage colour according to diet composition in a nocturnal raptor11
Effects of supplemental feeding on nesting success and physiological metrics in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis11
Acoustic phenology of tropical resident birds differs between native forest species and parkland colonizer species10
Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca10
No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons10
Life history traits, habitat characteristics, and phylogeny influence tick infestation probability in tropical wild birds9
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Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies9
Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island‐breeding tropical shorebird8
Genetic analysis of museum samples suggests temporal stability in the Mexican nonbreeding distribution of a neotropical migrant8
A trans‐African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females8
Higher probability of tick infestation reveals a hidden cost of army ant‐following in Amazonian birds8
The interplay of resource availability and parent foraging strategies on juvenile sparrow individual specialization8
Good vibrations: remote‐tactile foraging success of wading birds is positively affected by the water content of substrates they forage in7
Experimentally impaired female condition does not affect biliverdin‐based egg colour7
Heterozygosity, genetic similarity and extra‐pair paternity variation in two populations of rock sparrow Petronia petronia: a within and between populations comparison6
Does hatch date set the clock? Timing of post‐fledging movements for families of a colonially breeding, long‐distance migratory songbird6
Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?6
Sunbirds' tendency to hover: the roles of energetic rewards, inflorescence architecture and rain6
Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non‐migratory populations6
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach6
Biogeography and diversification of Old World buntings (Aves: Emberizidae): radiation in open habitats6
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Extra‐pair paternity enhances the reproductive fitness of urban Chinese blackbird6
Adaptive immunity modulation linked to migratory behaviour in two partially migratory hoopoe Upupa epops populations6
Habitat area and environmental filters determine avian richness along an elevation gradient in mountain peatlands6
Are urbanization and brood parasitism associated with differences in telomere lengths in song sparrows?6
Activity patterns of Hawaiian forest birds in a fragmented and continuous landscape6
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Condition‐dependent immune response in a migrating shorebird, the common snipe Gallinago gallinago5
Geolocation and immersion loggers reveal year‐round residency and facilitate nutrient deposition rate estimation of adult red‐footed boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, tropical Indian Ocean5
Elevated phytohaemagglutinin‐induced skin‐swelling response at an intermediate number of MHC class II alleles in bluethroat nestlings5
Correction to Multiple stressors: negative effects of nest predation on the viability of a threatened gull in different environmental conditions5
Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged daylength in a New World sparrow5
Comparison of myonuclear domain in phylogenetically paired tropical and temperate bird species5
Trophic strategies of two sympatric endemic pigeons in insular ecosystems: a framework for understanding spatiotemporal frugivory interactions5
Blood‐ and muscle‐O2 storage capacity in North American diving ducks5
Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator4
Dynamic body acceleration improves mapping of at‐sea foraging behavior in black‐tailed gulls Larus crassirostris4
Examining inter‐regional and intra‐seasonal differences in wintering waterfowl landscape associations among Pacific and Atlantic flyways4
Nowhere to escape: the cross‐age avian haemosporidian exposure of migrants in northeast China4
Experimentally induced flight costs do not lead to increased reliance on supplemental food in winter by a small songbird4
Defining moults in migratory birds: a sequence‐based approach4
Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration4
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Local weather and endogenous factors affect the initiation of migration in short‐ and medium‐distance songbird migrants4
Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, black‐faced antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions4
Preening correlates with lower feather bacteria abundance but not feather coloration in a lek‐breeding bird4
The trophic strategy of the European honey‐buzzard Pernis apivorus during breeding: extravagant specialization or ingenious solution?4
The probability of being infected with haemosporidian parasites increases with host age but is not affected by experimental testosterone elevation in a wild songbird4
Role of the Chicamocha River Canyon on the phylogeography of humid montane forest birds in Colombia4
Factors influencing nest site selection in a rapidly declining shorebird, the Eurasian curlew4
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Migration patterns and wintering distribution of common loons breeding in the Upper Midwest4
Phylogeography and demographic history of the black kite Milvus migrans, a widespread raptor in Eurasia, Australia and Africa4
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Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo4
Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species–climate relationships in mountain birds4
Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures4
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in Thamnophilus ruficapillus, a Neotropical passerine with disjunct distribution in the Andean and Atlantic forests3
Spring and autumn movements of an Arctic bird in relation to temperature and primary production3
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Post‐colony swimming migration in the genus Uria3
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First demographic insights reveal high extinction risk of an endemic raptor species: the Reunion harrier3
Hot stops: timing, pathways, and habitat selection of migrating eastern whip‐poor‐wills3
Compensatory effect of egg size dimorphism on hatching asynchrony in Magellanic penguin3
Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black‐tailed godwits3
Local male breeding density affects extra‐pair paternity in a south temperate population of grass wrensCistothorus platensis3
The multifaceted vocal duets of white‐browed sparrow weavers are based on complex duetting rules3
Maturational changes in song sparrow song3
