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Storrs Olson
Emeritus CuratorDepartment / Division
Education
- Sc.D. Johns Hopkins University (1972)
- M. S. Florida State University (1968)
- B.A. Florida State University (1966)
Research Interests
Fossil avifaunas and paleoenvironments of Hawaii, Bermuda, and the West Indies. Biogeography of the avifauna of the archipelago and lowlands of Bocas del Toro, Panama. Phylogeny and systematics of Hawaiian and various other birds, mainly Neotropical.
Publications
Journal Article
- Kirchman, Jeremy J., McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Giarla, Thomas C., Olson, Storrs L., Slikas, Elizabeth, and Fleischer, Robert C. 2022. "Corrigendum to: Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification." Ornithology, 139, (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukab065.
- Kirchman, Jeremy J., McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Giarla, Thomas C., Olson, Storrs L., Slikas, Elizabeth, and Fleischer, Robert C. 2021. "Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification." Ornithology, 138, (4). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukab042.
- Rando, Juan C., Alcover, Josep A., Pieper, Harald, Olson, Storrs L., Hernández, C. Nayra, and López-Jurado, L. Felipe. 2020. "Unforeseen diversity of quails (Galliformes: Phasianidae: Coturnix) in oceanic islands provided by the fossil record of Macaronesia." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 188, (4) 1296–1317. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz107.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2020. "Systematics and distribution of the living and fossil small barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae)." Zootaxa, 4830, (3) 544–564. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4830.3.4.
- Hearty, Paul J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2019. "Environmental Stress and Iterative Paedomorphism in Shells of Poecilozonites (Gastropoda: Gastrodontidae) from Bermuda." Palaios, 34, (1) 32–42. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2018.093.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Stephens, Clyde S. 2018. "Alwyn Hasso von Wedel (1873-1957): bird and plant collector on the Caribbean coast of Panama." Archives of Natural History, 45, (2) 317–334. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2018.0523.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2017. "The early scientific history of Galapagos tortoises." Archives of Natural History, 44, (2) 241–258. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2017.0447.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2017. "Species rank for the critically endangered Atlantic Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata trinitatis)." The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 129, (4) 661–675. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-129.4.661.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Humphrey, Johanna R. 2017. "The island of origin of Richard Harlan’s Galapagos tortoise Testudo elephantopus." Archives of Natural History, 44, (1) 110–117. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2017.0418.
- Rando, J. C., Pieper, H., Olson, Storrs L., Pereira, F., and Alcover, J. A. 2017. "A new extinct species of large bullfinch (Aves: Fringillidae: Pyrrhula) from Graciosa Island (Azores, North Atlantic Ocean)." Zootaxa, 4282, (3) 567–583. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4282.3.9.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Lund, Judith N. 2016. "Additional references to “woggin” as a name for penguins." Archives of Natural History, 43, (2) 360–362. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2016.0392.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wiley, James W. 2016. "The Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala): an Australasian dove marooned in Cuba." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 128, (1) 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-128.1.1.
- Hailer, Frank, James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2015. "Distinct and extinct: Genetic differentiation of the Hawaiian eagle." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 83 40–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.005.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "The myth of the Malaspina Expedition in the Galapagos Islands." Archives of Natural History, 42, (1) 173–175. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2015.0290.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "More on the status of Testudo nigra Quoy and Gaimard and Testudo nigrita Duméril and Bibron as nomina dubia for Galapagos tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 128, (4) 204–208. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.4.204.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "Mass mortality of male Oceanic Puffer Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Tetraodontidae) at Trindade Island (Brazil), South Atlantic Ocean, with a review of mortalities in Hawaii and the Gulf of Guinea." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 127, (4) 568–571. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-127.4.568.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "History, morphology, and fossil record of the extinct Puerto Rican Parakeet Psittacara maugei Souancé." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 127, (1) 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1676/14-020.1.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "Systematics and distribution of the giant fossil barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae)." Zootaxa, 4020, (3) 533–553. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4020.3.7.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2014. "The early scientific history of Galapagos iguanas." Archives of Natural History, 41, (1) 141–153. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2014.0217.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2014. "A hard nut to crack: rapid evolution in the Kona Grosbeak of Hawaii for a locally abundant food source (Drepanidini: Chloridops kona)." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 126, (1) 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1676/13-046.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2014. "Tracks of a Stilt-Like Bird from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Utah: Possible Earliest Evidence of the Recurvirostridae (Charadriiformes)." Waterbirds, 37, (3) 340–345. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.037.0313.
- Olson, Storrs L. and David, Normand. 2014. "The gender of the tortoise genus Chelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835 (Testudines: Testudinidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126, (4) 393–394. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.393.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2014. "A new fossil species of small crested caracara (Aves: Falconidae: Caracara) from the Pacific lowlands of western South America." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 127, (2) 299–310. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-127.2.299.
- Welch, Andreanna J., Olson, Storrs L., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2014. "Phylogenetic relationships of the extinct St Helena petrel, Pterodroma rupinarum Olson, 1975 (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae), based on ancient DNA." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 170, (3) 494–505. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12078.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "A nomenclatural history of Audubon's Shearwater with designation of a neotype for Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839 (Aves: Procellariidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126, (3) 199–203. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.199.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "A Late Pliocene occurrence of the Thick-billed Murre (Alcidae: Uria lomvia) on St. George Island, Pribilofs, Alaska." Paleontological Journal, 47, (11) 1365–1368. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030113110129.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "Fossil woodpeckers from Bermuda with the description of a new species of Colaptes (Aves: Picidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126, (1) 17–24. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.1.17.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "The bird war." Hana Hou! : the Magazine of Hawaiian Airlines, 16, (4) 98–107.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "Hawaii's first fossil bird: history, geological age, and taxonomic status of the extinct goose Geochen rhuax Wetmore (Aves: Anatidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126, (2) 161–168. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.2.161.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, Paul J. 2013. "Fossilized egg indicates probable breeding of Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on Bermuda in the Middle Pleistocene." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126, (2) 169–177. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.2.169.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, Paul J. 2013. "Periodicity of extinction and recolonization of the West Indian topshell Cittarium pica in the Quaternary of Bermuda (Gastropoda: Trochoidea)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110, (1) 235–243. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12119.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Levy, Catherine. 2013. "Eleazar Albin in Don Saltero's coffee-house in 1736: how the Jamaican mango hummingbird got its name, Trochilus mango." Archives of Natural History, 40, (2) 340–344. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2013.0180.
- Rando, Juan Carlos, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Olson, Storrs L., and Pieper, Harald. 2013. "A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus ) from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean)." Zootaxa, 3647, (2) 343–357. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.6.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "History, Structure, Evolution, Behvior, Distribution, and Ecology of the Extinct Hawaiian Genus Ciridops (Fringillidae, Carduelini, Drepanidini)." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 124, (4) 651–674. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-124.4.651.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "Notes on the Appendicular Myology of the Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi (Fringillidae: Carduelinae)." Ornithological Science, 11, (1) 57–58. https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.11.57.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "A new species of small owl of the genus Aegolius (Aves: Strigidae) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 125, (2) 97–105. https://doi.org/10.2988/11-36.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "In Memoriam: Evgeny N. Kurochkin, 1940-2011." The Auk, 129, (4) 790–791. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2012.129.4.790.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wingate, David B. 2012. "A new species of towhee (Aves: Emberizidae: Pipilo) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 125, (1) 85–96. https://doi.org/10.2988/11-21.1.
