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    Baminornis zhenghensis gen. et sp. nov.

    Chen, R., M. Wang, L. Dong, G. Zhou, X. Xu, K. Deng, L. Xu, C. Zhang, L. Wang, H. Du, G. Lin, M. Lin, and Z. Zhou (2025) Earliest short-tailed bird from the Late Jurassic of China Nature 638: 441–448 doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08410-z Recent macroevolutionary studies predict a diversification of...
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    Aptosichnus diatarachi, Erevnoichnus blochi, Erevnoichnus strimmena, and Ravdosichnus guntheri ichnogen. et ichnospp. nov.

    Zonneveld, J.-P., S. Naone, and B. Britt (2025) Waterbird foraging traces from the early Eocene Green River Formation, Utah Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication) doi: 10.1017/jpa.2023.49 Foraging traces associated with the web-footed avian footprint ichnotaxon...
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    Corvidae

    Khan, M.A., M. Latif, M. Mansha, T. Hussain, Y.A. Bin Jardan, A. Metouekel, M. Dauelbait, H. Belkahia, F. Iqbal, and M.B. Said (2025) Genetic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of common house crows (Corvus splendens) Scientific Reports 15: 4871 doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85207-8 The...
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    New specimens of Patagorhacos

    Agnolín, F.L., P. Chafrat, and G.P. Álvarez-Herrera (2025) New specimens of Patagorhacos terrificus Agnolín and Chafrat, 2015 (Aves) shed light on the phylogeny and evolution of the Phorusrhacidae Historical Biology (advance online publication) doi: 10.1080/08912963.2025.2458127 Patagorhacos...
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    Skull of Vegavis

    Torres, C.R., J.A. Clarke, J.R. Groenke, M.C. Lamanna, R.D.E. MacPhee, G.M. Musser, E.M. Roberts, and P.M. O’Connor (2025) Cretaceous Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity Nature 638: 146–151 doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08390-0 Fossils representing Cretaceous lineages of...
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    Tyrannides

    Mendonça, P., L.S. Carneiro, V. Leandro-Silva, A. Aleixo, J. Araripe, and P.S. Rêgo (2025) The influence of the forest corridors to the north of the Andes on the diversification of the bright-rumped Attila, Attila spadiceus (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae), during the climatic oscillations of the...
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    Modeling inevitability of moa extinction under human hunting

    Tomlinson, S., M.V. Lomolino, J.R. Wood, A. Anderson, G.L.W. Perry, J.M. Wilmshurst, J.J. Austin, and D.A. Fordham (2025) Was extinction of New Zealand's avian megafauna an unavoidable consequence of human arrival? Science of The Total Environment 964: 178471 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178471...
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    Apus boanoi sp. nov.

    Pavia, M., A. Louchart, R. Govender, and M. Delfino (2025) A new species of swift (Aves, Apodidae) from the Early Pliocene of Langebaanweg, South Africa PalZ (advance online publication) doi: 10.1007/s12542-024-00711-y We describe a new species of Apus (Aves, Apodidae) from the Early Pliocene...
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    Review of South American seabird fossils

    Acosta Hospitaleche, C., A. Sosa, A. Piro, and F. Irazoqui (2024) The evolutionary history of South American seabirds through the fossil record El Hornero 39: 15–36 doi: 10.56178/eh.v39i2.1486 The fossil record of penguins (Sphenisciformes), albatrosses and petrels (Procellariiformes)...
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    Emberizoidea

    Arango, A., J. Pinto-Ledezma, O. Rojas-Soto, and F. Villalobos (2025) Broad geographic dispersal is not a diversification driver for Emberizoidea Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292: 20241965 doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1965 The movement of species to new geographical areas has been proposed to...
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    Review of avian origins

    Field, D.J., M.G. Burton, J. Benito, O. Plateau, and G. Navalón (2025) Whence the birds: 200 years of dinosaurs, avian antecedents Biology Letters 21: 20240500 doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0500 Among the most revolutionary insights emerging from 200 years of research on dinosaurs is that the clade...
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    Novavis pubisculata gen. et sp. nov.

