OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Bird Conservation International 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Human-induced mortality an overlooked threat for raptors in Nepal	14
Distribution and abundance of threatened and heavily traded birds in the mountains of western Java	12
A new hope for conserving the disjunct population of the Sierra Madre SparrowXenospiza baileyi: population size and new breeding localities in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico	12
Changing fortunes of the Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis following the Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Project - interactions with other recovering species	10
BCI volume 31 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	9
BCI volume 31 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	9
Electric infrastructure poses a significant threat at congregation sites of the globally threatened Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis in Saudi Arabia	9
Habitat selection and population status of breeding Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola in an alpine meadow in Sichuan, China	9
BCI volume 31 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	7
BCI volume 31 issue 3 Cover and Front matter	7
Population density and distribution of the Endangered Black Shama Kittacincla cebuensis	6
Prioritizing strain insulators for raptor conservation	6
The dynamics of songbird ownership and community interconnectedness in Singapore	6
Hydropower reservoir reduces Great Argus Argusianus argus density in proximity to its shore	6
An update on the conservation status of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax: global and local population estimates, trends, and threats	6
BCI volume 32 issue 1 Cover and Back matter	5
Conservation of Galliformes in the Greater Himalaya: is there a need for a higher-quality evidence-base?	5
Parrot population trends in Nicaragua revealed by long-term monitoring	5
Evaluating the breeding phenology of the endangered ‘a‘o (Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli) on Kaua‘i to better focus conservation actions and management decisions	5
Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in the Chagos Archipelago	5
Ecology and distribution of the “Critically Endangered” Blue-throated HillstarOreotrochilus cyanolaemus	5
A wake-up call: playback attraction data link numbers of Mount Cameroon Francolin Pternistis camerunensis to abundance and debarking of red stinkwood Prunus africana	5
Estimating the conservation cost of the projected new international Lisbon airport for migratory shorebirds of the Tagus estuary, Portugal	5
The effects of powerlines on bustards: how best to mitigate, how best to monitor?	4
Artificial grass in parks as a potential new threat for urban bird communities	4

The two extinctions of the Carolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensis	4
Forest raptor nest selection traits in Mediterranean forest (Maamora, North Africa): conservation implications	4
Utilising mitochondrial barcode sequencing to evaluate phylogeographical structure and guide the release of illegally traded Amazon parrots	4
The recently discovered Principe Scops-owl is highly threatened: distribution, habitat associations, and population estimates	4
Rapid growth of the Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus wintering population in Tibet, China: 1991–2017	4
Breeding dispersal movements of Dupont’s LarkChersophilus dupontiin fragmented landscape	4
A review of the conservation status of Black Stork Ciconia nigra in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini	4
Population status, habitat preference and distribution of Bristled GrassbirdChaetornis striatain Bangladesh	4
Long-term size and range changes of the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus population in the Balkans: a review – CORRIGENDUM	3
The conservation status of the Nubian Bustard Nubotis nuba: a review and prognosis	3
BCI volume 31 issue 1 Cover and Front matter	3
Movement ecology of the threatened Campo MinerGeositta poecilopteraand its implications for the conservation of tropical open grassland birds	3
The importance of landscape heterogeneity and vegetation structure for the conservation of the Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana	3
Remnant Rhine delta population of Great Reed Warblers maintains high diversity in migration timing, stopping sites, and winter destinations	3
Climate change exposure of waterbird species in the African-Eurasian flyways	3
A review of the ecology and conservation of the Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus and Puna Flamingo P. jamesi in South America	3
Drivers of scarcity in the globally threatened Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha: competition and habitat quality in the eastern escarpment region of South Africa	3
Understanding habitat use of the Endangered Alligator Rivers Yellow Chat Epthianura crocea tunneyi to inform monitoring and management	3
BCI volume 31 issue 1 Cover and Back matter	3
Status and habitat description of the globally threatened Udzungwa Forest PartridgeXenoperdix udzungwensisthirty years after discovery	3
Assessing the status of the Green Peafowl’s “expected stronghold” in dry forests along the Salawin River, north-west Thailand	3
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata population decline at a nickel-mining site: a critical need for adapted conservation strategies	3
On the brink again: the critical role of annual releases in saving Spix’s Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii	3
Occurrence patterns of the endangered Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata in north-east Argentina: only in savannahs and at sites away from roads	2
Spix’s Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii (Wagler, 1832) population viability analysis	2
Breeding and global population sizes of the Critically Endangered Red-fronted MacawAra rubrogenysrevisited	2