- Rando, Juan Carlos, Pieper, Harald, Alcover, Josep Antoni, and Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "A new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the Archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean)." Zootaxa, (3182) 29–42.
- Dove, Carla J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "Fossil Feathers from the Hawaiian Flightless Ibis (Apteribis sp.): Plumage Coloration and Systematics of a Prehistorically Extinct Bird." Journal of Paleontology, 85, (5) 892–897. https://doi.org/10.1666/10-133.1.
- Hearty, Paul J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "Preservation of trace fossils and molds of terrestrial biota by intense storms in mid–last interglacial (MIS 5c) dunes on Bermuda, with a model for development of hydrological conduits." Palaios, 26, (7) 394–405. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2010.p10-132r.
- Longrich, Nicholas R. and Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "The bizarre wing of the Jamaican flightless ibis Xenicibis xympithecus: a unique vertebrate adaptation." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278, (1716) 2333–2337. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2117.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "The fossil record and history of doves on Bermuda (Aves: Columbidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 124, (1) 1–6. https://doi.org/10.2988/10-21.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "A new genus and species of unusual tern (Aves: Laridae: Anoinae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Virginia." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 124, (4) 270–279. https://doi.org/10.2988/11-16.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Rauzon, Mark J. 2011. "The Extinct Wake Island Rail Gallirallus wakensis: A Comprehensive Species Account Based on Museum Specimens and Archival Records." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 123, (4) 663–689. https://doi.org/10.1676/11-029.1.
- Boyer, Alison G., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., and Grant-Mackie, Jack A. 2010. "Long-term ecological change in a conservation hotspot: the fossil avifauna of Mé Auré Cave, New Caledonia." Biodiversity and Conservation, 19, (11) 3207–3224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9887-9.
- Ericson, Per G. P., Olson, Storrs L., Irestedt, Martin, Alvarenga, Herculano, and Fjeldså, Jon. 2010. "Circumscription of a monophyletic family for the tapaculos (Aves: Rhinocryptidae): Psiloramphus in and Melanopareia out." Journal of Ornithology, 151 337–345.
- Hearty, Paul J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2010. "Geochronology, biostratigraphy, and changing shell morphology in the land snail subgenus Poecilozonites during the Quaternary of Bermuda." Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology, 293, (1-2) 9–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.026.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2010. "Stasis and turnover in small shearwaters on Bermuda over the last 400,000 years (Aves: Procellariidae: Puffinus lherminieri group)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 99 699–707.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, Paul J. 2010. "Predation as the primary selective force in recurrent evolution of gigantism in Poecilozonites land snails in Quaternary Bermuda." Biology Letters, 6, (6) 807–810. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0423.
- Olson, Storrs L., Loftin, Horace, and Goodwin, Steve. 2010. "Biological, Geographical, and Cultural Origins of the Loon Hunting Tradition in Carteret County, North Carolina." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 122, (4) 716–724. https://doi.org/10.1676/10-048.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Nieves-Rivera, Ángel M. 2010. "Fossil evidence and probable extinction of the greater fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae) on Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico." Mastozoología Neotropical, 17, (1) 167–170.
- Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Olson, Storrs L., and James, Helen F. 2009. "Extraordinary cranial specialization in a new genus of extinct duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from Kauai, Hawaiian Islands." Zootaxa, 2296 47–67.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "Lectotype and type locality of Turdus trichas Linnaeus, 1766, (Aves: Parulidae: Geothlypis). , 122(4): 464-465." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 122, (4) 464–465. https://doi.org/10.2988/09-17.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "A new diminutive species of shearwater of the genus Calonectris (Aves: Procellariidae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Chesapeake Bay." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 122, (4) 466–470. https://doi.org/10.2988/09-19.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "Additional Data on the Occurrence of the Plantaris Muscle in the Hawaiian Finches (Carduelinae: Drepanidini)." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 121, (3) 621–623. https://doi.org/10.1676/08-175.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, Paul J. 2009. "A sustained +21 m sea-level highstand during MIS 11 (400 ka): direct fossil and sedimentary evidence from Bermuda." Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, (3-4) 271–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.11.001.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hume, J. P. 2009. "Notes on early illustrations and the juvenile plumage of the extinct Hawaii Mamo Drepanis pacifica (Drepanidini)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 129, (4) 206–212.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Meylan, Peter A. 2009. "A second specimen of the Pleistocene Bermuda tortoise Hesperotestudo bermudae Meylan and Sterrer." Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 8, (2) 211–212. https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0766.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Reveal, James L. 2009. "Nomenclatural History and a New Name for the Blue-winged Warbler (Aves: Parulidae)." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 121, (3) 618–620. https://doi.org/10.1676/09-003.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Ricklefs, Robert E. 2009. "More on the origin of the Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) of Dominica, West Indies." The Auk, 126, (2) 449–454. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.2409.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "The generic position of Miraquila terrestris Campbell: another addition to the buteogalline radiation from the Pleistocene of Peru." Journal of Raptor Research, 43, (3) 249–253. https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-08-85.1.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "A new genus for the Cuban teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 122, (1) 103–116. https://doi.org/10.2988/08-27.1.
- Wijnker, Erik and Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "A revision of the fossil genus Miocepphus and other Miocene Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) of the western North Atlantic Ocean." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 7, (4) 471–487. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477201909990022.
- Fleischer, Robert C., James, Helen F., and Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Convergent evolution of Hawaiian and Australo-Pacific honeyeaters from distant songbird ancestors." Current Biology, 18 1927–1931.
- Hearty, P. J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Mega-highstand or megatsunami? Discussion of McMurtry et al. (Elevated marine deposits in Bermuda record a late Quaternary megatsunami: Sed. Geol. 200 (2007) 155-165)." Sedimentary Geology, 203, (3-4) 307–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.10.009.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "[Review of] The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud. By Brian Garfield." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 120, (4) 917–920. https://doi.org/10.1676/0043-5643-120.4.917.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Falsified Data Associated with Specimens of Birds, Mammals, and Insects from the Veragua Archipelago, Panama, Collected by J. H. Batty." American Museum Novitates, (3620) 1–37. https://doi.org/10.1206/592.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "A new genus and species of buteonine hawk from Quaternary deposits in Bermuda (Aves : Accipitridae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 121, (1) 130–141. https://doi.org/10.2988/07-27.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "A new species of shearwater of the genus Calonectris (Aves: Procellariidae) from a middle Pleistocene deposit on Bermuda." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 121, (3) 398–409. https://doi.org/10.2988/08-11.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "A new species of very large, terrestrial caracara from Holocene deposits in southern Jamaica (Aves: Falconidae)." Journal of Raptor Research, 42, (4) 265–272. https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-08-18.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Pireella cymbifolia (Pterobryaceae) new to the flora, with comments on sea level and other factors influencing the phytogeography of Bermuda." Journal of Bryology, 30, (3) 224–226. https://doi.org/10.1179/174328208X322251.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, preying on Maritime Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia." Canadian Field Naturalist, 120, (4) 477.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Maíz López, Edgar J. 2008. "New evidence of Ara autochthones from an archeological site in Puerto Rico: a valid species of West Indian macaw of unknown geographical origin (Aves: Psittacidae)." Caribbean Journal of Science, 44, (2) 215–222.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Suárez, William. 2008. "Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) from the Pleistocene of Cuba: a New Subfamily for the West Indies." Waterbirds, 31, (2) 285–288. https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695(2008)31[285:BTTMFT]2.0.CO;2.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Suárez, William. 2008. "A new generic name for the Cuban Bare-legged Owl Gymnoglaux lawrencii Sclater and Salvin." Zootaxa, 1960 67–68.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Suárez, William. 2008. "A fossil cranium of the Cuban Macaw Ara tricolor (Aves: Psittacidae) from Villa Clara Province, Cuba." Caribbean Journal of Science, 44, (3) 287–290.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "The Cuban fossil eagle Aquila borrasi Arredondo---A scaled-up version of the Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga (Gmelin)." Journal of Raptor Research, 41, (4) 288–298. https://doi.org/10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[288:TCFEAB]2.0.CO;2.
