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2024

 * Acosta Hospitaleche, C. & Jones, W. (2014) Insights on the oldest terror bird (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) from the Eocene of Argentina.


 * Acosta Hospitaleche, C. & Jones, W. (2014) Were terror birds the apex continental predators of Antarctica? New findings in the early Eocene of Seymour Island.


 * Bi-Ying, L. et al. (2024) Morphometric analysis of the cervical vertebral series in extant birds with implications for Mesozoic avialan feeding ecology.


 * Brocklehurst, N. & Field, D.J. (2024) Tip dating and Bayes factors provide insight into the divergences of crown bird clades across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.


 * Brownstein, C.D. (2024) A juvenile bird with possible crown-group affinities from a dinosaur-rich Cretaceous ecosystem in North America.


 * Caron, F.S. et al. (2024) The macroevolution of sexual size dimorphism in birds.


 * Catanach, T.A. et al. (2024) Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus Accipiter (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae).


 * De Mendoza, R.S. et al. (2014) An assessment of the anseriform affinities of “Telmabates” howardae.


 * Dobrovolsky, S. & Gorobets, L. (2023) Growth duration, life history and ecological traits of bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes): implications from bone histology.


 * Edwards, S.V. et al. (2024) A nuclear genome assembly of an extinct flightless bird, the little bush moa.


 * Field, D.J. et al. (2024) Remarkable insights into modern bird origins from the Maastrichtian type area (north-east Belgium, south-east Netherlands).


 * Garg, K.M. et al. (2024) When colors mislead: genomics and bioacoustics prompt re-classification of Asian flycatcher radiation (Aves: Niltavinae).


 * Imfeld, T.S. et al. (2024) Diversification and dispersal in the Americas revealed by new phylogenies of the wrens and allies (Passeriformes: Certhioidea).


 * Kiat, Y. & O'Connor, J.K. (2024) Functional constraints on the number and shape of flight feathers.


 * Kundrát, M. et al. (2024) Developmental distribution of osteocyte lacunae in the limb bone cortex of Musivavis amabilis with a review of bone microstructure adaptations in Enantiornithes.


 * Langebrake, C. et al. (2024) Adaptive evolution and loss of a putative magnetoreceptor in passerines.


 * LeBarge, T.W. et al. (2024) The evolution and ecology of gigantism in terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae).


 * Legendre, L.J. et al. (2024) Evolution of the syrinx of Apodiformes, including the vocal-learning Trochilidae (Aves: Strisores).


 * Li, Q. et al. (2024) Structure and Phylogenetic Relationships of Scolopacidae Mitogenomes (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae).


 * Lowi-Merri, T.M. et al. (2024) Total-evidence dating and the phylogenetic affinities of early fossil passerines.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2024) Messelornithids and messelornithid-like birds from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK).


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2024) New fossils of Eocypselus and Primapus from the British London Clay reveal a high taxonomic and ecological diversity of early Eocene swift-like apodiform birds.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2024) The non-apodiform Strisores (potoos, nightjars and allied birds) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2024) The﻿ Picocoraciades (hoopoes, rollers, woodpeckers, and allies) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze.


 * McInerney, P.L. et al. (2014) Skull morphology of the enigmatic Genyornis newtoni Stirling and Zeitz, 1896 (Aves, Dromornithidae), with implications for functional morphology, ecology, and evolution in the context of Galloanserae.


 * Miller, C.V. et al. (2024) Trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes: a synthesis including new insights from Bohaiornithidae.


 * Mirarab, S. et al. (2024) A region of suppressed recombination misleads neoavian phylogenomics.


 * Musher, L.J. et al. (2024) Whole-genome phylogenomics of the tinamous (Aves: Tinamidae): comparing gene tree estimation error between BUSCOs and UCEs illuminates rapid divergence with introgression.


 * Rawlence, N.J. et al. (2024) Ancient mitogenomes reveal evidence for the Late Miocene dispersal of mergansers to the Southern Hemisphere.


 * Schield, D.R. et al. (2024) Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the swallow family (Hirundinidae) inferred from comparisons of thousands of UCE loci.


 * Setti, P.G. et al. (2024) Evolution of bird sex chromosomes: a cytogenomic approach in Palaeognathae species.


 * Springer, M.S. & Gatesy, J. (2024) A new phylogeny for Aves is compromised by pervasive misalignment and homology problems.


 * Stiller, J. et al. (2024) Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes.


 * Tennyson, A.J.D. et al. (2024) A New Diving Pliocene Ardenna Shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand.


 * Vázquez-López, M. et al. (2024) Biogeographic factors contributing to the diversification of Euphoniinae (Aves, Passeriformes, Fringillidae): a phylogenetic and ancestral areas analysis.


 * Vinciguerra, N.T. et al. (2024) Punctuated evolution of bill morphology in the largest family of songbirds (Thraupidae).


 * Wang, X. et al. (2024) Earliest evidence of avian primary feather moult.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2024) First Edentulous Enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Avifauna.


 * Widrig, K.E. et al. (2024) Paleoneurology of stem palaeognaths clarifies the plesiomorphic condition of the crown bird central nervous system.


 * Wu, Q. et al. (2024) Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennaraptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint.


 * Wu, S.-M. et al. (20214) New Pleistocene bird fossils in Taiwan reveal unexpected seabirds in East Asia.


 * Zhang, Y. et al. (2024) A new avian footprint from the Lower Cretaceous in Zhucheng, Shandong Province.


 * Zhao, M. et al. (2024) Bare parts in the Galliformes: the evolution of a multifunctional structure.


 * Zhou, Y. et al. (2024) Fossil evidence sheds light on sexual selection during the early evolution of birds.


 * Zhou, Z. & Wang, M. (2014) Cretaceous fossil birds from China.

2023

 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. et al. (2023) A new Cretaceous bird from the Maastrichtian La Colonia Formation (Patagonia, Argentina).


 * Alström, P. et al. (2023) Integrative taxonomy reveals unrecognised species diversity in African Corypha larks (Aves: Alaudidae).


 * Alström, P. et al. (2023) Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data.


 * Álvarez-Herrera, G.P. et al. (2023) Jaw anatomy of Vegavis iaai (Clarke et al., 2005) from the Late Cretaceous Antarctica, and its phylogenetic implications.


 * Agnolín, F.L. (2023) A new species of the Falcon genus Thegornis (Aves) from the Miocene of Northwestern Argentina.


 * Areta, J.I. et al. (2023) Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the bamboo-specialist Amaurospiza blue-seedeaters.


 * Bochenski, Z.M. et al. (2023) An intriguing new species of dabbling duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from the middle Miocene of Austria.


 * Brinkworth, A. et al. (2023) Bird clades with less complex appendicular skeletons tend to have higher species richness.


 * Buffetaut, E. et al. (2023) A new enantiornithine bird from Upper Cretaceous non-marine deposits at Villespassans (Hérault, southern France)Un nouvel oiseau enantiornithe en provenance des dépôts non-marins du Crétacé supérieur à Villespassans (Hérault, Sud de la France).


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2023) Anatomy and Flight Performance of the Early Enantiornithine Bird Protopteryx fengningensis: Information from New Specimens of the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of China.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2023) Flight Performance of the Early Cretaceous Bird Confuciusornis sanctus: Evidence from an Exceptionally Preserved Fossil.


 * Choi, S. et al. (2023) Microstructural and crystallographic evolution of palaeognath (Aves) eggshells.


 * Clark, A.D.et al. (2023) Reconstructing the dietary habits and trophic positions of the Longipterygidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) using neontological and comparative morphological methods.


 * Corbett, E.C. et al. (2023) The mechanistic, genetic and evolutionary causes of bird eye colour variation.


 * De Souza, G.A. et al. (2023) The Cretaceous Neornithine record and new Vegaviidae specimens from the López de Bertodano Formation (Upper Maastrichthian) of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula.


 * DeCicco, L.H. et al. (2023) A complete species-level phylogeny of the Erythrura parrotfinches (Aves: Estrildidae).


 * Desgrange, F.J. et al. (2023) A new fossil condor (Aves, Cathartiformes) from the Early Pliocene of Catamarca province, Argentina.


 * Demery, A.-J. & Burns, K.J. (2023) Widespread convergent morphological evolution within the largest family of songbirds.


 * Depino, E.A. et al. (2023) Evolutionary history of New World crakes (Aves: Rallidae) with emphasis on the tribe Laterallini.


 * Dobrovolsky, S. ''et al. (2023) Bone microstructure of bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes) from the Eocene of Ikove, Ukraine: preliminary paleobiological implications.


 * Eliason, C.D. et al. (2023) Genomic signatures of convergent shifts to plunge-diving behavior in birds.


 * Figueiredo, S. et al. (2023) A marine bird (sulidae, Aves) from the Langhian (middle Miocene) of Penedo beach (Setúbal Peninsula—SW Portugal) and its paleoenvironmental context.


 * Fleury, K. et al. (2023) The moa footprints from the Pliocene – early Pleistocene of Kyeburn, Otago, New Zealand.


 * Garcia, M. et al. (2023) Evolution of communication signals and information during species radiation.


 * Grealy, A. et al. (2023) Molecular exploration of fossil eggshell uncovers hidden lineage of giant extinct bird.


 * Guilherme, E. et al. (2023) New fossil anhingids from the upper Acre River (Late Miocene of southwestern Amazon).


 * Guillerme, T. et al. (2023) Innovation and elaboration on the avian tree of life.


 * Herrero, C. et al. (2023) Avian ichnofauna from Sierra de las Cabras tracksite (late Miocene, Jumilla, SE Spain).


 * Houde, P. et al. (2023) Basal Anseriformes from the Early Paleogene of North America and Europe †.


 * Hruska, J.P. et al. (2023) Ultraconserved elements resolve the phylogeny and corroborate patterns of molecular rate variation in herons (Aves: Ardeidae).


 * Hu, Q. et al. (2023) Blood flow rates to leg bones of extinct birds indicate high levels of cursorial locomotion.


 * Jones, W.W. et al. (2023) Not too fast: Maximum running speed estimation of the Miocene rheid Opisthodactylus kirchneri (Aves, Rheidae).


 * Kennedy, M. et al. (2023) Phylogeny of the microcormorants, with the description of a new genus.


 * Kessler, J.E. & Horváth, I. (2023) Praecarbo strigoniensis, a new genus and species of Cormorants (Phalacrocoracinae) from the Late Oligocene of Hungary.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Tennyson, A.J.D. (2023) Oldest fossil record of Sulidae from New Zealand.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2023) Largest-known fossil penguin provides insight into the early evolution of sphenisciform body size and flipper anatomy.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2023) Stem albatrosses wandered far: a new species of Plotornis (Aves, Pan-Diomedeidae) from the earliest Miocene of New Zealand.


 * Kuo, P.-C. et al. (2023) The influence of fossils in macroevolutionary analyses of 3D geometric morphometric data: A case study of galloanseran quadrates.


 * Li, Q. et al. (2023) Character displacement of egg colors during tinamou speciation.


 * Li, Z. et al. (2023) Decoupling the skull and skeleton in a Cretaceous bird with unique appendicular morphologies.


 * Lima, R.D. et al. (2023) Integrative revision of species limits in the genus Schiffornis (Aves: Tityridae) reveals cryptic diversity in the Neotropics.


 * Liu, S. et al. (2023) Quantifying the gastral mass in Early Cretaceous ornithuromorphs (Aves, Ornithothoraces) from the Jehol avifauna.


 * Liu, Y. et al. (2023) Evolution of Avian Eye Size Is Associated with Habitat Openness, Food Type and Brain Size.


 * Lowi-Merri, T.M. et al. (2023) Reconstructing locomotor ecology of extinct avialans: a case study of Ichthyornis comparing sternum morphology and skeletal proportions.


 * Marek, R.D. (2023) A surrogate forelimb: Evolution, function and development of the avian cervical spine.


 * Martin, A.J. et al. (2023) Earliest known Gondwanan bird tracks: Wonthaggi Formation (Early Cretaceous), Victoria, Australia.


 * Mather, E.K. et al. (2023) Pleistocene raptors from cave deposits of South Australia, with a description of a new species of Dynatoaetus (Accipitridae: Aves): morphology, systematics and palaeoecological implications.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2023) A new fossil from the London Clay documents the convergent origin of a “mousebird-like” tarsometatarsus in an early Eocene near-passerine bird.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2023) Early Eocene fossils elucidate the evolutionary history of the Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies).


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2023) Multiple skeletons of Rhynchaeites from the London Clay reveal the osteology of early Eocene ibises (Aves, Threskiornithidae).


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2023) The Halcyornithidae from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK): A species complex of Paleogene arboreal birds.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2023) The Vastanavidae and Messelasturidae (Aves) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2023) Narrow-beaked trogons from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2023) On the “screamer-like” birds from the British London Clay: An archaic anseriform-galliform mosaic and a non-galloanserine “barb-necked” species of Perplexicervix.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2023) Partial skeleton from the Paleocene of New Zealand illuminates the early evolutionary history of the Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2023) Redescription and phylogenetic affinities of the Early Cretaceous enantiornithine Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2023) Reinterpretation of tuberculate cervical vertebrae of Eocene birds as an exceptional anti-predator adaptation against the mammalian craniocervical killing bite.


 * McCullough, J.M. et al. (2023) Ultraconserved elements support the elevation of a new avian family, Eurocephalidae, the white-crowned shrikes.


 * Melchor, R.N. et al. (2923) First terror bird footprints reveal functionally didactyl posture.


 * Miller, C.V. et al. (2023) Quantitative investigation of pengornithid enantiornithine diet reveals macrocarnivorous ecology evolved in birds by Early Cretaceous.


 * Miller, C.V. et al. (2023) Trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes: a synthesis including new insights from Bohaiornithidae.


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. et al. (2023) New avian remains from the early Eocene of La Borie, southern France.


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. et al. (2023) New remains of Struthio coppensi, Early Miocene, Namibia.


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. et al. (2023) Small birds (Psittaculidae, Galliformes and Passeri) from the Early Miocene of Namibia.


 * Nebreda, S.M. et al. (2023) A new enantiornithine specimen from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas: avifaunal diversity and life-history of a wetland Mesozoic bird.
 * Nguyen, J.M.T. (2023) The earliest record of bowerbirds (Passeriformes, Ptilonorhynchidae) from the Oligo-Miocene of northern Australia.


 * O'Connor, J. et al. (2023) Immature feathers preserved in Burmite provide evidence of rapid molting in enantiornithines.


 * Oliver, P.M. et al. (2023) Oligo-Miocene radiation within South-west Pacific arc terranes underpinned repeated upstream continental dispersals in pigeons (Columbiformes).


 * Ostrow, E.N. et al. (2023) Phylogenomic analysis confirms the relationships among toucans, toucan-barbets, and New World barbets but reveals paraphyly of Selenidera toucanets and evidence for mitonuclear discordance.


 * Piro, A. & Acosta Hospitaleche, C. (2023) The rhamphotheca of the Eocene pseudo-toothed birds from Antarctica.


 * Rancilhac, L. et al. (2023) Introgression Underlies Phylogenetic Uncertainty But Not Parallel Plumage Evolution in a Recent Songbird Radiation.


 * Reeve, A.H. et al. (2023) The formation of the Indo-Pacific montane avifauna.


 * Reyes, P. et al. (2023) Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the ancient genus Onychorhynchus (Aves: Onychorhynchidae) suggest cryptic Amazonian diversity.


 * Takezaki, N. (2023) Effect of different types of sequence data on palaeognath phylogeny'''


 * Tennyson, A.J.D. & Salvador, R.B. (2023) A New Giant Petrel (Macronectes, Aves: Procellariidae) from the Pliocene of Taranaki, New Zealand †.


 * Thomas, D.B. et al. (2023) Pliocene fossils support a New Zealand origin for the smallest extant penguins.


 * Verry, A.J.F. et al. (2023) Ancient mitochondrial genomes unveil the origins and evolutionary history of New Zealand's enigmatic takahē and moho.


 * Vinciguerra, N.T. et al. (2023) Island life accelerates geographical radiation in the white-eyes (Zosteropidae).


 * Wang, M. (2023) A new specimen of Parabohaiornis martini (Avialae: Enantiornithes) sheds light on early avian skull evolution.


 * Wang, S. et al. (2023) Redescription and phylogenetic affinities of the Early Cretaceous enantiornithine Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2023) A new Eocene species of presbyornithid (Aves, Anseriformes) from Murgon, Australia.


 * Wu, Y. et al. (2023) Intra-gastric phytoliths provide evidence for folivory in basal avialans of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota.


 * Xu, X. & Natale, R. (2023) Correlated evolution of beak and braincase morphology is present only in select bird clades.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2023) Small Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Early–Middle Miocene of Eurasia. 1. A revision of Anas velox Milne-Edwards, 1868 and Anas soporata Kurochkin, 1976.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Arkhangelsky, M.S. (2023) New data on hesperornithids (Aves: Ornithurae) from the Campanian of the Lower Volga Region (Late Cretaceous, Russia).


 * Zhao, M. et al. (2023) A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae).


 * Zhao, Y. et al. (2023) Taphonomic analysis of the exceptional preservation of early bird feathers during the early Cretaceous period in Northeast China.

2022

 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. & Picasso, M.B.J. (2022) About the alleged record of the Rheidae Diogenornis in the Cenozoic of Argentina: new interpretations.


 * Álvarez Herrera, G. et al. (2022) New enantiornithine bird from the the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of southern Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Aotsuka, K. & Endo, H. (2022) A Fossil Humerus of Pliocene Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) from the Fukagawa Group in Hokkaido, Japan.


 * Aotsuka, K. et al. (2022) An avian sternum (Aves: Procellariidae) from the Pleistocene Ichijiku Formation in Chiba, Japan.


 * Arango, A. et al. (2022) Hand-Wing Index as a surrogate for dispersal ability: the case of the Emberizoidea (Aves: Passeriformes) radiation.


 * Barrera-Guzmán, A.O. et al. (2022) Gene flow, genomic homogenization and the timeline to speciation in Amazonian manakins.


 * Bell, A. & Chiappe, L.M. (2022) The Hesperornithiformes: A Review of the Diversity, Distribution, and Ecology of the Earliest Diving Birds.


 * Benito, J. et al. (2022) Forty new specimens of Ichthyornis provide unprecedented insight into the postcranial morphology of crownward stem group birds.


 * Benito, J. et al. (2022) Cretaceous ornithurine supports a neognathous crown bird ancestor.


 * Boev, Z. & Mikkola, H. (2022) First Pleistocene record of Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa Forster, 1772) in Bulgaria.


 * Buainain, N. et al. (2022) Biogeography of a neotropical songbird radiation reveals similar diversification dynamics between montane and lowland clades.


 * Buffetaut, E. (2022) The First-Named Fossil Ostrich: A Revision of Struthio asiaticus, from the Siwaliks of India.


 * Canoville, A. et al. (2022) New Comparative Data on the Long Bone Microstructure of Large Extant and Extinct Flightless Birds.


 * Carneiro, L. et al. (2022) Biogeography and diversification of bare-eyes, an endemic Amazonian clade.


 * Černý, D. & Natale, R. (2022) Comprehensive taxon sampling and vetted fossils help clarify the time tree of shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes).


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2022) Fossil basicranium clarifies the origin of the avian central nervous system and inner ear.


 * Cole, T.L. et al. (2022) Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins.


 * Crouch, N.M.A. (2022) Interpreting the fossil record and the origination of birds.


 * Crouch, N.M.A. & Tobias, J.A. (2022) The causes and ecological context of rapid morphological evolution in birds.


 * Cubo, J. et al. (2022) Palaeohistological inferences of resting metabolic rates in Concornis and Iberomesornis (Enantiornithes, Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas (Spain).


 * De Mendoza, R.S. et al. (2022) Connectivity Patterns of the Hindlimb Musculoskeletal System in Living and Fossil Diving.


 * De Pietri, V.L. et al. (2022) New records of buttonquails (Aves, Charadriiformes, Turnicidae) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe.


 * Degrange, F.J. (2022) A new species of Dryornis (Aves, Cathartiformes) from the Santa Cruz Formation (lower Miocene), Patagonia, Argentina.


 * DeRaad, D.A. et al. (2022) Population connectivity across a highly fragmented distribution: Phylogeography of the Chalcophaps doves.


 * Ernst, M. et al. (2022) Utilizing museomics to trace the complex history and species boundaries in an avian-study system of conservation concern.


 * Fasanelli, M.N. et al. (2022) Allometry, sexual selection and evolutionary lines of least resistance shaped the evolution of exaggerated sexual traits within the genus Tyrannus.


 * Garcia-Porta, J. et al. (2022) Niche expansion and adaptive divergence in the global radiation of crows and ravens.


 * Gatesy, J. & Springer, M.S. (2022) Phylogenomic Coalescent Analyses of Avian Retroelements Infer Zero-Length Branches at the Base of Neoaves, Emergent Support for Controversial Clades, and Ancient Introgressive Hybridization in Afroaves.


 * Gibb, G.C. & Shepherd, L.D. (2022) Recent evolution of extreme sexual dimorphism in the huia (Heteralocha acutirostris; Callaeidae).


 * Gordon, E.L. et al. (2022) Protein Structure, Models of Sequence Evolution, and Data Type Effects in Phylogenetic Analyses of Mitochondrial Data: A Case Study in Birds.


 * Guan, X. et al. (2022) The evolution of courtship displays in Galliformes.


 * Guillerme, T. et al. (2022) Innovation and elaboration on the avian tree of life.


 * Gutherz, S.M. & O'Connor, P.M. (2022) Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in non-aquatic neoavians: Insights from accipitrimorphae.


 * Hay, E.M. et al. (2022) Geographic range size and speciation in honeyeaters.


 * He, Y. et al. (2022) Deep learning image segmentation reveals patterns of UV reflectance evolution in passerine birds.


 * Heers, A.M. et al. (2022) Where is WAIR (and other wing-assisted behaviours)? Essentially everywhere: a response to Kuznetsov and Panyutina (2022).


 * Hiroshige, M. & Yoshikazu, H. (2022) Annakacygna, a new genus for two remarkable flightless swans (Aves, Anatidae, Cygnini) from the Miocene of Gunma, central Japan: With a note on the birds’ food niche shift and specialization of wings for parental care actions.


 * Hu, H. et al. (2022) Cranial osteology and palaeobiology of the Early Cretaceous bird Jeholornis prima (Aves: Jeholornithiformes).


 * Hu, H. et al. (2022) Earliest evidence for frugivory and seed dispersal by birds.


 * Jadwiszczak, P. et al. (2022) An integrative insight into the synsacral canal of fossil and extant Antarctic penguins.


 * Ji, Y. et al. (2022) Orthologous microsatellites, transposable elements, and DNA deletions correlate with generation time and body mass in neoavian birds.


 * Kakhki, N.A. et al. (2022) A Phylogenomic Assessment of Processes Underpinning Convergent Evolution in Open-Habitat Chats.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2022) Osteology and neuroanatomy of a phasianid (Aves: Galliformes) from the Miocene of Nebraska.


 * Kuznetsov, A.N. & Panyutina, A.A. (2022) Where was WAIR in avian flight evolution?.


 * Li, Z. et al. (2022) Novel evolution of a hyper-elongated tongue in a Cretaceous enantiornithine from China and the evolution of the hyolingual apparatus and feeding in birds.


 * Li, Z. et al. (2022) Early evolution of diurnal habits in owls (Aves, Strigiformes) documented by a new and exquisitely preserved Miocene owl fossil from China.


 * Liu, D. et al. (2022) Cranial and dental morphology in a bohaiornithid enantiornithine with information on its tooth replacement pattern.


 * Lum, D. et al. (2021) Tracking scientific discovery of avian phylogenetic diversity over 250 years.


 * Marugán-Lobón, J. & Chiappe, L.M. (2022) Ontogenetic niche shifts in the Mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2022) Early Eocene fossil illuminates the ancestral (diurnal) ecomorphology of owls and documents a mosaic evolution of the strigiform body plan.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2022) New fossils from the London Clay show that the Eocene Masillaraptoridae are stem group representatives of falcons (Aves, Falconiformes).


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2022) New species from the early Eocene London Clay suggest an undetected early Eocene diversity of the Leptosomiformes, an avian clade that includes a living fossil from Madagascar.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2022) Oldest fossil loon documents a pronounced ecomorphological shift in the evolution of gaviiform birds.


 * Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A.C. (2022) Psittacopedids and zygodactylids: The diverse and species-rich psittacopasserine birds from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2022) Nearly complete leg of an unusual, shelduck-sized anseriform bird from the earliest late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Germany).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2022) New bird remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA), including the first records of the Messelasturidae, Psittacopedidae, and Zygodactylidae from the Fisher/Sullivan site.


 * McCullough, J.M. et al. (2022) Wallacean and Melanesian Islands Promote Higher Rates of Diversification within the Global Passerine radiation Corvides.


 * McDonald, H.G. & Steadman, D.W. (2022) Fossil Flamingo (Phoenicopteriformes) from the Miocene (Hemingfordian) of Southern California, USA.


 * Menezes, J.C.T. & Palaoro, A.V. (2022) Flight hampers the evolution of weapons in birds.


 * Miller, C.S. et al. (2022) Diet of Mesozoic toothed birds (Longipterygidae) inferred from quantitative analysis of extant avian diet proxies.


 * Moncrieff, A.E. et al. (2022) Systematics of Lepidothrix manakins (Aves: Passeriformes: Pipridae) using RADcap markers.


 * Musher, L.J. et al. (2022) River network rearrangements promote speciation in lowland Amazonian birds.


 * Musser, G. & Clarke, J.A. (2022) A new Paleogene fossil and a new dataset for waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes) clarify phylogeny, ecological evolution, and avian evolution at the K-Pg Boundary.


 * Navalón, G. et al. (2022) Environmental signal in the evolutionary diversification of bird skeletons.


 * O' Connor, J.K. et al. (2022) Avian skulls represent a diverse ornithuromorph fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation, Gansu Province, China.


 * Obiol, J.F. et al. (2022) Palaeoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds.


 * Pavia, M. et al. (2022) The oldest fossil record of Buteo (Aves, Accipitridae) from the Late Miocene of Italy and its evolutionary implications.


 * Pelegrín, J.S. & Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. (2022) Evolutionary and Biogeographical History of Penguins (Sphenisciformes): Review of the Dispersal Patterns and Adaptations in a Geologic and Paleoecological Context.


 * Peñalba, J.V. et al. (2022)' Sustained plumage divergence despite weak genomic differentiation and broad sympatry in sister species of Australian woodswallows (Artamus spp.).


 * Peona, V. et al. (2022) Satellite DNA evolution in Corvoidea inferred from short and long reads.


 * Picasso, M.B.J. et al. (2022) An overview and update of South American and Antarctic fossil Rheidae and putative Ratitae (Aves, Palaeognathae).


 * Pittman, M. et al. (2022) Preserved soft anatomy confirms shoulder-powered upstroke of early theropod flyers, reveals enhanced early pygostylian upstroke, and explains early sternum loss.


 * Pujolar, J.M. et al. (2022) The formation of avian montane diversity across barriers and along elevational gradients.


 * Quaresma, T.F. et al. (2022) Diversification and species limits in scale-backed antbirds (Willisornis: Thamnophilidae), an Amazonian endemic lineage.


 * Salter, J.F. et al. (2022) Historical specimens and the limits of subspecies phylogenomics in the New World quails (Odontophoridae).


 * Sánchez-Marco, A. (2022) Two new Gypaetinae (Accipitridae, Aves) from the late Miocene of Spain.


 * Sangster, G. et al. (2022) Integrative taxonomy of eared nightjars (Aves: Lyncornis) underscores the complementarity of morphology, vocalizations and DNA evidence.


 * Sangster, G. et al. (2022) Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds.


 * Sangster, G. et al. (2022) Pteruthiidae and Erpornithidae (Aves: Corvides): two new family-group names for babbler-like outgroups of the vireos (Vireonidae).


 * Selvatti, A.P. et al. (2022) Southern hemisphere tectonics in the Cenozoic shaped the pantropical distribution of parrots and passerines.


 * Shogren, E.H. et al. (2022) Dancing drives evolution of sexual size dimorphism in manakins.


 * Simmons, M.P. et al. (2022) Gene-tree misrooting drives conflicts in phylogenomic coalescent analyses of palaeognath birds.


 * Smith, B.T. et al. (2022) Phylogenomic analysis of the parrots of the world distinguishes artifactual from biological sources of gene tree discordance.


 * Steell, E.M. et al. (2022) Comparative anatomy of the passerine carpometacarpus helps illuminate the early fossil record of crown Passeriformes.


 * Stelbrink, B. et al. (2022) Insights into the geographical origin and phylogeographical patterns of Paradisaea birds-of-paradise.


 * Tambussi, C.P. et al. (2023) An extinct owl (aves: strigidae) from the middle miocene of Patagonia.


 * Tennyson, A.J.D. et al. (2022) A New Species of Large Duck (Aves: Anatidae) from the Miocene of New Zealand.


 * Terrill, R.S. & Shultz, A.J. (2022) Feather function and the evolution of birds.


 * Verry, A.J.F. et al. (2022) Genetic evidence for post-glacial expansion from a southern refugium in the eastern moa (Emeus crassus).


 * Wang, M. et al. (2022) Insight into the evolutionary assemblage of cranial kinesis from a Cretaceous bird.


 * Wang, N. et al. (2022) Categorical edge-based analyses of phylogenomic data reveal conflicting signals for difficult relationships in the avian tree.


 * Wang, R. et al. (2022) A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode.


 * Wang, S. et al. (2022) Digital restoration of the pectoral girdles of two Early Cretaceous birds, and implications for early flight evolution.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2022) A new bohaiornithid-like bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China fills a gap in enantiornithine disparity.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2022) The first enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Longjiang Formation in the Great Khingan Range of Inner Mongolia.


 * Wei, C. et al. (2022) Cryptic species in a colorful genus: Integrative taxonomy of the bush robins (Aves, Muscicapidae, Tarsiger) suggests two overlooked species.


 * Westbury, M.V. et al. (2022) Genomic insights into the evolutionary relationships and demographic history of kiwi.


 * Widrig, K. & Field, D.J. (2022) The Evolution and Fossil Record of Palaeognathous Birds (Neornithes: Palaeognathae).


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2022) A swan-sized fossil anatid (Aves: Anatidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2022) Two new neoavian taxa with contrasting palaeobiogeographical implications from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna, New Zealand.


 * Xingjian, H. et al. (2022) Taphonomic properties of the foot claw sheath from an Early Cretaceous bird specimen Confuciusornis sanctus.


 * Yang, C. et al. (2022) Comparative mitogenomics of the genus Motacilla (Aves, Passeriformes) and its phylogenetic implications.


 * Zhao, M. et al. (2022) Exploring Conflicts in Whole Genome Phylogenetics: A Case Study within Manakins (Aves: Pipridae).


 * Zhao, T. et al. (2022) Scales in the Early Cretaceous bird Gansus from China provide evidence on the evolution of avian scales.


 * Zou, D. et al. (2022) Vulture Genomes Reveal Molecular Adaptations Underlying Obligate Scavenging and Low Levels of Genetic Diversity.

2021

 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. & Worthy, T.H. (2021) New data on the Vegavis iaai holotype from the Maastrichtian of Antarctica.


 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. et al. (2021) The skull of the Miocene Spheniscus urbinai (Aves, Sphenisciformes): osteology, brain morphology, and the cranial pneumatic systems.


 * Agnolin, F.L. (2021) Reappraisal on the Phylogenetic Relationships of the Enigmatic Flightless Bird (Brontornis burmeisteri) Moreno and Mercerat, 1891


 * Almeida, F.C. et al. (2021) The evolution of tinamous (Palaeognathae: Tinamidae) in light of molecular and combined analyses.


 * Atterholt, J. et al. (2021) Intraskeletal osteohistovariability reveals complex growth strategies in a Late Cretaceous enantiornithine.


 * Ausprey, I.J. (2021) Adaptations to light contribute to the ecological niches and evolution of the terrestrial avifauna.


 * Bailleul, A.M. & Zhou, Z. et al. (2021) SEM Analyses of Fossilized Chondrocytes in the Extinct Birds Yanornis and Confuciusornis: Insights on Taphonomy and Modes of Preservation in the Jehol Biota.


 * Bell, A. et al. (2021) Quantitative Analysis of Morphometric Data of Pre-modern Birds: Phylogenetic Versus Ecological Signal.


 * Bochenski, Z.M. et al. (2021) A new passeriform (Aves: Passeriformes) from the early Oligocene of Poland sheds light on the beginnings of Suboscines.


 * Boev, Z.N. (2020) A little dabbling duck (Anatini Vigors, 1825 - Anseriformes Wagler, 1831) from the late Miocene of Kremikovtsi (Bulgaria).


 * Boev, Z.N. & Bozukov, V. (2021) Satovcha (Blagoevgrad District, SW Bulgaria), a new middle Miocene avian locality.


 * Boev, Z.N. & Milošević, S. (2020) Late Pleistocene Avifauna of the Pešturina Cave (Nišava District, SE Serbia) and its Implications for Late Pleistocene Refugia in the Central Balkans.


 * Brady, S.S. et al. (2021) Systematics and biogeography of the whistlers (Aves: Pachycephalidae) inferred from ultraconserved elements and ancestral area reconstruction.


 * Braun, E.L. & Kimball, R.T. (2021) Data Types and the Phylogeny of Neoaves.


 * Brocklehurst, N. & Field, D.J. (2021) Macroevolutionary dynamics of dentition in Mesozoic birds reveal no long-term selection towards tooth loss.


 * Buffetaut, E. & Angst, D. (2021) A Giant Ostrich from the Lower Pleistocene Nihewan Formation of North China, with a Review of the Fossil Ostriches of China.


 * Buffetaut, E. & Angst, D. (2021) Macrornis tanaupus Seeley, 1866: an enigmatic giant bird from the upper Eocene of England.


 * Buffetaut, E. & De Ploëg, G. (2020) Giant birds from the uppermost Paleocene of Rivecourt (Oise, Northern France).


 * Cai, T. et al. (2021) Biogeography and diversification of Old World buntings (Aves: Emberizidae): radiation in open habitats.


 * Campbell, K.E. & Bochenski, Z.M. (2021) A review of the woodpeckers (Aves: Piciformes) from the asphalt deposits of Rancho La Brea, California, with the description of three new species.


 * Carvalho, I. et al. (2021) A new ornithuromorph bird from the Lower Cretaceous of South America.


 * Cenizo, M. et al. (2021) First Pleistocene South American Teratornithidae (Aves): new insights into the late evolutionary history of teratorns.


 * Chen, D. et al. (2021) Divergence time estimation of Galliformes based on the best gene shopping scheme of ultraconserved elements.


 * Chinsamy, A. & Worthy, T.H. (2021) Histovariability and Palaeobiological Implications of the Bone Histology of the Dromornithid, Genyornis newtoni.


 * Clark, A.D. & O'Connor, J. (2021) Exploring the Ecomorphology of Two Cretaceous Enantiornithines With Unique Pedal Morphology.


 * Costa, T.V.V. et al. (2021) Phylogenetic analysis of the nocturnal avian family Nyctibiidae (Caprimulgiformes) inferred from osteological characters.


 * Cubo, J. et al. (2021) Palaeohistological inferences of resting metabolic rates in Concornis and Iberomesornis (Enantiornithes, Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas (Spain).


