The fossil record of bird behaviour

Late Oligocene mousebird converges on parrots in skull morphology

(2013) Gerald Mayr   IBIS

A new enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the first recognized avian enamel specialization

(2013) Jingmai K. O’Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Anatomy of the basal ornithuromorph birdArchaeorhynchus spathulafrom the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China

(2013) Shuang Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour

(2013) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   NATURE

A Megafauna’s Microfauna: Gastrointestinal Parasites of New Zealand’s Extinct Moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

(2013) Jamie R. Wood et al.   PLoS One

A Large Accumulation of Avian Eggs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina) Reveals a Novel Nesting Strategy in Mesozoic Birds

(2013) Mariela S. Fernández et al.   PLoS One

Gender identification of the Mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus

(2013) Anusuya Chinsamy et al.   Nature Communications

Locomotory abilities and habitat of the Cretaceous birdGansus yumenensisinferred from limb length proportions

(2012) R. L. Nudds et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A drowned Mesozoic bird breeding colony from the Late Cretaceous of Transylvania

(2012) Gareth Dyke et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Pedal Claw Curvature in Birds, Lizards and Mesozoic Dinosaurs – Complicated Categories and Compensating for Mass-Specific and Phylogenetic Control

(2012) Aleksandra V. Birn-Jeffery et al.   PLoS One

The First Occurrence in the Fossil Record of an Aquatic Avian Twig-Nest with Phoenicopteriformes Eggs: Evolutionary Implications

(2012) Gerald Grellet-Tinner et al.   PLoS One

Sexual selection in prehistoric animals: detection and implications

(2012) Robert J. Knell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A revision of enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) skull morphology

(2011) Jingmai K. O’Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Does mutual sexual selection explain the evolution of head crests in pterosaurs and dinosaurs?

(2011) DAVID W.E. HONE et al.   LETHAIA

Exceptionally preserved plant parenchyma in the digestive tract indicates a herbivorous diet in the Middle Eocene bird Strigogyps sapea (Ameghinornithidae)

(2011) Gerald Mayr et al.   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

Avian Wing Proportions and Flight Styles: First Step towards Predicting the Flight Modes of Mesozoic Birds

(2011) Xia Wang et al.   PLoS One

Fossil evidence of avian crops from the Early Cretaceous of China

(2011) X. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The bizarre wing of the Jamaican flightless ibis Xenicibis xympithecus: a unique vertebrate adaptation

(2011) N. R. Longrich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A new species ofJeholorniswith complete caudal integument

(2011) Jingmai K. O'Connor et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

A call to search for fossilised gastric pellets

(2011) Nathan P. Myhrvold   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

FEEDING TRACES ASSOCIATED WITH BIRD TRACKS FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS HAMAN FORMATION, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

(2010) A. R. FALK et al.   PALAIOS

Mechanical Analysis of Feeding Behavior in the Extinct “Terror Bird” Andalgalornis steulleti (Gruiformes: Phorusrhacidae)

(2010) Federico J. Degrange et al.   PLoS One

Herbivorous ecomorphology and specialization patterns in theropod dinosaur evolution

(2010) L. E. Zanno et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Relationship between osteology and aquatic locomotion in birds: determining modes of locomotion in extinct Ornithurae

(2009) S. HINIĆ-FRLOG et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

On the massive legs of a Moa (Pachyornis elephantopus, Dinornithes)

(2009) R. McN. Alexander   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Combined phylogenetic analysis of a new North American fossil species confirms widespread Eocene distribution for stem rollers (Aves, Coracii)

(2009) JULIA A. CLARKE et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers

(2008) Fucheng Zhang et al.   NATURE

Coprolite deposits reveal the diet and ecology of the extinct New Zealand megaherbivore moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes)

(2008) J WOOD et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Plant microfossil analysis of coprolites of the critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) parrot from New Zealand

(2008) Mark Horrocks et al.   REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY