Journal of Ornithology

A new species of extinct little owl from the Pleistocene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands)
African Red-winged Starlings prefer hexose sugar solutions, but do not like them too sweet
Age-related variation in carotenoid-based plumage ornaments of male Red Bishops Euplectes orix
Assessing the effect of satellite transmitters on the demography of the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
Between order and chaos: contrasting syntax in the advertising song of Dusky (Phylloscopus fuscatus) and Radde’s (Ph. schwarzi) Warblers
Breeding biology of two sympatric Aegithalos tits with helpers at the nest
Call development in captive-reared Pied Avocets, Recurvirostra avosetta
Characteristics of male Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) song during territory establishment
Characterization of haemosporidian infections in warblers and sparrows at south-western European reed beds
Delayed autumn migration in northern European waterfowl
Demography and population ecology of the Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) at its expanding range edge in South Africa
Do the European Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) reach South Africa during wintering?
Effects of landscape, conspecifics and heterospecifics on habitat selection by breeding farmland birds: the case of the Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) and Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Egg components vary independently of each other in the facultative siblicidal Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri
Female Spotless Starlings (Sturnus unicolor) remove green plants from their nests
Food intake rates, assimilation efficiency, and transit times of Knysna (Tauraco corythaix) Turacos fed South African indigenous fruit
Group size modulates time budget and foraging efficiency in captive Skylarks, Alauda arvensis
Habitat partitioning and molting site fidelity in Tetrao urogallus cantabricus revealed through stable isotopes analysis
How do Southern House Wrens Troglodytes aedon musculus achieve polygyny? An experimental approach
Indirect estimates of breeding and natal philopatry in an obligate avian brood parasite
No evidence of extra-pair paternity or intraspecific brood parasitism in the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps
Phylogeography and population structure of Krüper’s Nuthatch Sitta krueperi from Turkey based on microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA
Phylogeography, pre-zygotic isolation and taxonomic status in the endemic Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
Point count duration: five minutes are usually sufficient to model the distribution of bird species and to study the structure of communities for a French landscape
Polymorphic microsatellite loci identified through development and cross-species amplification within shorebirds
Reduced flower visitation by nectar-feeding birds in response to fire in Cape fynbos vegetation, South Africa
Reproductive timing and investment in relation to spring warming and advancing agricultural schedules
Sex roles during post-fledging care in birds: female Tengmalm’s Owls contribute little to food provisioning
Song complexity in male marsh warblers: does it reflect male quality?
Spring phenology delays in an insular subtropical songbird: is response to climate change constrained by population size?
Spring stopover patterns of migrating Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus): temperature as a predictor over a 10-year period
Storms and heat limit the nest success of Bank Cormorants: implications of future climate change for a surface-nesting seabird in southern Africa
Terns in trouble: demographic consequences of low breeding success and recruitment on a common tern population in the German Wadden Sea
The use of microsatellite loci for accurate hybrid detection in a recent contact zone between an endangered and a recently-arrived hummingbird
Winter foraging strategy of the Chinese Grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi): ecological and physiological factors
Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) as a case study to assess the reliability of nest counts