 * Degrange, F.J. (2021) A Revision of Skull Morphology In Phorusrhacidae (Aves, Cariamiformes).


 * Degrange, F.J. et al. (2021) A new buzzard from the late Pliocene of Argentina.


 * Degrange, F.J. et al. (2021) Phylogenetic affinities and morphology of the Pliocene cathartiform Dryornis pampeanus Moreno & Mercerat.


 * Degrange, F.J. et al. (2021) Unexpected larger distribution of Paleogene stem-rollers (Aves, Coracii): new evidence from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Drummond-Tennyson, A.J. et al. (2021) A new fossil species of kiwi (Aves: Apterygidae) from the mid-Pleistocene of New Zealand.


 * Duchene, D.A. et al. (2021) Flight demand and environmental niche are associated with molecular evolutionary rates in a large avian radiation.


 * Duhamel, A. & Louchart, A. (2021) A look at the Oligocene fossil avifauna of the Parc du Luberon and its paleobiological implications, incorporating new fossil data.


 * El Adli, J.J. et al. (2021) The earliest recorded fossil pelican, recovered from the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt.


 * Eliason, C.D. et al. (2021) Accelerated Brain Shape Evolution Is Associated with Rapid Diversification in an Avian Radiation.


 * Estandía, A. et al. (2021) Substitution Rate Variation in a Robust Procellariiform Seabird Phylogeny is not Solely Explained by Body Mass, Flight Efficiency, Population Size or Life History Traits.


 * Foth, C. et al. (2021) A juvenile specimen of Archaeorhynchus sheds new light on the ontogeny of basal euornithines.


 * García-Navas, V. et al. (2021) Trophic niche shifts and phenotypic trait evolution are largely decoupled in Australasian parrots.


 * Garcia-R. J.C. & Matzke, N.J. (2021) Trait-dependent dispersal in rails (Aves: Rallidae): historical biogeography of a cosmopolitan bird clade.


 * Giovanardi, S. et al. (2021) A giant Oligocene fossil penguin from the North Island of New Zealand.


 * González-Barba, G. et al. (2021) First Neogene record of Pelecanus (Aves: Pelecanidae) from México.


 * Handley, W.D. & Worthy, T.H. (2021) Endocranial Anatomy of the Giant Extinct Australian Mihirung Birds (Aves, Dromornithidae).


 * Happ, J. et al. (2021) Two passeriform birds (Aves: Passeriformes) from the Middle Miocene of Austria.


 * Heingård, M. et al. (2021) New Remains of Scandiavis mikkelseni Inform Avian Phylogenetic Relationships and Brain Evolution.


 * Jadwiszczak, P. et al. (2021) A new small-sized penguin from the late Eocene of Seymour Island with additional material of Mesetaornis polaris.


 * Jha, A. et al. (2021) Phylogeny identifies multiple colonisation events and Miocene aridification as drivers of South Asian bulbul (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) diversification.


 * Johnson, O. et al. (2021) Systematics of a Neotropical clade of dead-leaf-foraging antwrens (Aves: Thamnophilidae; Epinecrophylla).


 * Ju, S. et al. (2021) A reassessment of Iteravis huchzermeyeri and Gansus zheni from the Jehol Biota in western Liaoning, China.


 * Kang, S.H. et al. (2021) First report of bird tracks (Ignotornis seoungjoseoi ichnosp. nov.) from the Jinju Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Sacheon City, Korea.


 * Kawabe, S. et al. (2021) New record of a rostrum of waterbird (Aves, Suliformes) from the Oligocene of Ashiya Group in Ainoshima Island, Kyushu, Japan.


 * Kennedy J.D. et al. (2021) Peripheral eco‐morphology predicts restricted lineage diversification and endemism among corvoid passerine birds.


 * Kiat, Y. et al. (2021) Body mass and geographic distribution determined the evolution of the wing flight-feather molt strategy in the Neornithes lineage.


 * Kimball, R.T. et al. (2021) A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths.


 * Kirchman, J.J. et al. (2021) Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification.


 * Lavretsky, P. et al. (2021) Phylogenomics reveals ancient and contemporary gene flow contributing to the evolutionary history of sea ducks (Tribe Mergini).


 * Leite, R.N. et al. (2021) Phylogenomics of manakins (Aves: Pipridae) using alternative locus filtering strategies based on informativeness.


 * Liu, S. et al. (2021) Investigating possible gastroliths in a referred specimen of Bohaiornis guoi (Aves: Enantiornithes).


 * Louchart, A. & Duhamel, A. (2021) A new fossil from the early Oligocene of Provence (France) increases the diversity of early Gruoidea and adds constraint on the origin of cranes (Gruidae) and limpkin (Aramidae).


 * Louchart, A. et al. (2021) The True Identity of Putative Tooth Alveoli in a Cenozoic Crown Bird, the Gastornithid Omorhamphus.


 * Lowi-Merri, T.M. et al. (2021) The relationship between sternum variation and mode of locomotion in birds.


 * Mather, E.K. et al. (2021) An exceptional partial skeleton of a new basal raptor (Aves: Accipitridae) from the late Oligocene Namba formation, South Australia.
 * Mayr, G. (2021) A partial skeleton of a new species of Tynskya Mayr, 2000 (Aves, Messelasturidae) from the London Clay highlights the osteological distinctness of a poorly known early Eocene “owl/parrot mosaic”.


 * Mayr, G. (2021) A partial skeleton of Septencoracias from the early Eocene London Clay reveals derived features of bee-eaters (Meropidae) in a putative stem group roller (Aves, Coracii).


 * Mayr, G. (2021) A remarkably complete skeleton from the London Clay provides insights into the morphology and diversity of early Eocene zygodactyl near-passerine birds.


 * Mayr, G. (2021) An early Eocene fossil from the British London Clay elucidates the evolutionary history of the enigmatic Archaeotrogonidae (Aves, Strisores).


 * Mayr, G. (2021) The coracoscapular joint of neornithine birds—extensive homoplasy in a widely neglected articular surface of the avian pectoral girdle and its possible functional correlates.


 * Mayr, G. & Goedert, J.L. (2021) New late Eocene and Oligocene plotopterid fossils from Washington State (USA), with a revision of “Tonsala” buchanani (Aves, Plotopteridae).


 * Mayr, G. & Zelenkov, N. (2021) Extinct crane-like birds (Eogruidae and Ergilornithidae) from the Cenozoic of Central Asia are indeed ostrich precursors.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2021) Cranium of an Eocene/Oligocene pheasant-sized galliform bird from western North America, with the description of a vascular autapomorphy of the Galliformes.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2021) New bird remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA), including the first records of the Messelasturidae, Psittacopedidae, and Zygodactylidae from the Fisher/Sullivan site.


 * McEntee, J.P. et al. (2022) Punctuated evolution in the learned songs of African sunbirds.


 * Milá, B. et al. (2021) A new, undescribed species of Melanocharis berrypecker from western New Guinea and the evolutionary history of the family Melanocharitidae.


 * Miller, C.V. & Pittman, M. (2012) The diet of early birds based on modern and fossil evidence and a new framework for its reconstruction.


 * Mitchell, K.J. et al. (2021) Disparate origins for endemic bird taxa from the ‘Gondwana Rainforests’ of Central Eastern Australia.


 * Monfroy, Q.T. & Kundrát, M. (2021) The osteohistological variability in the evolution of basal avialans.


 * Monfroy, Q.T. et al. (2021) Formation and growth of bones of Yanornis martini.


 * Monfroy, Q.T. et al. (2021) Synchrotron microtomography-based osteohistology of Gansus yumenensis: new data on the evolution of uninterrupted bone deposition in basal birds.


 * Mori, H. & Miyata, K. (2021) Early Plotopteridae Specimens (Aves) from the Itanoura and Kakinoura Formations (Latest Eocene to Early Oligocene), Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture, Western Japan.


 * Navalón, G. et al. (2021) Craniofacial development illuminates the evolution of nightbirds (Strisores).


 * Nebreda, S.M. et al. (2021) Dinosaur-bird’ macroevolution, locomotor modules and the origins of flight.


 * Manuel Pérez-Pueyo et al. (2021) First record of a giant bird (Ornithuromorpha) from the uppermost Maastrichtian of the Southern Pyrenees, northeast Spain.


 * Nordén, K.K. et al. (2021) Evolution of brilliant iridescent feather nanostructures.


 * Nováková, N. & Robovský, J. (2021) Behaviour of cranes (family Gruidae) mirrors their phylogenetic relationships.


 * Päckert, M. et al. (2021) A revised multilocus phylogeny of Old World sparrows (Aves: Passeridae).


 * Pan, Y. et al. (2021) Unambiguous evidence of brilliant iridescent feather color from hollow melanosomes in an Early Cretaceous bird.


 * Pérez-Pueyo, M. et al. (2021) First record of a giant bird (Ornithuromorpha) from the uppermost Maastrichtian of the Southern Pyrenees, northeast Spain.


 * Piro, A. & Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. (2021) A new petrel (Aves: Procellariidae) from the early Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina).


 * Ramírez-Castro, J.M. & Reynoso,V.H. (2021) New bird records for the Late Pleistocene of the American continent recovered in Central México and their paleogeographic implications.


 * Sánchez-Marco, A. (2021) Old and new fossil birds from the Spanish Miocene.


 * Sangster, G. & Luksenburg, J.A. (2021) Scientific data laundering: chimeric mitogenomes of a sparrowhawk and a nightjar covered-up by forged phylogenies.


 * Sangster G. & Mayr G. (2021) Feraequornithes: a name for the clade formed by Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes (Aves).


 * Serrano-Brañas, C.I. et al. (2021) New insights on the avian trace fossil record from NE Mexico: Evidences on the diversity of latest Maastrichtian web-footed bird tracks.


 * Smith, N.A. et al. (2021) Convergent evolution in dippers (Aves, Cinclidae): The only wing-propelled diving songbirds.


 * Singhal, S. et al. (2021) The dynamics of introgression across an avian radiation.


 * Stidham, T.A & O'Connor, J.K. (2021) The evolutionary and functional implications of the unusual quadrate of Longipteryx chaoyangensis (Avialae: Enantiornithes) from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China.


 * Tennyson, A.J. & Tomotani, B.M. (2021) A new fossil species of Procellaria (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Pliocene of New Zealand.


 * Torres, C.R. et al. (2021) Bird neurocranial and body mass evolution across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction: The avian brain shape left other dinosaurs behind.


 * Tsai, C.-H. & Mayr, G. (2021) A phasianid bird from the Pleistocene of Tainan: the very first avian fossil from Taiwan.


 * Urantówka, A.D. et al. (2021) Mitogenomes of Accipitriformes and Cathartiformes Were Subjected to Ancestral and Recent Duplications Followed by Gradual Degeneration.


 * Van Dijk, A. et al. (2021) Imprints of tropical niche conservatism and historical dispersal in the radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves: Passeriformes).


 * Vázquez-Mirandaa, H. & Barker, F.K. (2021) Autosomal, sex-linked and mitochondrial loci resolve evolutionary relationships among wrens in the genus Campylorhynchus.


 * Walsh, J. et al. (2021) Genomic data reveal the biogeographical and demographic history of Ammospiza sparrows in northeast tidal marshes.


 * Wang, J.Y. et al. (2021) A new jeholornithiform identified from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2021) An Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with a pintail.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2021) Cretaceous bird with dinosaur skull sheds light on avian cranial evolution.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2021) The patterns and modes of the evolution of disparity in Mesozoic birds.


 * Wang, Z.-J. et al. (2021) Dynamic evolution of transposable elements, demographic history, and gene content of paleognathous birds.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2021) A new species of Manuherikia (Aves: Anatidae) provides evidence of faunal turnover in the St Bathans fauna, new zealand.


 * Wu, Q. et al. (2021) Osteohistology of the scapulocoracoid of Confuciusornis and preliminary analysis of the shoulder joint in Aves.


 * Wu, Y. (2021) Molecular phyloecology suggests a trophic shift concurrent with the evolution of the first birds.


 * Wu, Y.-H. et al. (2021) Dental replacement in Mesozoic birds: evidence from newly discovered Brazilian enantiornithines.


 * Xu, L. et al. (2021) A new, remarkably preserved, enantiornithine bird from the Upper Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Henan (central China) and convergent evolution between enantiornithines and modern birds.


 * Yu, Y. et al. (2021) Deep time diversity and the early radiations of birds.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2021) A revision of the Palaeocene-Eocene Mongolian Presbyornithidae (Aves: Anseriformes).


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & González, S.F. (2021) A new extinct species of Margarobyas (Strigiformes) and the evolutionary history of the endemic Cuban bare-legged owl (M. lawrencii).


 * Zenil-Ferguson, R. et al. (2021) The Evolution of Nest Site Specialization and its Macroevolutionary Consequences in Passerine Birds.


 * Zhang, C. (2021) Selecting and averaging relaxed clock models in Bayesian tip dating of Mesozoic birds.


 * Zhao, T. et al. (2021) Foot scales in the Early Cretaceous bird Gansus yumenensis from China.


 * Zhi-Heng, L. et al. (2012) Exceptional preservation of an extinct ostrich from the Late Miocene Linxia Basin of China.


 * Zhou, Y.-C. et al. (2021) Evolution of tooth crown shape in Mesozoic birds, and its adaptive significance with respect to diet.

2020

 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. et al. (2020) The fossil record of birds from the James Ross Basin, West Antarctica.


 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. & Reguero, M. (2020) Additional Pelagornithidae remains from Seymour Island, Antarctica.


 * Alarcón-Muñoz, J. et al. (2020) The late Pleistocene-early Holocene rails (Gruiformes: Rallidae) of Laguna de Tagua Tagua Formation, central Chile, with the description of a new extinct giant coot.


 * Alström, P. et al. (2020) Multiple species delimitation approaches applied to the avian lark genus Alaudala.


 * Bailleul, A.M. et al. (2020) Confirmation of ovarian follicles in an enantiornithine (Aves) from the Jehol biota using soft tissue analyses.


 * Bell, A. & Chiappe, L.M. (2020) Anatomy of Parahesperornis: Evolutionary Mosaicism in the Cretaceous Hesperornithiformes (Aves).


 * Boev, Z.N. (2020) First European Neogene record of true pheasants from Gorna Sushitsa (SW Bulgaria).


 * Boev, Z.N. (2020) Fossil and subfossil records and recent status of shrikes (Passeriformes: Laniidae) in Bulgaria.


 * Cadena, C.D. et al. (2020) Systematics, biogeography, and diversification of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), an enigmatic radiation of Neotropical montane birds.


 * Cai, T. et al. (2020) The role of evolutionary time, diversification rates and dispersal in determining the global diversity of a large radiation of passerine birds.


 * Carney, R.M. et al. (2020) Evidence corroborates identity of isolated fossil feather as a wing covert of Archaeopteryx.


 * Chávez-Hoffmeister, M. et al. (2020) Bill disparity and feeding strategies among fossil and modern penguins.


 * Chen, A. & Field, D.J. (2020) Phylogenetic definitions for Caprimulgimorphae (Aves) and major constituent clades under the International Code of Phylogenetic Nomenclature.


 * Chesser, R.T. et al. (2020) A revised classification of the Xolmiini (Aves: Tyrannidae: Fluvicolinae), including a new genus for Muscisaxicola fluviatilis.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2020) Anatomy and Flight Performance of the Early Enantiornithine Bird Protopteryx fengningensis: Information from New Specimens of the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of China.


 * Chinsamy, A. et al. (2020) Bone histology yields insights into the biology of the extinct elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) from Madagascar.


 * Chinsamy, A. et al. (2020) Osteohistology and Life History of the Basal Pygostylian, Confuciusornis sanctus.


 * Cordes-Person et al. (2020) An enigmatic bird from the lower Maastrichtian of Vega Island, Antarctica.


 * De Mendoza, R.S. et al. (2020) The lacrimal/ectethmoid region of waterfowl (Aves, Anseriformes): Phylogenetic signal and major evolutionary patterns


 * De Pietri, V.L. et al. (2020) A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia.


 * De Pietri, V.L. et al. (2020) The unexpected survival of an ancient lineage of anseriform birds into the Neogene of Australia: the youngest record of Presbyornithidae.


 * Diederle, J.M. & Ignacio Noriega, J.I. (2020) New Records Of Birds In The Santa Cruz Formation (Early-Middle Miocene) At The Río Santa Cruz Valley, Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Dos Santos, M. et al. (2020) Chromosomal evolution and phylogenetic considerations in cuckoos (Aves, Cuculiformes, Cuculidae).


 * Du Toit, C.J. et al. (2020) Cretaceous origins of the vibrotactile bill-tip organ in birds.


 * Duchene, D.A. et al. (2020) Wing shape and environmental energy are associated with molecular evolutionary rates in a large avian radiation.


 * Duhamel, A. et al. (2020) An early Oligocene stem Galbulae (jacamars and puffbirds) from southern France, and the position of the Paleogene family Sylphornithidae.


 * Duhamel, A. et al. (2020) Cranial evolution in the extinct Rodrigues Island owl Otus murivorus (Strigidae), associated with unexpected ecological adaptations.


 * Feng, S. et al. (2020) Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.


 * Field, D.J. et al. (2020) Early Evolution of Modern Birds Structured by Global Forest Collapse at the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction.


 * Field, D.J. et al. (2020) Late Cretaceous neornithine from Europe illuminates the origins of crown birds.


 * Garcia, M. et al. (2020) Evolution of communication signals and information during species radiation.


 * Garcia-R, J.C. et al. (2020) Phylogenomic Reconstruction Sheds Light on New Relationships and Timescale of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) Evolution.


 * Gaspar, J. et al. (2020) Convergent morphological responses to loss of flight in rails (Aves: Rallidae).


 * Guilherme, E. et al. (2020) New material of Anhingidae (Aves: Suliformes) from the upper Miocene of the Amazon, Brazil.


 * Harvey, M.G. et al. (2020) The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot.


 * Helm, C.W. et al. (2020) Large Pleistocene avian tracks on the Cape south coast of South Africa.


 * Hernández-Baños, B.E. et al. (2020) Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of a subclade of Mesoamerican emerald hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae: Trochilini).


 * Hosner, P.A. et al. (2020) Phylogeny and diversification of the gallopheasants (Aves: Galliformes): Testing roles of sexual selection and environmental niche divergence.


 * Houde, P. et al. (2020) Deep-Time Demographic Inference Suggests Ecological Release as Driver of Neoavian Adaptive Radiation.


 * Hu, H. et al. (2020) Cranial osteology of the Early Cretaceous Sapeornis chaoyangensis (Aves: Pygostylia).


 * Hu, H. et al. (2020) Evolution of the vomer and its implications for cranial kinesis in Paraves.


 * Hu, H. et al. (2020) New anatomical information on the bohaiornithid Longusunguis and the presence of a plesiomorphic diapsid skull in Enantiornithes.


 * Jones, W.W. et al. (2020) First report of large cathartids (Aves, Cathartidae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay.


 * Kampouridis, P. et al. (2020) First description of an ostrich from the late Miocene of Kerassia (Euboea, Greece): remarks on its cervical anatomy.


 * Kaye, T.G. et al. (2020) Archaeopteryx feather sheaths reveal sequential center-out flight-related molting strategy.


 * Kaye, T.G. et al. (2020) Detection of lost calamus challenges identity of isolated Archaeopteryx feather.


 * Kearns, A.M.et al. (2020) Nuclear introns help unravel the diversification history of the Australo-Pacific Petroica robins.


 * Kennedy, J.D. et al. (2020) Peripheral eco‐morphology predicts restricted lineage diversification and endemism among corvoid passerine birds.


 * Kenshu Shimada, K. & Hanks, H.D. (2020) Shark-Bitten Hesperornithiform Bird Bone from a Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Marine Deposit of Northeastern South Dakota, U.S.A.


 * Kessler, E. (2020) Evolution of songbirds (Passeriformes) and their presence in the Neogene and the Quaternary in the Carpathian Basin.


 * Khosla, A. et al. (2020) Comparative morphotaxonomical affinities, palaeoecological implications and cladistic analyses of ornithoid eggshells (oofamily Laevisoolithidae) from the Late Cretaceous intertrappean beds of Anjar, District Kachchh, Gujarat, India.


 * Kloess, P.A. et al. (2020) Earliest fossils of giant-sized bony-toothed birds (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica.


 * Krabbe, N.K. et al. (2020) Untangling cryptic diversity in the High Andes: Revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru reveals three new species.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2020) Tempo and Pattern of Avian Brain Size Evolution.


 * Kuhl, H. et al. (2020) An Unbiased Molecular Approach Using 3′-UTRs Resolves the Avian Family-Level Tree of Life.


 * Li, Z. et al. (2020) Evidence of Late Miocene Peri-Tibetan Aridification From the Oldest Asian Species of Sandgrouse (Aves: Pteroclidae)


 * Machac, A. (2020) The Dynamics of Bird Diversity in the New World.


 * Mariadassou, M. et al. (2020) Unraveling the history of the genus Gallus through whole genome sequencing.


 * Matloff, L.Y. et al. (2020) How flight feathers stick together to form a continuous morphing wing.


 * Mayr, G. (2020) An updated review of the middle Eocene avifauna from the Geiseltal (Germany), with comments on the unusual taphonomy of some bird remains.


 * Mayr, G. & Hurum, J.H. (2020) A tiny, long-legged raptor from the early Oligocene of Poland may be the earliest bird-eating diurnal bird of prey.


 * Mayr, G. & Manegold, A. (2020) On the comparative morphology of the juvenile avian skull: An assessment of squamosal shape across avian higher‐level taxa.


 * Mayr, G. & Perner, T. (2020) A new species of diurnal birds of prey from the late Eocene of Wyoming (USA) â one of the earliest New World records of the Accipitridae (hawks, eagles, and allies).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2020) A skull of a very large crane from the late Miocene of Southern Germany, with notes on the phylogenetic interrelationships of extant Gruinae.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2020) A well-preserved pelvis from the Maastrichtian of Romania suggests that the enigmatic Gargantuavis is neither an ornithurine bird nor an insular endemic.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2020) Comparative osteology of the penguin‐like mid‐Cenozoic Plotopteridae and the earliest true fossil penguins, with comments on the origins of wing‐propelled diving.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2020) First Complete Wing of a Stem Group Sphenisciform from the Paleocene of New Zealand Sheds Light on the Evolution of the Penguin Flipper


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2020) Reanalysis of putative ovarian follicles suggests that Early Cretaceous birds were feeding not breeding.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2020) Skeleton of a new owl from the early Eocene of North America (Aves, Strigiformes) with an accipitrid-like foot morphology.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2020) The large-sized darter Anhinga pannonica (Aves, Anhingidae) from the late Miocene hominid Hammerschmiede locality in Southern Germany.


 * McInerney, P.L. et al. (2002) The phylogenetic significance of the morphology of the syrinx, hyoid and larynx, of the southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius (Aves, Palaeognathae).


 * Mejías, M.A. et al. (2020) Relationships of song structure to phylogenetic history, habitat, and morphology in the vireos, greenlets, and allies (Passeriformes: Vireonidae).


 * Melchor, R.N. et al. (2020) Avian diversity and behavior in an Eocene coastal plain, Svalbard: the ichnological evidence.


 * Meza-Vélez, I. (2020) Swimming capacity of the fossil penguin Inkayacu paracasensis Clarke, 2010 (Aves: Spheniscidae) with the basal or standard metabolic rate.


 * Meza-Vélez, I. (2020) Allometric reconstruction of the flight capacity of Pelagornis chilensis Mayr & Rubilar-Rogers, 2010 (Aves: Pelagornithidae).


 * Mikhailov, K.E. & Zelenkov, N. (2020) The late Cenozoic history of the ostriches (Aves: Struthionidae), as revealed by fossil eggshell and bone remains.


 * Miller, C.S. et al. (2020) Disassociated rhamphotheca of fossil bird Confuciusornis informs early beak reconstruction, stress regime, and developmental patterns.


 * Mohr, S.R. et al. (2020) An ornithurine bird coracoid from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada.


 * Mori, H. & Miyata, K. (2020) Early Plotopteridae specimens (Aves) from the Itanoura and Kakinoura Formations (latest Eocene to early Oligocene), Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture, western Japan.


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. & Bourdon, E. (2020) Description of a new species of Gastornis (Aves, Gastornithiformes) from the early Eocene of La Borie, southwestern France.


 * Musser, G. & Clarke, J.A. (2020) An Exceptionally Preserved Specimen From the Green River Formation Elucidates Complex Phenotypic Evolution in Gruiformes and Charadriiformes.


 * Musser, G. et al. (2020) A new species of Eogruidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Miocene of the Linxia Basin, Gansu, China: Evolutionary and climatic implications.


 * Nagy, J. (2020) Biologia Futura: rapid diversification and behavioural adaptation of birds in response to Oligocene–Miocene climatic conditions.


 * O’Connor, P.M. et al. (2020) Late Cretaceous bird from Madagascar reveals unique development of beaks.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2020) First report of immature feathers in juvenile enantiornithines from the Early Cretaceous Jehol avifauna.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2020) New information on the plumage of Protopteryx (Aves: Enantiornithes) from a new specimen.


 * Ohashi, T. & Hasegawa, Y. (2020) New Species of Plotopteridae (Aves) from the Oligocene Ashiya Group of Northern Kyushu, Japan.


 * Ohlson, J.I. et al. (2020) (2020) A revised classification of the fluvicoline tyrant flycatchers (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Fluvicolinae).


 * Oliver, P.M. et al. (2020) Oligocene divergence of frogmouth birds (Podargidae) across Wallace's Line.


 * Olsson, U. & Alström, P. (2020 A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae).


 * Pei, R. et al. (2020) Powered flight potential approached by wide range of close avian relatives but achieved selectively.


 * Perktaş, U. et al. (2020) Phylogeography, Species Limits, Phylogeny, and Classification of the Turacos (Aves: Musophagidae) Based on Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences.


 * Phillips, A.G. (2020) Rates of ecomorphological trait evolution in passerine bird clades are independent of age.


 * Pigot, A.L. et al. (2020) Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds.


 * Plateau, O. & Foth, C. (2020) Birds have peramorphic skulls, too: anatomical network analyses reveal oppositional heterochronies in avian skull evolution.


 * Posso, S.R. et al. (2020) Phylogeny and classification of the Bucconidae (Aves, Galbuliformes) based on osteological characters.


 * Provini, P. & Höfling, E. (2020) To Hop or Not to Hop? The Answer Is in the Bird Trees.


 * Rashid, D.J. et al. (2020) Distal spinal nerve development and divergence of avian groups.


 * Rezende, E.L. et al. (2020) Shrinking dinosaurs and the evolution of endothermy in birds.


 * Riamon, S. et al. (2020) Bucerotidae from the early Miocene of Napak, Uganda (East Africa): The earliest hornbill with a modern‐type beak.


 * Riamon, S. et al. (2020) The earliest Tyrannida (Aves, Passeriformes), from the Oligocene of France.


 * Roy, A. et al. (2020) Three-dimensionally preserved ‘Stage IIIb’ fossil down feather supports developmental modularity in feather evolution.


 * Ruaux, G. et al. (2020) The development of flight behaviours in birds.


 * Salter, J.F. et al. (2020) Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae).


 * Serrano, F.J. et al. (2020) Morphological Disparity of the Humerus in Modern Birds.


 * Settlecowski, A.E. et al. (2020) Investigating the utility of traditional and genomic multi-locus datasets to resolve relationships in Lipaugus and Tijuca (Cotingidae).


 * Santana, A. et al. (2020) Molecular systematics, species limits, and diversification of the genus Dendrocolaptes (Aves: Furnariidae): Insights on biotic exchanges between dry and humid forest types in the Neotropics.


 * Shimada, K. & Hanks, H.D. (2020) Shark-Bitten Hesperornithiform Bird Bone from a Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Marine Deposit of Northeastern South Dakota, U.S.A.


 * Silva, S.M. et al. (2020) Phylogeny and systematics of Chiroxiphia and Antilophia manakins (Aves, Pipridae).


 * Skawiński, T. et al. (2020) Postnatal ossification sequences in Acrocephalus scirpaceus and Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Aves: Neognathae): The precocial–altricial spectrum and evolution of compound bones in birds.


 * Smith, N.A. et al. (2020) The First Fossil Owl (Aves, Strigiformes) From the Paleogene of Africa.


 * Stanchak, K.E. et al. (2020) The balance hypothesis for the avian lumbosacral organ and an exploration of its morphological variation.


 * Steadman, D.W. and O.M. Takano (2020) A new genus and species of pigeon (Aves, Columbidae) from the Kingdom of Tonga, with an evaluation of hindlimb osteology of columbids from Oceania.


 * Stidham, T.A. et al. (2020) Evidence for Wide Dispersal in a Stem Galliform Clade from a New Small-Sized Middle Eocene Pangalliform (Aves: Paraortygidae) from the Uinta Basin of Utah (USA).


 * Suárez, W. (2020) Remarks on extinct giant owls (Strigidae) from Cuba, with description of a new species of Ornimegalonyx Arredondo.


 * Suárez, W. & Olson, S.L. (2020) Systematics and distribution of the living and fossil small barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae).


 * Tanaka, T. et al. (2020) A marine hesperornithiform (Avialae: Ornithuromorpha) from the Maastrichtian of Japan: Implications for the paleoecological diversity of the earliest diving birds in the end of the Cretaceous.


 * Tambussi, C.P. et al. (2020) Avian remains from the Toro Negro Formation (Neogene), Central Andes of Argentina.


 * Thomas, D.B. et al. (2020) Ancient crested penguin constrains timing of recruitment into seabird hotspot.


 * Tobias, J.A. et al. (2020) Avian Diversity: Speciation, Macroevolution, and Ecological Function.


 * Torres, C.R. et al. (2021) Estimating Flight Style of Early Eocene Stem Palaeognath Bird Calciavis grandei (Lithornithidae).


 * Volkova, N.V. (2020) The first fossil barbet (Aves, Ramphastidae) from Siberia.


 * Wang, M. & Zhou, Z. (2020) Anatomy of a new specimen of Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Biota.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2020) Evolution and distribution of medullary bone: evidence from a new Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2020) New toothed Early Cretaceous ornithuromorph bird reveals intraclade diversity in pattern of tooth loss.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2020) Two new Early Cretaceous ornithuromorph birds provide insights into the taxonomy and divergence of Yanornithidae (Aves: Ornithothoraces).


 * Wang, X. et al. (2020) A new advanced ornithuromorph bird from Inner Mongolia documents the northernmost geographic distribution of the Jehol paleornithofauna in China.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2020) A new jeholornithiform exhibits the earliest appearance of the fused sternum and pelvis in the evolution of avialan dinosaurs.


 * Watanabe, J. et al. (2020) Seabirds (Aves) from the Pleistocene Kazusa and Shimosa groups, central Japan.


 * Watanabe, J. et al. (2020) Wing musculature reconstruction in extinct flightless auks (Pinguinus and Mancalla) reveals incomplete convergence with penguins (Spheniscidae) due to differing ancestral states.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al (2020) An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia.


 * Wu, Q. et al. (2020) Cartilage on the furculae of living birds and the extinct bird Confuciusornis: a preliminary analysis and implications for flight style inferences in Mesozoic birds.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2020) A New Enantiornithine (Aves) Preserved in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber Contributes to Growing Diversity of Cretaceous Plumage Patterns.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2020) A newly discovered enantiornithine foot preserved in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2020) An unusually large bird wing in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.


 * Zelenkov, N. (2020) Cenozoic Evolution of Eurasian Anatids (Aves: Anatidae s. l.).


 * Zelenkov, N. (2020) The First Fossil Tody (Aves: Todidae) from Cuba.


 * Zelenkov, N. (2020) The oldest diving anseriform bird from the late Eocene of Kazakhstan and the evolution of aquatic adaptations in the intertarsal joint of waterfowl.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2020) New information on the keratinous beak of Confuciusornis (Aves: Pygostylia) from two new specimens.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2020) Structure and possible ventilatory function of unusual, expanded sternal ribs in the Early Cretaceous bird Jeholornis.

2019

 * Abourachid, A. et al. (2019) Hoatzin nestling locomotion: Acquisition of quadrupedal limb coordination in birds.


 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. et al. (2019) The first skull of Anthropornis grandis (Aves, Sphenisciformes) associated with postcranial elements.


 * Agnolin, F.L. et al. (2019) Paravian Phylogeny and the Dinosaur-Bird Transition: An Overview.


 * Azuaje‐Rodríguez, R.A. et al. (2019) Molecular systematics of the Amazonian endemic genus Hylexetastes (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): taxonomic and conservation implications.


 * Bell, A. et al. (2019) Morphometric comparison of the Hesperornithiformes and modern diving birds.


 * Bishop, P.J. et al. (2019) The architecture of cancellous bone in the hindlimb of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes), with implications for stance and gait.


 * Boast, A.P. et al. (2019) Mitochondrial Genomes from New Zealand’s Extinct Adzebills (Aves: Aptornithidae: Aptornis) Support a Sister-Taxon Relationship with the Afro-Madagascan Sarothruridae.


 * Bohmer, C. et al. (2019) Correlated evolution of neck length and leg length in birds.


 * Babarovic, F. et al. (2019) Characterization of melanosomes involved in the production of non-iridescent structural feather colours and their detection in the fossil record.


 * Blokland, J.C. et al. (2019) Chatham Island Paleocene fossils provide insight into the palaeobiology, evolution, and diversity of early penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes).


 * Bright, J.A. et al. (2019) The multifactorial nature of beak and skull shape evolution in parrots and cockatoos (Psittaciformes).


 * Buckley, L.G. et al. (2019) First report of Ignotornidae (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Gates Formation (Albian) of western Canada, with description of a new ichnospecies of Ignotornis, Ignotornis canadensis ichnosp. nov.


 * Buffetaut, E. & Angst, D. (2019) A femur of the Late Cretaceous giant bird Gargantuavis from Cruzy (southern France) and its systematic implications.


 * Cai, T. et al. (2019) Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world’s babblers (Aves: Passeriformes)


 * Camens, A.B. & Worthy, T.H. (2019) Pliocene Avian Footprints from the Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia.


 * Campagna, L. et al. (2019) Gradual evolution towards flightlessness in steamer ducks.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2019) Anatomy and Flight Performance of the Early Enantiornithine Bird Protopteryx fengningensis: Information from New Specimens of the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of China.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2019) New Bohaiornis-like bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: enantiornithine interrelationships and flight performance.


 * Cloutier, A. et al. (2019) Whole-Genome Analyses Resolve the Phylogeny of Flightless Birds (Palaeognathae) in the Presence of an Empirical Anomaly Zone.


 * Cobb, S.E. & Sellers, W.I. (2019) Inferring lifestyle for Aves and Theropoda: a model based on curvatures of extant avian ungual bones.


 * Cole, T.L. et al. (2019) Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world’s most diverse penguin clade.


 * Crouch, N.M.A. et al. (2019) Tip-dating and the origin of Telluraves.


 * Crouch, N.M.A. & Clarke, J.A. (2020) Body size evolution in palaeognath birds is consistent with Neogene cooling-linked gigantism.


 * DaCosta, J.M. et al. (2019) Phylogenomics clarifies biogeographic and evolutionary history, and conservation status of West Indian tremblers and thrashers (Aves: Mimidae).


 * Degrange, F.J. et al. (2019) New skull remains of Phorusrhacos longissimus (Aves, Cariamiformes) from the Miocene of Argentina: implications for the morphology of Phorusrhacidae.


 * Dos Remedios, N. et al. (2019) Genetic structure among Charadrius plovers on the African mainland and islands of Madagascar and St Helena.


 * Field, D.J. (2019) Bird Evolution: Convergence Fits the Bill.


 * Franz, N.M. et al. (2019) Verbalizing phylogenomic conflict: Representation of node congruence across competing reconstructions of the neoavian explosion.


 * Fuchs. J. et al. (2019) Miocene diversification of an open‐habitat predatorial passerine radiation, the shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes: Laniidae).


 * Garcia, G. et al. (2019) First discovery of avian egg and bone remains (Presbyornithidae) from the Gour Lazib (Eocene, Algeria).


 * Garcia, J.A. et al. (2019) Bone microstructure of Vegavis iaai (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula.


 * Gutiérrez‐Pinto, N. et al. (2019) Molecular and morphological differentiation among Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) populations in the Andes.


 * Habib, M.B. (2019) New perspectives on the origins of the unique vocal tract of birds.


 * Havstad, J.C. & Smith, N.A. (2019) Fossils with Feathers and Philosophy of Science.


 * Hieronymus, T.L. et al. (2019) A new zygodactylid species indicates the persistence of stem passerines into the early Oligocene in North America.


 * Hood, S.C. et al. (2019) New Fossil Birds from the Earliest Eocene of Mongolia.


 * Houde, P. et al. (2019) Phylogenetic Signal of Indels and the Neoavian Radiation.


 * Hume, J.P. (2019) Systematics, morphology and ecology of rails (Aves: Rallidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with one new species.


 * Hu, H. et al. (2019) Evolution of the vomer and its implications for cranial kinesis in Paraves.


 * Jønsson, A.K. et al. (2019) Complete subspecies-level phylogeny of the Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes): Out of Australasia and return.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2019) Unrecognised (species) diversity in New Guinean passerine birds.


 * Jowers, .M.J. et al. (2019) Unravelling population processes over the Late Pleistocene driving contemporary genetic divergence in Palearctic buzzards.


 * Kawahata, K. et al. (2019) Evolution of the avian digital pattern.


 * Kaye, T.G. et al. (2019) Detection of lost calamus challenges identity of isolated Archaeopteryx feather.


 * Kearns, A.M. et al. (2019) Nuclear introns help unravel the diversification history of the Australo-Pacific Petroica robins.


 * Kennedy, M. et al. (2019). Sorting out the Snakebirds: The species status, phylogeny, and biogeography of the Darters (Aves: Anhingidae).


 * Kennedy, M. et al. (2019). The phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic Indian Cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis (Phalacrocoracidae).


 * Kimball, R.T. et al. (2019) A Phylogenomic Supertree of Birds.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2019) Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines.


 * Lavinia, P.D. et al. (2019) Contrasting evolutionary histories in Neotropical birds: Divergence across an environmental barrier in South America.


 * Lawver, D.R. &Boyd, C.A. (2019) An Avian Eggshell from the Brule Formation (Oligocene) of North Dakota.


 * Lele, A. & Ottenburghs, J. (2019) Digest: A single genetic origin and a role for bone development pathways in repeated losses of flight in steamer ducks.


 * Lim, B.T.M. et al. (2019) Molecular evidence suggests radical revision of species limits in the great speciator white-eye genus Zosterops.


 * Liu, D. et al. (2019) Soft tissue preservation in two new enantiornithine specimens (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of Hebei Province, China.


 * Mackiewicz, P. et al. (2019) Resolving phylogenetic relationships within Passeriformes based on mitochondrial genes and inferring the evolution of their mitogenomes in terms of duplications.
 * Marki, P.Z. et al. (2019) Adaptive radiation and the evolution of nectarivory in a large songbird clade.


 * Mayr, G. (2019) A skeleton of a small bird with a distinctive furcula morphology, from the Rupelian of Poland, adds a new taxon to early Oligocene avifaunas.


 * Mayr, G. (2019) A previously unnoticed vascular trait of the middle ear suggests that a cranial heat-exchange structure contributed to the radiation of cold-adapted songbirds.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2019) Early Eocene (Ypresian) birds from the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia (Canada) and Washington State (USA).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2019) On the diverse and widely ignored Paleocene avifauna of Menat (Puy-de-Dôme, France): new taxonomic records and unusual soft tissue preservation.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2019) Skeletons from the early Oligocene of Poland fill a significant temporal gap in the fossil record of upupiform birds (hoopoes and allies).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2019) A fossil heron from the early Oligocene of Belgium – the earliest temporally well-constrained record of the Ardeidae.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2019) Calcardea junnei Gingerich, 1987 from the late Paleocene of North America is not a heron, but resembles the early Eocene Indian taxon Vastanavis Mayr et al., 2007.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2019) Oldest, smallest and phylogenetically most basal pelagornithid, from the early Paleocene of New Zealand, sheds light on the evolutionary history of the largest flying birds.


 * Mayr, G. & Smith, T. (2019) A diverse bird assemblage from the Ypresian of Belgium furthers knowledge of early Eocene avifaunas of the North Sea Basin.


 * Mayr, G. & Smith, T. (2019) New Paleocene bird fossils from the North Sea Basin in Belgium and France.


 * Mayr, G. & Tennyson, A.J.D. (2019) A small, narrow‐beaked albatross from the Pliocene of New Zealand demonstrates a higher past diversity in the feeding ecology of the Diomedeidae.


 * McCullough, J.M. et al. (2019) A Laurasian origin for a pantropical bird radiation is supported by genomic and fossil data (Aves: Coraciiformes).
 * Morelli, F. et al. (2019) Measuring avian specialization.


 * Musser, G. et al. (2019) New Material of Paleocene-Eocene Pellornis (Aves: Gruiformes) Clarifies the Pattern and Timing of the Extant Gruiform Radiation.


 * Musser, G.M. & Cracraft, J. (2019) A New Morphological Dataset Reveals a Novel Relationship for the Adzebills of New Zealand (Aptornis) and Provides a Foundation for Total Evidence Neoavian Phylogenetics.


 * Nagu, J. et al. (2019) Phylogeny, migration and life history: filling the gaps in the origin and biogeography of the Turdus thrushes.


 * Nguyen, J.M.T. (2019) A New Species of Bristlebird Passeriformes Dasyornithidae from the Early Miocene of Australia.


 * Nordén, K.K. et al. (2019) Melanosome diversity and convergence in the evolution of iridescent avian feathers—Implications for paleocolor reconstruction.


 * O'Connor, J.K. (2919) The trophic habits of early birds.


 * O'Connor, J.K. & Zhou, Z. (2019) The evolution of the modern avian digestive system: insights from paravian fossils from the Yanliao and Jehol biotas.


 * Oliveros, C.H. et al. (2019) Earth history and the passerine superradiation.


 * Oliveros, C.H. et al. (2019) Rapid Laurasian diversification of a pantropical bird family during the Oligocene–Miocene transition.


 * Oswald, J.A. et al. (2019) Ancient DNA from a 2,500-year-old Caribbean fossil places an extinct bird (Caracara creightoni) in a phylogenetic context.


 * Pan, S. et al. (2019) Convergent genomic signatures of flight loss in birds suggest a switch of main fuel.


 * Porzio, N.S. et al. (2019) Evolution of Beak Size and Song Constraints in Neotropical Seedeaters (Thraupidae: Sporophila).


 * Prost, S. et al. (2019) Comparative analyses identify genomic features potentially involved in the evolution of birds-of-paradise.


 * Serrano, F.J. et al. (2019) The effect of long-term atmospheric changes on the macroevolution of birds.


 * Stervander, M. et al. (2019) The origin of the world’s smallest flightless bird, the Inaccessible Island Rail Atlantisia rogersi (Aves: Rallidae).


 * Schwarz, D. et al. (2019) Ultraviolet light illuminates the avian nature of the Berlin Archaeopteryx skeleton.


 * Tamashiro, R.A. et al. (2019) What are the roles of taxon sampling and model fit in tests of cyto-nuclear discordance using avian mitogenomic data?


 * Tambussi, C.P. et al. (2019) A stem anseriform from the early Palaeocene of Antarctica provides new key evidence in the early evolution of waterfowl.


 * Torres-Roig, E. et al. (2019) A palaeornithological assemblage from the early Pliocene of the Mediterranean island of Mallorca: Raptorial birds as bioaccumulators at Na Burguesa-1.


 * Tsai, W.L.E. et al. (2019) Museum genomics reveals the speciation history of Dendrortyx wood-partridges in the Mesoamerican highlands.


 * Van Els, P. e t al. (2019) From pampa to puna: Biogeography and diversification of a group of Neotropical obligate grassland birds (Anthus: Motacillidae).


 * Van Wassenberghm, S. & Baeckens, S. (2019) Digest: Evolution of shape and leverage of bird beaks reflects feeding ecology, but not as strongly as expected.


 * Wang, M. & Zhou, Z. (2019) A new enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) with completely fused premaxillae from the Early Cretaceous of China.


 * West, A.R. et al. (2019) An avian femur from the Late Cretaceous of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula: removing the record of cursorial landbirds from the Mesozoic of Antarctica.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2019) Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2019) A New Enantiornithine Bird with Unusual Pedal Proportions Found in Amber.


 * Yates, A.M. & Worthy, T.H. (2019) A Diminutive Species of Emu (Casuariidae: Dromaiinae) from the Late Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia.


 * Younger, J.L. et al. (2019) Diversification of a cryptic radiation, a closer look at Madagascar’s recently recognized bird family.


 * Zhang, C. & Wang, M. (2019) Bayesian tip dating reveals heterogeneous morphological clocks in Mesozoic birds.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2019) A Swan-Sized Anseriform Bird from the Late Paleocene of Mongolia.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Panteleyev, A.V. (2019) A small stem-galliform bird (Aves: Paraortygidae) from the Eocene of Uzbekistan.


 * Zelenkov, N.K. et al. (2019) A giant early Pleistocene bird from eastern Europe: unexpected component of terrestrial faunas at the time of early Homo arrival.

2018

 * Alstrom, P. et al. (2018) Complete species-level phylogeny of the leaf warbler (Aves: Phylloscopidae) radiation.


 * Alstrom, P. et al. (2018) Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the grassbirds and allies (Locustellidae) reveals extensive non-monophyly of traditional genera, and a proposal for a new classification.


 * Andersen, M.J. et al. (2018) A phylogeny of kingfishers reveals an Indomalayan origin and elevated rates of diversification on oceanic islands.


 * Atterholt, J. et al. (2018) The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae.


 * Berv, J.S. & Field, D.J. (2018) Genomic Signature of an Avian Lilliput Effect across the K-Pg Extinction.


 * Bochenski, Z.M. et al. (2018) Articulated avian remains from the early Oligocene of Poland adds to our understanding of passerine evolution.


 * Bruxaux, J. et al. (2018) Recovering the evolutionary history of crowned pigeons (Columbidae: Goura): Implications for the biogeography and conservation of New Guinean lowland bird.


 * Buckley, L.G. et al. (2018) First report of Ignotornidae (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Gates Formation (Albian) of western Canada, with description of a new ichnospecies of Ignotornis, Ignotornis canadensis ichnosp. nov.


 * Campillo, L.C. et al. (2018) Genomic data resolve gene tree discordance in spiderhunters (Nectariniidae, Arachnothera).


 * Carneiro, L. et al. (2018) Molecular systematics and biogeography of lowland antpittas (Aves, Grallariidae): The role of vicariance and dispersal in the diversification of a widespread Neotropical lineage.


 * Carneiro, L. et al. (2018) Phenotypic similarity leads to taxonomic inconsistency: A revision of the lowland's antpittas.


 * Carrera, L. et al. (2018) Avian fossil assemblages at the onset of the LGM in the eastern Alps: A palaecological contribution from the Rio Secco Cave (Italy).


 * Cenizo, M. et al. (2018) An unexpected large Crested Tinamou (Eudromia, Tinamidae, Aves) near to Last Glacial Maximum (MIS 2, late Pleistocene) of the Argentine Pampas.


 * Cibois, A. et al. (2018) Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy.


 * Cloutier, A. et al. (2018) Whole-genome analyses resolve the phylogeny of flightless birds (Palaeognathae) in the presence of an empirical anomaly zone.


 * Deeming, D.C. & Mayr, G. (2018) Pelvis morphology suggests that early Mesozoic birds were too heavy to contact incubate their eggs.


 * Degrange, F.J. et al. (2018) Redescription of the oldest crown clade penguin: cranial osteology, jaw myology, neuroanatomy, and phylogenetic affinities of Madrynornis mirandus.


 * Dias, C. et al. (2018) Mitochondrial introgression obscures phylogenetic relationships among manakins of the genus Lepidothrix (Aves: Pipridae).


 * Elzanowski, A. & Mayr, G. (2018) Multiple origins of secondary temporal fenestrae and orbitozygomatic junctions in birds.


 * Elzanowski, A. et al. (2018) Cranial morphology of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis.


 * Felice, R.N. & Goswami, A. et al. (2018) Developmental origins of mosaic evolution in the avian cranium.


 * Fernández, M.S. & Salgado, L. (2018) The youngest egg of avian affinities from the Cretaceous of Patagonia.


 * Field, D.J. & Hsiang, A.Y. (2018) A North American stem turaco, and the complex biogeographic history of modern birds.


 * Field, D.J. et al. (2018) Complete Ichthyornis skull illuminates mosaic assembly of the avian head.


 * Field, D.J. et al. (2018) Early Evolution of Modern Birds Structured by Global Forest Collapse at the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction.


 * Garg, K.M. et al. (2018) Pleistocene land bridges act as semipermeable agents of avian gene flow in Wallacea.


 * Gilbert, S.P. et al. (2018) Filtering nucleotide sites by phylogenetic signal to noise ratio increases confidence in the Neoaves phylogeny generated from ultraconserved elements.


 * Gohlich, U.B. & Mayr, G. (2018) The alleged early Miocene Auk Petralca austriaca is a Loon (Aves, Gaviiformes): restudy of a controversial fossil bird.


 * Harris, R.B. et al. (2018) Discordance between genomic divergence and phenotypic variation in a rapidly evolving avian genus (Motacilla).


 * Heers, A.M. et al. (2018) Building a Bird: Musculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation of Wing-Assisted Incline Running During Avian Ontogeny.


 * Hume, J.P. & Martill, D. (2018) Repeated evolution of flightlessness in Dryolimnas rails (Aves: Rallidae) after extinction and recolonization on Aldabra.


 * Imai, T. et al. (2018) Description of bird tracks from the Kitadani Formation (Aptian), Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan with three-dimensional imaging techniques.


 * Jiang, K. et al. (2018) Inter-familial relationships of the Gamefowl (Aves: Galliformes) based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences.


 * Johansson, U.S. et al. (2018) Phylogenetic relationships of rollers (Coraciidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and fifteen nuclear genes.


 * Kennedy J.D. et al. (2018) Expansion in geographical and morphological space drives continued lineage diversification in a global passerine radiation.


 * Kingsley, E.P. et al. (2018) Identity and novelty in the avian syrinx.


 * Knoll, F. et al. (2018) A diminutive perinate European Enantiornithes reveals an asynchronous ossification pattern in early birds.


 * Ligon, R.A. et al. (2018) Evolution of correlated complexity in the radically different courtship signals of birds-of-paradise.


 * Marki, P.Z. et al. (2018) Molecular phylogenetics and species limits in a cryptically coloured radiation of Australo-Papuan passerine birds (Pachycephalidae: Colluricincla).


 * Marsa, J.A.G. et al. (2018) First evidence of globuli ossei in bird (Aves, Spheniciformes). Implications on paleohistology and bird behaviour.


 * Mather, E.K. et al. (2018) Flightless rails (Aves: Rallidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna, Otago, New Zealand.


 * Mayr, G. (2018) A survey of casques, frontal humps, and other extravagant bony cranial protuberances in birds.


 * Mayr, G. (2018) Comparative morphology of the avian maxillary bone (os maxillare) based on an examination of macerated juvenile skeletons.


 * Mayr, G. (2018) New data on the anatomy and paleobiology of sandcoleid mousebirds (Aves, Coliiformes) from the early Eocene of Messel.


 * Mayr, G. (2018) Size and number of the hypoglossal nerve foramina in the avian skull and their potential neuroanatomical significance.


 * Mayr, G. & Goedert, J.L. (2018) First record of a tarsometatarsus of Tonsala hildegardae (Plotopteridae) and other avian remains from the late Eocene/early Oligocene of Washington State (USA).


 * Mayr, G. & Walsh, S. (2018) Exceptionally well-preserved early Eocene fossil reveals cranial and vertebral features of a stem group roller (Aves, Coraciiformes).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2018) On the taxonomic composition and phylogenetic affinities of the recently proposed clade Vegaviidae Agnolín et al., 2017 ‒ neornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Hemisphere.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2018) A fossil heron from the early Oligocene of Belgium: the earliest temporally well‐constrained record of the Ardeidae.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2018) On the diverse and widely ignored Paleocene avifauna of Menat (Puy-de-Dôme, France): new taxonomic records and unusual soft tissue preservation.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2018) On the taxonomic composition and phylogenetic affinities of the recently proposed clade Vegaviidae Agnolín et al., 2017 ‒ neornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Hemisphere.


 * Miles, M.C. & Fuxjager, M.J. (2018) Synergistic selection regimens drive the evolution of display complexity in birds of paradise.


 * Mindell, D.P. et al. (2018) Phylogeny, taxonomy and geographic diversity of diurnal raptors: Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, and Cathartiformes.


 * Navalón, G. et al. (2018) The evolutionary relationship among beak shape, mechanical advantage, and feeding ecology in modern birds.


 * Nordén, K.K. et al. (2018) Melanosome diversity and convergence in the evolution of iridescent avian feathers—Implications for paleocolor reconstruction.


 * Noriega, J.I. & Mayr, G. (2018) The systematic affinities of the putative seriema Noriegavis santacrucensis (Noriega et al., 2009) from the Miocene of Argentina.


 * O'Connell, D.P. et al. (2018) Diversification of a ‘great speciator’ in the Wallacea region: differing responses of closely related resident and migratory kingfisher species (Aves: Alcedinidae: Todiramphus).


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2018) First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis.


 * Peñalba, J.V. et al. (2018) Current geography masks dynamic history of gene flow during speciation in northern Australian birds.


 * Pietersen, D.W. et al. (2018) Multi‐locus phylogeny of African pipits and longclaws (Aves: Motacillidae) highlights taxonomic inconsistencies.


 * Quintero, E. & Perktaş, U. (2018) Phylogeny and biogeography of a subclade of mangoes (Aves, Trochilidae)


 * Rashid, D.J. et al. (2018) Avian tail ontogeny, pygostyle formation, and interpretation of juvenile Mesozoic specimens.


 * Rauhut, O.W.M. et al. (2018) The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria.


 * Segre, P.S. & Banet, A.I. (2018) The origin of avian flight: finding common ground.


 * Serrano, F.J. et al. (2018) Flight reconstruction of two European enantiornithines (Aves, Pygostylia) and the achievement of bounding flight in Early Cretaceous birds.


 * Smith, B.T. et al. (2018) Species delimitation and biogeography of the gnatcatchers and gnatwrens (Aves: Polioptilidae).


 * Smith, N.A. et al. (2018) Systematics and phylogeny of the Zygodactylidae (Aves, Neognathae) with description of a new species from the early Eocene of Wyoming, USA.


 * Tanaka, T. et al. (2018) The oldest Asian hesperornithiform from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan, and the phylogenetic reassessment of Hesperornithiformes.


 * Uva, V. et al. (2018) Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of barn owls and relatives (Family: Tytonidae), and their six major Pleistocene radiations.


 * Voeten, D.F.A.E. et al. (2018) Wing bone geometry reveals active flight in Archaeopteryx.


 * Wang, M. & Zhou, Z. (2018) A new confuciusornithid (Aves: Pygostylia) from the Early Cretaceous increases the morphological disparity of the Confuciusornithidae.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2018) A new clade of basal Early Cretaceous pygostylian birds and developmental plasticity of the avian shoulder girdle.


 * Watanabe, J. (2018) Clade‐specific evolutionary diversification along ontogenetic major axes in avian limb skeleton.


 * Watanabe, J. et al. (2018) Pleistocene fossils from Japan show that the recently extinct Spectacled Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) was a relict.


 * Wirthlin, M. et al. (2018) Parrot Genomes and the Evolution of Heightened Longevity and Cognition.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2018) A flattened enantiornithine in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: morphology and preservation.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2018) Ornamental feathers in Cretaceous Burmese amber: resolving the enigma of rachis-dominated feather structure.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2018) A swan-sized anseriform bird from the late Paleocene of Mongolia.


 * Zhang, C. & Wang, M. (2018) Bayesian tip dating reveals heterogeneous morphological clocks in Mesozoic birds.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2018) Reinterpretation of a previously described Jehol bird clarifies early trophic evolution in the Ornithuromorpha.

2017

 * Agnolín, F.L. et al. (2017) Praeornis sharovi Rautian, 1978 a fossil feather from the early Late Jurassic of Kazakhstan.


 * Agnolín, F.L. et al. (2017) Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary.


 * Altimiras, J. et al. (2017) Aerobic performance in tinamous is limited by their small heart. A novel hypothesis in the evolution of avian flight.


 * Amiot, R. et al. (2017) Oxygen isotope fractionation between bird bone phosphate and drinking water.


 * Angst, D. et al. (2017) First record of the Late Cretaceous giant bird Gargantuavis philoinos from the Iberian Peninsula.


 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. & Gelfo, J.N. (2017) Procellariiform remains and a new species from the latest Eocene of Antarctica.


 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, C. et al. (2017) Aprosdokitos mikrotero gen. et sp. nov., the tiniest Sphenisciformes that lived in Antarctica during the Paleogene.


 * Bertram, M.R. et al. (2017) A novel Haemosporida clade at the rank of genus in North American cranes (Aves: Gruiformes).


 * Bertelli, S. (2017) Advances on tinamou phylogeny: an assembled cladistic study of the volant palaeognathous birds.


 * Brown, J.P. et al. (2017) development of scientific consensus: Analyzing conflict and concordance among avian phylogenies.


 * Buckley, L.G. et al. (2017) First report of Ignotornidae (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Gates Formation (Albian) of western Canada, with description of a new ichnospecies of Ignotornis, Ignotornis canadensis ichnosp. nov.


 * Cibois, A. et al. (2017) Phylogeny and biogeography of the imperial pigeons (Aves: Columbidae) in the Pacific Ocean.


 * Cooney, CR. et al. (2017) Mega-evolutionary dynamics of the adaptive radiation of birds.


 * Degrange, F.J. (2017) Hind limb morphometry of terror birds (Aves, Cariamiformes, Phorusrhacidae): functional implications for substrate preferences and locomotor lifestyle.


 * De Silva, T.N. et al. (2017) Phylogenetic relationships of weaverbirds (Aves: Ploceidae): A first robust phylogeny based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers.


 * Diederle, J.M. & Agnolin, F. (2017) New anhingid (Aves, Suliformes) from the middle Miocene of Río Negro province, Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Elzanowski, A. & Mayr, G. (2017) Multiple origins of secondary temporal fenestrae and orbitozygomatic junctions in birds.


 * Faux, C. & Field, D.J. (2017) Distinct developmental pathways underlie independent losses of flight in ratites.


 * Field, D.J. (2017) Big-time insights from a tiny bird fossil.


 * Fuchs, J. et al. (2017) Biogeography and diversification dynamics of the African woodpeckers.


 * Gohlich, U.B. & Mayr, G. (2017) The alleged early Miocene Auk Petralca austriaca is a Loon (Aves, Gaviiformes): restudy of a controversial fossil bird.


 * Grealy, A. et al. (2017) Eggshell palaeogenomics: Palaeognath evolutionary history revealed through ancient nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from Madagascan elephant bird (Aepyornis sp.) eggshell.


 * Haidr, N. & Acosta-Hospitaleche, C.(2017) A new penguin cranium from Antarctica and its implications for body size diversity during the Eocene.


 * Harvey, M.G. et al. (2017) Positive association between population genetic differentiation and speciation rates in New World birds.


 * Hu, H. & O'Connor, J.K. (2017) First species of Enantiornithes from Sihedang elucidates skeletal development in Early Cretaceous enantiornithines.


 * Jain, S. et al. (2017) Ancient DNA Reveals Late Pleistocene Existence of Ostriches in Indian Sub-Continent.


 * Jiang, B. et al. (2017) Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis.


 * Jones, W. et al. (2017) The last terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae): new evidence from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2017) Biogeography and Biotic Assembly of Indo-Pacific Corvoid Passerine Birds.


 * Kapusta, A. & Suh, A. (2017) Evolution of bird genomes—a transposon's‐eye view.


 * Kennedy J.D. et al. (2017) Does the colonization of new biogeographic regions influence the diversification and accumulation of clade richness among the Corvides (Aves: Passeriformes)?.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2017) Early Paleocene landbird supports rapid phylogenetic and morphological diversification of crown birds after the K–Pg mass extinction.


 * Lerner, H. et al. (2017) Phylogeny and new taxonomy of the Booted Eagles (Accipitriformes: Aquilinae).


 * Liu, B. et al. (2017) Explosive radiation and spatial expansion across the cold environments of the Old World in an avian family.


 * Liu, D. et al. (2017) Flight aerodynamics in enantiornithines: Information from a new Chinese Early Cretaceous bird.


 * Louchart, A. & Pouech, J. (2017) A tooth of Archaeopterygidae (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of France extends the spatial and temporal occurrence of the earliest birds.


 * Maderspacher, F. (2017) Evolution: Flight of the Ratites.


 * Marki, P.Z. et al. (2017) Supermatrix phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian Meliphagides radiation (Aves: Passeriformes).


 * Marsa, J.A. et al. (2017) Bone microstructure of Vegavis iaai (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula.


 * Mayr, G. (2017) A small, “wader-like” bird from the Early Eocene of Messel (Germany).


 * Mayr, G. (2017) Avian higher level biogeography: Southern Hemispheric origins or Southern Hemispheric relicts?.


 * Mayr, G. (2017) New species of Primozygodactylus from Messel and the ecomorphology and evolutionary significance of early Eocene zygodactylid birds (Aves, Zygodactylidae).


 * Mayr, G. (2017) The early Eocene birds of the Messel fossil site: a 48 million-year-old bird community adds a temporal perspective to the evolution of tropical avifaunas.


 * Mayr, G. & Goedert, J.L. (2017) Oligocene and Miocene albatross fossils from Washington State (USA) and the evolutionary history of North Pacific Diomedeidae.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2017) A new fossil from the mid-Paleocene of New Zealand reveals an unexpected diversity of world’s oldest penguins.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2017) A Well-Preserved New Mid-Paleocene Penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2017) Pectoral girdle morphology of Mesozoic birds and the evolutioA new penguin cranium from Antarctica and its implications for body size diversity during the Eocenen of the avian supracoracoideus muscle.


 * McLachlan, S.M.S. et al. (2017) Maaqwi cascadensis: A large, marine diving bird (Avialae: Ornithurae) from the Upper Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada.


 * Meijer, H.J.M. et al. (2017) A revision of fossil eagle owls (Aves: Strigiformes: Bubo) from Europe and the description of a new species, Bubo ibericus, from Cal Guardiola (NE Iberian Peninsula).


 * Miles, M.C. et al. (2017) Biogeography predicts macro‐evolutionary patterning of gestural display complexity in a passerine family.


 * O'Connor, J. et al. (2017) First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis.


 * Navalón, G.et al. (2017) Diversity and evolution of the Confuciusornithidae: Evidence from a new 131-million-year-old specimen from the Huajiying Formation in NE China.


 * Navarro-Siguenza, A.G. (2017) Complex biogeographic scenarios revealed in the diversification of the largest woodpecker radiation in the New World.


 * Noriega, J.I. et al. (2017) A new species of Opisthodactylus Ameghino, 1891 (Aves, Rheidae), from the late Miocene of northwestern Argentina, with implications for the paleobiogeography and phylogeny of rheas.


 * Pavia, M. et al. (2017) The extreme insular adaptation of Garganornis ballmanni Meijer, 2014: a giant Anseriformes of the Neogene of the Mediterranean Basin.


 * Picasso, M.B.J. et al. (2017) A seedsnipe (Aves, Charadriiformes, Thinocoridae) from the Ensenadan Age/Stage (early-middle Pleistocene) of Buenos Aires, Argentina.


 * Price, J.J. & Griffith, S.C. (2017) Open cup nests evolved from roofed nests in the early passerines.


 * Razzolini, N.L. & Klein, H. (2017) Crossing Slopes: Unusual Trackways of Recent Birds and Implications for Tetrapod Footprint Preservation.


 * Reddy, S.  et al. (2017) Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling.


 * Ruxtin, G.D. et al. (2017) A continued role for signalling functions in the early evolution of feathers.


 * Saitta, E.T. et al. (2017) Additional information on the primitive contour and wing feathering of paravian dinosaurs.


 * Schultz, E.D. et al. (2017) Systematics and biogeography of the Automolus infuscatus complex (Aves; Furnariidae): Cryptic diversity reveals western Amazonia as the origin of a transcontinental radiation.


 * Seeholzer, G.F. et al. (2017) Niche evolution and diversification in a Neotropical radiation of birds (Aves: Furnariidae).


 * Seki, R. et al. (2017) Functional roles of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements on macroevolution of bird-specific features.


 * Serrano, F.J. et al. (2017) Inferring flight parameters of Mesozoic avians through multivariate analyses of forelimb elements in their living relatives.


 * Serrano, F.J. & Chiappe, L.M. (2017) Aerodynamic modelling of a Cretaceous bird reveals thermal soaring capabilities during early avian evolution.


 * Shakya, S.B. & Sheldon, F.H. (2017) The phylogeny of the world's bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) inferred using a supermatrix approach.


 * Shakya, S.B. et al. (2017) Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight.


 * Shute, E. et al. (2017) Taxonomic review of the late Cenozoic megapodes (Galliformes: Megapodiidae) of Australia.


 * Stidham, T.A. & Zelenkov, N.V. (2017) North American–Asian aquatic bird dispersal in the Miocene: evidence from a new species of diving duck (Anseriformes: Anatidae) from North America (Nevada) with affinities to Mongolian taxa.


 * Sullivan, C. et al. (2017) Complexities and novelties in the early evolution of avian flight, as seen in the Mesozoic Yanliao and Jehol Biotas of Northeast China.


 * Tanaka, G. et al. (2017) Rods and cones in an enantiornithine bird eye from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota.


 * Tanaka, I. (2017) Ecological implications of the correlation of avian footprints with wing characteristics: a mathematical approach.


 * Tanaka, T. (2017) The oldest Asian hesperornithiform from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan, and the phylogenetic reassessment of Hesperornithiformes.
 * Tennyson, A.J.D. & Shepherd, L.D. (2017) DNA reveals the relationships of the extinct Scarlett’s Shearwater Puffinus spelaeus (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae).


 * Tsuihiji, T. (2017) The atlas rib in Archaeopteryx and its evolutionary implications.


 * Van Els, P. & Norambuena, H.V. (2017) A revision of species limits in Neotropical pipits Anthus based on multilocus genetic and vocal data.


 * Voelker, G.et al. (2017) Three new species of Stiphrornis (Aves: Muscicapidae) from the Afro-tropics, with a molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus.


 * Wallace, S.J. et al. (2017) A phylogenetic test of sympatric speciation in the Hydrobatinae (Aves: Procellariiformes).


 * Walsh, S.A & Knoll, F. (2017) The Evolution of Avian Intelligence and Sensory Capabilities: The Fossil Evidence.


 * Watanabe, J. (2017) Quantitative discrimination of flightlessness in fossil Anatidae from skeletal proportions.


 * Wang, W. & O'Connor, J.K. (2017) Morphological coevolution of the pygostyle and tail feathers in Early Cretaceous birds.


 * Wang, M. & Zhou, Z. (2017) A morphological study of the first known piscivorous enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China.


 * Wang, M. & Zhou, Z. (2017) The Evolution of Birds with Implications from New Fossil Evidences.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2017) A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crural feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2017) Insight into the growth pattern and bone fusion of basal birds from an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird.


 * Wang, N. et al. (2017) Ancestral range reconstruction of Galliformes: the effects of topology and taxon sampling.


 * Wang, N. et al. (2017) Historical relationships of three enigmatic phasianid genera (Aves: Galliformes) inferred using phylogenomic and mitogenomic data.


 * Wang, Y. et al. (2017) A previously undescribed specimen reveals new information on the dentition of Sapeornis chaoyangensis.


 * Wei, Z-Y. & Li, L. (2017) Discovery of a new enantiornithine bird from Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2017) The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres).


 * Xing, L. et al. (2017) A mid-Cretaceous enantiornithine (Aves) hatchling preserved in Burmese amber with unusual plumage.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2017) First Report of Avian Tracks from the Cretaceous of Tibet, China.


 * Yonezawa, T. (2017) Phylogenomics and Morphology of Extinct Paleognaths Reveal the Origin and Evolution of the Ratites.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2017) Early Cretaceous Enantiornithine Birds (Aves, Ornithothoraces) and the Origin of the Ornithuromorph Morphological Type.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2017) Evolution of bird communities in the Neogene of Central Asia, with a review of the Neogene fossil record of Asian birds.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. et al. (2017) An Ichthyornis-like bird from the earliest Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of European Russia.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. et al. (2017) New finds of hesperornithids in the European Russia, with comments on the systematics of Eurasian Hesperornithidae.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2017) Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implications.

2016

 * Abbassi, N. et al. (2016) Avian ichnia and other vertebrate trace fossils from the Neogene Red Beds of Tarom valley in north-western Iran.


 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, A. & Gelfo, J.N. (2016) Procellariiform remains and a new species from the latest Eocene of Antarctica.


 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, A. & Olivero, E. (2016) Re-evaluation of the fossil penguin Palaeeudyptes gunnari from the Eocene Leticia Formation, Argentina: additional material, systematics and palaeobiology.


 * Agnolin, F.L. (2016) Unexpected diversity of ratites (Aves, Palaeognathae) in the early Cenozoic of South America: palaeobiogeographical implications.


 * Alaei Kakhki, N. et al. (2016) Out of Africa: biogeographic history of the open-habitat chats (Aves, Muscicapidae: Saxicolinae) across arid areas of the old world.


 * Angst, D. et al. (2016) A new method for estimating locomotion type in large ground birds.


 * Aotsuka, K. & Sato, T. (2016) Hesperornithiformes (Aves: Ornithurae) from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale, Southern Manitoba, Canada.


 * Attard, M.R.G. et al. (2016) Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants.


 * Bell, A. & Chiappe, L.M. (2016) A species-level phylogeny of the Cretaceous Hesperornithiformes (Aves: Ornithuromorpha): implications for body size evolution amongst the earliest diving birds.


 * Bono, R.K. et al. (2016) A Large Ornithurine Bird (Tingmiatornis arctica) from the Turonian High Arctic: Climatic and Evolutionary Implications.


 * Botelho, J.F. et al. (2016) Molecular development of fibular reduction in birds and its evolution from dinosaurs.


 * Bourdon, R. et al. (2016) A roller-like bird (Coracii) from the Early Eocene of Denmark.


 * Bourdon, R. et al. (2016) Early Eocene Birds from La Borie, Southern France.


