Avian Research

Article	Citations
Avian responses to an extreme weather event: The case of the ‘Filomena’ snowstorm in Madrid (central Spain)	35
RETRACTED: The impact of weather conditions on the prevalence of avian influenza in dabbling ducks (genus Anas) during autumn migration in southern Western Siberia	22
Weather influenced nestling growth of an insectivorous but not a granivorous grassland passerine in Argentina	20
DFEFM: Fusing frequency correlation and mel features for robust edge bird audio detection	20
Changes in the adult sex ratio of six duck species breeding populations over two decades	18
Detour for the inexperienced? Migration count data suggest mostly juvenile Greater Spotted Eagles appear in coastal peninsulas in China	17
Are urbanization, biotic and social factors associated with the song frequency and song entropy attributes of three urban syntopic passerines?	16
Non-selective waterbird hunting in a Natura 2000 site results in killing of protected species: A case study from western Poland	16
LiBird: A new universal primer enhancing avian environmental DNA metabarcoding	15
Intraguild niche partitioning in granivorous birds from the late past	14
Three subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit share non-breeding sites in the world's largest river delta	14
Feeding ecology of a highly aerial bird during its long breeding season	14
Satellite tracking reveals a migratory divide and population-specific migratory strategies in White-naped Cranes	13
Highly divergent sympatric lineages of Leptotila verreauxi (Aves: Columbidae) suggest a secondary contact area in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico	12
Decreased basal thermogenesis is associated with the downregulation of cellular metabolic activity of organs and serum thyroid hormones in fasting Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus)	12
More than a simple egg: Underlying mechanisms of cold tolerance in avian embryos	12
Corrigendum to “Crown saturation and intrasexual dominance: Evidence of a negatively correlated handicap in male Saffron Finches” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100241]	12
Effects of night lighting on avian cognitive function: Mechanisms involving neurodegeneration, metabolic dysregulation and neuroinflammatory responses	11
Predicting the non-breeding distributions of the two Asian subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit using morphological information	11
Genomic evidence of hybridization between two species of Penduline Tits reveals postzygotic reproductive isolation	11
A novel machine learning model for the prediction of avian haemosporidian infection from morphological data	10
The satellite tracking of Great Snipes from European Russia reveals low migratory connectivity	10
Risk analysis of cross-interface spillover of avian influenza between terrestrial bird and seabird hosts	9
How many birds are there in Guangdong Province, China?	9
Density dependence and weather drive dabbling duck spatiotemporal distributions and intercontinental migration	8

Hard life for sons in the nest? Sex-dependent offspring mortality in Great Tits in urban and forest areas	8
Avian phylogenetic and functional diversity and their influencing factors in urban parks of Nanjing, China	8
Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance and virulence characteristics in Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis isolates from dead Crested Ibis embryos at the artificial breeding base	8
Using non-destructive sampling to evaluate the population genomic status of captive Brown Eared Pheasants	8
Continent-wide vocal leapfrog pattern in Collared Scops Owls obfuscates species boundaries	8
eDNA enhances detection efficiency but reveals lower waterbird diversity: A comparison with point counting method	8
Model-based assessment of muscle forces and strain distribution in the femur of Cabot's Tragopans (Tragopan caboti)	8
Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) equalizes foraging costs with depth by switching foraging tactics	8
Avian acoustic communication: Understanding of peripheral and central neural systems with ecological adaptations	7
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) prefer shells for nesting: A field experiment	7
Population trend and spatio-temporal distribution of Greater White-fronted (Anser albifrons) and Bean Geese (Anser fabalis) in Korea	7
Heterogeneity in song rates in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) explained with the availability parameter in generalized N-mixture models: Its importance for abundance estimates in avian	7
The predictable HPAI H5 outbreaks in European wild birds	7
Responses of steppe birds to habitat fragmentation: Insights from niche specialization and functional traits	6
Shallow water habitats provide high-quality foraging environments for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper at a critical staging site	6
Chinese Blackbirds (Turdus mandarinus) mimic electric moped sounds with lower consistency and frequencies	6
Dynamic evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture	6
Seasonal changes in Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) song syntax	6
Sri Lanka's laughingthrush: An ecological and phylogenetic assessment of a babbler confused for a laughingthrush	6
Are the impacts of artificial light exposure at night on bird's cognitive performances always negative?	6
Mammal-rich diet associated with reproductive success of Saker Falcons in Mongolia	6
Comparing line transect and Indian White-eye mobbing call playback for detecting forest birds in subtropical Yunnan	6
Removing non-avian sounds enhances correlations between acoustic indices and bird vocal activity in urban environments	6
Microgeographic variation in the songs of an endemic Hawaiian honeycreeper	6
Genetic benefits of female from extra-pair paternity are context dependent within the socially monogamous Tree Sparrow	6
Hourly analyses reveal environment-linked between-parent dynamics in a biparentally incubating shorebird	6