- Worthy, Trevor H., Olson, Storrs L., and Smith, Thierry. 2008. "A reassessment of the fossil goose Anser scaldii Lambrecht 1933 (Aves: Anatidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 128, (4) 228–232.
- Ishtiaq, F., Gering, E., Rappole, John H., Rahmani, A. R., Jhala, Yadvendradev, Dove, Carla J., Milensky, Christopher M., Olson, Storrs L., Peirce, M. A., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2007. "Prevalence and diversity of avian haematozoan parasites in Asia: A regional survey." Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 43, (3) 382–398.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "A new subspecies of Sporophila angolensis (Aves: Emberizidae) from Isla de Coiba and other additions to the avifauna of the Veragua Archipelago, Panamá." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 120, (4) 377–381. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[377:ANSOSA]2.0.CO;2.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "Correspondence bearing on the history of ornithologist M.A. Carriker Jr. and the use of arsenic in preparation of museum specimens." Archives of Natural History, 34, (2) 346–351. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2007.34.2.346.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "Field notes: Bufo fowleri (Fowler's Toad) [winter Assateague Island, Virginia]." Catesbeiana, 27, (1) 40.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "M. A. Carriker Jr. and the use of arsenic in preparation of museum specimens of birds and mammals." Archives of Natural History, 34, (2) 346–351. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2007.34.2.346.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "A Carriker trilogy: chapters in a saga of neotropical ornithology." The Auk, 124, (1) 357–361. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[357:ACTCIA]2.0.CO;2.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "Alca antiqua (Marsh, 1870), an invalid combination for a fossil auk (Aves: Alcidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 127, (3) 225.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Banks, Richard C. 2007. "Lectotypification of Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 (Aves: Laridae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 120, (4) 382–386. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[382:LOLSCA]2.0.CO;2.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, Paul J. 2007. "Fallacies underlying the assumption of calcium limitation on the evolution of land snails in Bermuda." Veliger, 49, (3) 132–139.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Lund, J. N. 2007. "Whalers and woggins: a new vocabulary for interepreting some early accounts of the great auk and penguins." Archives of Natural History, 34, (11) 69–78. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2007.34.1.69.
- Olson, Storrs L., Overstreet, Leslie K., and Lund, J. N. 2007. "An alca-bibliographical study of The English Pilot: the history of its account of the great auk (Alcidae: Pinguinus impennis)." Archives of Natural History, 34, (1) 79–86. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2007.34.1.79.
- Smith, N. A., Olson, Storrs L., and Clarke, J. A. 2007. "First Atlantic record of the horned puffin genus Cerorhinca (Aves, Alcidae) from the Pliocene of North Carolina." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, (4) 1039–1042. https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1039:FAROTP]2.0.CO;2.
- Durrant, K. L., Beadell, J. S., Ishtiaq, F., Graves, Gary R., Olson, Storrs L., Gering, E., Peirce, M. A., Milensky, Christopher M., Schmidt, Brian K., Gebhard, C., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2006. "Avian haematozoa in South America: a comparison of temperate and tropical zones." Ornithological Monographs, 60 98–111.
- Grady, F. V. and Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Fossil bats from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)." Journal of Mammalogy, 87, (1) 148–152. https://doi.org/10.1644/05-MAMM-A-179R1.1.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "A new species of Hawaiian finch (Drepanidini: Loxioides) from Makawauhi Cave, island of Kaua`i." The Auk, 123, (2) 335–344, with cover art.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Relections on the systematics of Accipiter and the genus for Falco superciliaris Linnaeus." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 126, (1) 69–70.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Fossil evidence of the Rufous Crab-Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) in Jamaica." Journal of Raptor Research, 40, (4) 284–287. https://doi.org/10.3356/0892-1016(2006)40[284:FEOTRC]2.0.CO;2.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Extinction on islands through natural, non-human causes. 126A: 59." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 125A 59.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Birds, including extinct species, encountered by the Malaspina Expedition on Vava'u, Tonga, in 1793." Archives of Natural History, 33, (1) 42–52. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2006.33.1.42.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Possible etymology of the generic name Magumma for the Anianiau (Drepanidini)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 126, (4) 323–324.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Alvarenga, M. F. 2006. "An extraordinary feeding assemblage of birds at a termite swarm in the Serra da Mantiqueira, Sao Paulo, Brazil." Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 14, (3) 297–299.
- Olson, Storrs L., Hearty, P. J., and Pregill, Gregory K. 2006. "Geological Constraints on Evolution and Survival in Endemic Reptiles on Bermuda." Journal of Herpetology, 40, (3) 394–398. https://doi.org/10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[394:GCOEAS]2.0.CO;2.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wingate, D. B. 2006. "A new species of night-heron (Ardeidae: Nyctanassa) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 119, (2) 326–337. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[326:ANSONA]2.0.CO;2.
- Woolfenden, G. E. and Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "A specimen of migrant Clapper Rail from the interior of southern Florida." Florida Field Naturalist, 34, (2) 52–53.
- Hearty, P. J., James, Helen F., and Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "The geological context of Middle Pleistocene crater lake deposits and fossil birds at Ulupau Head, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands." Monografies de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears, 12 113–128.
- Hearty, P. J., Karner, D. B., Renne, P. R., Olson, Storrs L., and Fletcher, S. 2005. "40Ar/39Ar age of a young rejuvenation basalt flow: implications for the duration of volcanism and the timing of ancient limestone platform development during the Quaternary on Kaua’i, Hawaiian Islands." New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 48, (2) 199–211.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "The Diversity and Biogeography of Koa-Finches (Drepanidini: Rhodacanthis), With Descriptions of Two New Species." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144 527–541.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "First occurrence of Gygis microrhyncha (Laridae) in the Hawaiian Islands." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 125, (2) 155–157.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "Refutation of the historical evidence for a Hispaniolan macaw (Aves: Psittacidae)." Caribbean Journal of Science, 41, (2) 319–323.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "Correction of erroneous records of cormorants from archeological sites in Alaska." The Condor, 107, (4) 930–933.
- Olson, Storrs L., Fleischer, Robert C., Fisher, C. T., and Bermingham, Eldredge. 2005. "Expunging the 'Mascarene starling' Necropsar leguati: archives, morphology and molecules topple a myth." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 125, (1) 31–42.
- Olson, Storrs L., Irestedt, M., Ericson, G. P., and Fjeldsa, J. 2005. "Independent evolution of two Darwinian marsh-dwelling ovenbirds (Furnariidae: Limnornis, Limnoctites)." Ornitologia Neotropical, 16, (3) 347–359.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Matsuoka, Hiroshige. 2005. "New specimens of the early Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the description of a new species." Zootaxa, 1046 1–15.