 * Brassey, C.A. et al. (2016) Convex-hull mass estimates of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus): application of a CT-based mass estimation technique.


 * Bright, J.E. et al. (2016) The shapes of bird beaks are highly controlled by nondietary factors.


 * Buffetaut, R. & Angst, D. (2016) Pelvic elements of the giant bird Gargantuavis from the Upper Cretaceous of Cruzy (southern France), with remarks on pneumatisation.


 * Bullar, B.-A.S. et al. (2016) How to Make a Bird Skull: Major Transitions in the Evolution of the Avian Cranium, Paedomorphosis, and the Beak as a Surrogate Hand.


 * Burin, G. et al. (2016) Omnivory in birds is a macroevolutionary sink.


 * Cenizo, M. et al. (2016) Diversity of pseudo-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Antarctica.


 * Cibois, A. et al. (2016) Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Blue and Grey Noddies (Procelsterna).


 * Clarke, J.A. et al. (2016) Fossil evidence of the avian vocal organ from the Mesozoic.
 * De Pietri, V.L. et al. (2016) The unexpected survival of an ancient lineage of anseriform birds into the Neogene of Australia: the youngest record of Presbyornithidae.


 * De Ricqles, A. et al. (2016) Preliminary assessment of bone histology in the extinct elephant bird Aepyornis (Aves, Palaeognathae) from Madagascar.


 * Dececchi, T.A. et al. (2016) The wings before the bird: an evaluation of flapping-based locomotory hypotheses in bird antecedents.


 * Diederle, J.M. (2016) Body mass and locomotor habits of the smallest darter, Anhinga minuta (Aves, Anhingidae).


 * Eimes, J.A. et al. (2016) Early Duplication of a Single MHC IIB Locus Prior to the Passerine Radiations.


 * Eliason, C.M. et al. (2016) Evolutionary shifts in the melanin-based color system of birds.


 * Falk, A.R. et al. (2016) Laser Fluorescence Illuminates the Soft Tissue and Life Habits of the Early Cretaceous Bird Confuciusornis.


 * Felice, R.N. & O'Connor, P.M. (2016) The evolution of sexually dimorphic tail feathers is not associated with tail skeleton dimorphism.


 * Friedman, N.R. & Remes, V. (2016) Ecogeographical gradients in plumage coloration among Australasian songbird clades.


 * Garg, K.M. et al. (20016) Genome-wide data help identify an avian species-level lineage that is morphologically and vocally cryptic.


 * Gavryushkina, A. et al. (2016) Bayesian total-evidence dating reveals the recent crown radiation of penguins.


 * Gold, M.E.L. et al. (2016) The first endocast of the extinct dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and an anatomical comparison amongst close relatives (Aves, Columbiformes).


 * Grellet-Tinner, G. et al. (2016) Is the “Genyornis” egg of a mihirung or another extinct bird from the Australian dreamtime?


 * Handley, W.D. et al. (2016) Sexual dimorphism in the late Miocene mihirung Dromornis stirtoni (Aves: Dromornithidae) from the Alcoota Local Fauna of central Australia.


 * Heers, A.M. (2016) New Perspectives on the Ontogeny and Evolution of Avian Locomotion.


 * Heers, A.M. et al. (2016) Flapping before Flight: High Resolution, Three-Dimensional Skeletal Kinematics of Wings and Legs during Avian Development.


 * Hooper, D.M. et al. (2016) The Rusty-tailed Flycatcher (Muscicapa ruficauda; Aves: Muscicapidae) is a member of the genus Ficedula.


 * Hosner, P.A. et al. (2016) Rapid and recent diversification of curassows, guans, and chachalacas (Galliformes: Cracidae) out of Mesoamerica: Phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial, intron, and ultraconserved element sequences.


 * Hu, H. & O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2016) First species of Enantiornithes from Sihedang elucidates skeletal development in Early Cretaceous enantiornithines.


 * Huang, J. et al. (2016) A new ornithurine from the Early Cretaceous of China sheds light on the evolution of early ecological and cranial diversity in birds.


 * Huntley, J.W. & Voelker, G. (2016) Cryptic diversity in Afro-tropical lowland forests: The systematics and biogeography of the avian genus Bleda.


 * Irestedt, M. et al. (2016) Contrasting phylogeographic signatures in two Australo-Papuan bowerbird species complexes (Aves: Ailuroedus).


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2016) A supermatrix phylogeny of corvoid passerine birds (Aves: Corvides).


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2016) The evolution of mimicry of friarbirds by orioles (Aves: Passeriformes) in Australo-Pacific archipelagos.


 * Johnson, J.A. (2016) Multi-locus phylogenetic inference among New World Vultures (Aves: Cathartidae).


 * Kattan, G.H. et al. (2016) Neotropical bird evolution and 100 years of the enduring ideas of Frank M. Chapman.


 * Kennedy, J.D. et al. (2016) The influence of wing morphology upon the dispersal, geographical distributions and diversification of the Corvides (Aves; Passeriformes).


 * Klingler, J.J. (2016) On the Morphological Description of Tracheal and Esophageal Displacement and Its Phylogenetic Distribution in Aviala.


 * Larson, D.W. et al. (2016) Dental disparity and ecological stability in bird-like dinosaurs prior to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.


 * Lawver, D. R. et al. (2016) An avian egg from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Liangtoutang Formation of Zhejiang Province, China.


 * Lloyd, G.T. et al. (2016) Probabilistic divergence time estimation without branch lengths: dating the origins of dinosaurs, avian flight and crown birds.


 * Machado, J.P. et al. (2016) Bone-associated gene evolution and the origin of flight in birds.


 * Martin, L.D. et al. (2016) Hesperornis escapes plesiosaur attack.


 * Matsui, H. et al. (2016) Adaptive bill morphology for enhanced tool manipulation in New Caledonian crows.


 * Mayr, G. (2016) Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance..


 * Mayr, G. (2016) Evolution of avian breeding strategies and its relation to the habitat preferences of Mesozoic birds.


 * Mayr, G. (2016) Fragmentary but distinctive: three new avian species from the early Eocene of Messel, with the earliest record of medullary bone in a Cenozoic bird.


 * Mayr, G. (2016) On the taxonomy and osteology of the Early Eocene North American Geranoididae (Aves, Gruoidea).


 * Mayr, G. (2016) Osteology and phylogenetic affinities of the middle Eocene North American Bathornis grallator—one of the best represented, albeit least known Paleogene cariamiform birds (seriemas and allies)


 * Mayr, G. (2016) The early Eocene birds of the Messel fossil site: a 48 million-year-old bird community adds a temporal perspective to the evolution of tropical avifaunas.


 * Mayr, G. (2016) The world’s smallest owl, the earliest unambiguous charadriiform bird, and other avian remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA).


 * Mayr, G. (2016) Variations in the hypotarsus morphology of birds and their evolutionary significance.


 * Mayr, G. & Goedert, J.L. (2016) New late Eocene and Oligocene remains of the flightless, penguin-like plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) from western Washington State, U.S.A.


 * Mayr, G. & Scofield, R.P. (2016) New avian remains from the Paleocene of New Zealand: the first early Cenozoic Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) from the Southern Hemisphere.


 * Meijer, H.J.M. et al. (2016) A revision of fossil eagle owls (Aves: Strigiformes: Bubo) from Europe and the description of a new species, Bubo ibericus, from Cal Guardiola (NE Iberian Peninsula).


 * Mitchell, K.J. et al. (2016) Ancient mitochondrial genomes clarify the evolutionary history of New Zealand's enigmatic acanthisittid wrens.


 * Moyle, R.G. et al. (2016) Tectonic collision and uplift of Wallacea triggered the global songbird radiation.


 * Nakamura, S. & Kryukov, A. (2016) Postglacial colonisation and diversification of the Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) in its north-eastern frontier as revealed by morphological analysis.


 * Nesbitt, S.J. & Clarke, J.A. (2016) The anatomy and taxonomy of the exquisitely preserved Green River Formation (early Eocene) lithornithids (Aves) and the relationships of Lithornithidae..


 * Núñez-Lahuerta, C. et al. (2016) Avian remains from the Upper Pleistocene (MIS3) site of Aguilón P-7, south of the Ebro River, Spain.


 * Núñez-Zapata, J. et al. (2016) Pleistocene diversification and speciation of White-throated Thrush (Turdus assimilis; Aves: Turdidae).


 * O'Connor, E.A. et al. (2016) The Evolution of Highly Variable Immunity Genes Across a Passerine Bird Radiation.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2016) A new Early Cretaceous enantiornithine (Aves, Ornithothoraces) from northwestern China with elaborate tail ornamentation.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2016) A new ornithuromorph (Aves) with an elongate rostrum from the Jehol Biota, and the early evolution of rostralization in birds.


 * O’Connor, J.K. et al. (2016) An Enantiornithine with a Fan-Shaped Tail, and the Evolution of the Rectricial Complex in Early Birds.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2016) The morphology of Chiappeavis magnapremaxillo (Pengornithidae: Enantiornithes) and a comparison of aerodynamic function in Early Cretaceous avian tail fans..


 * Ottenburghs, J. et al. (2016) A tree of geese: A phylogenomic perspective on the evolutionary history of True Geese.


 * Ottenburghs, J.  et al. (2016) Birds in a bush: Toward an avian phylogenetic network.


 * Pan, Y. et al. (2016) Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis.


 * Pap, P.L. et al. (2016) A phylogenetic comparative analysis reveals correlations between body feather structure and habitat.


 * Park, T. et al. (2016) New Miocene Fossils and the History of Penguins in Australia.


 * Peteya, J.A. et al. (2016) The plumage and colouration of an enantiornithine bird from the early cretaceous of china.


 * Picasso, M.B.J. & Mosto, M.C. (2016) New insights about Hinasuri nehuensis (Aves, Palaeognathae) from the early Pliocene of Argentina.


 * Proffitt, J.V. et al. (2016) Novel insights into early neuroanatomical evolution in penguins from the oldest described penguin brain endocast.


 * Robertson, B.C. et al. (2016) Phylogenetic affinities of the Fregetta storm-petrels are not black and white.


 * Scofield, R.P. et al. (2016) The origin and phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand ravens.


 * Serrano, F.J. et al. (2016) Inferring flight parameters of Mesozoic avians through multivariate analyses of forelimb elements in their living relatives.


 * Shimada, T.R. & Wilson, L.E. (2016) A New Specimen of the Late Cretaceous Bird, cf. Ichthyornis sp., from the Cenomanian of Central Kansas, with Comments on the Size Distribution of Ichthyornis in North America.


 * Smith, N.A. (2016) Evolution of body mass in the Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes): the effects of combining neontological and paleontological data.


 * Soares, A.E.R. et al. (2016) Complete mitochondrial genomes of living and extinct pigeons revise the timing of the columbiform radiation.


 * Stefanini, M.I. et al. (2016) A new species of the Pleistocene furnariid Pseudoseisuropsis (Aves, Passeriformes).


 * Stervander, M. et al. (2016) Multiple instances of paraphyletic species and cryptic taxa revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear RAD data for Calandrella larks (Aves: Alaudidae).


 * Stidham, T.A. & Eberle, J.J. (2016) The palaeobiology of high latitude birds from the early Eocene greenhouse of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada.


 * Stidham, T.A. & Wang, Y.-Q. (2017) An ameghinornithid-like bird (Aves: Cariamae: Ameghinornithidae?) from the Middle Eocene of Nei Mongol, China.


 * Stidham, T.A. & Zelenkov, N.V. North American–Asian aquatic bird dispersal in the Miocene: evidence from a new species of diving duck (Anseriformes: Anatidae) from North America (Nevada) with affinities to Mongolian taxa.


 * Suh, A. (2016) The phylogenomic forest of bird trees contains a hard polytomy at the root of Neoaves.


 * Supriya, K. et al. (2016) Early diversification of sperm size in the evolutionary history of the Old World Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopidae).


 * Toews, D.P.L et al. (2016) Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds.


 * Varricchio, D.J. & Jackson, F.D. (2016) Reproduction in Mesozoic birds and evolution of the modern avian reproductive mode.


 * Voelker, G. et al. (2016) Three new species of Stiphrornis (Aves: Muscicapidae) from the Afro-tropics, with a molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus.


 * Wang, M. & Lloyd, G.T. (2016) Rates of morphological evolution are heterogeneous in Early Cretaceous birds.


 * Wang, M. & Zhou, Z. (2016) A new adult specimen of the basalmost ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula (Aves: Ornithuromorpha) and its implications for early avian ontogeny.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2016) A Fish-Eating Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of China Provides Evidence of Modern Avian Digestive Features.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2016) A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2016) A new basal ornithuromorph bird (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Early Cretaceous of China with implication for morphology of early Ornithuromorpha.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2016) A new small enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota, with implications for early evolution of avian skull morphology.


 * Wang, M.  et al. (2016) Renaming of Bellulia Wang, Zhou & Zhou, 2016.


 * Wang, Y. et al. (2016) A new Jehol enantiornithine bird with three-dimensional preservation and ovarian follicles.


 * Wang, Y. et al. (2016) A previously undescribed specimen reveals new information on the dentition of Sapeornis chaoyangensis.


 * Wang, Y.-M., et al. (2016) New information on postcranial skeleton of the Early Cretaceous Gansus yumenensis (Aves: Ornithuromorpha).


 * Wilson, L.E. et al. (2016) A new hesperornithiform (Aves) specimen from the Late Cretaceous Canadian High Arctic with comments on high latitude hesperornithiform diet.


 * Worthy T.H. et al. (2016) Osteology Supports a Stem-Galliform Affinity for the Giant Extinct Flightless Bird _Sylviornis neocaledoniae_ (Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres).


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2016) The extinct flightless mihirungs (Aves, Dromornithidae): cranial anatomy, a new species, and assessment of Oligo-Miocene lineage diversity.


 * Wu, Y. et al. (2016) Retinal transcriptome sequencing sheds light on the adaptation to nocturnal and diurnal lifestyles in raptors.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2016) A new bird track, Koreanaornis lii ichnosp. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group in the Lanzhou-Minhe Basin, Gansu, Northwest China, and implications for Early Cretaceous avian diversity.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2016) Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.


 * Yonezawa, T. et al. (2016) Phylogenomics and Morphology of Extinct Paleognaths Reveal the Origin and Evolution of the Ratites.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2016) The first fossil parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes) from Siberia and its implications for the historical biogeography of Psittaciformes.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Averianov, A.O. (2016) A historical specimen of enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia representing a new taxon with a specialized neck morphology.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. et al. (2016) Late Miocene buttonquails (Charadriiformes, Turnicidae) from the temperate zone of Eurasia.


 * Zhou, X. et al. (2016) Complete mitochondrial genomes render the Night Heron genus Gorsachius non-monophyletic.


 * Zvonok, E.A. et al. (2016) A new unusual waterbird (Aves, ?Suliformes) from the Eocene of Kazakhstan.

2015

 * Abbasi, N. et al. (2015) Avian ichnia and other vertebrate trace fossils from the Neogene Red Beds of Tarom valley in north-western Iran.


 * Acosta-Hospitaleche, A. & Gelfo, J.N. (2015) New Antarctic findings of Upper Cretaceous and lower Eocene loons (Aves: Gaviiformes).


 * Álvarez-Varas, R. et al. (2015) Comparative phylogeography of co-distributed Phrygilus species (Aves, Thraupidae) from the Central Andes.


 * Andersen, M.J. et al. (2015) Phylogeny of the monarch flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly and novel relationships within a major Australo-Pacific radiation.


 * Angst, D. et al. (2015) Diet and climatic context of giant birds inferred from δ13Cc and δ18Oc values of Late Palaeocene and Early Eocene eggshells from southern France.


 * Balanoff, A.M. et al. (2015) Brain modularity across the theropod–bird transition: testing the influence of flight on neuroanatomical variation.


 * Barker, F.K. et al. (2015) New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies.


 * Beckman, E.J. & Witt, C.C. (2015) Phylogeny and biogeography of the New World siskins and goldfinches: Rapid, recent diversification in the Central Andes.


 * Bell, A. & Chiappe, L.M. (2015) Identification of a New Hesperornithiform from the Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk and Implications for Ecologic Diversity among Early Diving Birds.


 * Botelho, J.F. & Faunes, M. (2015) The evolution of developmental modes in the new avian phylogenetic tree.


 * Botelho, J.F. et al. (2015) Altriciality and the Evolution of Toe Orientation in Birds.


 * Brusatte, S.L. et al. (2015) The Origin and Diversification of Birds.


 * Buffetaut, E. et al. (2015) New remains of the giant bird Gargantuavis philoinos from the Late Cretaceous of Provence (south-eastern France).


 * Bullar, B.-A. S. et al. (2015) A molecular mechanism for the origin of a key evolutionary innovation, the bird beak and palate, revealed by an integrative approach to major transitions in vertebrate history.


 * Burleigh, J.G. et al. (2015) Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix.


 * Cau, A. et al. (2015) The phylogenetic affinities of the bizarre Late Cretaceous Romanian theropod Balaur bondoc (Dinosauria, Maniraptora): dromaeosaurid or flightless bird?.


 * Carvallo, I. et al. (2015) A new genus and species of enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil.


 * Chen, D. et al. (2015) Revival of the genus Tropicoperdix Blyth 1859 (Phasianidae, Aves) using multilocus sequence data.


 * Claramunt, S. & Cracraft, J. (2015) A new time tree reveals Earth historys imprint on the evolution of modern birds.


 * De Prieti, V.L. et al. (2015) A Plains-wanderer (Pedionomidae) that did not wander plains: a new species from the Oligocene of South Australia.


 * De Prieti, V.L. et al. (2015) Wading a lost southern connection: Miocene fossils from New Zealand reveal a new lineage of shorebirds (Charadriiformes) linking Gondwanan avifaunas.


 * De Ricqlès, A. et al. (2015) Preliminary assessment of bone histology in the extinct elephant bird Aepyornis (Aves, Palaeognathae) from Madagascar.


 * De Souza Carvalho, I. et al. (2015) A Mesozoic bird from Gondwana preserving feathers.


 * Degrange, F.J., et al. (2015) A new Mesembriornithinae (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) provides new insights into the phylogeny and sensory capabilities of terror birds.


 * Degrange, F.J., et al. (2015) Morphology of the forelimb of Psilopterus bachmanni (Aves, Cariamiformes) (Early Miocene of Patagonia).


 * Diederle, J.M. (2015) Systematic status of the Miocene darter ‘Liptornis’ hesternus Ameghino, 1895 (Aves, Suliformes, Anhingidae) from Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Dos Remedios, N. et al. (2015) North or south? Phylogenetic and biogeographic origins of a globally distributed avian clade.


 * Eberhard, J.R. & Wright, T.F. (2015) Rearrangement and evolution of mitochondrial genomes in parrots.


 * Elzanowski, A. & Boles, W.E. (2015) A coraciiform-like bird quadrate from the Early Eocene Tingamarra local fauna of Queensland, Australia.
 * Elzanowski, A. & Zelenkov, N.V. (2015) A primitive heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Miocene of Central Asia.


 * Feo, T.J. et al. (2015) Barb geometry of asymmetrical feathers reveals a transitional morphology in the evolution of avian flight.


 * Fuchs, J. & Bowie, R.C.K. (2015) Concordant genetic structure in two species of woodpecker distributed across the primary West African biogeographic barriers.


 * Fuchs, J. et al. (2015) Rapid diversification of falcons (Aves: Falconidae) due to expansion of open habitats in the Late Miocene.


 * Galla, S.J. & Johnson, J.A. (2015) Differential introgression and effective size of marker type influence phylogenetic inference of a recently divergent avian group (Phasianidae: Tympanuchus).


 * Garcia-R. J.C. & Trewick, S.A. (2015) Dispersal and speciation in purple swamphens (Rallidae: Porphyrio).


 * Gibb, G.C. et al. (2015) New Zealand Passerines Help Clarify the Diversification of Major Songbird Lineages During the Oligocene.


 * Hailer, F. (2015) Distinct and extinct: Genetic differentiation of the Hawaiian eagle.


 * Heers, A.M. & Dial, K.P. (2015) Wings Versus Legs in the Avian Bauplan: Development and Evolution of Alternative Locomotor Strategies.


 * Hosner, P.A. et al. (2015) Avoiding missing data biases in phylogenomic inference: an empirical study in the landfowl (Aves: Galliformes).


 * Hu, D. et al. (2015) Yuanjiawaornis viriosus, gen. et sp. nov., a large enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China.


 * Hu, H. et al. (2015) A New Species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China Suggests a Specialized Scansorial Habitat Previously Unknown in Early Birds.


 * Imai, T. & Azuma, Y. (2015) The oldest known avian eggshell, Plagioolithus fukuiensis, from the Lower Cretaceous (upper Barremian) Kitadani Formation, Fukui, Japan.


 * Janeček, S. et al. (2015) Convergent evolution of sunbird pollination systems of Impatiens species in tropical Africa and hummingbird systems of the New World.


 * Jiang, L. et al. (2015) The Mitochondrial Genomes of Aquila fasciata and Buteo lagopus (Aves, Accipitriformes): Sequence, Structure and Phylogenetic Analyses.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2015) The evolution of morphological diversity in continental assemblages of passerine birds.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Phillips, M.J. (2015) Avian diversification patterns across the K-Pg boundary: Influence of calibrations, datasets, and model misspecification.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2015) Bone histology in extant and fossil penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes).


 * Kraus, R.H.S. & Michael, W. (2015) Avian genomics: fledging into the wild!.


 * Kuramoto, T. et al. (2015) Determining the Position of Storks on the Phylogenetic Tree of Waterbirds by Retroposon-Insertion Analysis.


 * Lambertz, M. & Perry, S.F. (2015) Remarks on the evolution of the avian sternum, dinosaur gastralia, and their functional significance for the respiratory apparatus.


 * Le Duc, D. et al. (2015) Kiwi genome provides insights into evolution of a nocturnal lifestyle.


 * Lindgren, J. et al. (2015) Molecular composition and ultrastructure of Jurassic paravian feathers.


 * Marki, P.Z. et al. (2015) Breeding system evolution influenced the geographic expansion and diversification of the core Corvoidea (Aves: Passeriformes).


 * Martin-Silverstone, E. et al. (2015) Exploring the Relationship between Skeletal Mass and Total Body Mass in Birds.


 * Mason, N.A. & Burns, K.J. (2015) The effect of habitat and body size on the evolution of vocal displays in Thraupidae (tanagers), the largest family of songbirds.


 * Mayr, G. (2015) A new specimen of the Early Eocene Masillacolius brevidactylus and its implications for the evolution of feeding specializations in mousebirds (Coliiformes).


 * Mayr, G. (2015) A reassessment of Eocene parrotlike fossils indicates a previously undetected radiation of zygodactyl stem group representatives of passerines (Passeriformes)..


 * Mayr. G. (2015) Cranial and vertebral morphology of the straight-billed Miocene phoenicopteriform bird Palaelodus and its evolutionary significance.


 * Mayr, G. (2015) New remains of the Eocene Prophaethon and the early evolution of tropicbirds (Phaethontiformes).


 * Mayr, G. (2015) Skeletal morphology of the middle Eocene swift Scaniacypselus and the evolutionary history of true swifts (Apodidae).


 * Mayr, G. (2015) Towards completion of the early Eocene aviary: A new bird group from the Messel oil shale (Aves, Eopachypterygidae, fam. nov.).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2015) Oligocene Plotopterid Skulls from Western North America and Their Bearing on the Phylogenetic Affinities of These Penguin-Like Seabirds.


 * Mayr, G. & Noriega, J.I. (2015) A well-preserved partial skeleton of the poorly known early Miocene seriema Noriegavis santacrucensis.


 * McCrea, R.T. et al. (2015) Vertebrate ichnites from the Boulder Creek Formation (Lower Cretaceous: middle to Upper Albian) of northeastern British Columbia, with a description of a new avian ichnotaxon, Paxavipes babcockensis ichnogen. et isp. nov.


 * Meijer, H.J.M. et al. (2015) Avian remains from the Early/Middle Pleistocene of the So'a Basin, central Flores, Indonesia, and their palaeoenvironmental significance.


 * Mitchel, J.S. (2015) Extant-only comparative methods fail to recover the disparity preserved in the bird fossil record.


 * Navalón, G. et al. (2015) Soft-tissue and dermal arrangement in the wing of an Early Cretaceous bird: Implications for the evolution of avian flight.


 * Oatley, G. et al. (2015) A molecular phylogeny of the harriers (Circus, Accipitridae) indicate the role of long distance dispersal and migration in diversification.


 * O’Connor, J.K. & Zhou, Z. (2015) Early evolution of the biological bird: perspectives from new fossil discoveries in China.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2015) Evolution and functional significance of derived sternal ossification patterns in ornithothoracine birds.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2015) Osteohistology of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation ornithuromorph (Aves) Iteravis huchzermeyeri.


 * Olsen, A.M. (2015) Exceptional avian herbivores: multiple transitions toward herbivory in the bird order Anseriformes and its correlation with body mass.


 * Ossa-Fuentes, L. et al. (2015) Bird embryos uncover homology and evolution of the dinosaur ankle.


 * Owaga, L.M. et al. (2015) Opposing demographic histories reveal rapid evolution in grebes (Aves: Podicipedidae).


 * Paulina-Carabajal, A. et al. (2015) Endocranial morphology of Pygoscelis calderensis (Aves, Spheniscidae) from the Neogene of Chile and remarks on brain morphology in modern Pygoscelis.


 * Pavia, M. et al. (2015) New Early Pliocene Owls from Langebaanweg, South Africa, with First Evidence of Athene South of the Sahara and a New Species of Tyto.


 * Persons IV, W.S. & Currie, P.J. (2015) Bristles before down: A new perspective on the functional origin of feathers.


 * Picasso, M.B.J. (2015) Diversity of extinct Rheidae (Aves, Palaeognathae): historical controversies and the new taxonomic status of Rhea pampeana Moreno and Mercerat 1891 from the Pleistocene of Argentina.


 * Pons, J.-M. et al. (2015) Genetic variation among Corsican and continental populations of the Eurasian treecreeper (Aves: Certhia familiaris) reveals the existence of a palaeoendemic mitochondrial lineage.


 * Prum, R.O. et al. (2015) A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing.


 * Rabosky, D.L. et al. (2015) Minimal effects of latitude on present-day speciation rates in New World birds.


 * Rocha, T.C. et al. (2015) Molecular phylogeny and diversification of a widespread Neotropical rainforest bird group: The Buff-throated Woodcreeper complex, Xiphorhynchus guttatus/susurrans (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae).


 * Schweizer, M. et al. (2015) Molecular phylogenetics suggests a New Guinean origin and frequent episodes of founder-event speciation in the nectarivorous lories and lorikeets (Aves: Psittaciformes).


 * Selvatti, A.P. et al. (2015) A Paleogene origin for crown passerines and the diversification of the Oscines in the New World.


 * Serrano, F.J. et al. (2015) Multivariate analysis of neognath skeletal measurements: implications for body mass estimation in Mesozoic birds.


 * Shipham, A. et al. (2015) Phylogenetic analysis of the Australian rosella parrots (Platycercus) reveals discordance among molecules and plumage.


 * Smith, N.A. & Clarke, J.A. (2015) Systematics and evolution of the Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes).


 * Solórzano, A. & Rincón, A.D. (2015) The Earliest Record (Early Miocene) of a Bony-Toothed Bird from South America and a Reexamination of Venezuelan Pelagornithids.


 * Stein, R.W. et al. (2015) A molecular genetic time scale demonstrates Cretaceous origins and multiple diversification rate shifts within the order Galliformes (Aves).


 * Stidham, T.A. (2015) A new species of Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae) from the Early Eocene Wasatch Formation of Wyoming: implications for palaeoecology and palaeobiology.


 * Stidham, T.A. & Hilton, R.P. (2015) New data on stiff-tailed duck evolution and dispersal from a new species of diving duck (Anseriformes: Anatidae: cf. Oxyurinae) from the Miocene High Rock Caldera in north-west Nevada, USA.


 * Stucchi, M. et al. (2015) A new late Miocene condor (Aves, Cathartidae) from Peru and the origin of South American Condors.


 * Suh, A. et al. (2015) The Dynamics of Incomplete Lineage Sorting across the Ancient Adaptive Radiation of Neoavian Birds.


 * Swanson, D.L. & Bozinovic, F. (2015) Metabolic capacity and the evolution of biogeographic patterns in oscine and suboscine passerine birds.


 * Tambussi, C.P. et al. (2015) Endocranial anatomy of Antarctic Eocene stem penguins: implications for sensory system evolution in Sphenisciformes (Aves).


 * Toews, D.P.L. et al. (2015) Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds.


 * Varricchio, D.J. et al. (2015) Reidentification of Avian Embryonic Remains from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.


 * Voelker, G. et al. (2015) Resolving taxonomic uncertainty and historical biogeographic patterns in Muscicapa flycatchers and their allies.


 * Voelker, G. et al. (2015) The biogeographic history of Phoenicurus redstarts reveals an allopatric mode of speciation and an out-of-Himalayas colonization pattern.


 * Walsh, S.A. et al. (2015) A reappraisal of Cerebavis cenomanica (Aves, Ornithurae), from Melovatka, Russia.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2015) Second species of enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Changma Basin, northwestern China with implications for the taxonomic diversity of the Changma avifauna.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2015) The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early cretaceous of China.


 * Wang, M. & Liu, D. (2015) Taxonomical reappraisal of Cathayornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes).


 * Wang, R.F. et al. (2015) Discovery of a new ornithuromorph genus, Juehuaornis gen.nov. from Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China..


 * Wang, X. (2015) New material of Longipteryx (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China with the first recognized avian tooth crenulations.


 * Wang, X. & Clarke, J.A. (2015) The evolution of avian wing shape and previously unrecognized trends in covert feathering.


 * Watanabe, J. & Matsuoka, H. (2015) Flightless Diving Duck (Aves, Anatidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, Northeast Japan.


 * Wood, J.R. & De Pietri, V.L. (2015) Next-generation paleornithology: Technological and methodological advances allow new insights into the evolutionary and ecological histories of living birds.


 * Worthy, T.H. & Yates, A. (2015) Connecting the thigh and foot: resolving the association of post-cranial elements in the species of Ilbandornis (Aves: Dromornithidae).


 * Wu, L. et al. (2015) A phylogeny of the Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes) based on mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene.


 * Zinoviev, A.V. (2015) Comparative anatomy of the intertarsal joint in extant and fossil birds: inferences for the locomotion of Hesperornis regalis (Hesperornithiformes) and Emeus crassus (Dinornithiformes).


 * Zhang, S. et al. (2015) A new egg with avian egg shape from the Upper Cretaceous of Zhejiang Province, China.


 * Zhang, Z.  et al. (2015) Unexpected divergence and lack of divergence revealed in continental Asian Cyornis flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae).


 * Zhao, T. et al. (2015) A trogon-like arboreal bird from the early Eocene of China.


 * Zvonok, E.A. et al. (2015) New material of the Eocene marine bird Kievornis Averianov et al., 1990 and a reassessment of the affinities of this taxon.

2014

 * Acosta Hospitaleche, C. & Reguero, M. (2014) Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, the best preserved penguin skeleton from the Eocene-Oligocene of Antarctica: Taxonomic and evolutionary remarks.


 * Aggerbeck, M. et al. (2014) Resolving deep lineage divergences in core corvoid passerine birds supports a proto-Papuan island origin.


 * Alström, P. et al. (2014) Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds.


 * Andersen, M.J. et al. (2014) A molecular phylogeny of Pacific honeyeaters (Aves, Meliphagidae) reveals extensive paraphyly and an isolated Polynesian radiation.


 * Andersen, M.J. et al. (2014) Molecular systematics of the world's most polytypic bird: the Pachycephala pectoralis/melanura (Aves: Pachycephalidae) species complex.


 * Angst, D. et al. (2014) Fossil avian eggs from the Palaeogene of southern France new size estimates and a possible taxonomic identification of the egg-layer.


 * Angst, D. et al. (2014) Isotopic and anatomical evidence of an herbivorous diet in the Early Tertiary giant bird Gastornis. Implications for the structure of Paleocene terrestrial ecosystems.


 * Ando, T. & Fordyce, R.E. (2014) Evolutionary drivers for flightless, wing-propelled divers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.


 * Arbabi, T. et al. (2014) A re-evaluation of phylogenetic relationships within reed warblers (Aves: Acrocephalidae) based on eight molecular loci and ISSR profiles.


 * Arbeláez-Cortés, E. et al. (2014) Multilocus analysis of intraspecific differentiation in three endemic bird species from the northern Neotropical dry forest.


 * Baker, A.J. et al. (2014) Genomic Support for a Moa-Tinamou Clade and Adaptive Morphological Convergence in Flightless Ratites.


 * Batalha-Filho, H. et al. (2014) Phylogeny and historical biogeography of gnateaters (Passeriformes, Conopophagidae) in the South America forests.


 * Berv, J.S. & Prum, R.O. (2014) A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Neotropical cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a comparative evolutionary analysis of breeding system and plumage dimorphism and a revised phylogenetic classification.


 * Bochenski, Z.M. et al. (2014) The First Complete Leg of a Passerine Bird from the Early Oligocene of Poland.


 * Botelho, J.F. et al. (2014) New Developmental Evidence Clarifies the Evolution of Wrist Bones in the Dinosaur–Bird Transition.


 * Botelho, J.F. et al. (2014) The developmental origin of zygodactyl feet and its possible loss in the evolution of Passeriformes.


 * Bourdon. E. et al. (2014) The birds (Aves) from the Early Eocene of La Borie, southern France.


 * Bravo, G.A. et al. (2014) Adaptive processes drive ecomorphological convergent evolution in antwrens (Thamnophilidae).


 * Brusatte, S. et al. (2014) Gradual assembly of avian body plan culminated in rapid rates of evolution across the dinosaur-bird transition.


 * Buffetaut, E. & Angst, D. (2014) Stratigraphic distribution of large flightless birds in the Palaeogene of Europe and its palaeobiological and palaeogeographical implications.


 * Burleigh, G.J. et al. (2014) Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix.


 * Burns, K.J. et al. (2014) Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds.


 * Čapek, D. et al. (2014) Thumbs down: A molecular-morphogenetic approach to avian digit homology.


 * Cerda, I.A. et al. (2014) Unexpected microanatomical variation among Eocene Antarctic stem penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes).


 * Chávez-Hoffmeister, M.F. et al. (2014) The Evolution of Seabirds in the Humboldt Current: New Clues from the Pliocene of Central Chile.


 * Chávez-Hoffmeister, M.F. (2014) The Humerus and Stratigraphic Range of Palaeospheniscus (Aves, Sphenisciformes).


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2014) A new specimen of the Early Cretaceous bird Hongshanornis longicresta: insights into the aerodynamics and diet of a basal ornithuromorph.


 * Chinsamy, A. et al. (2014) Insight into the growth dynamics and systematic affinities of the Late Cretaceous Gargantuavis from bone microstructure.


 * Claramunt, S. (2014) Phylogenetic relationships among Synallaxini spinetails (Aves: Furnariidae) reveal a new biogeographic pattern across the Amazon and Paraná river basins.


 * Davis, K.E. & Page, R.D.M. (2014) Reweaving the Tapestry: a Supertree of Birds.


 * De Pietri, V.L. & Mayr, G. (2014) Reappraisal of early Miocene rails (Aves, Rallidae) from central France: diversity and character evolution.


