Ventricular Habronemiasis in Aviary Passerines by Jennifer N. Niemuth, Joni V. Allgood, James R. Flowers, Ryan S. De Voe, Brigid V. Troan

“…A variety of Habronematidae parasites (order Spirurida) have been described as occasional parasites of avian species; however, reports on passerines are relatively uncommon. From 2007 to 2008, 11 passerine deaths at The North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, NC, USA, were associated with ventricular habronemiasis, which was determined to be the cause of death or a major contributing factor in 10 of the 11 individuals. …”
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An Enigmatic Wild Passerine Mortality Event in the Eastern United States by Sabrina S. Greening, Julie C. Ellis, Nicole L. Lewis, David B. Needle, Cristina M. Tato, Susan Knowles, Valerie Shearn-Bochsler, Jaimie L. Miller, Daniel A Grear, Jeffrey M. Lorch, David S. Blehert, Caitlin Burrell, Lisa A. Murphy, Erica A. Miller, C. Brandon Ogbunugafor, Andrea J. Ayala, W. Kelley Thomas, Joseph L. Sevigny, Lawrence M. Gordon, Tessa Baillargeon, Lusajo Mwakibete, Megan Kirchgessner, Christine L. Casey, Ethan Barton, Michael J. Yabsley, Eman Anis, Roderick B. Gagne, Patrice Klein, Cindy Driscoll, Chelsea A. Sykes, Robert H. Poppenga, Nicole M. Nemeth

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Spring reproductive success influences autumnal malarial load in a passerine bird by Pigeault, Romain, Cozzarolo, Camille-Sophie, Wassef, Jérôme, Gremion, Jérémy, Bastardot, Marc, Glaizot, Olivier, Christe, Philippe

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Radar-measured passerine vertical speeds reveal a migratory switch near a major barrier by Yuval Werber, Nir Sapir

“…Throughout their migration, birds need to constantly choose to fly or to stop. Passerine migrants integrate internal (e.g., lipid deposition) and external (e.g., prevailing winds) factors resulting in specific departure or landing times. …”
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Biodiversity indicators for breeding passerines in a multiple-cuckoo system in China: A comparison of cuckoos and raptors by Sidan Lin, Wei Liang

“…The results showed that the number of cuckoo species had significant positive correlations with taxonomic diversity (TD), phylogenetic diversity (PD), and functional richness (FRic) of passerines but no significant correlation with evolutionary distinctness (ED) or evolutionary distinct and globally endangered (EDGE). …”
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Uropygial gland microbiota of nearctic−neotropical migrants vary with season and migration distance by Leanne A. Grieves, Gregory B. Gloor

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Supporting dataset on the content of Cu, Ni Cd, Pb, Zn, Ag, Mg, Fe, Co and Ca in the carcass, gastrointestinal tract tissues and the whole body of nestlings of a small passerine bird, the Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus from an intensively fertilized fishpond habitatzenodo by Grzegorz Orłowski, Lucyna Hałupka, Przemysław Pokorny, Bartosz Borczyk, Tomasz Skawiński, Wojciech Dobicki

“…The dataset presented in this data paper supports “The prenatal assimilation of minerals and metals in the nestlings of a small passerine bird” (Orłowski et al. 2024) [1]. The article includes raw data on dead nestlings of a small passerine bird, the Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus breeding in an extensive reedbed (with dominating plant species, the Common Reed Phragmites australis) located in an intensively fertilized fishpond habitat, the Stawy Milickie [Milicz Ponds] Nature Reserve (SW Poland). …”
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A scoping review of evidence of naturally occurring Japanese encephalitis infection in vertebrate animals other than humans, ardeid birds and pigs. by Zoë A Levesque, Michael G Walsh, Cameron E Webb, Ruth N Zadoks, Victoria J Brookes

“…Direct evidence (virus, viral antigen or viral RNA) of JEV infection was identified in a variety of mammals and birds (not always identified to the species level), including bats, passerine birds (family Turdidae), livestock (cattle [Bos taurus] and a goat [Capra hircus]), carnivores (two meerkats [Suricata suricatta]), and one horse (Equus caballus). …”
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An Early Oligocene Fossil Lagerstätten from the Lacustrine Deposits of the Luberon UNESCO Global Geopark by Pauline Coster, Stephane Legal

“…The fossil birds are especially important, including one of the most complete specimens of trogons, an exceptionally preserved almost complete modern-type hummingbird, and one of the earliest fossil passerine birds. This was a time of warm conditions across Europe and other continents following the Eocene-Oligocene extinction event, known as the Grande Coupure. …”
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Recently Delisted Songbird Harbors Extensive Genomic Evidence of Inbreeding, Potentially Complicating Future Recovery by Anna María Calderón, Andrew W. Wood, Zachary A. Szpiech, David P. L. Toews

“…ABSTRACT The Kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) is a rare migratory passerine species and habitat specialist of the North American Jack Pine Forests. …”
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Long term study on blood glucose levels in wintering great tits Parus major in sites differing in artificial food availability by Adam Kaliński, Michał Glądalski, Marcin Markowski, Joanna Skwarska, Jarosław Wawrzyniak, Jerzy Bańbura, Piotr Zieliński

“…In general, we show that avian blood glucose can be used as an ecophysiological indicator of the trophic conditions of the environment in which individuals from small passerine species winter.…”
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