- Olson, Storrs L., Wingate, D. B., Hearty, P. J., and Grady, F. V. 2005. "Prodromus of vertebrate paleontology and geochronology of Bermuda." Monografies de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears, 12 219–232.
- Alvarenga, H. M. F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "A new genus of tiny condor from the Pleistocene of Brazil (Aves: Vulturidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 117, (1) 1–9.
- Hearty, P. J., Olson, Storrs L., Kaufman, D. S., Edwards, R. L., and Cheng, H. 2004. "Stratigraphy and geochronology of pitfall accumulations in caves and fissures, Bermuda." Quaternary Science Reviews, 23, (9-10) 1151–1171.
- Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Nelson, John E., James, Helen F., and Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "a Comparative Test of the Correlated Evolution of Flightlessness and Relative Brain Size in Birds." Journal of zoology, 263, (3) 317–327.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "Census Catalogue of Polish Mosses. Biodiversity of Poland. Volume 3." Bryologist, 107, (1) 138–138.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "Taxonomic review of the fossil Procellariidae (Aves: Procellariiformes) described from Bermuda by R. W. Shufeldt." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 117, (4) 575–581.
- González, Maribel A., Eberhard, Jessica R., Lovette, Irby J., Olson, Storrs L., and Bermingham, Eldredge. 2003. "Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the Bay Wren (Thryothorus nigricapillus) complex." The Condor, 105, (2) 228–238.
- James, Helen F., Ericson, P. G. P., Slikas, B., Lei, F. M., Gill, F. B., and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "Pseudopodoces humilis, a misclassified terrestrial tit (Paridae) of the Tibetan Plateau: evolutionary consequences of shifting adaptive zones." Ibis, 145 185–202.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "A giant new species of Nukupuu (Fringillidae: Drepanidini: Hemignathus) from the island of Hawaii." The Auk, 120, (4) 970–981.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "A fossil of the Great Auk (Penguinus impennis) from Middle Pleistocene deposits on Bermuda." Atlantic Seabirds, 5, (2) 81–84.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "[Review of] Jacques Gauthier and Lawrence F. Gall editors. New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds. Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom." The Auk, 119, (4) 1202–1205.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "First fossil record of a finfoot (Aves: Heliornithidae) and its biogeographical significance." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116, (3) 732–736.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "Development and uses of avian skeleton collections." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 123A 26–34.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, P. J. 2003. "Probable extirpation of a breeding colony of Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) on Bermuda by Pleistocene sea-level rise." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100, (22) 12825–12829.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "New records of storks (Ciconiidae) from Quaternary asphalt deposits in Cuba." The Condor, 105, (1) 150–154.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "Red-shouldered Hawk and Aplomado Falcon from Quaternary asphalt deposits in Cuba." Journal of Raptor Research, 37, (1) 71–75.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "A New Species of Caracara (Milvago) from Quaternary Asphalt Deposits in Cuba, with Notes on New Material of Caracara creightoni Brodkorb (Aves:Falconidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116, (2) 301–307.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Alvarenga, H. 2002. "A New Genus of Small Teratorn from the Middle Tertiary of the Taubate Basin, Brazil (Aves: Teratornithidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 115, (4) 701–705.
- Paxinos, E. E., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., Sorenson, Michael D., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2002. "MtDNA from fossils reveals a radiation of Hawaiian geese recently derived from the Canada goose (Branta canadensis)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99, (3) 1399–1404.
- Paxinos, Ellen, James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., Ballou, Jonathan D., Leonard, Jennifer A., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2002. "Prehistoric decline of genetic diversity in the Nene." Science, 5574 1827–1827.
- Slikas, B., Olson, Storrs L., James, Helen F., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2002. "Rapid, independent evolution of flightlessness in four species of Pacific Island rails (Rallidae): an analysis based on mitochondrial sequence data." Journal of Avian Biology, 33 5–14.
- Worthy, Trevor H. and Olson, Storrs L. 2002. "Relationships, adaptations, and habits of the extinct duck 'Euryanas' finschi." Notornis, 49, (1) 1–17.
- Burney, D. A., James, Helen F., Burney, L. P., Olson, Storrs L., Kikuchi, W., Wagner, Warren L., Burney, M., McCloskey, D., Kikuchi, D., Grady, F. V., Gage, R.,I, and Nishek, R. 2001. "Fossil evidence for a diverse biota from Kaua`i and its transformation since human arrival." Ecological Monographs, 71, (6) 615–641.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2001. "Why so many kinds of passerine birds?" Bioscience, 51, (4) 268–269.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2001. "Review: A Thesaurus of Bird Names: Etymology of European Lexis Through Paradigms." The Auk, 118, (3) 815–816.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wingate, D. B. 2001. "A new species of large flightless rail of the Rallus longirostris." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114, (2) 509–516.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2001. "Further characterization of Caracara creightoni Brodkorb based on fossils from the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves : Falconidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114, (2) 501–508.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2001. "A remarkable new species of small falcon from the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves : Falconidae : Falco)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114, (1) 34–41.
- Fleischer, Robert C., Olson, Storrs L., James, Helen F., and Cooper, A. C. 2000. "Identification of the extinct Hawaiian eagle (Haliaeetus) by mitochondrial DNA sequence." The Auk, 117, (4) 1051–1056.
- Hearty, Paul J., Kaufman, Darrell S., Olson, Storrs L., and James, Helen F. 2000. "Stratigraphy and whole-rock amino acid geochronology of key Holocene and last interglacial carbonate deposits in the Hawaiian Islands." Pacific Science, 54, (4) 423–442.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "Review: Anatomy and Systematics of the Conficiusornithidae (Theropoda: Aves) from the Late Mesozoic of Northeastern China." The Auk, 117, (3) 836–839.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "Bryological Terms - Even More Critically Seen." The Bryological Times, 102 3.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "A new genus for the Kerguelen Petrel." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 120, (1) 59–62.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "Fossil Red-shouldered Hawk in the Bahamas: Calohierax quadratus Wetmore synonymized with Buteo lineatus (Gmelin)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113, (1) 298–301.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "Countdown to Piltdown at National Geographic: The Rise and Fall of the Archaeoraptor." Backbone, 13, (2) 1–3.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wingate, D. B. 2000. "Two new species of flightless rails (Aves : Rallidae) from the Middle Pleistocene "crane fauna" of Bermuda." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113, (2) 356–368.
- Carleton, Michael D. and Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Amerigo Vespucci and the Rat of Fernando de Noronha: a New Genus and Species of Rodentia (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from a Volcanic Island off Brazil's Continental Shelf." American Museum Novitates, 3256 1–59.
- Dowsett, R. J., Olson, Storrs L., Roy, M. S., and Dowsett-Lemaire, F. 1999. "Systematic status of the black-collared bulbul Neolestes torquatus." Ibis, 141, (1) 22–28.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Kona Grosbeak(Chloridops kona), Greater Koa-finch(Rhodacanthis palmeri), Lesser Koa-finch(Rhodacanthis flaviceps)." The Birds of North America, 424 1–20.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "A new species of pelican (Aves : Pelecanidae) from the Lower Pliocene of North Carolina and Florida." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 112, (3) 503–509.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Muscis Hawaiiensis Mantissae I: Two weedy species of Bryum new to the archipelago." Tropical Bryology, 17 129–130.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Laysan Rail (Porzana palmeri) and Hawaiian Rail (Porzana sandwichensis)." The Birds of North America, 426 1–19.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Muscis Hawaiiensis Mantissae II: Neckeropsis obtusata (Mont.) Fleisch. restored to the flora of the archipelago." Tropical Bryology, 17 131–132.