Individual consistency in spatiotemporal characteristics of migratory Whimbrels in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	5
Habitat preferences and nest site selection by sympatric populations of Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) and Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) in natural mountain forests of Sout	5
Large-brained birds lay smaller but heavier clutches	5
Corrigendum to “Swan Project promotes citizen science initiative through a public bird migration tracking” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100298]	5
Most bird species remain poorly studied but threated status promotes research effort	5
Migration patterns and spatial connectivity of Pallas's Gulls (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) from Alakol lake, Kazakhstan using ring recovery and tracking data	5
Tri-axial accelerometry allows to determine parental food provisioning behaviour in a marine bird	5
The influence of the abundance and availability of alternative food on the foraging behavior of wintering Siberian Cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)	5
Species status and genetic isolation in the Subalpine Warbler complex: Insights from mitochondrial DNA analysis	5
Distribution pattern and niche overlap of sympatric breeding birds along human-modified habitat gradients in Inner Mongolia, China	5
Multidimensional nestedness patterns and underlying processes of bird assemblages in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China	5
Combining video and GPS-tracking to study the spatial foraging distribution of a single-prey loading seabird	5
Spatiotemporal variation and driving mechanisms of nest predation on Spotted Doves along an urbanization gradient	5
Highway effects on artificial nest survival in a neotropical sand-coastal plain: A spatiotemporal approach	5
Non-breeding movements of the Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)	5
Vultures as a model for testing molecular adaptations of dietary specialization in birds	5
Seasonal increase in nest defense, but not egg rejection, in a cuckoo host	5
Antipredatory call behavior of lapwing species in an Afrotropical environment	5
From traits to services: How urban avian communities support ecosystem services in Nanjing, China	5
Knowledge gaps in trace element contamination of shorebirds and allies along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway: A review	4
Effects of constant light and dark conditions on the locomotor activity, body mass, and body temperature rhythms of Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus)	4
CDA-Net: Cross dimensional attention network for wetland bird detection	4
Balancing energy efficiency and avian conservation: divergent nest-site selection responses of Barn Swallows and Red-rumped Swallows to attached sunspaces in cold rural landscapes	4
Use of evergreen and deciduous plants by nocturnal-roosting birds: A case study in Beijing	4

Oriental Reed Warblers do not abandon Common Cuckoo chicks during prolonged nestling periods	4
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestlings adapt their begging behavior to the host signal system	4
Vinous-throated parrotbills breed in invasive smooth cordgrass habitat: Can native birds avoid the potential ecological trap?	4
Effects of photoperiod on basal metabolism and substrate metabolism in Zebra Finches	4
How does asymmetric sibling rivalry respond under environmental metal pollution? A case study of the Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)	4
Patterns and drivers of beta diversity in bird communities associated with blue-green infrastructure in rapidly urbanizing landscapes	4
Assessing the vulnerability of wintering habitats for the red-listed Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) using climate models and human impact assessments	4
Spatiotemporal variation in potential gosling development windows across Mongolian Plateau in relation to climate change	4
Data reliability of the emerging citizen science in the Greater Bay Area of China	4
Vocal repertoire of Azure-winged Magpies (Cyanopica cyanus): A context-associated communication system	4
Escape behaviors of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) across China: Northern populations are bolder than southern populations	4
Estradiol acutely modifies singing patterns via modulating the synaptic activity of RA in Zebra Finches	3
The effect of Common Cuckoo parasitism on the annual productivity of a host population	3
Impact of agricultural landscape structure on the patterns of bird species diversity at a regional scale	3
Moving away from home: Early life movements and space use in juvenile Montagu’s Harriers (Circus pygargus) from central Italy	3
Temporal dynamics of bird species-habitat networks on forested islands	3
Spatiotemporal dynamics of migratory shorebird populations in Korean coastal wetlands within the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	3
Incubation temperature induced developmental plasticity of cold responsive physiological phenotypes in Japanese Quails	3
Distinguishing between wild-caught and captive-bred Common Pheasant using methylation rate of skeletal muscle DNA	3
Corrigendum to “Shallow water habitats provide high-quality foraging environments for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper at a critical staging site” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100233]	3
Timing of breeding as a determinant of nest success of the vulnerable Chestnut Seedeater (Sporophila cinnamomea) in grasslands of southern South America	3
Population structure and body condition of White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps) in relation to habitat in a modified Neotropical forest landscape	3
From partial to complete: Wing- and tail-feather moult sequence and intensity depend on species, life-cycle stage, and moult completeness in passerines	3
Selecting the best: Interspecific and age-related diet differences among sympatric steppe passerines	3
The impact of climatic conditions in wintering and breeding quarters on long-term breeding success in the Common Swift	3