 * De Pietri, V.L. & Mayr, G. (2014) The enigmatic Ibidopodia from the early Miocene of France—the first Neogene record of Cariamiformes (Aves) in Europe.


 * De Pietri, V.L. & Mayr, G. (2014) The phylogenetic relationships of the Early Miocene stork Grallavis edwardsi, with comments on the interrelationships of living Ciconiidae (Aves).


 * De Pietri, V.L. & Scofield, R.P. (2014) The earliest European record of a Stone-curlew (Charadriiformes, Burhinidae) from the late Oligocene of France.


 * De Pietro, V.L. et al. (2014) A Plains-wanderer (Pedionomidae) that did not wander plains: a new species from the Oligocene of South Australia.


 * Dong, F. et al. (2014) Molecular systematics and plumage coloration evolution of an enigmatic babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis) in East Asia.


 * Dourado, C.G. et al. (2014) Phylogenetic origin of the endemic pigeons from Madeira (Columba trocaz) and Azores Islands (Columba palumbus azorica).


 * Elzanowski, A. (2014) More Evidence for Plesiomorphy of the Quadrate in the Eocene Anseriform Avian Genus Presbyornis.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2014) Dating the diversification of the major lineages of Passeriformes (Aves).


 * Evangelista, D. et al. (2014) Shifts in stability and control effectiveness during evolution of the Avialae support aerial maneuvering hypotheses for flight origins.


 * Fabre, P.-H., et al. (2014) Multiple waves of colonization by monarch flycatchers (Myiagra, Monarchidae) across the Indo-Pacific and their implications for coexistence and speciation.


 * Falk, A.R. et al. (2014) A behavioral analysis of fossil bird tracks from the Haman Formation (Republic of Korea) shows a nearly modern avian ecosystem.


 * Feduccia, A. (2014) Avian extinction at the end of the Cretaceous: Assessing the magnitude and subsequent explosive radiation.


 * Felice, R.N. (2014) Coevolution of caudal skeleton and tail feathers in birds.


 * Felice, R.N. & O’Connor, P.M. (2014) Ecology and caudal skeletal morphology in birds: The convergent evolution of pygostyle shape in underwater foraging taxa.


 * García–R, J.C. et al. (2014) Eocene Diversification of Crown Group Rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae).


 * García–R, J.C. et al. (2014) Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae.


 * Göhlich, U.B. & Gross, M. (2014) The Sarmatian (late Middle Miocene) avian fauna from Gratkorn, Austria.


 * Haidr, N. & Acosta Hospitaleche, C. (2014) Miocene Patagonian penguins: craniomandibular morphology and functional mechanics.


 * Harris, R.B. et al. (2014) Incubator birds: biogeographical origins and evolution of underground nesting in megapodes (Galliformes: Megapodiidae).


 * Heers, A.M. & Kenneth, P.D. (2014) Wings Versus Legs in the Avian Bauplan: Development and Evolution of Alternative Locomotor Strategies.


 * Heupink et al (2014) The mysterious Spotted Green Pigeon and its relation to the Dodo and its kindred.


 * Hu, H. et al. (2014) A Subadult Specimen of Pengornis and Character Evolution in Enantiornithes.


 * Huynen, L. & Lambert, D.M. (2014) Complex Species Status for Extinct Moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes) from the Genus Euryapteryx.


 * Huynen, L. et al. (2014) Identification, Classification, and Growth of Moa Chicks (Aves: Dinornithiformes) from the Genus Euryapteryx.


 * Isler, M.L. et al. (2014) Systematics of the obligate ant-following clade of antbirds (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae).


 * Jadwiszczak, P. (2014) Synsacra of the Eocene Antarctic penguins: new data on spinal maturation and an insight into their role in the control of walking.


 * Jarvis, E.D. (2014) Whole genome analyzes resolve the early branches in the tree of life of modern birds.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2014) Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves:Pachycephala).


 * Joseph, L. et al. (2014) A new synthesis of the molecular systematics and biogeography of honeyeaters (Passeriformes, Meliphagidae) highlights biogeographical and ecological complexity of a spectacular avian radiation.


 * Kawabe, S. et al. (2014) Enigmatic affinity in the brain morphology between plotopterids and penguins, with a comprehensive comparison among water birds.


 * Kennedy, M. & Spencer, H.G. (2014) Classification of the cormorants of the world.


 * Kimbal, R.T. & Braun, E.L. (2014) Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix.


 * Klicka, J. et al. (2014) A comprehensive multilocus assessment of sparrow (Aves: Passerellidae) relationships.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2014) Flying rocks and flying clocks: disparity in fossil and molecular dates for birds.


 * Lee, M.S.Y. et al. (2014) Morphological Clocks in Paleontology, and a Mid-Cretaceous Origin of Crown Aves.


 * Lefèvre, U. et al. (2014) A new long-tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern China.


 * Li, C. et al. (2014) Two Antarctic penguin genomes reveal Insights into Their evolutionary history and molecular changes related to the cold Antarctic environment.


 * Li, Z. et al. (2014) A New Specimen of Large-Bodied Basal Enantiornithine Bohaiornis from the Early Cretaceous of China and the Inference of Feeding Ecology in Mesozoic Birds.


 * Liu, D. et al. (2014) An advanced, new long-legged bird from the Early Cretaceous of the Jehol Group (northeastern China): insights into the temporal divergence of modern birds.


 * Lockley, M.G. et al. (2014) First report of bird tracks (Aquatilavipes) from the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), eastern Utah.


 * Lou, S. et al. (2014) Deep phylogeographic divergence of a migratory passerine in Sino-Himalayan and Siberian forests. The Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) complex.


 * Mahmmod, M.T. et al. (2014) Phylogenetic position of avian nocturnal and diurnal raptors.


 * Manegold, A. et al. (2014) A new species of Aegypius vulture (Aegypiinae, Accipitridae) from the early Pliocene of South Africa.


 * Manegold, A. & Podsiadlowski, L. (2014) On the systematic position of the Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus (Agapornithinae, Psittaciformes).


 * Marsola, J.C.A. (2014) The first fossil avian egg from Brazil.


 * Mayr, G. (2014) A hoatzin fossil from the middle Miocene of Kenya documents the past occurrence of modern-type Opisthocomiformes in Africa.


 * Mayr, G. (2014) Comparative morphology of the radial carpal bone of neornithine birds and the phylogenetic significance of character variation.


 * Mayr, G. (2014) New remains of the Eocene Prophaethon and the early evolution of tropicbirds (Phaethontiformes).


 * Mayr, G. (2014) On the middle Miocene avifauna of Maboko Island, Kenya.


 * Mayr, G. (2014) On the origin of feathers.


 * Mayr, G. (2014) The middle Eocene European “ratite” Palaeotis (Aves, Palaeognathae) restudied once more.


 * Mayr, G. (2014) The origins of crown group birds: molecules and fossils.


 * Mayr, G. & De Pietri, V.L. (2014) Earliest and first Northern Hemispheric hoatzin fossils substantiate Old World origin of a “Neotropic endemic”.


 * Mayr, G. & Noriega, J.I. (2014) A well-preserved partial skeleton of the poorly known early Miocene seriema Noriegavis santacrucensis (Aves, Cariamidae).


 * Mayr, G. & Scofield, R.P. (2014) First diagnosable non-sphenisciform bird from the early Paleocene of New Zealand.


 * Mayr, G. & Wilde, V. (2014) Eocene fossil is earliest evidence of flower-visiting by birds.


 * McGuire, J.A. et al. (2014) Molecular Phylogenetics and the Diversification of Hummingbirds.


 * Meijer, H.J.M. (2014) A peculiar anseriform (Aves: Anseriformes) from the Miocene of Gargano (Italy).


 * Meijer H.J.M. (2014) The avian fossil record in Insular Southeast Asia and its implications for avian biogeography and palaeoecology.


 * Meredith, R.W. et al. (2014) Evidence for a single loss of mineralized teeth in the common ancestor avian.


 * Mitchell, K.J. et al. (2014) Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution.


 * Mitchell, K.J. et al. (2014) Ancient mitochondrial genome reveals unsuspected taxonomic affinity of the extinct Chatham duck (Pachyanas chathamica) and resolves divergence times for New Zealand and sub-Antarctic brown teals.


 * Mitchell, J.S. & Makovicky, P.J. (2014) Low ecological disparity in Early Cretaceous birds.


 * Nagy, J. & Tökölyi, J. (2014) Phylogeny, historical biogeography and the evolution of migration in accipitrid birds of prey (Aves: Accipitriformes).


 * Naish, D. (2014) The fossil record of bird behaviour.


 * Nguyen, J.M.T. et al. (2014) New specimens of the logrunner Orthonyx kaldowinyeri (Passeriformes, Orthonychidae) from the Oligo-Miocene of Australia.


 * Nudds, R.L. (2014) Reassessment of the Wing Feathers of Archaeopteryx lithographica Suggests No Robust Evidence for the Presence of Elongated Dorsal Wing Coverts.


 * O'Connor, J.K. & Sullivan, C. (2014) Reinterpretation of the Early Cretaceous maniraptoran Zhongornis haoae as a scansoriopterygid-like non-avian, and morphological resemblances between scansoriopterygids and basal oviraptorosaurs.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2014) A confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-like tarsometatarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Siberia and a discussion of the evolution of avian hind limb musculature.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2014) Ovarian follicles shed new light on dinosaur reproduction during the transition towards birds.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2014) The histology of two female Early Cretaceous birds.


 * Park, T. (2014) Redescription of the Miocene penguin Pseudaptenodytes macraei Simpson (Aves: Sphenisciformes) and redefinition of the taxonomic status of ?Pseudaptenodytes minor Simpson.


 * Pasquet, E. et al. (2014) Evolution within the nuthatches (Sittidae: Aves, Passeriformes): molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and ecological perspectives.


 * Paulina-Carabajal, A. et al. (2014) Endocranial morphology of Pygoscelis calderensis (Aves, Spheniscidae) from the Neogene of Chile and remarks on brain morphology in modern Pygoscelis.


 * Pavia, M. (2014) The parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) from the Middle Miocene of Sansan (Gers, Southern France).


 * Porras-Múzquiz, H.G. et al. (2014) The carinate bird Ichthyornis from the Upper Cretaceous of Mexico.


 * Powell, A.F.L.A. et al. (2014) A comprehensive species-level molecular phylogeny of the New World blackbirds (Icteridae).


 * Puttick, M.N. et al. (2014) High rates of evolution preceded the origin of birds.


 * Rashid, D.J. et al. (2014) From dinosaurs to birds: a tail of evolution.


 * Rauhut, O.W.M. (2014) New observations on the skull of Archaeopteryx.


 * Rheindt, F.E. et al. (2014) Introgression and Phenotypic Assimilation in Zimmerius Flycatchers (Tyrannidae): Population Genetic and Phylogenetic Inferences from Genome-Wide SNPs.


 * Rheindt, F.E. et al. (2014) The timing of diversification within the most divergent parrot clade.


 * Rodrigues, B.S. et al. (2014) Chromosomal studies on Coscoroba coscoroba (Aves:Anseriformes) reinforce the Coscoroba–Cereopsis clade.


 * Romanov, M.N. et al. (2014) Reconstruction of gross avian genome structure, organization and evolution suggests that the chicken lineage most closely resembles the dinosaur avian ancestor.


 * Sigurdsson, S. & Cracraft, J. (2014) Deciphering the diversity and history of New World nightjars (Aves: Caprimulgidae) using molecular phylogenetics.


 * Slager, D.L. et al. (2014) A multilocus phylogeny of a major New World avian radiation: The Vireonidae.


 * Smith, B.T. et al. (2014) The drivers of tropical speciation.


 * Stidham, T.A. & Ni, X.-J.(2014) Large anseriform (Aves: Anatidae: Romainvilliinae?) fossils from the Late Eocene of Xinjiang, China.


 * Stidham, T.A. et al. (2014) A Pelican Tarsometatarsus (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Latest Pliocene Siwaliks of India.


 * Suárez, W. & Olson, S.L. (2014) A new fossil species of small crested caracara (Aves: Falconidae: Caracara) from the Pacific lowlands of western South America.


 * Schweizer, M. et al. (2014) Diversity versus disparity and the role of ecological opportunity in a continental bird radiation.


 * Schodde, R. & Christidis, L. (2014) Relicts from Tertiary Australasia: undescribed families and subfamilies of songbirds (Passeriformes) and their zoogeographic signal.


 * Tello, J.G. et al. (2014) Reassessment of the systematics of the widespread Neotropical genus Cercomacra (Aves: Thamnophilidae).


 * Thomas, D.B. et al. (2014) Ancient origins and multiple appearances of carotenoid-pigmented feathers in birds.


 * Toon, A. et al. (2014) Genetic analysis of the Australian whipbirds and wedgebills illuminates the evolution of their plumage and vocal diversity.


 * Torres, C.R. et al. (2014) A multi-locus inference of the evolutionary diversification of extant flamingos (Phoenicopteridae).


 * Voelker, G. et al. (2014) Diversification in an Afro-Asian songbird clade (Erythropygia–Copsychus) reveals founder-event speciation via trans-oceanic dispersals and a southern to northern colonization pattern in Africa.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2014) A new diverse enantiornithine family (Bohaiornithidae fam. nov.) from the Lower Cretaceous of China with information from two new species.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2014) A new robust enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China with scansorial adaptations.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2014) The first enantiornithine bird from the Upper Cretaceous of China.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2014) Insights into the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces).


 * Welch, A.J. et al. (2014) Phylogenetic relationships of the extinct St Helena petrel, Pterodroma rupinarum Olson, 1975 (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae), based on ancient DNA.


 * Wilson, L.E. & Chin, K. (2014) Comparative osteohistology of Hesperornis with reference to pygoscelid penguins: the effects of climate and behaviour on avian bone microstructure.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2014) Phylogenetic relationships of the Australian Oligo–Miocene ratite Emuarius gidju Casuariidae.


 * Wright, N.A. et al. (2014) Metabolic ‘engines’ of flight drive genome size reduction in birds.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2014) First record of bird tracks from Paleogene of China (Guangdong Province).


 * Xu, X. et al. (2014) An integrative approach to understanding bird origins.


 * Zhang, G. et al. (2014) Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.


 * Zhang, Y. et al. (2014) New information on the anatomy of the Chinese Early Cretaceous Bohaiornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from a subadult specimen of Zhouornis hani.


 * Zhang, Z. et al. (2014) A large enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implication for lung ventilation.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2014) New information on Hongshanornithidae (Aves: Ornithuromorpha) from a new subadult specimen.


 * Zheng. X. et al. (2014) New Specimens of Yanornis Indicate a Piscivorous Diet and Modern Alimentary Canal.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2014) On the absence of sternal elements in Anchiornis (Paraves) and Sapeornis (Aves) and the complex early evolution of the avian sternum.


 * Zhou, Q. et al. (2014) Complex evolutionary trajectories of sex chromosomes across bird taxa.


 * Zhou, S. et al. (2014) A new species from an ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) dominated locality of the Jehol Biota.

2013

 * Aidala, Z. et al. (2013) Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Mohoua, endemic hosts of New Zealand’s obligate brood parasitic Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis).


 * Aleixandre, P. et al. (2013) Speciation on Oceanic Islands Rapid Adaptive Divergence vs. Cryptic Speciation in a Guadalupe Island Songbird (Aves, Junco).


 * Allen, V. et al. (2013) Linking the evolution of body shape and locomotor biomechanics in bird-line archosaurs.


 * Alström, P. et al. (2013) Multilocus phylogeny of the avian family Alaudidae (larks) reveals complex morphological evolution, non-monophyletic genera and hidden species diversity.


 * Ando, T. & Fordyce, R.E. (2013) Evolutionary drivers for flightless, wing-propelled divers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.


 * Angst, D. & Buffetaut, E. (2013) The first mandible of Gastornis Hébert, 1855 (Aves, Gastornithidae) from the Thanetian (Paleocene) of Mont-de-Berru (France).


 * Angst, D. et al. (2013) “Terror Birds” (Phorusrhacidae) from the Eocene of Europe Imply Trans-Tethys Dispersal.


 * Areta, J.I. & Pearman, M. (2013) Species Limits and Clinal Variation in a Widespread High Andean Furnariid: The Buff-Breasted Earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris).


 * Azuma, Y. et al. (2013) A bird footprint assemblage of early Late Cretaceous age, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China.


 * Backström, N. et al. (2013) Inferring the demographic history of European Ficedula flycatcher populations.


 * Baier, D.B. et al. (2013) Three-Dimensional, High-Resolution Skeletal Kinematics of the Avian Wing and Shoulder during Ascending Flapping Flight and Uphill Flap-Running.


 * Balanoff, A.M. et al. (2013) Evolutionary origins of the avian brain.


 * Barth, J.M.I. et al. (2013) Phylogenetic Position and Subspecies Divergence of the Endangered New Zealand Dotterel (Charadrius obscurus).


 * Batalha-Filho, H. et al. (2013) Molecular systematics and evolution of the Synallaxis ruficapilla complex (Aves, Furnariidae) in the Atlantic Forest.


 * Banks, R.C. et al. (2013) Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini).


 * Barker, F.K. et al. (2013) Going to extremes. Contrasting rates of diversification in a recent radiation of New World passerine birds.


 * Bayard De Volo, S. et al. (2013) Phylogeography, Postglacial Gene Flow, and Population History of North American Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis).


 * Benson, R.B.J. & Choiniere, J.N. (2013) Rates of dinosaur limb evolution provide evidence for exceptional radiation in Mesozoic birds.


 * Berns, C.M. & Adams, D.C. (2013) Becoming Different But Staying Alike: Patterns of Sexual Size and Shape Dimorphism in Bills of Hummingbirds.


 * Bertelli, S. et al. (2013) Another charadriiform-like bird from the lower Eocene of Denmark.


 * Bhattacharyya, B.N. (2013) Avian Jaw Function Adaptation of the Seven–Muscle System and a Review.


 * Bochenski, Z.M. et al. (2013) The third nearly complete passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Europe.


 * Bochenski, Z.M. et al. (2013) A review of avian remains from the Oligocene of the Outer Carpathians and Central Paleogene Basin.


 * Bock, W.J. (2013) The furcula and the evolution of avian flight.


 * Boles, W.E. et al. (2013) A fossil stone-curlew (Aves: Burhinidae) from the Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of South Australia.


 * Brassey, C.A. et al. (2013) More than One Way of Being a Moa: Differences in Leg Bone Robustness Map Divergent Evolutionary Trajectories in Dinornithidae and Emeidae (Dinornithiformes).


 * Bristol, R.M. et al. (2013) Molecular phylogeny of the Indian Ocean Terpsiphone paradise flycatchers. Undetected evolutionary diversity revealed amongst island populations.


 * Bryson, R.W. et al. (2013) Diversification across the New World within the 'blue' cardinalids (Aves: Cardinalidae).


 * Buffetaut, E. (2013) The giant bird Gastornis in Asia: A revision of Zhongyuanus xichuanensis Hou, 1980, from the Early Eocene of China.


 * Buffetaut, E. (2013) Who discovered the Phorusrhacidae? An episode in the history of avian palaeontology.


 * Buffetaut, E. & Angst, D. (2013) New evidence of a giant bird from the Late Cretaceous of France.


 * Buffetaut, E. & Angst, D. (2013) Terror cranes” or peaceful plant-eaters changing interpretations of the palaeobiology of gastornithid birds.


 * Burridge, C.P. et al. (2013) Did postglacial sea-level changes initiate the evolutionary divergence of a Tasmanian endemic raptor from its mainland relative?.


 * Campagna, L. et al. (2013) Identifying the Sister Species to the Rapid Capuchino Seedeater Radiation (Passeriformes: Sporophila).


 * Campbell, K.E. (2013) Revisiting Asio priscus, the extinct eared owl of the California Channel Islands.


 * Campbell, K.E. & Bocheński, Z.M. (2013) Two new late Pleistocene miniature owls from Rancho La Brea, California.


 * Capurucho, J.M.G. et al. (2013) Combining phylogeography and landscape genetics of Xenopipo atronitens (Aves:Pipridae), a white sand campina specialist, to understand Pleistocene landscape.


 * Chambers, G.K. & Worthy, T.H. (2013) Our evolving view of the kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) and its allies.


 * Chaves, J.A. et al. (2013) Biogeography and evolutionary history of the Neotropical genus Saltator (Aves: Thraupini).


 * Chinsamy, A. et al. (2013) Gender identification of the Mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus.


 * Cibois, A. et al. (2013) Phylogeny and biogeography of the fruit doves (Aves: Columbidae).


 * Claramunt, S. et al. (2013) Phylogeny and Classification of Automolus Foliage-Gleaners and Allies (Furnariidae).


 * Corbin, C.E. et al. (2013) The skeleton flight apparatus of North American bluebirds (Sialia): Phylogenetic thrushes or functional flycatchers?.


 * Cunningham, S.J. et al. (2013) The Anatomy of the bill Tip of Kiwi and Associated Somatosensory Regions of the Brain: Comparisons with Shorebirds.


 * De Pietri, V.L. (2013) Interrelationships of the Threskiornithidae and the phylogenetic position of the Miocene ibis ‘Plegadis’ paganus from the Saint-Gérand-le-Puy area in central France.


 * De Pietri, V.L. et al. (2013) A Haematopus-like skull and other remains of Charadrii (Aves, Charadriiformes) from the Early Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France).


 * De Pietri, V.L. et al. (2013) An assessment of the Cenozoic avifauna of Switzerland, with a description of two fossil owls (Aves, Strigiformes).


 * De Bakker, M.A.G. et al. (2013) Digit loss in archosaur evolution and the interplay between selection and constraints.


 * Dececchi, T.A. & Larsson, H.C.E. (2013) Body and limb size dissociation at the origin of birds. Uncoupling allometric constraints across a macroevolutionary transition.


 * Donatelli, R.J. (2013) Jaw Musculature of the Picini (Aves: Piciformes: Picidae).


 * Dong, L. et al. (2013) Phylogeography of Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera L.) across China: aggregate effects of refugia, introgression and riverine barriers.


 * Drovetski, S.V. et al. (2013) Geographic mode of speciation in a mountain specialist Avian family endemic to the Palearctic.


 * Dufort, M.J. & Barker, F.K. (2013) Range dynamics, rather than convergent selection, explain the mosaic distribution of red-winged blackbird phenotypes.


 * Dyke, G. et al. (2013) Aerodynamic performance of the feathered dinosaur Microraptor and the evolution of feathered flight.


 * Elliott, K.H. et al. (2013) High flight costs, but low dive costs, in auks support the biomechanical hypothesis for flightlessness in penguins.


 * Fernandes, A.M. et al. (2013) Multilocus phylogeography of the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus (Aves, Furnariidae) in lowland Amazonia: Widespread cryptic diversity and paraphyly reveal a complex diversification pattern.


 * Fernández, M.S. et al. (2013) A Large Accumulation of Avian Eggs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina) Reveals a Novel Nesting Strategy in Mesozoic Birds.


 * Field, D.J. et al. (2013) Skeletal Correlates for Body Mass Estimation in Modern and Fossil Flying Birds.


 * Fjeldsa, J. (2013) The global diversification of songbirds (Oscines) and the build-up of the Sino-Himalayan diversity hotspot.


 * Fuchs, J. et al. (2013) A multi-locus phylogeny suggests an ancient hybridization event between Campephilus and melanerpine woodpeckers (Aves: Picidae).


 * Gibb, G.C. et al. (2013) Beyond phylogeny: Pelecaniform and Ciconiiform birds, and long-term niche stability.


 * Gluckman, T.-L. (2013) Pathways to elaboration of sexual dimorphism in bird plumage patterns.


 * Godefroit, P. et al. (2013) A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds.


 * Gohli, J. et al. (2013) Female promiscuity is positively associated with neutral and selected genetic diversity in passerine birds.


 * Göhlich, U.B. & Ballmann, P. (2013) A new barn owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Nördlinger Ries (Germany) with remarks on the history of the owls.


 * Gonzalez, J.T. et al. (2013) A comprehensive molecular phylogeny for the hornbills (Aves Bucerotidae).


 * Greenwold, M.J. & Sawyer, R.H. (2013) Molecular evolution and expression of archosaurian β-keratins: Diversification and expansion of archosaurian β-keratins and the origin of feather β-keratins.


 * Gussekloo, S.W.S & Cubo, J. (2013) Flightlessness affects cranial morphology in birds.


 * Gutzwiller, S.C. et al. (2013) Postcranial pneumaticity and bone structure in two clades of neognath birds.


 * Haywood, S. (2013) Origin of evolutionary change in avian clutch size.


 * Hellmund, M. (2013) Reappraisal of the bone inventory of Gastornis geiselensis (Fischer, 1978) from the Eocene “Geiseltal Fossillagerstätte“ (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany).


 * Hernandez-Lopez, A. et al. (2013) Birds perching on bushes: Networks to visualize conflicting phylogenetic signals during early avian radiation.


 * Herrera, A.M. et al. (2013) Developmental Basis of Phallus Reduction during Bird Evolution.


 * Höglund, J. et al. (2013) Phylogeography of willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus) in the Arctic: taxonomic discordance as inferred from molecular data.


 * Hogner, S. et al. (2013) Rapid sperm evolution in the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) subspecies complex.


 * Hosner, P.A. et al. (2013) Phylogeography of the Robsonius Ground-Warblers (Passeriformes: Locustellidae) Reveals an Undescribed Species from Northeastern Luzon, Philippines.


 * Hosner et al. (2013) Water barriers and intra-island isolation contribute to diversification in the insular Aethopyga sunbirds (Aves, Nectariniidae).


 * Hume, J.P. (2013) A synopsis of the pre-human avifauna of the Mascarene Islands.


 * Hume, J.P. & Steel, L. (2013) Fight club: a unique weapon in the wing of the solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria (Aves, Columbidae), an extinct flightless bird from Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands.


 * Hung, C.-H. et al. (2013) Multilocus test of the absence of mtDNA phylogeographic structure in a widespread wader, the Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos).


 * Ibrahim, N. & Kutschera, U. (2013) The ornithologist Alfred Russel Wallace and the controversy surrounding the dinosaurian origin of birds.


 * Irestedt, M. et al. (2013) The spatio-temporal colonization and diversification across the Indo-Pacific by a ‘great speciator’ (Aves, Erythropitta erythrogaster).


 * Isler, M.L. et al. (2013) Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data.


 * Jackson, F.D. et al. (2013) Avian eggs from the Eocene Willwood and Chadron formations of Wyoming and Nebraska.


 * Janssen, K. & Mundy, N.I. (2013) Molecular population genetics of the melanic plumage polymorphism in Arctic skuas (Stercorarius parasiticus): evidence for divergent selection on plumage colour.


 * Johansson, U.S. et al. (2013) A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae).


 * Johnson, A.E. et al. (2013) Different modes of evolution in males and females generate dichromatism in fairy-wrens (Maluridae).


 * Jones, W. et al. (2013) Body Mass Estimations and Paleobiological Inferences on a New Species of Large Caracara (Aves, Falconidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Uruguay.


 * Kawabe, S. et al. (2013) Enigmatic affinity in the brain morphology between plotopterids and penguins, with a comprehensive comparison among water birds.


 * Kearns, A.M. et al. (2013) A multilocus coalescent analysis of the speciational history of the Australo-Papuan butcherbirds and their allies.


 * Kerr, K.C.R & Dove, C.J. (2013) Delimiting shades of gray: phylogeography of the Northern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis.


 * Kennedy, M. et al. (2013) The phylogenetic relationships of the extant pelicans inferred from DNA sequence data.


 * Kilbourne, B.M. (2013) On birds: scale effects in the neognath hindlimb and differences in the gross morphology of wings and hindlimbs.


 * Kim, J.L. et al. (2013) A New Semi-Palmate Bird Track, Gyeongsangornipes lockleyi ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov., and Koreanaornis from the Early Cretaceous Jindong Formation of Goseong County, Southern Coast of Korea.


 * Kimball, R.T. et al. (2013) Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the Avian Tree of Life.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2013) Fossil evidence of wing shape in a stem relative of swifts and hummingbirds (Aves, Pan-Apodiformes).


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2013) Fossil grebes from the Truckee Formation (Miocene) of Nevada and a new phylogenetic analysis of Podicipediformes (Aves).


 * Kurochkin, E.N. et al. (2013) An embryonic enantiornithine bird and associated eggs from the cretaceous of Mongolia.


 * Lavretsky, P. et al. (2013) Phylogenetics of a recent radiation in the mallards and allies (Aves: Anas): Inferences from a genomic transect and the multispecies coalescent.


 * Leafloor, J.O. et al. (2013) A Hybrid Zone between Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) and Cackling Geese (B. Hutchinsii).


 * Lingham-Soliar, T. (2013) Feather structure, biomechanics and biomimetics the incredible lightness of being.


 * Louchart A, et al. (2013) Structure and Growth Pattern of Pseudoteeth in Pelagornis mauretanicus (Aves, Odontopterygiformes, Pelagornithidae).


 * Lutz, H.L. et al. (2013) Biogeography and spatio-temporal diversification of Selenidera and Andigena Toucans (Aves: Ramphastidae).


 * Maia, R. et al. (2013) Key ornamental innovations facilitate diversification in an avian radiation.


 * Maley, J.M. & Brumfield, R.T. (2013) Mitochondrial and Next-Generation Sequence Data used to Infer Phylogenetic Relationships and Species Limits in the Clapper/ King Rail Complex.


 * Maldonado-Coelho, M. et al. (2013) Rivers, refuges and population divergence of fire-eye antbirds (Pyriglena) in the Amazon Basin.


 * Manegold, A. & Topfer, T. (2013) The systematic position of Hemicircus and the stepwise evolution of adaptations for drilling, tapping and climbing up in true woodpeckers (Picinae, Picidae).


 * Manegold, A. et al. (2013) The Early Pliocene avifauna of Langebaanweg (South Africa): a review and update.


 * Manning, P.L. et al. (2013) Synchrotron-based chemical imaging reveals plumage patterns in a 150 million year old early bird.


 * Martin, A.J. et al. (2013) Oldest known avian footprints from Australia: Eumeralla Formation (Albian), Dinosaur Cove, Victoria.


 * Mayr, G. (2013) A derived pterygoid/palatine complex indicates sister group relationship between the Cuckoo Finch, Anomalospiza imberbis and the Grosbeak Weaver, Amblyospiza albifrons.


 * Mayr, G. (2013) Late Oligocene mousebird converges on parrots in skull morphology.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2013) New specimens of the Early Eocene bird Vastanavis and the interrelationships of the stem group Psittaciformes.


 * Mayr, G. (2013) Parvigruidae (Aves, core Gruiformes) from the early Oligocene of Belgium.


 * Mayr, G. (2013) The age of the crown group of passerine birds and its evolutionary significance. Molecular calibrations versus the fossil record.


 * Mayr, G. (2013) The Eocene Juncitarsus – its phylogenetic position and significance for the evolution and higher-level affinities of flamingos and grebes.


 * Mayr, G. & De Pietri, V.L. (2013) A goose-sized anseriform bird from the late Oligocene of France. The youngest record and largest species of Romainvilliinae.


 * Mayr, G. & Manegold, A. (2013) Can ovarian follicles fossilize?


 * Mayr, G. & Smith, T. (2013) Galliformes, Upupiformes, Trogoniformes, and other avian remains (?Phaethontiformes and ?Threskiornithidae) from the Rupelian stratotype in Belgium, with comments on the identity of “Anas” benedeni Sharpe, 1899.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2013) A Strigogyps-like bird from the middle Paleocene of China with an unusual grasping foot.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2013) New specimens of the early Eocene bird Vastanavis and the interrelationships of stem group Psittaciformes.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2013) Partial Skeleton of a Bony-Toothed Bird from the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene of Oregon (USA) and the Systematics of Neogene Pelagornithidae.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2013) The tarsometatarsus of the Middle Eocene loon Colymbiculus udovichenkoi.


 * McCallum, J. et al (2013) Highly informative ancient DNA ‘snippets’ for New Zealand Moa.


 * McCormack, J.E. et al. (2013) A phylogeny of birds based on over 1500 loci Collected by target enrichment and high-throughput sequencing.


 * McCormack, J.E. & Venkatraman, M.X. (2013) A Distinctive Genetic Footprint of Ancient Hybridization.


 * Meijer, H.J.M. et al. (2013) Late Pleistocene-Holocene non-passerine avifauna of Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia).


 * Meinolf, H. (2013) Reappraisal of the bone inventory of Gastornis geiselensis (Fischer, 1978) from the Eocene “Geiseltal Fossillagerstätte“ (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany).


 * Mettler, R. et al. (2013) Contrasting Patterns of Genetic Differentiation among Blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) with Divergent Migratory Orientations in Europe.


 * Mira, S. et al. (2013) Large-scale population genetic structure in Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata.


 * Monceau, K. et al. (2013) Colonisation and Diversification of the Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) in the Antilles Phylogeography, Contemporary Gene Flow and Morphological Divergence.


 * Morales-Castilla, I. et al. (2013) Range size patterns of New World oscine passerines (Aves). Insights from differences among migratory and sedentary clades.


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. (2013) Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae) A junior synonym of Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France).


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. et al. (2013) A new roller (Aves, Coraciiformes s. s. Coraciidae) from the early Miocene of the Saint-Gérand-le-Puy area, Allier, France.


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. et al. (2013) A new taxon of stem group Galliformes and the earliest record for stem group Cuculidae from the Eocene of Djebel Chambi, Tunisia.


 * Moyle, R.G. et al. (2013) A reconsideration of Gallicolumba (Aves, Columbidae) relationships using fresh source material reveals pseudogenes, chimeras, and a novel phylogenetic hypothesis.


 * Nguyen, J.M.T. et al. (2013) A new cracticid (Passeriformes : Cracticidae) from the Early Miocene of Australia.


 * Nudds, R.L et al. (2013) Locomotory abilities and habitat of the Cretaceous bird Gansus yumenensis inferred from limb length proportions.


 * Nyari, A.S. & Joseph, L. (2013) Comparative phylogeography of Australo-Papuan mangrove-restricted and mangrove-associated avifaunas.


 * O’Connor, J.K. & Zelenkov, N.V. (2013) The phylogenetic position of Ambiortus: Comparison with other Mesozoic birds from Asia.


 * O’Connor, J.K. & Zhou, Z. (2013) A redescription of Chaoyangia beishanensis (Aves) and a comprehensive phylogeny of Mesozoic birds.


 * O’Connor, J.K. et al. (2013) A new enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the first recognized avian enamel specialization.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2013) Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds.


 * Odeen, A. & Hastad, O. (2013) The phylogenetic distribution of ultraviolet sensitivity in birds.


 * Ohlson, J.I. et al. (2013) Phylogeny and classification of the New World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes).


 * Olsson, U. & Alstrom, P. (2013) Molecular evidence suggests that the enigmatic Sulawesi endemic Geomalia heinrichi belongs in the genus Zoothera (Turdidae, Aves).


 * Olsson, U. et al. (2013) Assessment of species limits in African ‘brown buntings’ (Emberiza, Passeriformes) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data.


 * Olsson, U. et al. (2013) New insights into the intricate taxonomy and phylogeny of the Sylvia curruca complex.


 * Olsson, U. et al. (2013) Systematic revision of the avian family Cisticolidae based on a multi-locus phylogeny of all genera.


