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2023

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

2022

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

2021

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Tennyson, A.J. & Tomotani, B.M. (2021) A new fossil species of Procellaria (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Pliocene of New Zealand.
  • Wang, J.Y. et al. (2021) A new jeholornithiform identified from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning.
  • Zelenkov, N.V. (2021) A revision of the Palaeocene-Eocene Mongolian Presbyornithidae (Aves: Anseriformes).

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  • 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.
  • Chinsamy, A. et al. (2020) Bone histology yields insights into the biology of the extinct elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) from Madagascar.
  • 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-R, J.C. et al. (2020) Phylogenomic Reconstruction Sheds Light on New Relationships and Timescale of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) Evolution.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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) The large-sized darter Anhinga pannonica (Aves, Anhingidae) from the late Miocene hominid Hammerschmiede locality in Southern Germany.
  • 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.
  • 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, 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.
  • 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.
  • Volkova, N.V. (2020) The first fossil barbet (Aves, Ramphastidae) from Siberia.
  • 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, 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.

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  • Abourachid, A. et al. (2019) Hoatzin nestling locomotion: Acquisition of quadrupedal limb coordination in birds.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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. (2019) 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hume, J.P. (2019) Systematics, morphology and ecology of rails (Aves: Rallidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with one new species.
  • Jønsson, A.K. et al. (2019) Complete subspecies-level phylogeny of the Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes): Out of Australasia and return.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Marki, P.Z. et al. (2019) Adaptive radiation and the evolution of nectarivory in a large songbird clade.
  • 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. & 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.
  • 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.
  • 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) 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.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

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  • 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.
  • Atterholt, J. et al. (2018) The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Johansson, U.S. et al. (2018) Phylogenetic relationships of rollers (Coraciidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and fifteen nuclear genes.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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

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  • Field, D.J. (2017) Big-time insights from a tiny bird fossil.
  • Maderspacher, F. (2017) Evolution: Flight of the Ratites.
  • Mayr, G. et al. (2017) A Well-Preserved New Mid-Paleocene Penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand.

2016

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  • Bourdon, R. et al. (2016) A roller-like bird (Coracii) from the Early Eocene of Denmark.
  • Gavryushkina, A. et al. (2016) Bayesian total-evidence dating reveals the recent crown radiation of penguins.
  • Jønsson, K.A. et al. (2016) The evolution of mimicry of friarbirds by orioles (Aves: Passeriformes) in Australo-Pacific archipelagos.

2015

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  • Degrange, F.J., et al. (2015) Morphology of the forelimb of Psilopterus bachmanni (Aves, Cariamiformes) (Early Miocene of Patagonia).
  • Wu, L. et al. (2015) A phylogeny of the Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes) based on mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene.

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2014

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2013

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  • Mayr, G. et al. (2013) New specimens of the Early Eocene bird Vastanavis and the interrelationships of the stem group Psittaciformes.
  • Xu-Ri W. et al. (2013) A new species of Yanornis (Aves: Ornithurae) from the Lower Cretaceous strata of Yixian, Liaoning Province.

2012

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  • Dececchi, T.A. et al. (2012) Yixianosaurus longimanus (Theropoda, Dinosauria) and its bearing on the evolution of Maniraptora and ecology of the Jehol fauna.
  • Dierderle, J.M. & Noriega, J.I. (2012) New remains of Macrahinga paranensis Noriega (Aves, Pelecaniformes, Anhingidae) from the Miocene of Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.
  • Meseger, J. et al. (2012) Lift devices in the flight of Archaeopteryx.
  • O’Connor (2012) A revised look at Liaoningornis longidigitrus (Aves).
  • Park, T. & Fitzgerald, E.M.G. (2012) A review of Australian fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes).

2011

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  • Kurochkin, E.N. et al. (2011) A new taxon of birds (Aves) from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia.
  • 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.
  • Wang, X. & Zhang, Z. (2011) Enantiornithine Birds in China.

2010

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  • Li, D. et al. (2010) Basal birds from China. A brief review.

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2009

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  • 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.
  • 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) Paleogene fossil birds.
  • Mayr, G. (2009) Phylogenetic relationships of the paraphyletic caprimulgiform birds (nightjars and allies).
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • O’Connor, J.K. et al. (2009) Phylogenetic support for a specialized clade of Cretaceous enantiornithine birds with information from a new species.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Zinoviev, A.V. (2009) An attempt to reconstruct the lifestyle of confuciusornithids (Aves, Confuciusornithiformes).

2008

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  • 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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) 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) 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.
  • 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.
  • Stidham, T.A. (2008) The first fossil of the Congo peafowl (Galliformes, Afropavo).
  • 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).
  • Zelenkov, N.V. et al. (2008) Birds of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene from the Palaeolithic Djuktai Cave site of Yakutia, eastern Siberia.

2007

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  • Agnolin, F.L. (2007) Brontornis burmeisteri Moreno & Mercerat, un Anseriformes (Aves) gigante del Mioceno Medio de Patagonia, Argentina.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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) The renaissance of avian paleontology and its bearing on the higher-level phylogeny of birds.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Walker, C.A. et al. (2007) Large euenantiornithine birds from the Cretaceous of southern France, North America and Argentina.
  • 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

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  • 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.
  • 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) Higher-level phylogeny and morphological evolution of tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves, Tyrannida).
  • 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.
  • Ksepka, D.T. et al. (2006) The phylogeny of the living and fossil Sphenisciformes (penguins).
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Wragg, G.M. & Worthy, T.H. (2006) A new species of extinct imperial pigeon (Ducula, Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group.

2005

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  • Bertelli, S. & Chiappe, L.M. (2005) Earliest tinamous (Aves, Palaeognathae) from the Miocene of Argentina and their phylogenetic position.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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) Fossil hummingbirds in the Old World.
  • Mayr, G. (2005) The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Webb, D.M. & Moore, W.S. (2005) A phylogenetic analysis of woodpeckers and their allies using 12S, Cyt b, and COI nucleotide sequences.
  • 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.

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2004

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  • Chiappe, L.M. (2004) The closest relatives of birds.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Stucchi, M. & Urbina, M. (2004) Ramphastosula (Aves, Sulidae) a new genus from the Early Pliocene of the Pisco Formation, Peru.
  • 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

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  • 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. & 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.
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Mourer-Chauvire, C. (2003) A new species of Ameripodius (Aves, Galliformes Quercymegapodiidae) from the Lower Miocene of France.
  • 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.
  • 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

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mayr, G. (2002) Europe's last Mesozoic bird.
  • Mlíkovsky, J. (2002) Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1. Europe.
  • Prum, R.O. & Brush, A.H. (2002) The evolutionary origin and diversification of feathers.
  • 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.
  • 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

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  • 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.
  • Cooper, A. et al. (2001) Complete mitochondrial sequences of two extinct moas clarify ratite evolution
  • 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”.
  • 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.
  • Middleton, K.M. (2001) The morphological basis of hallucal orientation in extant birds.
  • Noriega, J.I. (2001) Body mass estimation and locomotion of the Miocene pelecaniform bird Macranhinga.
  • Prum, R.O. & Williamson, S. (2001) Theory of the growth and evolution of feather shape.
  • Zhang, F. et al. (2001) Early diversification of birds. Evidence from a new opposite bird.

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  • Gussekloo, S. (2000) The evolution of the palaeognathous birds. Functional morphology and evolutionary patterns.
  • Sereno, P.C. (2000) Iberomesornis romerali (Ornithothoraces, Aves) re-evaluated as an enantiornithine bird.
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