Decadal banding efforts pay off: Assessing Chinese Crested Tern conservation through resighting data	3
Impacts of China's natural forest protection project on habitat distribution of key protected birds in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	3
Corrigendum to “Migration pattern of a population of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) breeding in East Asian tropical region” [Avian Res. 15 (2024) 100192]	3
Impacts of free-ranging yaks on habitat occupancy and population density of a high-mountain rare pheasant species	3
Is the personality of Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) in heavy metal-polluted environments undergoing silent change?	3
Nestlings of two parrotbill species can independently evaluate the presence of predators based on acoustic cues	3
Differences in migration phenology of warblers at two stopover sites in eastern Russia suggest a longitudinal migration pattern	3
Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data	3
The benefits of being smaller: Consistent pattern for climate-induced range shift and morphological difference of three falconiforme species	3
The effects of climate and land use change on the potential distribution and nesting habitat of the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal	3
No egg or nestling-retrieval behavior in a cavity-nesting cuckoo host	3
Conspecific cues and breeding territory selection in Whinchat on abandoned fields	3
Physiological strategies of moult-migrating Black-necked Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) in a polluted staging site according to blood chemistry	3
Short-term night lighting disrupts lipid and glucose metabolism in Zebra Finches: Implication for urban stopover birds	2
Sex-specific selective effect of winter weather on morphological traits in a small passerine bird	2
Mongolian Lark as an indicator of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of steppe birds	2
Exploring the interplay of T cell receptor-V gene copy numbers and major histocompatibility complex selection pressure in avian species: Insights into immune system evolution and reproductive investme	2
Phylogeography and diversification of Oriental weaverbirds (Ploceus spp.): A gradual increase of eurytopy	2
Nest attentiveness does not impact incubation duration across different bird species	2
Importance of surrounding landscape features in explaining wintering waterbird diversity and community assembly in Jiangsu's inland lake wetlands	2
A review of eDNA technology in avian monitoring: Current status, challenges and future perspectives	2
The Black-winged Monarch (Monarcha frater): Geographic variation, taxonomy, a "new" population, and an enduring mystery in migration	2
Evolutionary relationships of mitogenomes in a recently radiated Old World avian family	2
Predatory birds in agroforestry: Dawn of a new era for biological control from multitrophic interactions	2
Nest decoration: Black feathers prevent Crested Mynas from nest usurpation	2
Reconciling Bergmann's rule throughout the annual cycle in two congeneric large-bodied migratory waterbirds	2
Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE	2
Landscape and habitat effects on functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure of bird communities in fragmented habitats within an urban landscape, Southwest China	2
Bird specimen number linked with species trait and climate niche breadth	2
Avian hippocampus: Recent advances in anatomy and physiological functions	2
Impacts of prolonged dry season and artificial food supply on the wintering spatial distribution of Siberian Cranes: Implications for conservation	2
Inter- and intraspecific variation in flight muscle fibers is associated with migratory timing	2
Negative effects of artificial nest boxes on birds: A review	2
An updated list of parasitic cuckoos and their hosts in China	2
Population genomic data reveal low genetic diversity, divergence and local adaptation among threatened Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)	2
A high level of extra-pair paternity in the Chestnut Thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)	2
Responses of breeding waterbird communities to environmental changes in subsidence wetlands in the North China Plain	2
Bare-throated spurfowl (Pternistis spp.) males across Africa impress females with bright throat colours during courtship	2
Phylogenomic insights into the taxonomy and evolutionary relationships of penduline tits (Remiz spp.)	2
Inability of recognizing offspring underlies parental errors in the selection of offspring	2
Regional differences in wintering habitat selection strategies of Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) and ecological network construction of key wintering areas	2
Coping with extremes: diet and phylogeny shape gut microbiota in six passerine species inhabiting the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	2
Flexible nest site selection of the endangered Oriental Storks (Ciconia boyciana): Trade-off from adaptive strategies	2
Correlation of personality with individual reproductive success in shrub-nesting birds depends on their life history style	2
Seed dispersal by wintering ducks in a coastal wetland of eastern China	2
Escape behavior and refuge selection preferences by two common urban birds	1
Changes in wintering Hooded Cranes and their habitats at Chongming Dongtan over the past 20 years	1
Testing urban edge effects: Nest predation rates are higher in areas further from the boundary of a suburban park	1
Global population estimate and conservation gap analysis for the Nordmann's Greenshank (Tringa guttifer)	1
The intensity of supplementary feeding in an urban environment impacts overwintering Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) as wintering conditions get harsher	1
Phylogenetic relatedness overshadows acoustic similarity to regulate responses toward unfamiliar mobbing calls in Masked Laughingthrushes	1