New information on the breeding and moulting ecology of the Eastern population of Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus from GPS/GSM tracking data	2
Demography, habitat use, and movement patterns of founder Oriental Storks Ciconia boyciana in South Korea	2
Alarming decline of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in one of its two population strongholds in Sardinia, Italy	2
Reported mortality of Griffon VultureGyps fulvusin central Italy and indications for conservation and management	2
First nests of Endangered Nordmann’s Greenshank Tringa guttifer found in over 40 years indicate nesting plasticity	2
BCI volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	2
Northward migration of Red Knots Calidris canutus rufa and environment connectivity of southern Brazil to Canada	2
Giant NuthatchSitta magnadensity and habitat association in a potential stronghold in northern Thailand	2
The threatened Rufous Limestone BabblerGypsophila calcicola—not a quarry species, but a “quarried species”	2
Insights into migratory connectivity and conservation concerns of Red Knots Calidris canutus in the austral Pacific coast of the Americas	2
Space use and site fidelity in the endangered Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita: Effects of age, season, and sex	2
Improving national bird population estimates in Europe: insights from comparisons with atlas abundance data	2
Tall trees drive the nest-site selection of wild Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon	2
Low juvenile survival threatens the Black Stork Ciconia nigra in northern Europe	2
Long-term size and range changes of the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus population in the Balkans: a review	2
Diversity and abundance of vultures in relation to seasonality, age, and habitat types in Mole National Park, Ghana	2
Recent recovery and expansion of Guam’s locally endangered Såli (Micronesian Starling) Aplonis opaca population in the presence of the invasive brown treesnake	2
The Alagoas Antwren Myrmotherula snowi is in imminent danger of extinction	1
BCI volume 32 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	1
Evidence of steep declines in the heavily traded Javan White-eyeZosterops flavusfrom repeated standardised surveys	1
BCI volume 32 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	1
Population status of the endemic Pitcairn Reed Warbler Acrocephalus vaughani on Pitcairn Island, South Pacific	1
BCI volume 32 issue 1 Cover and Front matter	1
Trends and population estimate of the threatened Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficolliswintering in coastal grasslands of southern Brazil	1

Eradication of a highly invasive bird, the Common MynaAcridotheres tristis, facilitates the establishment of insurance populations of island endemic birds	1
Trends in the area of suitable breeding habitat for the Endangered Lake Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera, 2001–2020	1
Vultures feeding on the dark side: current sanitary regulations may not be enough	1
The impact of storm-induced tree loss on the population of Wilkins’s Finch Nesospiza wilkinsi	1
Small-scale forest restoration in peri-urban areas provides immediate benefits for birds	1
Relationship between age and method of population estimation and the impact of changes in range-size maps on the IUCN Red List assessments of birds	1
Reduction of organic waste in a landfill lowers the visitation probability but not the local abundance of a long-lived scavenger species	1
Demographic composition, post-release and natal dispersal, and breeding success of the reintroduced Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	1
Passive acoustic monitoring detects new records of globally threatened birds in a high-elevation wetland (Free State, South Africa)	1
Integrating habitat suitability modelling and assessment of the conservation gaps of nature reserves for the threatened Reeves’s Pheasant	1
Conservation status and biology of the Ultramarine Lorikeet Vini ultramarina in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia	1
BCI volume 32 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	1
Body temperature and thermoregulatory behaviour in the Endangered African Penguin Spheniscus demersus	1
Phylogenetic placement and life history trait imputation for Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsi	1
Range-wide changes in the North American Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata breeding population over 115 years	1
The drying of Lake Urmia and its consequences for waterbird assemblages	1
FrigatebirdsFregata: impacts of potential taxonomic change on population and conservation status	1
Landscape effects on the conservation of rear-edge populations of forest passerines (Passeriformes): current patterns and prospects	1
Habitat selection and ontogeny of habitat use by juvenile Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia revealed by GPS tracking	1
Poisonous pitohuis as pets	1
Breeding ecology of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola in calcareous fens at the south-western range limit	1
Evidence of the effectiveness of conservation interventions from long-term aerial monitoring of three crane species in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	1
Migration routes and stepping stones along the western flyway of Lesser White-fronted Geese (Anser erythropus)	1
Range-wide and regional distribution of the Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus and effects of disturbance on local abundances	1
Pursuit of ‘sustainable’ development may contribute to the vulture crisis in East Africa	1
Raptor migration at Guantouling, south-west China: phenology, weather influence and persecution pressure	1
GPS tracking reveals the timing of collisions with powerlines and fences of three threatened steppe bird species	1
Distribution and habitat assessment of an Endangered hummingbird: the Grey-bellied Comet Taphrolesbia griseiventris	1