 * Olson, S.L. (2013) Hawaii's first fossil bird: history, geological age, and taxonomic status of the extinct goose Geochen rhuax Wetmore (Aves: Anatidae).


 * Olson, V.A. & Turvey, S.T. (2013) The evolution of sexual dimorphism in New Zealand giant moa (Dinornis) and other ratites.


 * Packert, M. et al. (2013) Molecular genetic and bioacoustic differentiation of Pnoepyga Wren-babblers.


 * Packert, M. et al. (2013) Return flight to the Canary Islands – The key role of peripheral populations of Afrocanarian blue tits (Aves:Cyanistes teneriffae) in multi-gene reconstructions of colonization pathways.


 * Paterson, A.M. et al. (2013) Behavioural evolution in penguins does not reflect phylogeny.


 * Pavia, M. (2013) The Anatidae and Scolopacidae (Aves, Anseriformes, Charadriiformes) from the late Neogene of Gargano, Italy.


 * Pavia, M. & Bedetti, C. (2013) Early Pleistocene fossil birds from Cava Sud, Soave (Verona, North-Eastern Italy).


 * Pavia, M. & Bedetti, C. (2013) The presence of Harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus 1758) in the Middle Pleistocene of Italy.


 * Pienaar, J. et al. (2013) Macroevolution of life-history traits in passerine birds: adaptation and phylogenetic inertia.


 * Pons, J.-M. et al. (2013) A reappraisal of the systematic affinities of Socotran, Arabian and East African scops owls (Otus, Strigidae) using a combination of molecular, biometric and acoustic data.


 * Pu, H. et al. (2013) A new juvenile specimen of Sapeornis (Pygostylia, Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeast China and allometric scaling of this basal bird.


 * Pulgarín-R P.C. et al. (2013) Multilocus phylogeny and biogeography of the New World Pheucticus grosbeaks (Aves: Cardinalidae).


 * Pyle, P. (2013) Evolutionary Implications of Synapomorphic Wing-Molt Sequences among Falcons (Falconiformes) and Parrots (Psittaciformes).


 * Qu, Y. et al. (2013) Ground tit genome reveals avian adaptation to living at high altitudes in the Tibetan plateau.


 * Quintero, E. et al. (2013) The Andean Hapalopsittaca parrots (Psittacidae, Aves). An example of montane-tropical lowland vicariance.


 * Rawlence, N.J. & Cooper, A. (2013) Youngest reported radiocarbon age of a moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes) dated from a natural site in New Zealand.


 * Rijke, A.M. et al. (2013) Can the substructure of fossil feathers provide taxonomic information?


 * Rodrigues, P. et al. (2013) Genetic diversity and morphological variation of the common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs in the Azores.


 * Rodrigues, P. et al. (2013) Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in the Azores Islands. Evidence of a recent colonisation.


 * Ryan, P.G. et al. (2013) The origin of finches on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island, central South Atlantic ocean.


 * Schweizer, M. & Shirihai, H. (2013) Phylogeny of the Oenanthe lugens complex (Aves, Muscicapidae: Saxicolinae): Paraphyly of a morphologically cohesive group within a recent radiation of open-habitat chats.


 * Schweizer, M. et al. (2013) Out of the Bassian province: historical biogeography of the Australasian platycercine parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes).


 * Seddon, N. et al. (2013) Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds.


 * Smith, N.A. (2013) A new species of Auk (Charadriiformes, Pan-Alcidae) from the Miocene of Mexico.


 * Smith, N.A. (2013) Avian fossils from the Early Miocene Moghra Formation of Egypt.


 * Smith, N.A. (2013) The fossil record and phylogeny of the auklets (Pan-Alcidae, Aethiini).


 * Smith, N.A. & J.A. Clarke (2013) Osteological Histology of the Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes). Correlates of Wing-Propelled Diving and Flightlessness.


 * Smith, N.A. & Mayr, G. (2013) Earliest northeastern Atlantic Ocean basin record of an auk (Charadriiformes, Pan-Alcidae). Fossil remains from the Miocene of Germany.


 * Smith, N.D. et al. (2013) A new species of Threskiornithidae-like bird (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming.


 * Song, G. et al. (2013) Gene flow maintains genetic diversity and colonization potential in recently range-expanded populations of an Oriental bird, the Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis, Aves: Pycnonotidae).


 * Sousa-Neves, T. et al. (2013) Cryptic patterns of diversification of a widespread Amazonian Woodcreeper species complex (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) inferred from multilocus phylogenetic analysis: Implications for historical biogeography and taxonomy.


 * Stoessel, A. et al. (2013) Morphological integration versus ecological plasticity in the avian pelvic limb skeleton.


 * Subramanian, S. et al. (2013) Evidence for a recent origin of penguins.


 * Tambussi, C.P. & Degrange, F. (2013) South American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds.


 * Tex, R. Leonard, J.A. (2013) A molecular phylogeny of Asian barbets Speciation and extinction in the tropics.


 * Thomas, D.B. & Ksepka, D.T. (2013) A history of shifting fortunes for African penguins.


 * Tietze, D.T. et al. (2013) Complete phylogeny and historical biogeography of true rosefinches (Aves: Carpodacus).


 * Tobias, J.A. et al. (2013) Species coexistence and the dynamics of phenotypic evolution in adaptive radiation.


 * Vitek, N.S. et al. (2013) Exceptional three-dimensional preservation and coloration of an originally iridescent fossil feather from the Middle Eocene Messel Oil Shale.


 * Voelker, G. et al. (2013) Gene trees, species trees and Earth history combine to shed light on the evolution of migration in a model avian system.


 * Walsh, S.A. et al. (2013) Avian cerebellar floccular fossa size is not a proxy for flying ability in birds.


 * Wang, N. et al. (2013) Assessing Phylogenetic Relationships among Galliformes. A Multigene Phylogeny with Expanded Taxon Sampling in Phasianidae.


 * Wang, W. et al. (2013) Glacial expansion and diversification of an East Asian montane bird, the green-backed tit (Parus monticolus).


 * Wang, X. et al. (2013) Xinghaiornis lini (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning: An Example of Evolutionary Mosaic in Early Birds


 * Wang, Y.-M. et al. (2013) Previously Unrecognized Ornithuromorph Bird Diversity in the Early Cretaceous Changma Basin, Gansu Province, Northwestern China.


 * Watanabe, J. & Matsuoka, H. (2013) Ontogenetic change of morphology and surface texture of long bones in the Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea, Ardeidae).


 * Weir, J.T. & Mursleen, S. (2013) Diversity-dependent cladogenesis and trait evolution in the adaptive radiation of the Auks (Aves, Alcidae).


 * Wood, J.R. & Wilmshurst, J.M. (2013) Age of North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) bones found on the forest floor in the Ruahine Range.


 * Wood, J.R. et al. (2013) A megafauna’s microfauna gastrointestinal parasites of New Zealand’s extinct Moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes).


 * Wood, J.R. et al. (2013) Resolving lost herbivore community structure using coprolites of four sympatric moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes).


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2013) Miocene fossils show that kiwi (Apteryx, Apterygidae) are probably not phyletic dwarves.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2013) First record of Cenozoic bird footprints from East Asia.


 * Xing, X. et al. (2013) Recent northward range expansion promotes song evolution in a passerine bird, the Light-vented Bulbul.


 * Xu-Ri W. et al. (2013) A new species of Yanornis (Aves: Ornithurae) from the Lower Cretaceous strata of Yixian, Liaoning Province.


 * Xu, X. & Mackem, S. (2013) Tracing the Evolution of Avian Wing Digits.


 * Xu, X. & Pol, D. (2013) Archaeopteryx, paravian phylogenetic analyses, and the use of probability-based methods for palaeontological datasets.


 * Yuri, T. et al. (2013) Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2013) New finds and revised taxa of Early Pliocene birds from Western Mongolia.


 * Zhan, X. et al. (2013) Peregrine and saker falcon genome sequences provide insights into evolution of a predatory lifestyle.


 * Zhang, Z. et al. (2013) A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2012) Hind wings in basal birds and the evolution of leg feathers.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2013) Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour.


 * Zinoviev, A.V. (2013) Notes on Pelvic and Hindlimb Myology and Syndesmology of Emeus crassus and Dinornis robustus (Aves: Dinornithiformes).


 * Zhou, S. et al. (2013) Anatomy of the basal ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China.


 * Zhou, S. et al. (2013) A new piscivorous ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota.

2012

 * Abourachid, A. & Höfling, E. (2012) The legs: a key to bird evolutionary success.


 * Acosta Hospitaleche, C. & Cione, A.L. (2012) The most recent record of Palaeospheniscus bergi Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 (Aves, Spheniscidae) from the middle Miocene, northeastern Patagonia.


 * Acosta Hospitaleche, C. & Soibelzon, L. (2012) The southernmost Miocene penguin (Aves, Spheniscidae) from South America.


 * Agnolin, F.L. & Varricchio, D. (2012) Systematic reinterpretation of Piksi barbarulna Varricchio, 2002 from the Two Medicine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Western USA (Montana) as a pterosaur rather than a bird.


 * Agnolin, F.L. & Novas, F.E. (2012) A carpometacarpus from the upper cretaceous of patagonia sheds light on the Ornithurine bird radiation.


 * Allentoft, M.E. & Rawlence, N.J. (2012) Moa's Ark or volant ghosts of Gondwana? Insights from nineteen years of ancient DNA research on the extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand.


 * Baker, A.J. et al. (2012) Eight independent nuclear genes support monophyly of the plovers: The role of mutational variance in gene trees.


 * Bell, A. & Chiappe, L.M. (2012) Statistical approach for inferring ecology of Mesozoic birds.


 * Bhullar, S. et al. (2012) Birds have paedomorphic dinosaur skulls.


 * Birn-Jeffery, A.V. et al. (2012) Pedal claw curvature in birds, lizards and Mesozoic dinosaurs. Complicated categories and compensating for mass-specific and phylogenetic.


 * Bochenski, Z.M. et al. (2012) The first complete leg of a passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Poland.


 * Bourdon, E. & Cappetta, H. (2012) Pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the Eocene phosphate deposits of Togo, Africa.


 * Bravo, G.A. et al. (2012) DNA sequence data reveal a previously unsuspected subfamily-level divergence within Thamnophilidae (Aves: Passeriformes).


 * Brocklehurst, N. et al. (2012) The completeness of the fossil record of Mesozoic birds. Implications for early avian evolution.


 * Candeiro, C.R.A. et al. (2012) First bird remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Peirópolis site, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.


 * Carney, R.M. et al. (2012) New evidence on the colour and nature of the isolated Archaeopteryx feather.


 * Cenizo, M.M. (2012) Review of the putative Phorusrhacidae from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Antarctica. New records of ratites and pelagornithid birds.


 * Cenizo, M.M. et al. (2012) Late Miocene continental birds from the Cerro Azul Formation in the Pampean region (central-southern Argentina).


 * Chan, R.N. et al. (2012) Primary feather lengths may not be important for inferring the flight styles of Mesozoic birds.


 * Chandler, R.M. (2012) A new species of tinamou (Aves, Tinamiformes, Tinamidae) from the Early-Middle Miocene of Argentina.


 * Chávez, M. (2012) The fossil record of penguins in South America.


 * Cibois, A. et al. (2012) New insights into the systematics of the enigmatic Polynesian sandpipers Aechmorhynchus parvirostris and Prosobonia leucoptera.


 * Claramunt, S. et al. (2012) Ecological Opportunity and Diversification in a Continental Radiation of Birds: Climbing Adaptations and Cladogenesis in the Furnariidae.


 * Close, R.A. & Rayfield, E.J. (2012) Functional Morphometric Analysis of the Furcula in Mesozoic Birds.


 * Cohen, C. et al. (2012) Phylogenetic affinities of evolutionarily enigmatic African galliforms and support for their sister relationship with New World quails.


 * Contessi, M. & Fanti, F. (2012) First Record Of Bird Tracks In The Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Of Tunisia.


 * Csermely, D. et al. (2012) Comparison of claw geometrical characteristics among birds of prey and non-raptorial birds.


 * De Pietri, V. & Mayr, G. (2012) An assessment of the diversity of early Miocene Scolopaci (Aves, Charadriiformes) from Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France).


 * Dececchi, T.A. et al. (2012) Yixianosaurus longimanus (Theropoda, Dinosauria) and its bearing on the evolution of Maniraptora and ecology of the Jehol fauna.


 * Derryberry, E.P. et al. (2012) Correlated evolution of beak morphology and song in the Neotropical woodcreeper radiation.


 * D’Horta, F.M. et al. (2012) Phylogeny and comparative phylogeography of Sclerurus (Aves: Furnariidae) reveal constant and cryptic diversification in an old radiation of rain forest understorey specialists.


 * Dierderle, J.M. & Noriega, J.I. (2012) New remains of Macrahinga paranensis Noriega (Aves, Pelecaniformes, Anhingidae) from the Miocene of Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.


 * Doube, M. et al. (2012) Whole-bone scaling of the avian pelvic limb.


 * Dyke, G. et al. (2012) A drowned Mesozoic bird breeding colony from the Late Cretaceous of Transylvania.


 * Elzanowski, A. et al. (2012) Anatomy of the coracoid and diversity of the Procellariiformes (Aves) in the Oligocene of Europe.


 * Elzanowski, A. & Boles, W.E. (2012) Australia's oldest Anseriform fossil: a quadrate from the Early Eocene Tingamarra Fauna.


 * Endo, H. et al. (2012) Coxa Morphologically Adapted to Large Egg in Aepyornithid Species Compared with Various Palaeognaths.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. (2012) Evolution of terrestrial birds in three continents. Biogeography and parallel radiations.


 * Farke, A.A. & Patel, P.P. (2012) An enantiornithine bird from the Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of Utah, USA.


 * Fitzgerald, E.M.G. et al. (2012) First giant bony-toothed bird (Pelagornithidae) from Australia.


 * Forcina, G. et al. (2012) Molecular evolution of the Asian francolins (Francolinus, Galliformes): A modern reappraisal of a classic study in speciation.


 * Fregin, S. et al. (2012) New insights into family relationships within the avian superfamily Sylvioidea (Passeriformes) based on seven molecular markers.


 * Fuchs, J. et al. (2012) Molecular systematics of the caracaras and allies (Falconidae: Polyborinae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data.


 * Fuchs, J. et al. (2012) Molecular phylogeny of African bush-shrikes and allies: tracing the biogeographic history of an explosive radiation of corvoid birds.


 * Fulton, T.L. et al. (2012) Multiple losses of flight and recent speciation in steamer ducks.


 * Gao, C. et al. (2012) A subadult specimen of the Early Cretaceous bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis and a taxonomic reassessment of sapeornithids.


 * Gibson, R. & Baker, A. (2012) Multiple gene sequences resolve phylogenetic relationships in the shorebird suborder Scolopaci (Aves: Charadriiformes).


 * Grellet-Tinner, G. et al. (2012) The First Occurrence in the Fossil Record of an Aquatic Avian Twig-Nest with Phoenicopteriformes Eggs: Evolutionary Implications.


 * Haddrath. O. & Baker, A.J. (2012) Multiple nuclear genes and retroposons support vicariance and dispersal of the palaeognaths, and an Early Cretaceous origin of modern birds.


 * Heers, A.M. & Dial, K.P. (2012) From extant to extinct. Locomotor ontogeny and the evolution of avian flight.


 * Hu, D. et al. (2012) A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China, and its implications for early avian evolution.


 * Hugall, A.F. & Stuart-Fox, D. (2012) Accelerated speciation in colour-polymorphic birds.


 * Huynen, L. et al. (2012) Resurrecting ancient animal genomes: The extinct moa and more.


 * Jadwiszczaka, P. et al. (2012) The first record of fossil penguins from East Antarctica.


 * Jetz, W. et al. (2012) The global diversity of birds in space and time.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2012) Ecological and evolutionary determinants for the adaptive radiation of the Madagascan vangas.


 * Kirchman, J.J. (2012) Speciation of Flightless Rails on Islands: A DNA-Based Phylogeny of the Typical Rails of the Pacific.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Boyd, C.A. (2012) Quantifying historical trends in the completeness of the fossil record and the contributing factors. An example using Aves.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Clarke, J.A. (2012) A new stem parrot from the Green River formation and the complex evolution of the grasping foot in Pan-Psittaciformes.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2012) Evolution of the brain and sensory organs in Sphenisciformes. New data from the stem penguin Paraptenodytes antarticus.


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2012) New fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins.


 * Kundu, S. et al. (2012) The evolution of the Indian Ocean parrots (Psittaciformes). Exctinction, adaptative radiation and eustacy.


 * Lawver, D.R. et al. (2012) A New Enantiornithine Bird From the Upper Cretaceous La Colonia Formation of Patagonia Argentina.


 * Li, L. et al. (2012) A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in Jinzhou Area, Western Liaoning Province, China.


 * Li, Q. et al. (2012) Reconstruction of Microraptor and the Evolution of Iridescent Plumage.


 * Liu, Z. et al. (2012) CR1 retroposons provide a new insight into the phylogeny of Phasianidae species (Aves, Galliformes).


 * Lockley, M.G. et al. (2012) A new avian ichnotaxon from the Cretaceous of Nei Mongol, China.


 * Longrich, N.R. et al. (2012) Primitive Wing Feather Arrangement in Archaeopteryx lithographica and Anchiornis huxleyi.


 * Maldonado-Coelho, M. (2012) Climatic oscillations shape the phylogeographical structure of Atlantic Forest fire-eye antbirds (Aves, Thamnophilidae).


 * Manegold, A. (2012) Two new parrot species (Psittaciformes) from the early Pliocene of Langebaanweg, South Africa, and their palaeoecological implications.


 * Manegold, A. & Louchart, A. (2012) Biogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications of a new woodpecker species (Aves, Picidae) from the early Pliocene of South Africa.


 * Martin, L.D. et al. (2012) A new evolutionary lineage of diving birds from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia.


 * Mason, N. (2012) Song complexity and its evolutionary correlates across a continent-wide radiation of songbirds.


 * Matzke, A. et al. (2012) Retroposon insertion patterns of neoavian birds. Strong evidence for an extensive incomplete lineage sorting era.


 * Maurício, G.N. et al. (2012) Morphology-based phylogenetic analysis and classification of the family Rhinocryptidae (Aves: Passeriformes).


 * Mayr, G. (2012) Parvigruidae (Aves, core Gruiformes) from the early Oligocene of Belgium.


 * Mayr, G. & Gregorová, R. (2012) A tiny stem group representative of Pici (Aves, Piciformes) from the early Oligocene of the Czech Republic.


 * Mayr, G. & Smith, T. (2012) A fossil albatross from the early Oligocene of the North Sea Basin.


 * Mayr, G. & Smith, T. (2012) Phylogenetic affinities and taxonomy of the Oligocene Diomedeoididae, and the basal divergences amongst extant procellariiform birds.


 * Mayr, G. & Zvonok, E. (2012) A new genus and species of Pelagornithidae with well-preserved pseudodentition and further avian remains from the middle Eocene of the Ukraine.


 * Meijer, H.J.M. et al. (2012) Dodo remains from an in situ context from Mare aux Songes, Mauritius.


 * Melchor, R.N. et al. (2012) Palaeonvironmental and palaeoecological significance of flamingo-like footprints in shallow-lacustrine rocks. An example from the Oligocene-Miocene Vinchina Formation, Argentina.


 * Meseger, J. et al. (2012) Lift devices in the flight of Archaeopteryx.


 * Mila, B. et al. (2012) A trans-amazonian screening of mtDNA reveals deep intraspecific divergence in forest birds and suggests a vast underestimation of species diversity.


 * Moyle, R.G. et al. (2012) Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Core Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae).


 * Mustoe, G.E. et al. (2012) Giant Eocene bird footprints from Northwest Washington, USA.


 * O’Connor (2012) A revised look at Liaoningornis longidigitrus (Aves).


 * O' Connor, J.K. et al. (2012) Homology and Potential Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms for the Development of Unique Feather Morphologies in Early Birds.


 * Ohlson, J.I. et al. (2012) Nuclear DNA from a 180-year-old study skin reveals the phylogenetic position of the Kinglet Calyptura Calyptura cristata (Passeriformes: Tyrannides).


 * Oliveros, C.H. et al. (2012) The phylogenetic position of some Philippine ‘‘babblers’’ spans the muscicapoid and sylvioid bird radiations.


 * Packert, M. et al. (2012) Horizontal and elevational phylogeographic patterns of Himalayan and Southeast Asian forest passerines (Aves, Passeriformes).


 * Park, T. & Fitzgerald, E.M.G. (2012) A late Miocene–early Pliocene Mihirung bird (Aves: Dromornithidae) from Victoria, southeast Australia.


 * Park, T. & Fitzgerald, E.M.G. (2012) A review of Australian fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes).


 * Pavia, M. et al. (2012) Description of the type-series of Palaeocryptonyx donnezani Depéret, 1892 (Aves, Phasianidae) with the selection of a lectotype.


 * Peterson, A.T. & Ammann, C.M. (2012) Global patterns of connectivity and isolation of populations of forest bird species in the late Pleistocene.


 * Pulgarín, P.C. & Burg, T.M. (2012) Genetic signals of demographic expansion in Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) after the last North American glacial maximum.


 * Rawlence, N.J. et al. (2012) The effect of climate and environmental change on the megafaunal moa of New Zealand in the absence of humans.


 * Rawlence, N.J. et al. (2012) Soft-tissue specimens from pre-European extinct birds of New Zealand.


 * Reddy S. et al. (2012) Diversification and the adaptive radiation of the vangas of Madagascar.


 * Schirtzinger, E.E. et al. (2012) Multiple independent origins of mitochondrial control region duplications in the order Psittaciformes.


 * Schweizer, M. et al. (2012) Phylogeny and biogeography of the parrot genus Prioniturus (Aves: Psittaciformes).


 * Seki, R. et al. (2012) Evolutionary and Developmental Aspects of Avian-Specific Traits in Limb Skeletal Pattern.


 * Shepherd, L.D. et al. (2012) Ancient DNA Analyses Reveal Contrasting Phylogeographic Patterns amongst Kiwi (Apteryx spp.) and a Recently Extinct Lineage of Spotted Kiwi.


 * Shultz, A.J. & Burns, K.J. (2012) Plumage evolution in relation to light environment in a novel clade of Neotropical tanagers.


 * Smith, J.V. et al. (2012) Ratite Nonmonophyly: Independent Evidence from 40 Novel Loci.


 * Smith, N.A. & Clarke, J.A. (2012) Endocranial anatomy of the Charadriiformes. Sensory system variation and the evolution of wing-propelled diving.


 * Suh, A. et al. (2012) A universal method for the study of CR1 retroposons in nonmodel bird genomes.


 * Tambussi, C.P. et al. (2012) Flexibility along the Neck of the Neogene Terror Bird Andalgalornis steulleti (Aves Phorusrhacidae).


 * Tennyson, A.J.D. & Scofield, R.P. (2013) Holocene fossil bird remains from subantarctic Macquarie Island.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2012) New bird remains from the Middle Eocene of Guangdong, China.


 * Wang, M. et al. (2012) Two new skeletons of the enigmatic, rail-like avian taxon Songzia Hou, 1990 (Songziidae) from the early Eocene of China.


 * Wang, N. et al. (2012) Testing hypotheses about the sister group of the passeriformes using an independent 30-locus data set.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2012) Size scaling and stiffness of avian primary feathers: implications for the flight of Mesozoic birds.


 * Wood, J.R. et al. (2012) First coprolite evidence for the diet of Anomalopteryx didiformis, an extinct forest ratite from New Zealand.


 * Wood, J.R. et al. (2012) High-Resolution Coproecology: Using Coprolites to Reconstruct the Habits and Habitats of New Zealand’s Extinct Upland Moa (Megalapteryx didinus).


 * Worthy T.H. (2012) A new species of Oligo-Miocene darter (Aves: Anhingidae).


 * Worthy, T.H. & Scofield, R.P. (2012) Twenty-first century advances in knowledge of the biology of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes): a new morphological analysis and moa diagnoses revised.


 * Worthy, T.H. (2012) A phabine pigeon (Aves: Columbidae) from Oligo- Miocene Australia.


 * Yury, R.E. et al. (2012) First bird remains from the Eocene of Algarrobo, central Chile.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2012) Neogene Geese and Ducks (Aves, Anatidae) from localities of the Great Lakes Depression, Western Mongolia.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2012) A New Duck from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia, with comments on Miocene evolution of Ducks.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Kurochkin, E.N. (2012) The first representative Pliocene assemblages of passerine birds in Asia (Northern Mongolia and Russian Transbaikalia).


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Kurochkin, E.N. (2012) Dabbling Ducks (Aves, Anatidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia.


 * Zhang, Z. et al. (2012) A Marabou (Ciconiidae: Leptoptilos) from the Middle Pleistocene of Northeastern China.


 * Zhang, Z. et al. (2012) A Late Miocene Accipitrid (Aves: Accipitriformes) from Nebraska and Its Implications for the Divergence of Old World Vultures.


 * Zhang, Z. et al. (2012) Two Old World vultures from the Middle Pleistocene of northeastern China and their implications for interspecific competition and biogeography of Aegypiinae.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2012) Insight into the early evolution of the avian sternum from juvenile enantiornithines.


 * Zhou, Z. et al. (2012) A new basal beaked ornithurine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China.


 * Zuccon, D. et al. (2012) The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae).


 * Zuccon, D. & Ericson, P.G.P. (2012) Molecular and morphological evidences place the extinct New Zealand endemic Turnagra capensis in the Oriolidae.

2011

 * Abourachid, A. et al. (2011) Bird terrestrial locomotion as revealed by 3D kinematics.


 * Agnolin, F.L. & Novas, F.E. (2011) A carpometacarpus from the Upper Cretaceous of patagonia sheds light on the Ornithurine bird radiation.


 * Alstrom, P. et al. (2011) Gross morphology betrays phylogeny. The Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta is not a cisticolid.


 * Alstrom, P. et al. (2011) Non-monophyly and intricate morphological evolution within the avian family Cettiidae revealed by multilocus analysis of a taxonomically densely sampled dataset.


 * Angst, D. et al. (2011) The end of the fat dodo. A new mass estimate for Raphus cucullatus.


 * Barden, H.E. et al. (2011) Morphological and geochemical evidence of eumelanin preservation in the feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird, Gansus yumenensis.


 * Bell, A. & Chiappe, L.M. (2011) Statistical approach for inferring ecology of Mesozoic birds.


 * Bell, A. & Evehart, M.J. (2011) Remains of Small Ornithurine Birds from a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Microsite in Russell County, North-Central Kansas.


 * Bertelli, S. et al. (2011) A new Messel rail from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark (Aves, Messelornithidae).


 * Bever, G.S. et al. (2011) Finding the frame shift digit loss, developmental variability, and the origin of the avian hand.


 * Bochenski, Z.M. et al. (2011) A new passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Poland.


 * Boessenecker, R.W. & Smith, N.A. (2011) Latest pacific basin record of a bony-toothed bird (Aves, Pelagornithidae) from the Pliocene Purisima Formation of California, U.S.A.


 * Braun, E.L. et al. (2011) Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life.


 * Burnham, D.A. et al. (2011) Tree climbing. A fundamental avian adaptation.


 * Dececchi, T.A. & Larsson, H.C.E. (2011) Assessing arboreal adaptations of bird antecedents. Testing the ecological setting of the origin of the avian flight stroke.


 * Degrange, F.J. & Tambussi, C.P. (2011) Re-Examination of Psilopterus lemoinei (Aves, Phorusrhacidae), a Late Early Miocene Little Terror Bird from Patagonia (Argentina).


 * Derryberry, E.P. et al. (2011) Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation the neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves, Furnariidae).


 * De Pietri, V.L. et al. (2011) A new species of woodpecker (Aves Picidae) from the early Miocene of Saulcet (Allier, France).


 * De Pietri, V.L. et al. (2011) A revision of the Lari from the Early Miocene of Saint-Gérand-Le-Puy (Allier, France).


 * Dove, C.J. & Olson, S.L. (2011) Fossil feathers from the Hawaiian flightless Ibis (Apteribis sp.). Plumage coloration and systematics of a prehistorically extinct bird.


 * Dyke, G.J. et al. (2011) Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) birds and pterosaurs from the Cornet bauxite mine, Romania.


 * Dyke, G.J. & Kaiser, G. (2011) Living dinosaurs. The evolutionary history of modern birds.


 * Dyke, G.J. et al. (2011) Fossil plotopterid seabirds from the Eo-Oligocene of the Olympic Peninsula (Washington State USA) descriptions and functional morphology.


 * Elzanowski, A. & Stidham, T.A. (2011) A Galloanserine Quadrate from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation of Wyoming.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. (2011) Evolution of terrestrial birds in three continents. Biogeography and parallel radiations.


 * Falk, A.M. (2011) Tracking mesozoic birds across the world.


 * Fiorillo, A.R. et al. (2011) Bird tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Cantwell Formation of Denali National Park, Alaska, USA a new perspective on ancient northern polar vertebrate biodiversity.


 * Foth, C. (2011) On the identification of feather structures in stem-line representatives of birds.


 * Foth, C. (2011) The morphology of neoptile feathers. Ancestral state reconstruction and its phylogenetic implications.


 * Fowler, D.W. et al. (2011) The predatory ecology of Deinonychus and the origin of flapping in birds.


 * Fritz, S.A. et al. (2011) Diversification and biogeographic patterns in four island radiations of passerine birds.


 * Greenwold, M.J. & Sawyer, R.H. (2011) Linking the molecular evolution of avian beta (β) keratins to the evolution of feathers.


 * Heers, A.M. et al. (2011) Ontogeny of lift and drag production in ground birds.


 * Heupink, T.H. et al. (2011) Ancient DNA suggests dwarf and ‘giant’ emu are conspecific.


 * Hu, D. et al. (2011) A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China.


 * Illera, J.C. et al. (2011) A multi-gene approach reveals a complex evolutionary history in the Cyanistes species group.


 * Ji, S. et al. (2011) A new three-dimensionally preserved enantiornithine bird (Aves Ornithothoraces) from Gansu Province, north-western China.


 * Johnston, P. (2011) New morphological evidence supports congruent phylogenies and Gondwana vicariance for palaeognathous birds.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2011) Systematics and biogeography of Indo-Pacific ground-doves.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2011) Major global radiation of corvoid birds originated in the proto-Papuan archipelago.


 * Joseph, L. et al. (2011) Molecular systematics of two enigmatic genera Psittacella and Pezoporus.


 * Kimball, R.T. et al. (2011) A macroevolutionary perspective on multiple sexual traits in the Phasianidae (Galliformes).


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2011) Stem Parrots (Aves, Halcyornithidae) from the Green River Formation and a Combined Phylogeny of Pan-Psittaciformes.


 * Kurochkin, E.N. et al. (2011) A new taxon of birds (Aves) from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia.


 * Kurochkin, E.N. & Dyke, G.J. (2011) The first fossil owls from the Paleogene of Asia and a review of the fossil record of Strigiformes.


 * Lanfear, R. & Bromham, L. (2011) Estimating phylogenies for species assemblages. A complete phylogeny for the past and present native birds of New Zealand.


 * Lawver, D.L. (2011) A new enantiornithine bird from the Upper Cretaceous La Colonia Formation of Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Lee, M.S.Y. & Worthy, T.H. (2011) Likelihood reinstates Archaeopteryx as a primitive bird.


 * Lerner, H.R.L. et al. (2011) Multilocus Resolution of Phylogeny and Timescale in the Extant Adaptive Radiation of Hawaiian Honeycreepers.


 * Li, L. et al. (2011) A new ornithurine bird (Hongshanornithidae) from the Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China.


 * Li, Y. et al. (2011) New material of Gansus and discussion of its habit.


 * Livezey, B.C. (2011) Grebes and flamingos. Standards of evidence, adjudication of disputes, and societal politics in avian systematics.


 * Longrich, N.L. & Olson, S.L. (2011) The bizarre wing of the Jamaican flightless ibis Xenicibis xympithecus. A unique vertebrate adaptation.


 * Longrich, N.R. et al. (2011) Mass extinction of birds at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary.


 * Louchart, A. & Viriot, L. (2011) From snout to beak. The loss of teeth in birds.


 * Louchart, A. et al. (2011) The earliest known pelican reveals 30 million years of evolutionary stasis in beak morphology.


 * Martin, L.D. (2011) The other half of avian evolution. Cyril Walker's contribution.


 * Marugán-Lobón, J. et al. (2011) Quantitative patterns of morphological variation in the appendicular skeleton of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis.


 * Mayr, G. (2011) Two-phase extinction of “Southern Hemispheric” birds in the Cenozoic of Europe and the origin of the Neotropic avifauna.


 * Mayr, G. (2011) Cenozoic mystery birds. On the phylogenetic affinities of bony-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae).


 * Mayr, G. (2011) On the osteology and phylogenetic affinities of Morsoravis sedilis from the early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark.


 * Mayr, G. (2011) Well-preserved new skeleton of the Middle Eocene Messelastur substantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ?Pan-Psittaciformes).


 * Mayr, G. (2011) The phylogeny of charadriiform birds (shorebirds and allies). Reassessing the conflict between morphology and molecules.


 * Mayr, G. (2011) Metaves, Mirandornithes, Strisores and other novelties. A critical review of the higher-level phylogeny of neornithine birds.


 * Mayr, G. & Bertelli, S. (2011) A record of Rhynchaeites (Threskiornithidae) from the early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark, and the affinities of the alleged parrot Mopsitta.


 * Mayr, G. & Richter, G. (2011) Exceptionally preserved plant parenchyma in the digestive tract indicates a herbivorous diet in the Middle Eocene bird Strigogyps sapea.


 * Mayr, G. & Zvonok, E. (2011) Middle Eocene Pelagornithidae and Gaviiformes (Aves) from the Ukrainian Paratethys.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2011) Out of Africa. Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic birds.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2011) An Elaphrocnemus−like landbird and other avian remains from the late Paleocene of Brazil.


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. et al. (2011) A Phororhacoid bird from the Eocene of Africa.


 * Mourer-Chauvire, C. et al. (2011) The first Palaeogene galliform from Africa.


 * Nabholz, B. et al. (2011) Dynamic evolution of base composition. Causes and consequences in avian phylogenomics.


 * Nabholz, B. et al. (2011) Obtaining mtDNA genomes from next-generation transcriptome sequencing. A case study on the basal Passerida (Aves, Passeriformes) phylogeny.


 * Nesbitt, S.J. et al. (2011) Podargiform affinities of the enigmatic Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus and the early diversification of Strisores.


 * Noriega, J.I. et al. (2011) Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Patagonian Miocene Falcon Thegornis musculosus Ameghino, 1895 (Aves, Falconidae).


 * O'Connor, J.K. & Chiappe, L.M. (2011) A revision of enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) skull morphology.


 * O’Connor, J.K. et al. (2011) Additional specimen of Microraptor provides unique evidence of dinosaurs preying on birds.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2011) A new species of Jeholornis with complete caudal integument.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2011) Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird Rapaxavis pani.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2011) A reappraisal of Boluochia zhengi (Aves, Enantiornithes) and a discussion of intraclade diversity in the Jehol avifauna, China.


 * Odeen, A. et al. (2011) Evolution of ultraviolet vision in the largest avian radiation. The passerines.


 * Pacheco, M.A. et al. (2011) Evolution of modern birds revealed by mitogenomics. Timing the radiation and origin of major orders.