- Sorenson, Michael D., Cooper, A., Paxinos, E. E., Quinn, T. W., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., and Fleischer, Robert C. 1999. "Relationships of the extinct moa-nalos, flightless Hawaiian waterfowl, based on ancient DNA." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 266 2187–2194.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1998. "Comment on the proposed suppression of all prior usages of generic and specific names of birds (Aves) by John Gould and others conventionally accepted as published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Case 3044; see BZN 54:172-182)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 55, (3) 176–181.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1998. "Lectotypification of Charadrius rubricollis Gmelin 1789." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 118, (4) 256–259.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1998. "Notes on the systematics of the Rockrunner Achaetops (Passeriformes, Timaliidae) and its presumed relatives." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 118, (1) 47–52.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1997. "[Review of] Jiri Mlikovsky. Tertiary avian localities of Europe." The Auk, 114, (3) 537–538.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1997. "[Review of] Gordon C. Sauer. John gould the Bird Man: Associates and Subscribers." The Auk, 114, (3) 540–541.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1997. "In memoriam: Beatrice Wetmore, 1910-1997." The Auk, 114, (4) 751–753.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1997. "Prehistoric status and distribution of the Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius), with the first fossil record from Kauai." Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 49 65–69.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Walker, C. A. 1997. "A trans-Atlantic record of the fossil tropicbird Heliadornis ashbyi (Aves : Phaethontidae) from the Miocene of Belgium." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 110, (4) 624–628.
- Cooper, A. C., Rhymer, J., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., McIntosh, C., Sorenson, Michael D., and Fleischer, Robert C. 1996. "Ancient DNA and island endemics." Nature, 381, (6582) 484.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1996. "The name of the Craveri brothers' murrelet." Western Birds, 27, (3) 167–168.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1996. "The contribution of the voyage of HMS Blonde (1825) to Hawaiian ornithology." Archives of Natural History, 23, (1) 1–42.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1996. "[Review of] W. J. Bock. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names." The Auk, 112, (2) 539–546.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1996. "History and ornithological journals of the Tanager expedition of 1923 to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Johnston and Wake Islands." Atoll Research Bulletin, 433 1–210. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.433.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hasegawa, Y. 1996. "A new genus and two new species of gigantic plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16, (4) 742–751.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Jouventin, P. 1996. "A new species of small flightless duck from Amsterdam Island, southern Indian Ocean (Anatidae: Anas)." The Condor, 98, (1) 1–9.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Violani, Carlo. 1996. "Some unusual hybrids of Ramphocelus, with remarks on evolution in the genus (Aves: Thraupinae)." Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali - Torino, 13, (1) 297–312.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "Birds Observed at Sea During the Voyage of HMS Blonde to Hawaii (1824–1826)." Sea-Swallow, 44 38–43.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "Birds observed at sea during the voyage of HMS Blonde to Hawaii (1824-1826)." Sea Swallow, 44 38–43.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "Types and nomenclature of two Chilean parrots from the voyage of HMS Blonde (1825)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 115, (4) 235–239.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "Thiornis sociata Navás, a nearly complete Miocene grebe (Aves: Podicipedidae)." Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 181 131–140.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "The genera of owls in the Asioninae." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 115, (1) 35–39.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1995. "Nomenclature of the Hawaiian akialoas and Nukupuus (Aves: Drepanidini)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108, (3) 373–387.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Ziegler, Alan C. 1995. "Remains of land birds from Lisianski Island, with observations on the terrestrial avifauna of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands." Pacific Science, 49, (2) 111–125.
- Arredondo, O. and Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "A New Species of Owl of the Genus Bubo from the Pleistocene of Cuba (Aves, Strigiformes)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 107, (3) 436–444.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Cranial osteology of Tawny and Steppe Eagles Aquila rapax and A. nipalensis." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 114, (4) 264–267.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Early Pliocene grebes, button-quail, and kingfishers from south-western Cape Province, South Africa (Aves: Podicipedidae, Turnicidae, Halcyonidae)." Annals of the South African Museum, 104, (4) 49–61.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "The Endemic Vireo of Fernando de Noronha (Vireo Gracilirostris)." Wilson Bulletin, 106, (1) 1–17.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "A giant Presbyornis (Aves: Anseriformes) and other birds from the Paleocene Aquia Formation of Maryland and Virginia." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 107, (3) 429–435.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "A Giant Presbyornis (Aves, Anseriformes) and Other Birds from the Paleocene Aquia Formation of Maryland and Virginia." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 107, (3) 429–435.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Type specimens of Hawaiian birds named by Sanford Ballard Dole." Pacific Science, 48, (4) 339–343.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1994. "A chronology of ornithological exploration in the Hawaiian Islands, from Cook to Perkins." Studies in Avian Biology, 15 91–102.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1994. "A specimen of Nuku pu'u (Aves: Drepanidini: Hemignathus lucidus) from the island of Hawai'i." Pacific Science, 48, (4) 331–338.
- Parsons, Thomas J., Olson, Storrs L., and Braun, Michael J. 1994. "Hybrid Zones and Sexual Selection." Science, 265, (5168) 122–123.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. "Intergradation between the Bush-Tanagers Chlorospingus-Punctulatus and C-Ophthalmicus in Western Panama (Aves, Thraupidae)." The Auk, 110, (1) 148–150.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. "In Memoriam: Pierce Brodkorb, 1908-1992." The Auk, 110, (4) 911–915.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. "Integradation Between the Bush-Tanagers Chlorospingus punctulatus and C. ophtalmicus in Western Panama (Aves: Thraupidae)." The Auk, 110, (1) 148–150.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. "Contributions to Avian Biogeography from the Archipelago and Lowlands of Bocas-Del-Toro, Panama." The Auk, 110, (1) 100–108.
- Parsons, T. J., Olson, Storrs L., and Braun, Michael J. 1993. "Unidirectional spread of secondary sexual plumage traits across an avian hybrid zone." Science, 260 1643–1646.
- Houde, Peter and Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "A radiation of coly-like birds from the Eocene of North America (Aves: Sandcoleiformes new order)." Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series, 36 137–160.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "William T. Brigham's Hawaiian birds and a possible historical record of Ciridops anna (Aves: Drepanidini) from Molokai." Pacific Science, 46, (4) 495–500.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "Requiescat for Tricholimnas conditicius, a rail that never was." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 112, (3) 174–179.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht a Cretaceous loon from Chile (Aves: Gaviidae)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 12, (1) 122–124.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part 2. Passeriformes." Ornithological Monographs, 46 1–88.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "Comments on the proposed conservation of Phororhacos Ameghino, 1889 (Aves Gruiformes)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 48, (2) 156–157.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "Remarks on the fossil record and suprageneric nomenclature of barbets (Aves: Ramphastidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 111, (4) 222–225.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "The Fossil Record of the Genus Mycteria (Ciconiidae) in North-America." The Condor, 93, (4) 1004–1006.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1991. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part 1. Non-Passeriformes." Ornithological Monographs, 45 1–88.
