| The cuckoos RB Payne Oxford University Press, 2005 | 821 | 2005 |
| Cuckoos (Bird families of the world; 15) RB Payne, MD Sorenson Oxford University Press, 2005 | 821* | 2005 |
| The ecology of brood parasitism in birds RB Payne Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1-28, 1977 | 695 | 1977 |
| Mechanisms and control of molt RB Payne Avian biology 2, 103-155, 1972 | 591 | 1972 |
| Birds of New Guinea BM Beehler, TK Pratt, DA Zimmerman, HL Bell, BW Finch, JM Diamond, ... Princeton University Press, 1986 | 552* | 1986 |
| Fundamentals of ornithology J Van Tyne, AJ Berger | 547 | 1971 |
| Birds of Kenya and northern Tanzania DA Zimmerman, DA Turner, DJ Pearson Princeton University Press, 1996 | 421* | 1996 |
| Sexual dimorphism and food habits in three North American accipiters RW Storer The Auk, 423-436, 1966 | 413 | 1966 |
| Species concepts in ornithology MC McKitrick, RM Zink Condor, 1-14, 1988 | 400 | 1988 |
| Catalogue of fossil birds: Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes) P Brodkorb University of Florida, 1964 | 392 | 1964 |
| Sexual selection, lek and arena behavior, and sexual size dimorphism in birds RB Payne Ornithological Monographs, iii-52, 1984 | 363 | 1984 |
| Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA HRL Lerner, DP Mindell Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 37 (2), 327-346, 2005 | 346 | 2005 |
| Catalogue of fossil birds P Brodkorb University of Florida, 1963 | 328* | 1963 |
| Ecological consequences of song matching: breeding success and intraspecific song mimicry in indigo buntings RB Payne Ecology, 401-411, 1982 | 302 | 1982 |
| Introduction RA Paynter Jr, RW Storer Check-list of Birds of the World 13, 1970 | 297* | 1970 |
| Speciation by host switch in brood parasitic indigobirds MD Sorenson, KM Sefc, RB Payne Nature 424 (6951), 928-931, 2003 | 289 | 2003 |
| Song learning and social interaction in indigo buntings RB Payne Animal Behaviour 29 (3), 688-697, 1981 | 286 | 1981 |
| Catalogue of fossil birds: part 3 (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes) P Brodkorb University of Florida, 1967 | 277 | 1967 |
| Phylogenetic constraint in evolutionary theory: has it any explanatory power? MC McKitrick Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 307-330, 1993 | 247 | 1993 |
| Imprinting and the origin of parasite–host species associations in brood-parasitic indigobirds, Vidua chalybeata RB Payne, LL Payne, JL Woods, MD Sorenson Animal Behaviour 59 (1), 69-81, 2000 | 216 | 2000 |
Michael D. SorensonProfessor of Biology, Boston UniversityVerified email at bu.edu
