OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Avian Biology 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A longitudinal analysis of the growth rate and mass of tail feathers in a great tit population: ontogeny, genetic effects and relationship between both traits	263
Energetic constraints drive sex‐specific parental care in the monomorphic Leach's storm‐petrelHydrobates leucorhous	157
Drivers of partial migration in the reddish egret Egretta rufescens	23
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches	19
Consistent apparent adult survival and nest‐site fidelity of whimbrelNumenius phaeopusnear Churchill, Manitoba, Canada over a 40 year period	18
Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys	16
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America	15
Effect sizes of divergence in urban noise and song minimum frequency of grey‐cheeked fulvettas Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia	15
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula: a cross‐foster experiment	12
Oxidative state is associated with migration distance, but not traits linked to flight energetics	12
Corrigendum to “Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa”	12
Geographic variation in body size and plumage colour according to diet composition in a nocturnal raptor	11
Effects of supplemental feeding on nesting success and physiological metrics in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis	11
Migration of black terns Chlidonias niger and common terns Sterna hirundo between south Sweden and the Atlantic coast of Africa	11
Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	10
No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons	10
Acoustic phenology of tropical resident birds differs between native forest species and parkland colonizer species	10
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Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies	9
Life history traits, habitat characteristics, and phylogeny influence tick infestation probability in tropical wild birds	9
Genetic analysis of museum samples suggests temporal stability in the Mexican nonbreeding distribution of a neotropical migrant	8
A trans‐African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females	8
Higher probability of tick infestation reveals a hidden cost of army ant‐following in Amazonian birds	8
The interplay of resource availability and parent foraging strategies on juvenile sparrow individual specialization	8
Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island‐breeding tropical shorebird	8

Experimentally impaired female condition does not affect biliverdin‐based egg colour	7
Good vibrations: remote‐tactile foraging success of wading birds is positively affected by the water content of substrates they forage in	7
Sunbirds' tendency to hover: the roles of energetic rewards, inflorescence architecture and rain	6
Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non‐migratory populations	6
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach	6
Biogeography and diversification of Old World buntings (Aves: Emberizidae): radiation in open habitats	6
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Extra‐pair paternity enhances the reproductive fitness of urban Chinese blackbird	6
Adaptive immunity modulation linked to migratory behaviour in two partially migratory hoopoe Upupa epops populations	6
Habitat area and environmental filters determine avian richness along an elevation gradient in mountain peatlands	6
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 landscape	6
Heterozygosity, genetic similarity and extra‐pair paternity variation in two populations of rock sparrow Petronia petronia: a within and between populations comparison	6
Does hatch date set the clock? Timing of post‐fledging movements for families of a colonially breeding, long‐distance migratory songbird	6
Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?	6
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 Ocean	5
Elevated phytohaemagglutinin‐induced skin‐swelling response at an intermediate number of MHC class II alleles in bluethroat nestlings	5
Correction to Multiple stressors: negative effects of nest predation on the viability of a threatened gull in different environmental conditions	5
Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged daylength in a New World sparrow	5
Comparison of myonuclear domain in phylogenetically paired tropical and temperate bird species	5
Trophic strategies of two sympatric endemic pigeons in insular ecosystems: a framework for understanding spatiotemporal frugivory interactions	5
Blood‐ and muscle‐O₂ storage capacity in North American diving ducks	5
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Condition‐dependent immune response in a migrating shorebird, the common snipe Gallinago gallinago	5
Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration	4
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Local weather and endogenous factors affect the initiation of migration in short‐ and medium‐distance songbird migrants	4
Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, black‐faced antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions	4
Preening correlates with lower feather bacteria abundance but not feather coloration in a lek‐breeding bird	4
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 songbird	4
Role of the Chicamocha River Canyon on the phylogeography of humid montane forest birds in Colombia	4
Factors influencing nest site selection in a rapidly declining shorebird, the Eurasian curlew	4
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Migration patterns and wintering distribution of common loons breeding in the Upper Midwest	4
Phylogeography and demographic history of the black kite Milvus migrans, a widespread raptor in Eurasia, Australia and Africa	4
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Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo	4
Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species–climate relationships in mountain birds	4
Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures	4
Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator	4
Dynamic body acceleration improves mapping of at‐sea foraging behavior in black‐tailed gulls Larus crassirostris	4
Examining inter‐regional and intra‐seasonal differences in wintering waterfowl landscape associations among Pacific and Atlantic flyways	4
Nowhere to escape: the cross‐age avian haemosporidian exposure of migrants in northeast China	4
Experimentally induced flight costs do not lead to increased reliance on supplemental food in winter by a small songbird	4
Defining moults in migratory birds: a sequence‐based approach	4