A tail of plumage colouration: disentangling geographic, seasonal and dietary effects on plumage colour in a migratory songbird3
Are breeding activities risky for northern bobwhites? An assessment of survival costs of reproduction3
Food restriction delays breeding and affects insulin‐like growth factor‐1, oxidative damage and haematocrit value before egg‐laying in female canaries3
Structural and socioeconomic features of cities predict migratory bird species richness3
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Sperm numbers on the perivitelline layers of blue tit eggs are repeatable within a clutch, but independent of the occurrence of extra‐pair paternity3
Effects of urban life on the gut microbiota and the susceptibility to avian malaria infection in a population of the house sparrow Passer domesticus3
Carry‐over effects on reproduction in food‐supplemented wintering great tits3
Preening for protection: a systematic review of the antimicrobial properties of uropygial secretions3
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Tissue‐ and diet‐dependent stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination: a calibration study in a captive shorebird species3
Response to Hill and Powers: It is irrelevant that the mode and tempo of Cassia crossbill speciation is not typical for birds2
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Bear presence attracts avian predators but does not impact lesser snow goose daily nest attendance2
Interspecific competition and facilitation coexist in mixed‐species bird flocks of montane coniferous forests in Taiwan2
Genetic diversity and sperm characteristics are not associated in two bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) populations2
Using juvenile movements as a proxy for adult habitat and space use in long‐lived territorial species: a case study on the golden eagle2
Anthropogenic noise, song, and territorial aggression in southern house wrens2
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Patterns in avian reproduction in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, 2003–20192
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Deconstructing incubation behaviour in response to ambient temperature over different timescales2
The regulatory basis of migratory behaviour in birds: different paths to similar outcomes2
Using metabolic data to investigate the role of brood size in the development of endothermy2
Disentangling the relative roles of geographical and ecological factors in driving genomic variations of a widely distributed bird across a longitudinal gradient2
Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the ancient genus Onychorhynchus (Aves: Onychorhynchidae) suggest cryptic Amazonian diversity2
Sexual maturity varies with melanic plumage traits in the barn owl2
Measuring avian bill size: comparing and evaluating 3D surface scanning with traditional size estimates in Australian birds2
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Effects of climate on bill morphology within and across Toxostoma thrashers2
Nest predation and climate change as drivers of alternative reproductive tactics in a migratory species2
Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa2
Exceptionally high apparent adult survival in three tropical species of plovers in Madagascar2
Ecomorphs are not species: the case of locally adapted populations of red crossbills2
Sea crossings of migratory pink‐footed geese: seasonal effects of winds on flying and stopping behaviour1
Active defence mechanisms in brood parasitism hosts and their consequences for parasite adaptation and speciation1
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New distributional opportunities with niche innovation in Eurasian snowfinches1
Different migration patterns of Wahlberg's eagles Hieraaetus wahlbergi across Africa1
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Migration strategies, performance and annual activity budget in a short‐distance migrant, the common starlingSturnus vulgaris1
First tracking of declining Caspian terns Hydroprogne caspia breeding in the Baltic Sea reveals high migratory dispersion and disjunct annual ranges as obstacles to effective conservation1
Integrating adverse effects of triazole fungicides on reproduction and physiology of farmland birds1
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Hematological parameters vary with life history stage in the pale‐breasted thrush Turdus leucomelas1
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Density dependence of clutch size and offspring sex ratio in starling colonies1
Young male blackcaps with blood parasite coinfections cope with oxidative stress favouring anthocyanin‐rich food during migratory fattening1
Itinerant lifestyle and congregation of lesser kestrels in West Africa1
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Patterns of parental care and movement in divided broods of golden‐winged warblers1
Associations between human non‐motorised recreational activity on nest box occupation, exploratory behaviour and breeding success in a passerine bird1
Climate change and nest predation affect shifts in timing and duration of breeding as well as reproductive success in a migratory species1
Canada goose fecal microbiota correlate with geography more than host‐associated factors1
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Danger, risk and anti‐predator behavior in the life history of long‐distance migratory sandpipers1
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Nest‐boxes alter the reproductive ecology of urban cavity‐nesters in a species‐dependent way1
Maternal in‐nest call structure reduces habituation risk in songbird embryos1
Bird migration in space and time: chain migration by Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata arquata along the East Atlantic Flyway1
Secrets of the night: roost sites and sleep disturbance factors during the autumn migration of first‐year white storkCiconia ciconia1
Gardeners of the forest: hornbills govern the spatial distribution of large seeds1
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Object neophilia in wild herring gulls in urban and rural locations1
Estimate of Strouhal and Reynolds numbers for swimming penguins1
Genetic differentiation between two subspecies of Emberiza schoeniclus and open forest bunting's evolution inferred from mitogenomes1
Evolution of female song and duetting in the chaffinch (Fringilla) species complex1
Nest orientation and proximity to snow patches are important for nest site selection of a cavity breeder at high elevation1
Function of juvenile plumage in the northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis): aggressive mimicry hypothesis1
Causes and consequences of material variation in avian nest building1
Introgression between Sphyrapicus nuchalis and S. varius sapsuckers in a hybrid zone in west‐central Alberta1
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