    O’Connor, J.K., J. Atterholt, A.D. Clark, L. Zhou, C. Peng, X. Zhang, and H. You (2025) A new enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation with unusually short pubes Geobios (advance online publication) doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.11.003 We describe a...
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    Fungi eaten by moa

    Boast, A.P., J.R. Wood, J. Cooper, N. Bolstridge, G.L.W. Perry, and J.M. Wilmshurst (2025) DNA and spores from coprolites reveal that colourful truffle-like fungi endemic to New Zealand were consumed by extinct moa (Dinornithiformes) Biology Letters 21: 20240440 doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0440...
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    Columbiformes

    Oswald, J.A., B.M. Boyd, A.R. Szewczak, M.J. LeFebvre, B.J. Stucky, R.P. Guralnick, K.P. Johnson, J.M. Allen, and D.W. Steadman (2025) Genomic data reveal that the Cuban blue-headed quail-dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) is a biogeographic relict Biology Letters 21: 20240464 doi...
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    ?Pseudocrypturus danielsi sp. nov. and ?Pseudocrypturus gracilipes sp. nov.

    Mayr, G. and A.C. Kitchener (2025) The Lithornithiformes (Aves) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK) Papers in Palaeontology 11: e1611 doi: 10.1002/spp2.1611 We describe multiple partial skeletons and isolated bones of the palaeognathous Lithornithiformes from the...
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    New specimen of Archaeopteryx

    Foth, C., T. van de Kamp, H. Tischlinger, T. Kantelis, R.M. Carney, M. Zuber, E. Hamann, J.J.W. Wallaard, N. Lenz, O.W.M. Rauhut, and E. Frey (2025) A new Archaeopteryx from the lower Tithonian Mörnsheim Formation at Mühlheim (Late Jurassic) Fossil Record 28: 17–43 doi: 10.3897/fr.28.e131671...
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    Loss of Pliocene giant volant birds

    Cannell, A. and F.J. Degrange (2024) Into thin air: the loss of the Pliocene giant volant birds Evolving Earth (advance online publication) doi: 10.1016/j.eve.2024.100055 Four genera of distantly phylogenetically very large volant birds existed for most of the Pliocene: Pelagornithidae...
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    Fossil bird tracks from the Holocene of India

    Padia, D., B. Desai, S. Chauhan, and B. Vaghela (2024) Discovery of fossil avian footprints from Late Holocene sediments of Allahbund uplift in Great Rann of Kachchh of Western India Scientific Reports 14: 31506 doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-83210-z The Great Rann of Kachchh is a sabkha terrain with...
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    Neobohaiornis lamadongensis gen. et sp. nov.

    Shen, C., A.D. Clark, H. Fang, S. Chen, H. Jiang, Q. Ji, and J.K. O'Connor (2024) A new diminutive species of bohaiornithid enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group, northern China Scientific Reports 14: 31363 doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-82869-8 Enantiornithes...
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    Columbiformes

    Young, M.T., S.M.S. Gregory, E.C. Dickinson, J.P. Hume, M.O. Day, R.P. Douglas, Z.M. Simmons, J.White, M.O. Heller, and N.J. Gostling (2024) Nomenclatural addendum to ‘The systematics and nomenclature of the Dodo and the Solitaire (Aves: Columbidae), and an overview of columbid family-group...
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    Cranial anatomy of Anchiornis

    Wang, M., X.-L. Wang, X.-T. Zheng, and Z.-H. Zhou (2024) Cranial anatomy of Anchiornis huxleyi (Theropoda: Paraves) sheds new light on bird skull evolution Vertebrata Palasiatica (advance online publication) doi: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.241225 The origin of birds from theropod dinosaurs, by...
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    Nomination of a lectotype for Psammornis rothschildi

    Pickford, M., D. Russell, and M.O. Day (2024) Nomination of a lectotype for the avian oospecies Psammornis rothschildi Andrews, 1912 Fossil Imprint 80: 390–400 doi: 10.37520/fi.2024.028 Psammornis rothschildi is an avian oospecies, the type material of which was collected from the desert...
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    Cyanocorax jays

    Castillo-Chora, V.J., R.S. Etienne, L.A. Sánchez-González, A. Mastretta-Yanes, and A.G. Navarro-Sigüenza (2024) Ecological niche conservatism and diversification in a clade of New World jays from the tropical lowland forests of Mesoamerica Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: blae112...
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    Reevaluation of gastornithiforms

    Mayr, G., C. Mourer-Chauviré, E. Bourdon, and M. Stache (2024) Resurrecting the taxon Diatryma: A review of the giant flightless Eocene Gastornithiformes (Aves), with a report of the first skull of Diatryma geiselensis Palaeontologia Electronica 28: 57 doi: 10.26879/1438 The middle Eocene coal...
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    Darwin Finches

    Lawson, L.P., E. Nemeth, M. Dvorak, F. Cunninghame, B. Fessl, J.C. Mueller, D. Mosquera, B. Wendelin, and K. Petren (2024) A hidden finch from the Galapagos Islands: a genetically and morphologically distinctive woodpecker finch from San Cristobal Island Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society...
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