 * Panov, E.N. (2011) Comparative Ethology and Molecular Genetics as Tools for Phylogenetic Reconstructions The Example of the Genus Oenanthe.


 * Pasko, L. et al. (2011) Phylogenetic utility and evolution of indels. A study in neognathous birds.


 * Patterson, S.A. et al. (2011) A multilocus phylogeny of the Sulidae (Aves, Pelecaniformes).


 * Rawlence, N.J. et al. (2011) DNA content and distribution in ancient feathers and potential to reconstruct the plumage of extinct avian taxa.


 * Sayao, J.M. et al. (2011) New evidence of feathers in the Crato Formation supporting a reappraisal on the presence of Aves.


 * Smith, N.A. (2011) Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae).


 * Smith, N.A. (2011) Body mass and foraging ecology predict evolutionary patterns of skeletal pneumaticity in the diverse 'waterbird' clade.


 * Suh, A. et al. (2011) Mesozoic retroposons reveal parrots as the closest living relatives of passerine birds.


 * Suh, A. et al. (2011) Retroposon insertions and the chronology of avian sex chromosome evolution.


 * Schweizer, M. et al. (2011) Macroevolutionary patterns in the diversification of parrots: effects of climate change, geological events and key innovations.


 * Tamura, K. et al. (2011) Embryological evidence identifies wing digits in birds as digits 1, 2, and 3.


 * Towers, M. et al. (2011) Insights into Bird Wing Evolution and Digit Specification from Polarizing Region Fate Maps.


 * Walsh, S. & Milner, A. (2011) Halcyornis toliapicus (Aves, Lower Eocene, England) indicates advanced neuromorphology in Mesozoic Neornithes.


 * Wang, N. et al. (2011) Testing hypotheses about the sister group of the Passeriformes using an independent 30-locus data set.


 * Wang, X. & Zhang, Z. (2011) Enantiornithine Birds in China.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2011) Avian Wing Proportions and Flight Styles First Step towards Predicting the Flight Modes of Mesozoic Birds.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2011) A euenantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous Haţeg Basin of Romania.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2011) The first definitive record of a fossil bird from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of the Haţeg Basin, Romania.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2011) The primary feather lengths of early birds with respect to avian wing shape evolution.


 * Wang, Z. et al. (2011) Transcriptomic analysis of avian digits reveals conserved and derived digit identities in birds.


 * White, N.E. et al. (2011) The evolutionary history of cockatoos (Aves Psittaciformes Cacatuidae).


 * Wilson, L.E. et al. (2011) A high latitude hesperornithiform (Aves) from Devon Island. Palaeobiogeography and size distribution of North American hesperornithiforms.


 * Worthy, T.H. (2011) Descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and two species of Oligo-Miocene cormorants (Aves, Phalacrocoracidae) from Australia.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2011) An Early Miocene diversity of parrots (Aves, Strigopidae, Nestorinae) from New Zealand.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2011) Fossils reveal an early Miocene presence of the aberrant gruiform (Aves, Aptornithidae) in New Zealand.


 * Xing, L. et al. (2011) Early cretaceous bird-dominated and dinosaur footprint assemblages from the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China.


 * Young, R.L. et al. (2011) Identity of the avian wing digits. Problems resolved and unsolved.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2011) Ardea sytchevskayae sp. nov. A new Heron species from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2011) Diving ducks from the Middle Miocene of Western Mongolia.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Averianov, A.O. (2011) Synsacrum of a primitive bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2011) Fossil evidence of avian crops from the Early Cretaceous of China.


 * Zinoviev, A.V. (2011) Notes on the hindlimb myology and syndesmology of the Mesozoic toothed bird Hesperornis regalis (Aves Hesperornithiformes).

2010

 * Agnolin. F.L. (2010) An avian coracoid from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Alvarenga, H. et al. (2010) The youngest record of phorusrhacid birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay.


 * Bell, A.K. et al. (2010) Description and ecologic analysis of Hollanda luceria, a Late Cretaceous bird from the Gobi Desert (Mongolia).


 * Bertelli, S. et al. (2010) A well- preserved 'charadriiform like' fossil bird from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark.


 * Bonilla, A.J. et al. (2010) Comparative molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of 3-UTRs and introns in Galliformes.


 * Bourdon, E. et al. (2010) Pseudotoothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the Early Tertiary of Morocco.


 * Buffetaut, E. (2010) A basal bird from the Campanian Late Cretaceous of Dinosaur Provincial Park Alberta Canada.


 * Buffetaut, E. & Le Loeuff, J. (2010) Gargantuavis philoinos. Giant bird or giant pterosaur.


 * Burnham, D.A. et al. (2010) Tree climbing. A fundamental avian adaptation.


 * Carney, R.M. et al. (2010) New evidence on the colour and nature of the isolated Archaeopteryx feather.


 * Cenizo, M.M. & Agnolin, F.L. (2010) The southernmost records of Anhingidae and a new basal species of Anatidae (Aves) from the lower-middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Clarke, J.A. et al. (2010) Fossil evidence for evolution of the shape and color of penguin feathers.


 * Codd, J.R. (2010) Uncinate processes in birds Morphology, physiology and function.


 * Degrange, F.J. et al. (2010) Mechanical analysis of feeding behavior in the extinct “Terror Bird” Andalgalornis steulleti (Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae).


 * De Pietri, V.L. et al. (2010) New skeleton from the early Oligocene of Germany indicates a stem-group position of diomedeoidid birds.


 * Dyke, G.J. & Kaiser, G.W. (2010) Cracking a Developmental Constraint. Egg Size and Bird Evolution.


 * Dyke, G.J. & Osi, A. (2010) A review of Late Cretaceous fossil birds from Hungary.


 * Elzanowski, A. & Stidham, T.A. (2010) Morphology of the quadrate in the Eocene anseriform Presbyornis and extant galloanserine birds.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2010) Circumscription of a monophyletic family for the tapaculos (Aves, Rhinocryptidae) Psiloramphus in and Melanopareia out.


 * Falk, A.R. (2010) Feeding traces associated with bird tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Haman. Formation, Republic of Korea.


 * Gardner, J.L. et al. (2010) Phylogeny and evolution of the Meliphagoidea, the largest radiation of Australasian songbirds.


 * Gibb, G.C. & Penny, D. (2010) Two aspects along the continuum of pigeon evolution. A South-Pacific radiation and the relationship within Neoaves.


 * Greenwold, M.J. & Sawyer, R.H. (2010) Genomic organization and molecular phylogenies of the beta (beta) keratin multigene family in the chicken (Gallus gallus) and zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Implications for feather evolution.


 * Habib, M. (2010) The structural mechanics and evolution of aquaflying birds.


 * Han, K. et al. (2010) A multi-gene estimate of phylogeny in the nightjars and nighthawks (Caprimulgidae).


 * Hieronymus, T.L. & Witmer, L.M. (2010) Homology and evolution of avian compound rhamphothecae.


 * Hinic-Frlog, S. & Motani, R. (2010) Relationships between osteology and aquatic locomotion in birds: determining modes of locomotion in extinct Ornithurae.


 * Hosner, P.A. et al. (2010) Phylogeny and biogeography of the Asian trogons (Aves, Trogoniformes) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences.


 * Hu, D. et al. (2010) A new Sapeornithid bird from China and its implication for early avian evolution.


 * Huynen, L. et al. (2010) Ancient DNA reveals extreme egg morphology and nesting behavior in New Zealand’s extinct moa.


 * Hwang, S.H. et al. (2010) The earliest record of a galliform bird in Asia, from the late Paleocene-early Eocene of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2010) Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae). Different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2010) Phylogeny and biogeography of Oriolidae (Aves, Passeriformes).


 * Kan, X. et al. (2010) Estimation of divergence times for major lineages of galliform birds: Evidence from complete mitochondrial genome sequences.


 * Kan, X. et al. (2010) Phylogeny of major lineages of galliform birds (Aves, Galliformes) based on complete mitochondrial genomes.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Clarke, J.A. (2010) New fossil mousebird with feather preservation provides insight into the ecological diversity of an Eocene North American avifauna.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Clarke, J.A. (2010) Primobucco mcgrewi (Aves, Coracii) from the Eocene Green River Formation. New anatomical data from the earliest constrained record of stem rollers.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Clarke, J.A. (2010) The basal penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) Perudyptes devriesi and a phylogenetic evaluation of the penguin fossil record.


 * Kurochkin, E.N. & Bogdanovich, I.A. (2010) Origin of feathered flight.


 * Kurochkin, E.N. & Dyke, G.J. (2010) A large collection of Presbyornis (Aves, Anseriformes, Presbyornithidae) from the late Paleocene and early Eocene of Mongolia.


 * Li, L. et al. (2010) A new species of Confuciusornis from Lower Cretaceous of Jianchang Liaoning, China.


 * Li, D. et al. (2010) Basal birds from China. A brief review.


 * Livezey, B.C. (2010) Phylogenetics of modern shorebirds (Charadriiformes) based on phenotypic evidence. Analysis and discussion.


 * Lovette, I.J. et al. (2010) A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves).


 * Martin, L.D. (2010) The other half of avian evolution. Cyril Walker contribution.


 * Mayr, G. (2010) Mousebirds (Coliiformes), parrots (Psittaciformes), and other small birds from the late Oligocene-early Miocene of the Mainz Basin, Germany.


 * Mayr, G. (2010) Parrot interrelationships. Morphology and the new molecular phylogenies.


 * Mayr, G. (2010) Phylogenetic relationships of the paraphyletic 'caprimulgiform' birds (nightjars and allies).


 * Mayr, G. (2010) Reappraisal of Eocypselus, a stem group representative of apodiform birds from the early Eocene of Northern Europe.


 * Mayr, G. & Micklich, N. (2010) New specimens of the avian taxa Eurotrochilus (Trochilidae) and Palaeotodus (Todidae) from the early Oligocene of Germany.


 * Mayr, G. & Rubilar, D. (2010) Osteology of a new giant bony-toothed bird from the Miocene of Chile, with a revision of the taxonomy of Neogene Pelagornithidae.


 * Mayr, G. & Smith, T. (2010) Bony-toothed birds (Aves, Pelagornithidae) from the middle Eocene of Belgium.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2010) Quercypsitta-Like birds from the Early Eocene of India (Aves, Psittaciformes).


 * Meijer, H.J.M. & Due, R.A. (2010) A new species of giant marabou stork (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia).


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. & Geraads, D. (2010) The Upper Pliocene avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and biogeography.


 * Nabholz, B. et al. (2010) Obtaining mtDNA genomes from next-generation transcriptome sequencing. A case study on the basal Passerida phylogeny.


 * Nguyen, J.M.T. et al. (2010) New material of Barawertornis tedfordi, a dromornithid bird from the Oligo-Miocene of Australia, and its phylogenetic implications.


 * Novas, F.E. et al. (2010) New enantiornithine bird (Aves, Ornithothoraces) from the Late Cretaceous of NW Argentina.


 * Nudds, R.L. & Dyke, G.J. (2010) Narrow primary feather rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx suggest poor flight ability.


 * Nudds, R.L. & Dyke, G.J. (2010) Response to comments on 'Narrow primary feather rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx suggest poor flight ability.


 * O'Connor, J.K. & Dyke, G.J. (2010) A reassessment of Sinornis santensis and Cathayornis yandica (Aves: Ornithothoraces).


 * O'Connor, J.K. & Forster, C.A. (2010) A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) avifauna from the Maevarano formation, Madagascar.


 * O'Connor, J.K. et al. (2010) A new ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) bird from the Jehol Group indicative of higher-level diversity.


 * Paul, G.S. et al. (2010) Comment on 'Narrow primary feather rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx suggest poor flight ability'.


 * Phillips, M.J. et al. (2010) Tinamous and moa flock together. Mitochondrial genome sequence analysis reveals independent losses of flight among ratites.


 * Rando, J.C. et al. (2010) Disentangling ancient interactions. A new extinct passerine provides insights on character displacement among extinct and extant island finches.


 * Sallaberry, M.A. et al. (2010) Eocene Birds from the Western Margin of Southernmost South America.


 * Sangster, G. et al. (2010) Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and ﬂycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves, Muscicapidae).


 * Schweizer, M. et al. (2010) The evolutionary diversification of parrots supports a taxon pulse model with multiple trans-oceanic dispersal events.


 * Scofield, R.P. et al. (2010) A heron (Aves, Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans fauna of southern New Zealand.


 * Seneviratne, S.S. & Jones, I.L. (2010) Origin and maintenance of mechanosensory feather ornaments.


 * Sheng, Y. et al. (2010) A mitogenomic perspective on the ancient, rapid radiation in the Galliformes with an emphasis on the Phasianidae.


 * Smith, N.D. (2010) Phylogenetic of Pelecaniformes based on osteological data. Implications for waterbird phylogeny and fossil calibration.


 * Sullivan, C. et al. (2010) The asymmetry of the carpal joint and the evolution of wing folding in maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs.


 * Trewick, S.A. & Gibb, G.C. (2010) Vicars, tramps and assembly of the New Zealand avifauna. A review of molecular phylogenetic evidence.


 * Tykoski, R.S. & Fiorillo, A.R. (2010) An enantiornithine bird from the Lower Middle Cenomanian of Texas.


 * Vinther, J. et al. (2010) Structural coloration in a fossil feather.


 * Voelker, G. (2010) Repeated vicariance of Eurasian songbird lineages since the Late Miocene.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2010) A new enantiornithine bird from the early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China.


 * Wang, X. et al. (2010) New species of enantiornithes (Aves, Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in northern Hebei, China.


 * Weiding, I. (2010) New birds from the lower Eocene Green River Formation, North America.


 * Worthy, T.H. & Boles, W.E. (2010) Australlus, a new genus for Gallinula disneyi (Rallidae) and a description of a new species from Oligo-Miocene deposits, Australia.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2010) First Record of Palaelodus (Aves, Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2010) Biogeographical and phylogenetic implications of an Early Miocene (Aves, Passeriformes, Acanthisittidae) wren from New Zealand.


 * You, H et al. (2010) A second Cretaceous ornithuromorph bird from the Changma Basin, Gansu Province, northwestern China.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Kurochkin, E.N. (2010) Neogene Phasianids of Central Asia 3. Genera Lophogallus gen. nov. and Syrmaticus.


 * Zhang, F. et al. (2010) Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2010) Comment on 'Narrow primary feather rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx suggest poor flight ability'.


 * Zhou, Z. et al. (2010) A new Lower Cretaceous bird from China and tooth reduction in early avian evolution.


 * Zhou, Z. & Martin, L.D. (2010) Distribution of the predentary bone in Mesozoic ornithurine birds.


 * Zuccon, D. & Ericson, P.G.P. (2010) A multi-gene phylogeny disentangles the chat-flycatcher complex (Aves, Muscicapidae).

2009

 * Agnolin, F.L. & Martinelli, A.G. (2009) Fossil birds from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation, Rio Negro Province Argentina.


 * Anfinson, O.A. et al. (2009) First report of the small bird track Koreanaornis from the Cretaceous of North America. Implications for avian ichnotaxonomy and paleoecology.


 * Bleiweiss, R. (2009) The tail end of hummingbird evolution. Parallel flight system development in living and ancient birds.


 * Bourdon, E. et al. (2009) A new transantarctic relationship: morphological evidence for a Rheidae-Dromaiidae-Casuariidae clade (Aves, Palaeognathae, Ratitae).


 * Braun, M.J. & Huddleston, C.J. (2009) A molecular phylogenetic survey of caprimulgiform nightbirds illustrates the utility of non-coding sequences.


 * Bunce, M. et al. (2009) The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography.


 * Chiappe, L.M. (2009) Downsized Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary Transition to Modern Birds.


 * Chu, P.I. et al. (2009) Skeletal morphology and the phylogeny of skuas (Aves: Charadriiformes, Stercorariidae).


 * Clarke, J.A. et al. (2009) Combined phylogenetic analysis of a new North American fossil species confirms widespread Eocene distribution for stem rollers (Coracii).


 * Close, R.A. et al. (2009) Earliest gondwanan bird from the Cretaceous of southeastern Australia.


 * Dececchi, T.A. & Larsson, H.C.E. (2009) Patristic evolutionary rates suggest a punctuated pattern in forelimb evolution before and after the origin of birds.


 * Dhouailly, D. (2009) A new scenario for the evolutionary origin of hair, feather, and avian scales.


 * Donaire, M. & López-Martínez, N. (2009) Porosity of Late Paleocene Ornitholithus eggshells (Tremp Fm, south-central Pyrenees, Spain). Palaeoclimatic implications.


 * Dyke, G.J. & Lindow, B. (2009) Taphonomy and abundance of birds from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark.


 * Dyke, G.J. & Nudds, D.L. (2009) The fossil record and limb disparity of enantiornithines, the dominant flying birds of the Cretaceous.


 * Eo, S. H. et al. (2009) A phylogenetic supertree of the fowls (Galloanserae, Aves).


 * Erickson, G.M. et al. (2009) Was dinosaurian physiology inherited by birds. Reconciling slow growth in Archaeopteryx.


 * Everhart, M.J. & Bell, A. (2009) A Hesperornithiform limb bone from the basal Greenhorn Formation (Late Cretaceous, Middle Cenomanian) of North Central Kansas.


 * Fowler, D.W. et al. (2009) Predatory functional morphology in raptors interdigital variation in talon size is related to prey restraint and immobilisation technique.


 * Fuchs, J. et al. (2009) A new Indo-Malayan member of the Stenostiridae (Aves, Passeriformes) revealed by multilocus sequence data. Biogeographical implications for a morphologically diverse clade of flycatchers.


 * Hinic-Frlog, S. & Motani, R. (2009) Relationship between osteology and aquatic locomotion in birds. Determining modes of locomotion in extinct Ornithurae.


 * Hutchinson, J.R. & Allen, V. (2009) The evolutionary continuum of limb function from early theropods to birds.


 * Irestedt, M. et al. (2009) Convergent evolution, habitat shifts and variable diversification rates in the ovenbird-woodcreeper family (Furnariidae).


 * Kennedy, M. et al. (2009) The phylogenetic position of the Galápagos Cormorant.


 * Kimball, R.T. et al. (2009) A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome.


 * Ksepka, D.T. (2009) Broken gears in the avian molecular clock: new phylogenetic analyses support stem galliform status for Gallinuloides wyomingensis and rallid affinities for Amitabha urbsinterdictensis.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Clarke, J.A. (2009) Affinities of Palaeospiza bella and the phylogeny and biogeography of mousebirds (Coliiformes).


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Clarke, J.A. (2009) New fossil mousebird iwith feather presrvation provides insight into the ecological diversity of an Eocene North American avifauna.


 * Lambert, D.M. et al. (2009) The molecular ecology of the extinct New Zealand Huia.


 * Lockley, M.G. et al. (2009) New interpretations of Ignotornis, the first-reported Mesozoic avian footprints. Implications for an enigmatic Cretaceous bird.


 * Longrich, N. (2009) An ornithurine-dominated avifauna from the Belly River Group (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada.


 * Maxwell, E.E. & Larsson, H.C.E. (2009) Comparative ossification sequence and skeletal development of the postcranium of paleognathous birds (Aves, Paleognathae).


 * Mayr, G. (2009) A well-preserved skull of the “falconiform” bird Masillaraptor from the middle Eocene of Messel (Germany).


 * Mayr, G. (2009) Paleogene fossil birds.


 * Mayr, G. (2009) Phylogenetic relationships of the paraphyletic caprimulgiform birds (nightjars and allies).


 * Mayr, G. & Poschmann, M. (2009) A Loon Leg (Aves, Gaviidae) with Crocodilian Tooth from the Late Oligocene of Germany.


 * Mayr, G. & Zelenkov, N. (2009) New specimens of zygodactylid birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel, with description of a new species of Primozygodactylus.


 * Milner, A.C. & Walsh, S.A. (2009) Avian brain evolution. New data from Palaeogene birds (Lower Eocene) from England.


 * Morschhauser, E.M. et al. (2009) Anatomy of the early Cretaceous Bird Rapaxavis pani, A New species from Liaoning Province, China.


 * Moyle, R.G. et al. (2009) Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the antbirds, ovenbirds, woodcreepers, and allies (Aves: Passeriformes: infraorder Furnariides).


 * Noriega, J.I. et al. (2009) First record and a new species of seriema (Aves, Ralliformes, Cariamidae) from Santacrucian (Early-Middle Miocene) beds of Patagonia.


 * Norman, J.A. et al. (2009) A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves, Passeriformes).


 * Norman, J.A. et al. (2009) Relationships of the New Guinean songbird genera Amalocichla and Pachycare based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.


 * O’Connor, J.K. et al. (2009) Phylogenetic support for a specialized clade of Cretaceous enantiornithine birds with information from a new species.


 * Parra, J.L. et al. (2009) Molecular phylogenetics of the hummingbird genus Coeligena.


 * Peters, W.S. & Peters, D.S. (2009) Life history, sexual dimorphism and ‘ornamental’ feathers in the mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus.


 * Picasso, M. et al. (2009) Neurocranial and brain anatomy of a Late Miocene eagle (Aves, Accipitridae) from Patagonia.


 * Pratt, R.C. et al. (2009) Towards resolving deep Neoaves phylogeny: data, signal enhancement and priors.


 * Provini, P. et al. (2009) A new species of the basal bird Sapeornis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China.


 * Raposo do Amaral, F. et al. (2009) Patterns and processes of diversification in a widespread and ecologically diverse avian group, the buteonine hawks.


 * Sánchez, A. (2009) New iberian galliforms and reappraisal of some Pliocene and Pleistocene eurasian taxa.


 * Scofield, R.P. & Ashwell, K. (2009) Rapid somatic expansion causes the brain to lag behind. The case of the brain and behavior of New Zealand's Haast's Eagle (Harpagornis moorei).


 * Tello, J.G. et al. (2009) Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies.


 * Vinther, J. et al. (2009) Structural coloration in a fossil feather.


 * Voelker, G. (2009) Repeated trans-Atlantic dispersal catalyzed a global songbird radiation.


 * Walker, C.A. & Dyke, G.J. (2009) Euenantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous of El Brete (Argentina).


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2009) A large fruit pigeon (Columbidae) from the Early Miocene of New Zealand.


 * Worthy, T.H. & Scanlon, J.D. (2009) An Oligo-Miocene Magpie Goose (Aves, Anseranatidae) from Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia.


 * Xu, X. & Guo, Y. (2009) The origin and early evolution of feathers. Insights from recent paleontological and neontological data.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. (2009) Phylogenetic analysis of some Neogene phasianid genera (Aves, Phasianidae).


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Dyke, G.J. (2009) The fossil record and evolution of mousebirds (Aves: Coliiformes).


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Kurochkin, E.N. (2009) Neogene phasianids (Aves, Phasianidae) of Central Asia 1. Genus Tologuica gen. nov.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Kurochkin, E.N. (2009) Neogene phasianids (Aves, Phasianidae) of Central Asia 2. Genera Perdix, Plioperdix and Bantamyx.


 * Zhang, F. et al. (2009) A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight.


 * Zhang, Z. et al. (2009) A new basal ornithurine bird (Jianchangornis microdonta Gen. et Sp.Nov.) from the Lower Cretaceous of China.


 * Zhang, Z. et al. (2009) Diversification in an Early Cretaceous avian genus evidence from a new species of Confuciusornis from China.


 * Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F. (2009) A new Lower Cretaceous bird from China and tooth reduction in early avian evolution.


 * Zinoviev, A.V. (2009) An attempt to reconstruct the lifestyle of confuciusornithids (Aves, Confuciusornithiformes).

2008

 * Bennett, S.C. (2008) Ontogeny and Archaeopteryx.


 * Bourdon, E. et al. (2008) A new seabird (Aves, cf. Phaethontidae) from the Lower Eocene phosphates of Morocco.


 * Bourdon, E. et al. (2008) New Specimens of Lithoptila Abdounensis (Aves, Prophaethontidae) from the Lower Paleogene of Morocco.


 * Brown, J.W. et al. (2008) Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages.


 * Butler, R.J. & Goswani, A. (2008) Body size evolution in Mesozoic birds little evidence for Cope’s rule.


 * Cau, A. & Arduini, P. (2008) Enantiophoenix electrophyla gen. et sp. nov. (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon and its phylogenetic relationships.


 * Cenizo, M.M. & Reyes, L.M. (2008) First records of Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) (Strigiformes, Aves) from the Middle-Late Pleistocene of Buenos Aires province (Argentina) and their taphonomic implications.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2008) Life history of a basal bird. Morphometrics of the Early Cretaceous Confuciusornis.


 * Chojnowski, J.L. et al. (2008) Introns outperform exons in analyses of basal avian phylogeny using clathrin heavy chain genes.


 * Dial, K.P. et al. (2008) A fundamental avian wing-stroke provides a new perspective on the evolution of flight.


 * Eo, S.H. et al. (2008) A phylogenetic supertree of the fowls (Galloanserae, Aves).


 * Ericson, P.G.P. (2008) Current perspectives on the evolution of birds.


 * Fuchs, J. et al. (2008) Tracing the colonization history of the Indian Ocean scops-owls (Strigiformes, Otus) with further insight into the spatio-temporal origin of the Malagasy avifauna.


 * Gao, C. et al. (2008) A new basal lineage of Early Cretaceous birds from China and its implications on the evolution of the avian tail.


 * Glen, C.L. & Bennet, M.B. (2008) Foraging modes of mesozoic birds and non-avian theropods.


 * Glenn, T.C. et al. (2008) [Glenn TC, French JO, Heincelman TJ, Jones KL, Sawyer RH 2008 Evolutionary relationships among copies of feather beta (β) keratin genes from several avian orders. Evolutionary relationships among copies of feather beta (β) keratin genes from several avian orders].


 * Gohlich, U.B. & Pavia, M. (2008) [A new species of Palaeortyx (Aves, Galliformes, Phasianidae) from the Neogene of Gargano, Italy].


 * Habib, M.B. & Ruff, C.B. (2008) The effects of locomotion on the structural characteristics of avian limb bones.


 * Hackett, S.J. et al. (2008) A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history.


 * Harshman, J. et al. (2008) Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds.


 * Irestedt, M. & Ohlson, J.I. (2008) The division of the major songbird radiation into Passerida and 'core Corvoidea' (Aves: Passeriformes). The species tree vs. gene trees.


 * Irestedt, M. et al. (2008) The systematic affinity of the enigmatic Lamprolia victoriae (Aves, Passeriformes). An example of avian dispersal between New Guinea and Fiji over Miocene intermittent land bridges?.


 * Jin, F. et al. (2008) On the horizon of Protopteryx and the early vertebrate fossil assemblages of the Jehol Biota.


 * Johansson, U.S. et al. (2008) Phylogenetic relationships within Passerida. A review and a new molecular phylogeny based on three nuclear intron markers.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2008) Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea. Evidence of the Campephagidae and other crown Corvida (Aves).


 * Kimball, R.T. & Braun, E.L. (2008) A multigene phylogeny of Galliformes supports a single origin of erectile ability in non-feathered facial traits.


 * Korzun, L.P. et al. (2008) Bill and hyoid apparatus of pigeons (Columbidae) and sandgrouse. A common adaptation to vegetarian feeding?.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Cracraft, J. (2008) An avian tarsometatarsus from near the K-T boundary of New Zealand.


 * Lerner, H.R.L. et al. (2008) Molecular phylogenetics of the Buteonine birds of prey (Accipitridae).


 * Li, J. et al. (2008) A new species of Cathayornis from the lower Cretaceous of inner Mongolia, China and Its stratigraphic significance.


 * Louchart, A. (2008) Emergence of long distance bird migrations. A new model integrating global climate changes.


 * Louchart, A. (2008) Fossil birds of the Kibish formation.


 * Louchart, A. et al. (2008) Hummingbird with modern feathering. An exceptionally well-preserved Oligocene fossil from southern France.


 * Manegold, A. (2008) Passerine diversity in the late Oligocene of Germany: earliest evidence for the sympatric coexistence of Suboscines and Oscines.


 * Mayr, G. (2008) A skull of the giant bony-toothed bird Dasornis (Aves, Pelagornithidae) from the Lower Eocene of the Isle of Sheppey.


 * Mayr, G. (2008) Avian higher- level phylogeny: well-supported clades and what we can learn from a phylogenetic analysis of 2954 morphological characters.


 * Mayr, G. (2008) First substantial Middle Eocene record of the Lithornithidae (Aves). A postcranial skeleton from Messel (Germany).


 * Mayr, G. (2008) Phylogenetic affinities and morphology of the late Eocene anseriform bird Romainvillia stehlini Lebedinsky, 1927.


 * Mayr, G. (2008) Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic avian taxon Zygodactylus based on new material from the early Oligocene of France.


 * Mayr, G. (2008) The phylogenetic affinities of the parrot taxa Agapornis, Loriculus and Melopsittacus (Aves, Psittaciformes). Hypotarsal morphology supports the results of molecular analyses.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2008) A sternum of a very large bony-toothed bird (Pelagornithidae) from the Miocene of Portugal.


 * McGuire, J.A. et al. (2008) A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds.


 * Morgan-Richards, M. et al. (2008) Bird evolution: testing the Metaves clade with six new mitochondrial genomes.


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. & Geraads, D. (2008) The Struthionidae and Pelagornithidae (Aves: Struthioniformes, Odontopterygiformes) from the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco.


 * Nylander. J.A.A. et al. (2008) Accounting for Phylogenetic Uncertainty in Biogeography. A Bayesian Approach to Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis of the Thrushes (Aves, Turdus).


 * Njabo, K.Y. et al. (2008) Phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomy of the African wattle-eyes (Aves, Passeriformes, Platysteiridae).


 * Noriega, J.I. et al. (2008) New material of Cayaoa bruneti Tonni, an Early Miocene anseriform (Aves) from Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Noriega, J.I. & Cladera, G. (2008) First record of an extinct marabou stork in the Neogene of South America.


 * Osi, A. (2008) Enantiornithine bird remains from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary.


 * Rheindt, F.E. et al. (2008) Phylogenetic relationships of tyrant-flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae), with an emphasis on the elaeniine assemblage.


 * Riegner, M.F. (2008) Parallel evolution of plumage pattern and coloration in birds implications for defining avian morphospace.


 * Scholes III, E. (2008) Evolution of the courtship phenotype in the bird of paradise genus Parotia (Aves, Paradisaeidae). Homology, phylogeny, and modularity.


 * Steadman, D.W. (2008) Doves (Columbidae) and Cuckoos (Cuculidae) from the Early Miocene of Florida.


 * Stidham, T.A. (2008) The first fossil of the Congo peafowl (Galliformes, Afropavo).


 * Treplin, S. et al. (2008) Molecular phylogeny of songbirds (Aves: Passeriformes) and the relative utility of common nuclear marker loci.


 * Vinther, J. et al. (2008) The colour of fossil feathers.


 * Waterhouse, D.M. et al. (2008) Two new parrots (Psittaciformes) from the lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark.


 * Wood, J.R. et al. (2008) Coprolite deposits reveal the diet and ecology of the extinct New Zealand megaherbivore moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes).


 * Worthy, T.H. (2008) Tertiary fossil waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes) of Australia and New Zealand.


 * Wright, T.F. et al. (2008) A multilocus molecular phylogeny of the parrots (Psittaciformes) support for a gondwanan origin during the Cretaceous.


 * Yuan, C. (2008) A new genus and species of Sapeornithidae from Lower Cretaceous in Western Liaoning, China.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. et al. (2008) Birds of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene from the Palaeolithic Djuktai Cave site of Yakutia, eastern Siberia.


 * Zelenkov, N.V. & Dyke, G.J. (2008) The fossil record and evolution of mousebirds (Aves, Coliiformes).


 * Zhang, F. et al. (2008) A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight.


 * Zhou, Z. et al. (2008) Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird.

2007

 * Agnolin, F.L. (2007) Brontornis burmeisteri Moreno & Mercerat, un Anseriformes (Aves) gigante del Mioceno Medio de Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Areta, J.I. et al. (2007) A giant darter (Pelecaniformes, Anhingidae) from the Upper Miocene of Argentina and weight calculation of fossil Anhingidae.


 * Baker, A.J. et al. (2007) Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of Charadriiformes genera: multigene evidence for the Cretaceous origin of at least 14 clades of shorebirds.


 * Balanoff, A.M. & Rowe, T. (2007) Osteological description of an embryonic skeleton of the extinct Elephant Bird, Aepyornis (Paleognathae, Ratitae).


 * Bertelli, S. et al. (2007) A new phorusrhacid (Aves, Cariamae) from the Middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina.


 * Bochenski, Z. & Bochenski, Z.M. (2007) An Old World hummingbird from the Oligocene: a new fossil from Polish Carpathians.


 * Brown, J.W. et al. (2007) Nuclear DNA does not reconcile 'rocks' and 'clocks' in Neoaves. A comment on Ericson et al.


 * Burnham, D.A. (2007) Archaeopteryx. A re-evaluation suggesting an arboreal habitat and an intermediate stage in trees down origin of flight.


 * Cenizo, M.M. & Agnolin, F.L. (2007) The presence of the genus Belonopterus Reichenbach, 1852 (Aves, Charadriidae) in the Pleistocene of Argentina, with the description of Belonopterus lilloi n. sp.


 * Chávez, M. (2007) Fossil birds of Chile and Antarctic Peninsula.


 * Chesser, R.T. et al. (2007) Fourfold polyphyly of the genus formerly known as Upucerthia, with notes on the systematics and evolution of the avian subfamily Furnariinae.


 * Chesser, R.T. & Ten Have, J. (2007) On the phylogenetic position of the scrub-birds (Passeriformes: Menurae: Atrichornithidae) of Australia.


 * Chiappe, L. M. (2007) Glorified Dinosaurs. The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2007) A new enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2007) Juvenile birds from the Early Cretaceous of China. Implications for enantiornithine ontogeny.


 * Clarke, J.A. et al. (2007) Paleogene equatorial penguins challenge the proposed relationship between biogeography, diversity, and Cenozoic climate change.


 * Dickison, M.R. (2007) The Allometry of Giant Flightless Birds.


 * Fain, M.G. et al. (2007) Phylogeny of ‘‘core Gruiformes’’ (Aves, Grues) and resolution of the Limpkin-Sungrebe problem.


 * Fain, M.G. & Houde, P. (2007) Multilocus perspectives on the monophyly and phylogeny of the order Charadriiformes (Aves).


 * Fuchs, J. et al. (2007) Complex biogeographic history of the cuckoo-shrikes and allies (Passeriformes, Campephagidae) revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data.


 * Gibb, G.C. et al. (2007) Mitochondrial genomes and avian phylogeny. Complex characters and resolvability without explosive radiations.


 * Jamieson, B.G.M. (2007) Reproductive biology and phylogeny of birds.


 * Ji, S. & Ji, Q. (2007) Jinfengopteryx compared to Archaeopteryx, with comments on the mosaic evolution of long-tailed avialan birds.


 * Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2007) Systematic placement of an enigmatic Southeast Asian taxon Eupetes macrocerus and implications for the biogeography of a main songbird radiation, the Passerida.


 * Kaiser, G.W. (2007) The Inner Bird. Anatomy and Evolution.


 * Kavanau, J.L. (2007) Roots of avian evolution. Clues from relict reproductive behaviors.


 * Kriegs, J.O. et al. (2007) Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves, Galliformes).


