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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect sizes of divergence in urban noise and song minimum frequency of grey‐cheeked fulvettas Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia	349
Corrigendum to “Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa”	260
Oxidative state is associated with migration distance, but not traits linked to flight energetics	18
Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys	15
Consistent apparent adult survival and nest‐site fidelity of whimbrel Numenius phaeopus near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada over a 40 year period	13
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	11
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Drivers of partial migration in the reddish egret Egretta rufescens	11
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches	11
Evolution of population‐specific migration routes in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus – evidence of a novel spring migration strategy	10
Constitutive immune function variation across the non‐breeding season in an extreme long‐distance migrant	10
Effects of supplemental feeding on nesting success and physiological metrics in eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis	10
Energetic constraints drive sex‐specific parental care in the monomorphic Leach's storm‐petrel Hydrobates leucorhous	10
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula : a cross‐foster experiment	10
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America	10
Acoustic phenology of tropical resident birds differs between native forest species and parkland colonizer species	10
Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies	9
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Life history traits, habitat characteristics, and phylogeny influence tick infestation probability in tropical wild birds	9
Migration of black terns Chlidonias niger and common terns Sterna hirundo between south Sweden and the Atl	9
No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons	9
Genetic analysis of museum samples suggests temporal stability in the Mexican nonbreeding distribution of a neotropical migrant	9
Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	9
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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
A potential role for epigenetic mechanisms enabling appropriate seasonal reproductive transitions of liver yolk‐precursor production	8
Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non‐migratory populations	7
Experimentally impaired female condition does not affect biliverdin‐based egg colour	7
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach	7
Heterozygosity, genetic similarity and extra‐pair paternity variation in two populations of rock sparrow Petronia petronia : a within and between populat	7
Adaptive immunity modulation linked to migratory behaviour in two partially migratory hoopoe Upupa epops populations	7
Good vibrations: remote‐tactile foraging success of wading birds is positively affected by the water content of substrates they forage in	7
Does hatch date set the clock? Timing of post‐fledging movements for families of a colonially breeding, long‐distance migratory songbird	7
Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?	7
Activity patterns of Hawaiian forest birds in a fragmented and continuous landscape	7
Extra‐pair paternity enhances the reproductive fitness of urban Chinese blackbird	7
Are urbanization and brood parasitism associated with differences in telomere lengths in song sparrows?	7
A trans‐African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females	7
Blood‐ and muscle‐O ₂ storage capacity in North American diving ducks	6
Perceived eggshell luminance does not predict rejection of experimental egg models in eastern bluebirds	6
Correction to Multiple stressors: negative effects of nest predation on the viability of a threatened gull in different environmental conditions	6
Condition‐dependent immune response in a migrating shorebird, the common snipe Gallinago gallinago	6
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Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success	5
Dynamic body acceleration improves mapping of at‐sea foraging behavior in black‐tailed gulls Larus crassirostris	5
Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration	5
Simulated bacterial infection induces different changes in DNA methylation between introduced and native house sparrows Passer domesticus	5
Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged daylength in a New World sparrow	5
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Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator	5
Local weather and endogenous factors affect the initiation of migration in short‐ and medium‐distance songbird migrants	5
Influence of floral orientation on feeding behavior in Anna's hummingbirds	5
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
Power source, data retrieval method, and attachment type affect success of dorsally mounted tracking tag deployments in 37 species of shorebirds	5
Factors influencing nest site selection in a rapidly declining shorebird, the Eurasian curlew	5
Examining inter‐regional and intra‐seasonal differences in wintering waterfowl landscape associations among Pacific and Atlantic flyways	4
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Preening correlates with lower feather bacteria abundance but not feather coloration in a lek‐breeding bird	4
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Defining moults in migratory birds: a sequence‐based approach	4
Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black‐tailed godwits	4
Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures	4
The combination of miniaturized GPS/VHF tags and soluble backpack harness as an effective method for tracking lightweight and elusive birds	4
Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species–climate relationships in mountain birds	4
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in Thamnophilus ruficapillus , a Neotropical passerine with disjunct distribution in the Andean and Atlantic fores	4
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Nowhere to escape: the cross‐age avian haemosporidian exposure of migrants in northeast China	4
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The trophic strategy of the European honey‐buzzard Pernis apivorus during breeding: extravagant specialization or ingenious solution?	4
Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, black‐faced antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions	4
First demographic insights reveal high extinction risk of an endemic raptor species: the Reunion harrier	4
Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo	4