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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect sizes of divergence in urban noise and song minimum frequency of grey‐cheeked fulvettas Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia	290
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Evolution of population‐specific migration routes in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus – evidence of a novel spring migration strategy	17
Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys	17
Constitutive immune function variation across the non‐breeding season in an extreme long‐distance migrant	16
Consistent apparent adult survival and nest‐site fidelity of whimbrel Numenius phaeopus near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada over a 40 year period	14
Drivers of partial migration in the reddish egret Egretta rufescens	14
Oxidative state is associated with migration distance, but not traits linked to flight energetics	12
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches	12
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula : a cross‐foster experiment	11
Inter‐ and intra‐individual variation in the feather coloration of American crows	11
Migration of black terns Chlidonias niger and common terns Sterna hirundo between south Sweden and the Atl	11
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America	11
Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	11
Acoustic phenology of tropical resident birds differs between native forest species and parkland colonizer species	11
Corrigendum to “Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa”	11
No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons	11
Three decades of western sandpiper stopover dynamics during northward migration on the Pacific Coast of North America, 1992–2022	11
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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
Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island‐breeding tropical shorebird	9
Frailty: measurement and utility in avian studies	9
Age dependent reproductive effort in great tits	9
A potential role for epigenetic mechanisms enabling appropriate seasonal reproductive transitions of liver yolk‐precursor production	9

Genetic analysis of museum samples suggests temporal stability in the Mexican nonbreeding distribution of a neotropical migrant	9
The interplay of resource availability and parent foraging strategies on juvenile sparrow individual specialization	9
Adaptive immunity modulation linked to migratory behaviour in two partially migratory hoopoe Upupa epops populations	8
Extra‐pair paternity enhances the reproductive fitness of urban Chinese blackbird	8
Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non‐migratory populations	8
Age and sex effects on spring migration timing in great reed warblers: early start allows older males to arrive first	8
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A trans‐African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females	8
Epigenetic changes as regulatory mechanism for the expression of life history stages in Zonotrichia capensis inhabiting an aseasonal environment	8
Good vibrations: remote‐tactile foraging success of wading birds is positively affected by the water content of substrates they forage in	8
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach	7
Seasonal activity and behavioural responses to artificial light at night in migratory and non‐migratory sparrows	7
Are urbanization and brood parasitism associated with differences in telomere lengths in song sparrows?	6
Perceived eggshell luminance does not predict rejection of experimental egg models in eastern bluebirds	6
Simulated bacterial infection induces different changes in DNA methylation between introduced and native house sparrows Passer domesticus	6
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Blood‐ and muscle‐O ₂ storage capacity in North American diving ducks	6
Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?	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
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
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Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged daylength in a New World sparrow	5
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Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures	5
Power source, data retrieval method, and attachment type affect success of dorsally mounted tracking tag deployments in 37 species of shorebirds	5
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
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Influence of floral orientation on feeding behavior in Anna's hummingbirds	5
Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success	5
Factors influencing nest site selection in a rapidly declining shorebird, the Eurasian curlew	5
Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration	5
Dynamic body acceleration improves mapping of at‐sea foraging behavior in black‐tailed gulls Larus crassirostris	5
Preening correlates with lower feather bacteria abundance but not feather coloration in a lek‐breeding bird	5
Examining inter‐regional and intra‐seasonal differences in wintering waterfowl landscape associations among Pacific and Atlantic flyways	4
First demographic insights reveal high extinction risk of an endemic raptor species: the Reunion harrier	4
Diet‐manipulated body condition affects onset and speed of moult in common bulbuls in a tropical environment	4
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Sleep deprivation and stress hormone manipulation alter composition and decrease diversity in the gut microbiotas of common mynas	4
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in Thamnophilus ruficapillus , a Neotropical passerine with disjunct distribution in the Andean and Atlantic fores	4
Age‐related changes of oxidative status and immune function in a long‐lived seabird	4
Nowhere to escape: the cross‐age avian haemosporidian exposure of migrants in northeast China	4
Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo	4
The combination of miniaturized GPS/VHF tags and soluble backpack harness as an effective method for tracking lightweight and elusive birds	4
Experimental comparison of defence behaviour against different avian top predators in an intraguild prey	4
The trophic strategy of the European honey‐buzzard Pernis apivorus during breeding: extravagant specialization or ingenious solution?	4
Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species–climate relationships in mountain birds	4
Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, black‐faced antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions	4
Larger native woods with less conifer plantation support greater populations of the marsh tit Poecile palustris , a declining forest specialist	4

Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black‐tailed godwits	4
Incubation behaviour in a double‐nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis : similar nest attendance by males and females	4