 * Larsen, C. et al. (2007) A molecular phylogeny of the nightjars (Aves, Caprimulgidae) suggests extensive conservation of primitive morphological traits across multiple lineages.


 * Li, L. et al. (2007) Alethoalaornithidae fam. nov.: a new family of enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning.


 * Lockley, M.G. et al. (2007) Earliest zygodactyl bird feet. Evidence from Early Cretaceous roadrunner-like tracks.


 * Livezey, B.C. & Zusi, R.L. (2007) Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion.


 * Lovette, I.J. & Rubenstein, D.R. (2007) A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the starlings (Aves, Sturnidae) and mockingbirds (Aves, Mimidae). Congruent mtDNA and nuclear trees for a cosmopolitan avian radiation.


 * MacFadden, B.J. et al. (2007) Revised age of the late Neogene terror bird (Titanis) in North America during the Great American Interchange.


 * Marks, B.D. et al. (2007) Molecular phylogenetics of the bee-eaters (Aves, Meropidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data.


 * Mayr, G. (2007) Avian higher-level phylogeny well-supported clades and what we can learn from a phylogenetic analysis of 2954 morphological characters.


 * Mayr, G. (2007) Bizarre tubercles on the vertebrae of Eocene fossil birds indicate an avian disease without modern counterpart.


 * Mayr, G. (2007) Synonymy and actual affinities of the putative Middle Eocene "New World vulture" Eocathartes Lambrecht, 1935 and "hornbill" Geiseloceros Lambrecht, 1935 (Aves, Ameghinornithidae).


 * Mayr, G. (2007) The birds from the Paleocene fissure filling of Walbeck (Germany).


 * Mayr, G. (2007) The renaissance of avian paleontology and its bearing on the higher-level phylogeny of birds.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2007) Oldest fossil avian remains from the Indian subcontinental plate


 * Nguembock, B. et al. (2007) A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of an unique nest-build.


 * Nudds, R.L. (2007) Wing-bone length allometry in birds.


 * Ohlson, J.I. et al. (2007) A molecular phylogeny of the cotingas (Aves, Cotingidae).


 * Ohlson, J.I. et al. (2007) Tyrant flycatchers coming out in the open. Phylogeny and ecological radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves, Passeriformes).


 * Pereira, S.L. et al. (2007) Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences support a Cretaceous origin of Columbiformes and a dispersal-driven radiation in the Paleocene.


 * Reddy, S. & Cracraft, J. (2007) Old World Shrike-babblers (Pteruthius) belong with New World Vireos (Vireonidae).


 * Sánchez, A. (2007) New occurrences of the extinct vulture Gyps melitensis (Falconiformes, Aves) and a reappraisal of the paleospecies.


 * Shepherd, L.D. & Lambert, D.M. (2007) The relationships and origins of the New Zealand wattlebirds from DNA sequence analyses.


 * Slack, K.E. et al. (2007) Resolving the root of the avian mitogenomic tree by breaking up long branches.


 * Smith, N.A. et al. (2007) First atlantic record of the Puffin Cerorhinca from the Pliocene of North Carolina.


 * Tambussi, C. & Hospitaleche, C.A. (2007) Antarctic birds (Neornithes) during the Cretaceous-Eocene times.


 * Tello, J.G. & Bates, J.M. (2007) Molecular phylogenetics of the tody-tyrant and flatbill assemblage of tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae).


 * Tickle, P.G. et al. (2007) Functional significance of the uncinate processes in birds.


 * Turner, A.H. et al. (2007) A basal dromaeosaurid and size evolution preceding avian flight.


 * Voelker, G. et al. (2007) Molecular systematics of a speciose, cosmopolitan songbird genus: Defining the limits of, and relationships among, the Turdus thrushes.


 * Walker, C.A. et al. (2007) Large euenantiornithine birds from the Cretaceous of southern France, North America and Argentina.


 * Worthy, T.H. et al. (2007) Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand.


 * Zheng, X. et al. (2007) A new enantiornitine bird with four long rectrices from the Early Cretaceous of Northern Hebei, China.


 * Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F. (2007) Mesozoic birds of China. A synoptic review.

2006

 * Astuti, D. et al. (2006) Phylogenetic Relationships Within Parrots (Psittacidae) Inferred from Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene Sequences.


 * Bertelli, S. (2005) Redescription and phylogenetic position of the early Miocene penguin Paraptenodytes antarcticus from Patagonia.


 * Bibi, F. et al. (2006) New fossil ratite (Aves, Palaeognathae) eggshell discoveries from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation of the United Arab Emirates, Arabian Peninsula.


 * Boles, W.E. (2006) A new songbird (Aves, Passeriformes) from the mid-Cenozoic of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland.


 * Cambra-Moo, O. et al. (2006) Histological observations of Enantiornithine bone (Saurischia, Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas (Spain).


 * Case, J.A. et al. (2006) A cursorial bird from the Maastrichtian of Antarctica.


 * Chatterjee, S. et al. (2006) A new fossil loon from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica and early radiation of foot-propelled diving birds.


 * Clarke, J.A. et al. (2006) into the evolution of avian flight from a new clade of Early Cretaceous ornithurines from China and the morphology of Yixianornis grabaui.


 * Dalsatt, J. et al. (2006) Food remains in Confuciusornis sanctus suggest a fish diet.


 * Dyke, G.J. & Walker, C.A. (2006) New records of fossil ‘waterbirds’ from the Miocene of Kenya.


 * Ericson, P.G.P et al. (2006) Diversification of Neoaves. Integration of molecular sequence data and fossils.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2006) Higher-level phylogeny and morphological evolution of tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves, Tyrannida).


 * Fox-Dobbs, K. et al. (2006) Dietary controls on extinction versus survival among avian megafauna in the late Pleistocene.


 * Grellet-Tinner, G. (2006) Phylogenetic interpretation of eggs and eggshells. Implications for phylogeny of Palaeognathae.


 * Hume, J.P. (2006) The history of the Dodo Raphus cucullatus and the penguin of Mauritius.


 * Irestedt, M. et al. (2006) Evolution of the ovenbird-woodcreeper assemblage (Aves, Furnariidae). Major shifts in nest architecture and adaptive radiation.


 * Irestedt, M. et al. (2006) Nuclear DNA from old collections of avian study skins reveals the evolutionary history of the Old World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes).


 * Jadwiszczak, P. (2006) Eocene penguins of Seymour Island, Antarctica. The earliest record, taxonomic problems and some evolutionary considerations.


 * Jønsson, K.A. & Fjeldsa, J. (2006) A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves, Passeri).


 * Jønsson, K.A. & Fjeldsa, J. (2006) Determining biogeographical patterns of dispersal and diversification in oscine passerine birds in Australia, Southeast Asia and Africa.


 * Kilner, R.M. (2006) The evolution of egg colour and patterning in birds.


 * Kurochkin, E.N. (2006) Parallel evolution of theropod dinosaurs and birds.


 * Kurochkin, E.N. et al. (2006) On the brain of a primitive bird from the Upper Cretaceous of European Russia.


 * Ksepka, D.T. & Bertelli, S. (2006) Fossil penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) cranial material from the Eocene of Seymour Island (Antarctica).


 * Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2006) The phylogeny of the living and fossil Sphenisciformes (penguins).


 * Li, L. et al. (2006) New Eoenantiornithid Bird from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning, China.


 * Lindow, B.E.K. & Dyke, G.J. (2006) Bird evolution in the Eocene: climate change in Europe and a Danish fossil fauna.


 * Lockley, M.G. et al. (2006) Bird tracks from Liaoning Province, China. New insights into avian evolution during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition.


 * Longrich, N. (2006) An ornithurine bird from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada.


 * Longrich, N. (2006) Structure and function of hindlimb feathers in Archaeopteryx lithographica.


 * Manegold, A. (2006) Two Additional Synapomorphies of Grebes Podicipedidae and Flamingos Phoenicopteridae.


 * Mayr, G. (2006) A new raptorial bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany.


 * Mayr, G. & Manegold, A. (2006) New specimens of the earliest European passeriform bird.


 * Mayr, G. & Mourer-Chauvire, C. (2006) An unusual avian coracoid from the Paleogene Quercy fissure fillings in France.


 * Moyle, R.G. (2006) A molecular phylogeny of kingfishers (Alcedinidae) with insights into early biogeographic history.


 * Moyle, R.G. et al. (2006) Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Old World suboscine birds (Aves, Eurylaimides).


 * Moyle, R.G. et al. (2006) Reconsideration of the phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala).


 * Pereira, S.L. & Baker, A.J. (2006) A mitogenomic timescale for birds detects variable phylogenetic rates of molecular evolution and refutes the standard molecular clock.


 * Sánchez, A. (2006) Miophasianus and Palaeoperdix (Galliformes, Aves) from three Miocene localities of Spain.


 * Senter, P. (2006) Scapular orientation in theropods and basal birds, and the origin of flapping flight.


 * Stewart, J.R. & Beech, M. (2006) The Miocene birds of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) with a discussion of the age of modern species and genera.


 * Seward, L. et al. (2006) A catalogue of British Pleistocene birds identified by Colin J.O. Harrison and stored in the Natural History Museum, London, (Department of Palaeontology).


 * Slack, K.E. et al. (2006) Early Penguin Fossils, plus Mitochondrial Genomes, Calibrate Avian Evolution.


 * Steadman, D.W. (2006) An extinct species of tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus) from the Kingdom of Tonga, and the concept of endemism in insular landbirds.


 * Van Tuinen, M. et al. (2006) Tempo and mode of modern bird evolution observed with large-scale taxonomic sampling.


 * Walsh, S.A. & Suárez, M.E. (2006) New penguin remains from the Pliocene of Northern Chile.


 * Walker, C.A. & Dyke, G.J. (2006) New records of fossil birds of prey from the Miocene of Kenya.


 * Wragg, G.M. & Worthy, T.H. (2006) A new species of extinct imperial pigeon (Ducula, Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group.


 * Waterhouse, D.M. (2006) Parrots in a nutshell. The fossil record of Psittaciformes (Aves).


 * Zhang, Z. et al. (2006) The First Mesozoic Heterodactyl Bird from China.

2005

 * Baker, A.J. et al. (2005) Reconstructing the tempo and mode of evolution in an extinct clade of birds with ancient DNA. The giant moas of New Zealand.


 * Beresford, P. et al. (2005) African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri) Molecular systematics of several evolutionary enigmas.


 * Bertelli, S. & Chiappe, L.M. (2005) Earliest tinamous (Aves, Palaeognathae) from the Miocene of Argentina and their phylogenetic position.


 * Boles, W.E. (2005) A new flightless gallinule (Aves, Rallidae, Gallinula) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia.


 * Boles, W.E. (2005) Fossil honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) from the Late Tertiary of Riversleigh, north-western Queensland.


 * Bourdon, E. et al. (2005) Earliest african neornithine bird A new species of Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the. Paleocene of Morocco.


 * Buffetaut, E. et al. (2005) First record of a fossil bird from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand.


 * Buffetaut, E. et al. (2005) Minute theropod eggs and embryo from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand and the dinosaur-bird transition.


 * Bunce, M. et al. (2005) The evolutionary history of New Zealand's extinct giant eagle revealed by ancient DNA.


 * Clarke, J.A. et al. (2005) Definitive fossil evidence for the extant avian radiation in the Cretaceous.


 * Clarke, J.A. et al. (2005) New avian remains from the Eocene of Mongolia and the phylogenetic position of the Eogruidae.


 * De Kloet, R.S. & De Kloet, S.R. (2005) The evolution of the spindlin gene in birds. Sequence analysis of an intron of the spindlin W and Z gene reveals four major divisions of the Psittaciformes.


 * Fjeldsa, J. et al. (2005) Molecular data reveal some major adaptational shifts in the early evolution of the most diverse avian family, the Furnariidae.


 * Gohlich, U.B. & Mourer-Chauvire, C. (2005) Revision of the phasianids (Aves, Galliformes) from the Lower Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France).


 * Grellet−Tinner, G. & Dyke, G.J. (2005) The eggshell of the Eocene bird Lithornis.


 * Gussekloo, S.W.S. & Bout, R.G. (2005) Cranial kinesis in palaeognathous birds.


 * Hailu, Y. et al. (2005) A new fossil bird from the early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, northwestern China.


 * Hou, L. et al. (2005) A Miocene ostrich fossil from Gansu Province, northwest China.


 * James, H.F. (2005) Paleogene fossils and the radiation of moderns birds.


 * Lerner, H.R.L. & Mindell, D.P. (2005) Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitichondrial DNA.


 * Leonard, L. et al. (2005) A new specimen of the fossil paleognath Lithornis from the Lower Eocene of Denmark.


 * Louchart, A. et al. (2005) A finfoot from the Late Miocene of Toros Menalla (Chad, Africa). Palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological implications.


 * Louchart, A. et al. (2005) A new swan (Aves, Anatidae) in Africa, from the Latest Miocene of Chad and Libya.


 * Mayr, G. (2005) A chicken-sized crane precursor from the early Oligocene of France.


 * Mayr, G. (2005) A Fluvioviridavis-like bird from the Middle Eocene of Messl, Germnay.


 * Mayr, G. (2005) A new cypselomorph bird from the Middle Eocene of Germany and the early diversification of avian aerial insectivores.


 * Mayr, G. (2005) A tiny barbet-like bird from the Lower Oligocene of Germany. The smallest species and earliest substantial fossil record of the Pici (woodpeckers and allies).


 * Mayr, G. (2005) Fossil hummingbirds in the Old World.


 * Mayr, G. (2005) The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe.


 * Mayr, G. (2005) The Palaeogene Old World potoo Paraprefica Mayr, 1999 (Aves, Nyctibiidae): Its osteology and affinities to the New World Preficinae Olson, 1987.


 * Mayr, G. (2005) The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the Middle Eocene Messelastur gratulator Peters, 1994. A morphological link between owls (Strigiformes) and falconiform birds?


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2005) A well-preserved Archaeopteryx specimen with theropod features.


 * Mayr, G. & Mourer-Chauvire, C. (2005) A specimen of Parvicuculus Harrison & Walker 1977 (Aves, Parvicuculidae) from the early Eocene of France.


 * Packert, M. et al. (2005) The great tit (Parus major). A misclassified ring species.


 * Rice, N.H. (2005) Further Evidence for Paraphyly of the Formicariidae (Passeriformes).


 * Rice, N.H. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships of antpitta genera (Passeriformes. Formicariidae).


 * Sangster, G. (2005) A name for the clade formed by owlet-nightjars, swifts and hummingbirds (Aves).


 * Sawyer, R.H. et al. (2005) Evolutionary origin of the feather epidermis.


 * Stidham, T.A. et al. (2005) An ibis-like bird (Aves cf. Threskiornithidae) from the Late Middle Eocene of Myanmar.


 * Thomassen, H.A. et al. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships amongst swifts and swiftlets. A multi locus approach.


 * Turvey, S.T. et al. (2005) Cortical growth marks reveal extended juvenile development in New Zealand moa.


 * Webb, D.M. & Moore, W.S. (2005) A phylogenetic analysis of woodpeckers and their allies using 12S, Cyt b, and COI nucleotide sequences.


 * Worthy, T.H. (2005) Rediscovery of the types of Dinornis curtus Owen and Palapteryx geranoides Owen, with a new synonymy (Aves, Dinornithiformes).


 * Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F. (2005) Discovery of an ornithurine bird and its implication for Early Cretaceous avian radiation.


 * Zhou, Z. et al. (2005) Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoenantiornis buhleri (Aves, Enantiornithes) from China.

2004

 * Alonso, P.D. et al. (2004) The avian nature of the brain and inner ear of Archaeopteryx.


 * Barker, F.K. et al. (2004) Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation.


 * Bertelli, S. & Porzecanski, A.L. (2004) Tinamou (Tinamidae) systematics. A preliminary combined analysis of morphology and molecules.


 * Chesser, R.T. (2004) Molecular systematics of New World suboscine birds.


 * Chiappe, L.M. (2004) The closest relatives of birds.


 * Christiansen, P. & Bonde, N. (2004) Body plumage in Archaeopteryx a review, and new evidence from the Berlin specimen.


 * Chubb, A.L. (2004) New nuclear evidence for the oldest divergence among neognath birds: the phylogenetic utility of ZENK (i).


 * Clarke, J.A. & Norell, M.A. (2004) New avialan remains and a review of the know avifauna from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.


 * Clarke, J.A. (2004) Morphology, phylogenetic, taxonomy and systematics of Ichthyornis and Apatornis (Avialia, Ornithurae).


 * Cracraft, J. et al. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships among modern birds (Neornithes). Toward an avian tree of life.


 * Driskell, A.C. & Christidis, L. (2004) Phylogeny and evolution of the Australo-Papuan honeyeaters.


 * Dyke, G.J. et al. (2004) Three new fossil landbirds from the early Paleogene of Denmark.


 * Dyke, G.J. & Van Tuinen, M. (2004) The evolutionary radiation of modern birds (Neornithes) reconciling molecules, morphology and the fossil record.


 * Fain, M.G. & Houde, P. (2004) Parallel radiations in the primary clades of birds.


 * Gamauf, A. & Haring, E. (2004) Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Honey-buzzards (genera Pernis and Henicopernis).


 * Gemmell, N.J. et al. (2004) Moa were many.


 * Gong, E. et al. (2004) Enantiornithine bird with diapsidian skull and its dental development in the Early Cretaceous in Liaoning, China.


 * Griffiths, C.S. et al. (2004) Phylogeny of the Falconidae (Aves): a comparison of the efficacy of morphological, mitochondrial, and nuclear data.


 * Harrison, G.L. et al. (2004) Four new avian mitochondrial genomes help get to basic evolutionary questions in late Cretaceous.


 * Helbing, A.J. et al. (2004) A multi-gene phylogeny of aquiline eagles (Aves, Accipitriformes) reveals extensive paraphyly at the genus level.


 * Hou, L. et al. (2004) New Early Cretaceous fossil from China documents a novel trophic specialization for Mesozoic birds.


 * Irestedt, N. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships of typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae) and test of incongruence based on Bayes factors.


 * Iwaniuk, A.N. et al. (2004) Interspecific allometry of the brain and brain regions in parrots (Psittaciformes). Comparisons with other birds and primates.


 * Kennedy, M. & Spencer, H.G. (2004) Phylogenies of the Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) and Tropicbirds (Phaethonidae), two divergent groups of the traditional order Pelecaniformes, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.


 * Louchart, A. et al. (2004) The birds of the Djurab Pliocene faunas, Chad, Central Africa.


 * Manegold, A. et al. (2004) Miocene songbirds and the composition of the european passeriform avifauna.


 * Mayr, G. (2004) A new eocene Chascacocolius-like mousebird (Aves, Coliiformes) with a remarkable gaping adaptation.


 * Mayr, G. (2004) A partial skeleton of a new fossil loon (Aves, Gaviiformes) from the early Oligocene of Germany with preserved stomach content.


 * Mayr, G. (2004) Morphological evidence for sister group relationship between flamingos (Aves Phoenicopteridae ) and grebes (Podicipedidae).


 * Mayr, G. (2004) A new eocene Chascacocolius-like mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes) with a remarkable gaping adaptation.


 * Mayr, G. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships of the early Tertiary Messel rails (Aves, Messelornithidae).


 * Mayr, G. (2004) Tertiary plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) and a novel hypothesis on the phylogenetic relationships of penguins (Spheniscidae).


 * Mayr, G. (2004) The phylogenetic relationships of the early Tertiary Primoscenidae and Sylphornithidae and the sister taxon of crown group piciform birds.


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2004) Osteology and systematic position of the eocene primobucconidae (Aves, Coraciiformes sensu stricto), with first records from Europe.


 * Mayr, G. & Gohlich, U.B. (2004) A new parrot from the Miocene of Germany, with comments on the variation of hypotarsus morphology in some Psittaciformes.


 * Mayr, G. & Manegold, A. (2004) The oldest European fossil songbird from the early Oligocene of Germany.


 * Mayr, G. & Weidig, I. (2004) The Early Eocene bird Gallinuloides wyomingensis. A stem group representative of Galliformes.


 * Mourer-Chauviré, C. et al. (2004) The late Oligocene birds of the Créchy quarry (Allier, France), with a description of two new genera (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Phalacrocoracidae, and Anseriformes: Anseranatidae).


 * Nudds, R.L. et al. (2004) Forelimb proportions and the evolutionary radiation of Neornithes.


 * O'Connor, P.M. (2004) Pulmonary pneumaticity in the postcranial skeleton of extant Aves. A case study examining Anseriformes.


 * Panteleyev, A.V. et al. (2004) New record of Hesperornis rossicus (Aves, Hesperornithiformes) in the Campanian of Saratov Province, Russia.


 * Pereira, S.L. & Baker, A.J. (2004) A Mitogenomic Timescale for Birds Detects Variable Phylogenetic Rates of Molecular Evolution and Refutes the Standar Molecular Clock.


 * Pickford, M. et al. (2004) Early Pliocene Tragulidae and peafowls in the RiftValley, Kenya evidence for rainforest in East Africa.


 * Poe, S. & Chubb, A.L. (2004) Birds in a bush. Five genes beed explosive evolution of avian orders. Evolution 58(2):404-15.


 * Roulin, A. (2004) The evolution, maintenance and adaptive function of genetic colour polymorphism in birds.


 * Spicer, G.S. & Dunipace, L. (2004) Molecular phylogeny of songbirds (Passeriformes) inferred from mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences.


 * Stucchi, M. & Urbina, M. (2004) Ramphastosula (Aves, Sulidae) a new genus from the Early Pliocene of the Pisco Formation, Peru.


 * Tuinen, M. & Hedges, S.B. (2004) The effect of external and internal fossil calibrations on the avian evolutionary timescale.


 * Zhang, F. & Zhou, Z. (2004) Leg feathers in an Early Cretaceous bird.


 * Zhang, F. et al. (2004) Description of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, northern China.


 * Zhou, Z. (2004) The origin and early evolution of birds. Discoveries, disputes, and perspectives from fossil evidence.


 * Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F. (2004) A Precocial Avian Embryo from the Lower Cretaceous of China.


 * Zhou, Z. et al. (2004) Gastroliths in Yanornis. An indication of the earliest radical diet-switching and gizzard plasticity in the lineage leading to living birds.


 * Zhang, F. & Zhou, Z. (2004) Leg feathers in an Early Cretaceous bird.

2003

 * Alvarenga, H & Guilherme, E. (2003) The anhingas (Aves, Anhingidae) from the Upper Tertiary (Miocene–Pliocene) of southwestern Amazonia.


 * Alvarenga, H. & Hofling, E. (2003) Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves, Ralliformes).


 * De Ricqles, A.J. et al. (2003) Osteohistology of Confuciusornis sanctus (Theropoda, Aves).


 * Dyke, G.J. et al. (2003) Suprageneric relationships of galliform birds (Aves, Galliformes). A cladistic analysis of morphological characters.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2003) Evolution, biogeography, and patterns of diversiﬁcation in passerine birds.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. & Johansson, U.S. (2003) Phylogeny of Passerida (Aves Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2003) Inter-familial relationships of the shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes) based on nuclear DNA sequence data.


 * Feduccia, A. (2003) Big bang for tertiary birds.


 * Fjeldsa, J. et al. (2003) Sapayoa aenigma a New World representative of ‘Old World suboscines’.


 * Gill, B.J. (2003) Osteometry and systematics of the extinct New Zealand ravens (Aves: Corvidae: Corvus).


 * Gohlich, U.B. (2003) A new crane (Aves, Gruidae) from the Miocene of Germany.


 * Goehlich, U.B. (2003) The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria).


 * Gulas‐Wroblewski, B.E. & Wroblewski, A. (2003) A crown-group galliform bird from the Middle Eocene Bridger Formation of Wyoming.


 * Hou, L. et al. (2003) New Early Cretaceous fossil from China documents a novel trophic specialization for Mesozoic birds.


 * Ji, Q. et al. (2003) An Early Cretaceous avialian bird, Shenzhouraptor sinensis from Western Liaoning, China.


 * Johansson, U.S. & Ericson, P.G.P. (2003) Molecular support for a sister group relationship between Pici and Galbulae (Piciformes sensu Wetmore 1960).


 * Kloet, R.S. & Kloet, S.R. (2003) Evolution of the spindlin gene in birds independent cessation of the recombination of sex chromosomes at the spindlin locus in neognathous birds and tinamous, a palaeognathous avian family.


 * Mayr, G. (2003) Phylogeny of Early Tertiary swifts and hummingbirds (Aves, Apodiformes).


 * Mayr, G. & Clarke, J.A. (2003) The deep divergences of neornithine birds. A phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters.


 * Mlikovsky, J. (2003) Eggs of extinct aepyornithids (Aves, Aepyornithidae) of Madagascar. Size and taxonomic identity.


 * Mourer-Chauvire, C. (2003) A new species of Ameripodius (Aves, Galliformes Quercymegapodiidae) from the Lower Miocene of France.


 * Nahum, L.A. et al. (2003) Diversification of Ramphastinae (Aves, Ramphastidae) prior to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary as shown by molecular clock of mtDNA sequences.


 * Prum, R.O. & Dyck, J. (2003) A hierarchical model of plumage. Morphology, development, and evolution.


 * Prum, O.P. & Torres, R. (2003) Structural colouration of avian skin. Convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arrays.


 * Ricklefs, R.E. (2003) Global diversification rates of passerine birds.


 * Sorenson, M.D. et al. (2003) More taxa, more characters. The hoatzin problem is still unresolved.


 * Sawyer, R.H. et al. (2003) Origin of feathers Feather beta (β) keratins are expressed in discrete epidermal cell populations of embryonic scutate scales.


 * Sawyer R.H. & Knapp, L.W. (2003) Avian skin development and the evolutionary origin of feathers.


 * Worthy, T.H. & Grant-Mackie, J.A. (2003) Late-Pleistocene avifaunas from Cape Wanbrow, Otago, South Island, New Zealand.


 * Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F. (2003) Jeholornis compared to Archaeopteryx, with a new understanding of the earliest avian evolution.


 * Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F. (2003) Anatomy of the primitive bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China.

2002

 * Barker, F.K. et al. (2002) A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds. Taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data.


 * Bertelli, S. et al. (2002) A phylogeny of the Tinamous based on integumentary characters.


 * Birks, S.M. & Edwards, S.V. (2002) A phylogeny of the megapodes (Aves, Megapodiidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences.


 * Boev, Z.N. (2002) Neogene Avifauna of Bulgaria.


 * Boev, Z.N. (2002) Tetraonidae VIGORS, 1825 (Galliformes, Aves) in the Neogene-Quaternary record of Bulgaria and the origin and evolution of the family.


 * Buffetaut, E. (2002) Giant ground birds at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: Extinction or survival?.


 * Chatterjee, S. (2002) The morphology and systematics of Polarornis, a Cretaceous Loon (Aves: Gaviidae) from Antarctica.


 * Chatterjee, S. & Templin, R.J. (2002) The flight of Archaeopteryx.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2002) New enantiornithine bird from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Alabama.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2002) New enantiornithine bird from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Alabama.


 * Chiappe, L.M. & Dyke, G.J. (2002) The mesozoic radiation of birds.


 * Chiappe, L.M. & Witmer, L.M. (2002) Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of the Dinosaurs.


 * Clarke, J.A. & Norell, M.A. (2002) The Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of Apsaravis ukhaana from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.


 * Czerkas, S.A. & Ji, Q. (2002) A preliminary report on an omnivorous volant bird from Northeast China.


 * Della Vecchia, F.B. & Chiappe, L.M. (2002) First avian skeleton from the Mesozoic of northern Gondwana.


 * Dyke, G.J. & Gulas, B.E. (2002) The fossil galliform bird Paraortygoides from the Lower Eocene of the United Kingdom.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2002) A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of the endemic New Zealand wrens.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2002) Systematic affinities of the lyrebirds (Passeriformes: Menura), with a novel classification of the major groups of passerine birds.


 * González-Barba, G. et al. (2002) Earliest pacific basin record of the Pelagornithidae (Aves, Pelecaniformes).


 * Grellet-Tinner, G. & Norell, M. (2002) An avian egg from the. Campanian of Bayn Dzak, Mongolia.


 * Hutchinson, J.R. (2002) The evolution of hindlimb Tendons and muscles on the line's crown-group birds.


 * Kristoffersen, A.V. (2002) An early Paleogene trogon (Aves, Trogoniformes) from the Fur Formation, Denmark.


 * Kurochkin, E.N. et al. (2002) A new Presbyornithid bird (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Mongolia.


 * Mayr, G. (2002) A new specimen of Salmila robusta (Gruiformes, Salmilidae n. fam.) from the Middle Eocene of Messel.


 * Mayr, G. (2002) Europe's last Mesozoic bird.


 * Mayr, G. (2002) On the osteology and phylogenetic afﬁnities of the Pseudasturidae - Lower Eocene stem-group representatives of parrtos (Aves, Psittaciformes).


 * Mayr, G. (2002) Osteological evidence for paraphyly of the avian order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies).


 * Mayr, G. et al. (2002) Petrel-like birds with a peculiar foot morphology from the Oligocene of Germany and Belgium (Aves, Procellariiformes).


 * Mlíkovsky, J. (2002) Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1. Europe.


 * Paton, T. et al. (2002) Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences show that modern birds are not descended from transitional shorebirds.


 * Prum, R.O. & Brush, A.H. (2002) The evolutionary origin and diversification of feathers.


 * Shapiro, B. et al. (2002) Flight of the Dodo.


 * Steadman, D.W. (2002) A new species of swiftlet (Aves, Apodidae) from the late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania.


 * Ward, A.B. et al. (2002) Functional morphology of raptor hindlimbs. Implications for resource partitioning.


 * Worthy, T.H. & Olson, S.R. (2002) Relationships, adaptations, and habits of the extinct duck Euryanas' finschi.


 * Yu, M. et al. (2002) The morphogenesis of feathers.


 * Zhou, Z. (2002) A new and primitive enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China.


 * Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F. (2002) A long-tailed, seed-eating bird from the Early Cretaceous of China.

2001

 * Chiappe, L.M. (2001) Phylogenetic relationships among basal birds.


 * Chiappe, L.M. et al. (2001) A new skull of Gobipteryx minuta (Aves Enantiornithes) from the Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert.


 * Clarke, J.A. & Chiappe, L.M. (2001) A new carinate bird from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina).


 * Cooper, A. et al. (2001) Complete mitochondrial sequences of two extinct moas clarify ratite evolution


 * Cracraft, J. (2001) Avian evolution, Gondwana biogeography and the. Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction event.


 * Cracraft, J. & Clarke, J.A. (2001) The basal clades of modern birds.


 * Dyke, G.J. (2001) A primitive swift from the London Clay and the relationships of fossil apodiform birds.


 * Dyke, G.J. (2001) The fossil waterfowl (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Eocene of England.


 * Elżanowski, A. (2001) A new genus and species for the largest specimen of Archaeopteryx.


 * Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2001) Morphological and molecular support for nonmonophyly of the Galloanserae.


 * Gauthier, J. & Quieroz, K. (2001) Feathered dinosaurs, flying dinosaurs, crown dinosaurs, and the name “Aves”.


 * Grapputo, A. et al. (2003) Molecular evidence for phylogenetic relationships among buntings and American sparrows (Emberizidae).


 * Haddrath, O. & Baker, A.J. (2001) Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences of extinct birds Ratite phylogenetics.


 * Haring, E. et al. (2001) The complete dequence of the mitochondrial genome of Buteo buteo indicates an rarly split in the phylogeny of raptors.


 * Johnson, K.P. (2001) Taxon sampling and the phylogenetic position of Passeriformes. Evidence from 916 avian cytochrome b sequences.


 * Kimball, R.T. et al. (2001) A molecular phylogeny of the peacock-pheasants indicates loss and reduction of ornamental trits and siplay behaviours.


 * Livezey, B.C. & Zusi, R.L. (2001) Higher-order phylogenetics of modern Aves based on comparative anatomy.


 * Mayr, G. & Smith R, (2001) Ducks, rails, and limicoline waders (Aves, Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes) from the lowermost Oligocene of Belgium.


 * Middleton, K.M. (2001) The morphological basis of hallucal orientation in extant birds.


 * Norell, M.A. & Clarke, J.A. (2001) Fossil that fills a critical gap in avian evolution.


 * Noriega, J.I. (2001) Body mass estimation and locomotion of the Miocene pelecaniform bird Macranhinga.


 * Olson, S.L. (2001) Why so many kinds of passerine birds?.


 * Prum, R.O. & Williamson, S. (2001) Theory of the growth and evolution of feather shape.


 * Rasmussen, D.T. et al. (2001) Hindlimb of a giant terrestrial bird from the upper Eocene, Fayum, Egypt.


 * Sanz, J.L. et al. (2001) An Early Cretaceous pellet.


 * Seguí, B. et al. (2001) A New Fulmarine Petrel (Aves, Procellariiformes) from the Upper Miocene of the Western Mediterranean.


 * Van Tuinen, M. & Hedges, S.B. (2001) Calibration of Avian Molecular Clocks.


 * Walsh, S.A. & Hume, J.P. (2001) A new Neogene marine avian assemblage from north-central Chile.


 * Zhang, F. et al. (2001) Early diversification of birds. Evidence from a new opposite bird.


 * Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F. (2001) Two new ornithurine birds from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China.

2000

 * Bock, W.J. (2000) Explanatory history of the origin of feathers.


 * Brush, A.H. (2000) Evolving a protofeather and feather diversity.


 * Buffetaut, E. et al. (2000) An archaic bird (Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Provence (southern France).


 * Dyke, G.J. & Cooper, J.H. (2000) A new psittaciform bird from the London Clay (Lower Eocene) of England.


 * Elzanowski, A. et al. (2000) An avian quadrate from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation of Wyoming.


 * Espinosa de los Monteros, A. (2000) Higher-Level Phylogeny of Trogoniformes.


 * Gussekloo, S. (2000) The evolution of the palaeognathous birds. Functional morphology and evolutionary patterns.


 * Lovette, I.J. & Bermingham, E. (2000) c-mos variation in songbirds. Molecular evolution, phylogenetic implications, and comparisons with mitochondrial differentiation.


 * Martin, L.D. & Czerkas, S.A. (2000) The fossil record of feather evolution in the Mesozoic.


 * Mayr, G. (2000) A new basal galliform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany).


 * Mayr, G. (2000) A new raptor-like bird from the Lower Eocene of North America and Europe.


 * Mayr, G. (2000) A remarkable new 'gruiform' bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany).


 * Mayr, G. & Mourer-Chauviré, C. (2000) Rollers (Aves ,Coraciiformes s.s.) from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany) and the Upper Eocene of the Quercy (France).


 * Raikow, R.J. & Bledsoe, A.H. (2000) Phylogeny and evolution of the passerine birds.


 * Sereno, P.C. (2000) Iberomesornis romerali (Ornithothoraces, Aves) re-evaluated as an enantiornithine bird.


 * Stettenheim, P.R. (2000) The integumentary morphology of modern birds. An overview.


 * Sumida, S.S. & Brochu, C.A. (2000) Phylogenetic context for the origin of feathers.


 * Van Tuinen, M. et al. (2000) The early history of modern birds inferred from DNA sequences of nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal genes.


 * Zhang, F. & Zhou, Z. (2000) A primitive enantiornithine bird and the origin of feathers.