SDNet: A self-supervised bird recognition method based on large language models and diffusion models for improving long-term bird monitoring	1
Weak influence of natural vegetation in urban green spaces compared to agricultural ecosystems on House Martin populations: Insights from nationwide citizen science data in the Czech Republic	1
Migration pattern of a population of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) breeding in East Asian tropical region	1
Chromatic and achromatic differences of melanin- and carotenoid-based plumage coloration in five minivet species (Pericrocotus spp.) under conspecific and predator visual systems	1

The effects of anthropogenic noise on nest predation with respect to predator species across different habitats and seasons	1
Size of the ulna and taxonomic order affect vane dimensions of secondary remiges in birds	1
Reevaluation of dialect boundaries in the Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) based on citizen science data: Should we split or lump?	1
Home range variability and philopatry in Cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) breeding in Iberia	1
Variation in reproductive life-history traits of Chinese Bulbuls (Pycnonotus sinensis) along the urbanization gradient in Hangzhou, China	1
Deterministic processes drive turnover-dominated beta diversity of breeding birds along the central Himalayan elevation gradient	1
Differential colour-ring loss among Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) colonies and its consequence on survival estimates	1
Corrigendum to “Moult intensity constraints along the complete moult sequence of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)” [Avian Res. 14 (2023) 100125]	1
Bird species (Charadriiformes) does not impact endosymbiotic bacteria (Gammaproteobacteria) of their ectoparasites (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)	1
Migration routes and differences in migration strategies of Whooper Swans between spring and autumn	1
Integrating host biological and ecological variables to predict probability of haemosporidian infection in raptors	1
A network meta-analysis on comparison of invasive and non-invasive sampling methods to characterize intestinal microbiota of birds	1
Feeding ecology and interactions with mammal hosts in a symbiotic genus of birds (Buphagus spp.) in Namibia	1
Waterbird image recognition using lightweight deep learning in wetland environment	1
Beyond habitat loss: Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the mediation of urban heat islands effects on waterbird richness	1
A test of genetic divergence of a bird existing in the Sichuan Basin and its surrounding mountain ranges	1
Structural effects of reedbed grazing and its cessation on reed-nesting songbird densities	1
A systematic review of avian response to urbanization in China: Research trends, current insights, and future directions	1
Phylogeography of the endangered Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix)	1
From fledging to independence: Post-fledging movements and space use of the Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon)	1
Highly urbanized areas are not absolute barriers: Assessing avian habitat connectivity in a megacity via the omnidirectional connectivity model	1
Shallow sub-lakes are essential for sustaining the successful wintering of waterbirds in Poyang Lake, China	1
Metagenomic insights into the geographic divergence and functional adaptation of gut microbiota in the endangered Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus)	1
Inbreeding and genetic load in a pair of sibling grouse species: Tetrastes sewersowi and T. bonasia	1
Moult intensity constraints along the complete moult sequence of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)	1
Egg rejection and egg recognition mechanism in a Chinese Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) population	1
Variation of migration routes in the central Asian-breeding Common Cuckoo population influenced by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	1
Canalization of globins in the adaptive evolution of birds	1
Effects of wind and temperature on the migration decisions of a short-distance migratory shorebird across the annual cycle	1
Unraveling the spatial patterns and driving mechanisms of avian functional assemblages in the agro-pastoral ecosystems of the Tibetan Plateau	1
Sex-specific effects of social complexity and competitive interactions on cognitive performance in Budgerigars	1
Bird banding in Asia: Contributions, challenges, and prospects	1
Duets encode morphological information from both partners in Rufous Horneros	1
Achievements, challenges, and recommendations for waterbird conservation in China's coastal wetlands	1
Metagenomic analysis of vitamins B and K2 biosynthesis by gut microbiota in wild birds	1
Variation of parental and chick diet in opportunistic insectivorous European Bee-eaters	1
Assessing temporal and spatial variation in the diet of the Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) using web-sourced photography	1
Development and parentage analysis of SNP markers for Chestnut-vented Nuthatch (Sitta nagaensis) based on ddRAD-seq data	1
Patterns of genetic diversity in five species of Passeriformes co-distributed in an environmental gradient	1
Azure-winged Magpies breeding in urban areas can effectively reduce the risk of brood parasitism	1
How do wintering waterbird communities respond to polder restoration in a Ramsar wetland of the Yangtze River Basin, China? A functional and phylogenetic perspective	1
Characteristics of cross transmission of gut fungal pathogens between wintering Hooded Cranes and sympatric Domestic Geese	1
Testing for assortative mating based on migratory phenotypes in the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)	1
Determinants of secondary school students' conservation willingness toward the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) in riparian cities along the Yellow River in Henan Province, China	1
Aviary measurements of dominance and affiliation between members of mixed-species birds flocks in southern China	1