- Watson, George E., Olson, Storrs L., and Miller, J. R. 1991. "A new subspecies of the Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus from San Salvador Bahama Islands." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104, (2) 356–369.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Comments on the osteology and systematics of the New Zealand passerines of the genus Mohoua." Notornis, 37, (3 & 4) 157–160.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "[Review of] Ian A. W. McAllan and Murray D. Bruce "The birds of New South Wales. A working list." The Auk, 107, (2) 458–459.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Preliminary Systematic Notes on Some Old World Passerines." Revista Italiana d'Ornitologia, 59, (3-4) 183–195.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Osteology and systematics of the fernbirds (Bowdleria: Sylviidae)." Notornis, 37, (3-4) 161–171.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "A very early observation of spiral intestines in the Procellariidae." Notornis, 37, (1) 24–25.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "The supposed California record of Hawaiian Hawk Buteo solitarius ." Elepaio, 50, (1) 1–2.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Comments on the stability of fish family names [support for grammatical correctness in family-group names]." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 47, (4) 296.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Remarks on the osteology of the Madagascan warblers Dromaeocercus and Amphilais (Sylviidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 110, (1) 9–10.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hartog, J. C. 1990. "Former breeding of Sula dactylatra in the Cape Verde Islands." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 110, (1) 10–12.
- James, Helen F., Zusi, Richard L., and Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Dysmorodrepanis munroi (Fringillidae: Drepanidini), a valid genus and species of Hawaiian finch." Wilson Bulletin, 101, (2) 159–179.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "David Douglas and the original description of the Hawaiian Goose." Elepaio, 49, (8) 49–51.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "The Original Description and Author of the Genus Dumetella (Mimidae)." Wilson Bulletin, 101, (4) 633–636.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Two Overlooked Holotypes of the Hawaiian Flycatcher Chasiempis Described by Leonhard Stejneger (Aves, Myiagrinae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102, (3) 555–558.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Notes on some Hawaiian birds from Cook's third voyage." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 109, (4) 201–205.
- Olson, Storrs L., Balouet, Jean Christophe, and Fisher, C. T. 1989. "The owlet-nightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with comments on the systematics of the Aegothelidae." Gerfaut, 77, (3) 341–352.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Eller, K. G. 1989. "A New Species of Painted Snipe (Charadriiformes, Rostratulidae) from the Early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, Southwestern Cape Province, South-Africa." Ostrich, 60, (3) 118–121.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Schifter, Herbert. 1989. "The identity of the fabricated bird Sassius simplex and its final dissociation from the Hawaiian avifauna." Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia, 59, (1-2) 43–48.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1988. "Classic Origin of the Name Daption Stephens." Notornis, 35 87–88.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1988. "Variation in the procoracoid foramen in the Accipitridae." Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia, 57, (3-4) 161–164.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1988. "Nomenclature of the Kauai Amakihi and Kauai Akialoa (Drepanidini)." Elepaio, 48, (2) 13–14.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Warheit, Kenneth I. 1988. "A new genus for Sula abbotti ." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 108, (1) 9–12.
- Balouet, Jean,Christophe and Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "A new extinct species of giant pigeon (Columbidae: Ducula) from archeological deposits on Wallis (Uvea) Island South Pacific." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 100, (4) 769–775.
- Graves, Gary R. and Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "Chlorostilbon Bracei Lawrence, an Extinct Species of Hummingbird from New Providence Island, Bahamas." The Auk, 104, (2) 296–302.
- James, Helen F., Stafford, T. W., Jr., Steadman, D. W., Olson, Storrs L., Martin, P. S., Jull, A. J., and McCoy, P. C. 1987. "Radiocarbon dates on bones of extinct birds from Hawaii." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 84, (8) 2350–2354.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "More on the Affinities of the Black-Collared Thrush of Borneo (Chlamydochaera-Jefferyi)." Journal Fur Ornithologie, 128, (2) 246–248.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "The Relationships of the New Guinean Ground Robins Amalocichla." Emu, 87 247–248.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "On the Extent and Source of Instability in Avian Nomenclature, as Exemplified by North-American Birds." The Auk, 104, (3) 538–542.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "Comment on the family name for the storm petrels (Aves: Procellariiformes)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 44, (1) 44–45.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "An early Eocene oilbird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Caprimulgiformes: Steatornithidae)." Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon, 99 57–69.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "[Review of]. "The Beginnings of Birds: Proceedings of the International Archaeopteryx Conference Eichstatt 1984." Edited by M. K. Hecht, J. H. Ostrom, G. Viohl, and P. Wellnhofer." American Scientist, 75, (1) 74–75.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "More on the name Rallus hodgenorum ." Notornis, 34, (2) 167–168.
- Olson, Storrs L., Angle, J. P., Grady, F. V., and James, Helen F. 1987. "A technique for salvaging anatomical material from study skins of rare or extinct birds." The Auk, 104, (3) 510–512.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Kurochkin, E. N. 1987. "Fossil Evidence of a Tapaculo in the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves, Passeriformes, Scytalopodidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 100, (2) 353–357.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Steadman, David W. 1987. "Comments on the proposed suppression of Rallus nigra Miller." Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44, 1784 and Columba R.Forsteri Wagler 1829 (Aves), (2) 126–127.
- Graves, Gary R. and Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "A New Subspecies of Turdus swalesi (Aves, Passeriformes, Muscicapidae) from the Dominican Republic." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 99, (4) 580–583.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "Gallirallus sharpei (Buttikofer) nov. comb., a Valid Species of Rail (Rallidae) of Unknown Origin." Gerfaut, 76, (4) 263–269.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "[Index to] Austin L. Rand 1936 Distribution and habits of Madagascar birds." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 72, (5) 143–499.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "Emendation of the name of the fossil rail Rallus hodgeni Scarlett." Notornis, 33, (1) 32.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "Catamblyrhynchus and Paradoxornis: an unremarked instance of convergence in bill morphology for feeding on bamboo." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 106, (4) 161–163.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "An early account of some birds from Mauke, Cook Islands, and the origin of the "Mysterious Starling" Aplonis mavornata Buller." Notornis, 33, (4) 197–208.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "A Replacement Name for the Fossil Penguin Microdytes Simpson (Aves, Spheniscidae)." Journal of Paleontology, 60, (3) 785–785.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "The correct specific name for the akepa of Oahu (Drepanidini, Loxops)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 106, (4) 148–149.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1986. "The holotype of the Laysan finch Telespiza cantans Wilson (Drepanidini)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 106, (2) 84–86.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Rasmussen, D. T. 1986. "Paleoenvironment of the Earliest Hominoids - New Evidence from the Oligocene Avifauna of Egypt." Science, 233, (4769) 1202–1204.
- Olson, Storrs L., Rea, Amadeo M., and Brodkorb, Pierce. 1986. "Comments on the proposed grant of precedence to Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917, (Aves) over Plataleinae Bonaparte." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 43, (1) 12–13.
- Ash, John S. and Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "A second specimen of Mirafra (Heteromirafra) sidamoensis." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 105, (4) 141–143.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "An early Pliocene marine avifauna from Duinefontein, Cape Province, South Africa." Annals of the South African Museum, 95, (4) 147–164.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Faunal Turnover in South-American Fossil Avifaunas - the Insufficiencies of the Fossil Record." Evolution, 39, (5) 1174–1177.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Early Pliocene Procellariiformes (Aves) from Langebaanweg, South-western Cape Province, South Africa." Annals of the South African Museum, 95, (3) 123–145.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Pleistocene Birds of Puerto Rico." National Geographic Society Research Reports, 18 563–566.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Weights of some Cuban birds." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 105, (2) 68–69.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "A New Species of Siphonorhis from Quaternary Cave Deposits in Cuba (Aves, Caprimulgidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98, (2) 526–532.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Fossil Seabirds and Marine Environments - Reply." South African Journal of Science, 81, (6) 290–291.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Early Pliocene ibises (Aves: Plataleidae) from southwestern Cape Province, South Africa." Annals of the South African Museum, 97, (3) 57–69.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "The Italian specimen of Bulweria fallax (Procellariidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 105, (1) 29–30.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "A New Genus of Tropicbird (Pelecaniformes, Phaethontidae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98, (4) 851–855.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hasegawa, Y. 1985. "A femur of Plotopterum from the early Middle Miocene of Japan(Pelecaniformes: Plotopteridae)." Bulletin of the National Science Museum.Series C, 11, (3) 137–140.
- Steadman, D. W. and Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Bird Remains from an Archaeological Site on Henderson Island, South-Pacific - Man-Caused Extinctions on an Uninhabited Island." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 82, (18) 6191–6195.
- Cooke, Richard G. and Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "An archaeological record for the white-faced whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata) in Central Panama." The Condor, 86 493–494.
- Cooke, Richard G. and Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "An Archaeological Record for the White-Faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata in Central Panama." The Condor, 86, (4) 493–494.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "A Hamerkop from the Early Pliocene of South Africa (Aves, Scopidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 97, (4) 736–740.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "The relationships of the extinct Chatham Island eagle." Notornis, 31, (4) 273–277.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "The last St. Kitts Bullfinch Loxigilla portoricensis grandis (Emberizinae) and the extinction of its race." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 104, (4) 121–123.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "Syringeal morphology and relationships of Chaetops (Timaliidae) and certain South African muscicapidae." Ostrich, 55, (1) 30–32.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "[Review of]. M. K. Hecht J. H. Ostrom G. Viohl and P. Wellnhofer editors. The Beginnings of Birds: Proceedings of the International Archaeopteryx Conference Eichstätt." American Scientist, 75, (1) 74–75.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "Evidence of a Large Albatross in the Miocene of Argentina (Aves, Diomedeidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 97, (4) 741–743.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Ames, P. L. 1984. "Promerops as a Thrush, and its Implications for the Evolution of Nectarivory in Birds." Ostrich, 55, (4) 213–218.
- Steadman, D. W., Pregill, G. K., and Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "Fossil Vertebrates from Antigua, Lesser-Antilles - Evidence for Late Holocene Human-Caused Extinctions in the West-Indies." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 81, (14) 4448–4451.
- Crawford, R. L., Olson, Storrs L., and Taylor, W. K. 1983. "Winter Distribution of Subspecies of Clapper Rails (Rallus-Longirostris) in Florida with Evidence for Long-Distance and Overland Movements." The Auk, 100, (1) 198–200.
- Eyde, Richard H. and Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "The Dead Trees of Ilha da Trindade." Bartonia, 49 32–51.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Flightless birds." Natural History, 92, (9) 30–40.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "The distribution of the races of Arremon aurantiirostris (Emberizinae) in Panama." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 103, (3) 84–86.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Biological archeology in the West Indies." Florida Anthropologist, 35, (4) 162–168.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Lessons from a flightless ibis." Natural History, 92, (9) 40, 1 figure.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "A Hybrid between the Orioles Icterus chrysater and Icterus mesomelas ." The Auk, 100, (3) 733–735.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Evidence for a Polyphyletic Origin of the Piciformes." The Auk, 100, (1) 126–133.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Geographic variation in Chlorospingus ophthalmicus in Colombia and Venezuela (Aves: Thraupidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 96, (1) 103–109.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Fossil seabirds and changing marine environments in the late Tertiary of South Africa." South African Journal of Science, 79, (10) 399–402.
- Olson, Storrs L., Parkes, K. C., Clench, M. H., and Borecky, S. R. 1983. "The affinities of the New Zealand passerine genus Turnagra." Notornis, 30, (4) 319–336.
- Jordan, R. H. and Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "1st Record of the Great Auk (Pinguinus-Impennis) from Labrador." The Auk, 99, (1) 167–168.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "A New Species of Palm Swift (Tachornis, Apodidae) from the Pleistocene of Puerto-Rico." The Auk, 99, (2) 230–235.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "Natural history of vertebrates on the Brazilian islands of the mid South Atlantic." National Geographic Society Research Reports, (13) 481–492.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "Fossil birds of the Bahamas." Bahamas Naturalist, 6, (1) 33–37.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "A Critique of Cracraft's Classification of Birds." The Auk, 99, (4) 733–739.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "The distribution of fused phalanges of the inner toe in the Accipitridae." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 102, (1) 8–12.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1982. "Fossil birds from the Hawaiian Islands: evidence for wholesale extinction by man before western contact." Science, 217, (4560) 633–635.
- Olson, Storrs L. and McKitrick, Mary C. 1982. "A New Genus and Species of Emberizine Finch from Pleistocene Cave Deposits in Puerto Rico (Aves: Passeriformes)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1, (3) 279–283.
- Austin, G. T., Blake, E. R., Brodkorb, P., Browning, M. R., Godfrey, W. E., Hubbard, J. P., Mccaskie, G., Marshall, J. T., Monson, G., Olson, Storrs L., Ouellet, H., Palmer, R. S., Phillips, A. R., Pulich, W. M., Ramos, M. A., Rea, A. M., and Zimmerman, D. A. 1981. "Ornithology as Science." The Auk, 98, (3) 636–637.
- Houde, P. and Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Paleognathous Carinate Birds from the Early Tertiary of North-America." Science, 214, (4526) 1236–1237.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "A Third Species of Mancalla from the Late Pliocene San Diego Formation of California (Aves: Alcidae)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1, (1) 97–99.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "A revision of the northern forms of Euphonia xanthogaster (Aves: Thraupidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94, (1) 101–106.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "The Museum Tradition in Ornithology - a Response to Ricklefs." The Auk, 98, (1) 193–195.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "The generic allocation of Ibis pagana Milne-Edwards, with a review of fossil ibises (Aves: Threskiornithidae)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1, (2) 165–170.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Interaction between the two subspecies groups of the seed-finch Sporophila angolensis in the Magdalena Valley, Colombia." The Auk, 98, (2) 379–381.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "The nature of the variability in the Variable Seedeater in Panama (Sporophila americana: Emberizinae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94, (2) 380–390.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "A revision of the subspecies of Sporophila ("Oryzoborus") angolensis (Aves: Emberizinae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94, (1) 43–51.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Interaction between the 2 Subspecies Groups of the Seed-Finch Sporophila Angolensis in the Magdalena Valley, Colombia." The Auk, 98, (2) 379–381.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Systematic notes on certain oscines from Panama and adjacent areas (Aves: Passeriformes)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94, (2) 363–373.
- Olson, Storrs L., James, Helen F., and Meister, C. A. 1981. "Winter field notes and specimen weights of Cayman Island birds." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 101, (3) 339–346.
- Olson, Storrs L. and McKitrick, M. C. 1981. "A new genus and species of emberizine finch from Pleistocene cave deposits in Puerto Rico (Aves: Passeriformes)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1, (3-4) 279–283.
- Pregill, G. K. and Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Zoogeography of West-Indian Vertebrates in Relation to Pleistocene Climatic Cycles." Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 12 75–98.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "Interaction between the Two Subspecies Groups of the Seed-Finch Sporophila angolensis in the Magdalena Valley, Colombia." The Auk, 98, (2) 379–381.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "Geographic variation in the Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia, Parulidae) of the Pacific Coast of Middle and South America." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93, (2) 473–480.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "The subspecies of Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) in Panamá (Aves: Emberizinae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93, (3) 757–759.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "The Significance of the Distribution of the Megapodiidae." Emu, 80, (FEB) 21–24.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "Lamprolia as part of a South Pacific radiation of Monarchine flycatchers." Notornis, 27 7–10.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "Revision of the tawny-faced antwren, Microbates cinereiventris (Aves: Passeriformes)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93, (1) 68–74.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hasegawa, Yoshikazu. 1980. "[Fairy-tale-like penguins that lived in Northern Hemisphere: search for the mystery of fossil birds of 30,000,000 years ago]." Anima, 92 59–66.
- Steadman, David W., Olson, Storrs L., Barber, John C., Meister, Charles A., and Melville, Margaret E. 1980. "Weights of some West Indian birds." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 100, (2) 155–158.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1979. "Picathartes--another West African forest relict with probable Asian affinities." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 99, (3) 112–113.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1979. "Greater Ani, Crotophaga major, in Mexico." The Auk, 95, (4) 766–767.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1979. "Multiple Origins of the Ciconiiformes." Proceedings of the Colonial Waterbird Group 1978, 165–170.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Feduccia, A. 1979. "Flight Capability and the Pectoral Girdle of Archaeopteryx." Nature, 278, (5701) 247–248.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Feduccia, Alan. 1979. "An Old World occurrence of the Eocene avian family Primobucconidae." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 92, (3) 494–497.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hasegawa, Y. 1979. "Fossil Counterparts of Giant Penguins from the North Pacific." Science, 206, (4419) 688–689.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Steadman, David W. 1979. "The humerus of Xenicibis, the extinct flightless ibis of Jamaica." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 92, (1) 23–27.
- Olson, Storrs L., Swift, C. C., and Mokhiber, C. 1979. "Attempt to Determine the Prey of the Great Auk (Pinguinus-Impennis)." The Auk, 96, (4) 790–792.
- Alvarez, Rafael and Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "A new merganser from the Miocene of Virginia (Aves: Anatidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 91, (2) 522–532.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "[Footnotes, pp. 81, 88–89] In Homology Mapping of the Primitive Archosaurian Palate on the Palate of Birds, by Sam McDowell." Evolutionary Theory, 4, (2) 81–94.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "Greater Ani, Crotophaga major, in Mexico." The Auk, 95, (4) 766–767.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "The nomenclatural status of the taxa of fossil birds attributed to Auguste Aymard." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 91, (2) 444–449.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Gillette, David D. 1978. "Catalogue of type specimens of fossil vertebrates Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. Part III: Birds." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 129, (7) 99–100.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Steadman, David W. 1978. "The fossil record of the Glareolidae and Haematopodidae (Aves: Charadriiformes)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 91, (4) 972–981.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "The identity of the fossil ducks described from Australia by C. W. De Vis." Emu, 77, (3) 127–131.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "A great auk, Pinguinis [sic], from the Pliocene of North Carolina (Aves: Alcidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 90, (3) 690–697.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "Notes on subfossil Anatidae from New Zealand, including a new species of pink-eared duck (Malacorhynchus)." Emu, 77, (3) 132–135.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "Additional Notes on Subfossil Bird Remains from Ascension Island." Ibis, 119, (1) 37–43.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Angle, J. P. 1977. "Weights of some Puerto Rican birds." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 97, (4) 105–107.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Gillette, D. D. 1977. "Catalogue of type specimens of fossil vertebrates Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Part III: Birds." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 129 99–100.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Steadman, David W. 1977. "A new genus of flightless ibis (Threskiornithidae) and other fossil birds from cave deposits in Jamaica." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 90, (2) 447–457.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "[Letter in response to R. J. Scarlett's on the status of Gallirallus hartreei]." Notornis, 23, (1) 79.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "A new species of Milvago from Hispaniola, with notes on other fossil caracaras from the West Indies (Aves: Falconidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 88, (33) 355–366.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "An erroneous fossil record of Chionis from Australia." Emu, 76, (2) 90.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "Affinities of Falconid Genus Spiziapteryx." The Auk, 93, (3) 633–636.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "A jacana from the Pliocene of Florida (Aves: Jacanidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 89, (19) 259–264.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "Fossil woodcocks: an extinct species from Puerto Rico and an invalid species from Malta (Aves: Scolopacidae: Scolopax)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 89, (20) 265–274.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wetmore, Alexander. 1976. "Preliminary diagnoses of two extraordinary new genera of birds from Pleistocene deposits in the Hawaiian Islands." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 89, (18) 247–258.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "Geographic variation and other notes on Basileuterus leucoblepharus (Parulidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 95, (3) 101–104.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "The fossil rails of C. W. De Vis being mainly an extinct form of Tribonyx mortierii from Queensland." Emu, 75, (2) 49–54.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "South Pacific Gallinules of Genus Pareudiastes." Wilson Bulletin, 87, (1) 1–5.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "Ichthyornis in the Cretaceous of Alabama." Wilson Bulletin, 87, (1) 103–105.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "Evaluation of Supposed Anhinga of Mauritius." The Auk, 92, (2) 374–376.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "Remarks on Generic Characters of Bulweria." Ibis, 117, (1) 111–113.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "A review of the extinct rails of the New Zealand region (Aves: Rallidae)." National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1, (3) 63–79.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Tantalus-Milneedw-Ardsii Shufeldt - Synonym of Miocene Pheasant Miophasianus-Altus (Milne-Edwards)." Wilson Bulletin, 86, (2) 110–113.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "[Review of] G. A. Tunnicliffe. Preliminary observations on the phylogenesis of thegosis." Bird-Banding, 45, (2) 188.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Telecrex Restudied - Small Eocene Guinea-Fowl." Wilson Bulletin, 86, (3) 246–250.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Purple Gallinule carrying young." Florida Field Naturalist, 2, (1) 15–16.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "[Review of] Duff Hart-Davis. Ascension--the story of a South Atlantic Island." Frontiers, 38, (4) 29.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Reappraisal of Fossil Heron Palaeophoyx-Columbiana Mccoy." The Auk, 91, (1) 179–180.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "A new species of Nesotrochis from Hispaniola, with notes on other fossil rails from the West Indies (Aves: Rallidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 87, (38) 439–450.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Pleistocene Rails of North-America." The Condor, 76, (2) 169–175.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "[Review of] Joel Cracraft. Systematics and evolution of the Gruiformes (Class Aves). 3. Phylogeny of the suborder Grues." The Auk, 91, (4) 862–865.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Melanistic White-Tailed Tropic Bird." The Condor, 76, (2) 217–218.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Farrand, J. 1974. "Rhegminornis Restudied - Tiny Miocene Turkey." Wilson Bulletin, 86, (2) 114–120.
- Dillon, Ripley S. and Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "Re-identification of Rallus pectoralis deignani ." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 93, (3) 115.
- Farrand, John, Jr. and Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "The correct spelling of Scopoli's specific name for the Maylaysian [sic printer's error] Crested Wood Partridge (Rollulus)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 93, (2) 53–54.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "Classification of Rallidae." Wilson Bulletin, 85, (4) 381.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "Plumage Aberration of Cariama-Cristata." The Auk, 90, (4) 911–914.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "A study of the Neotropical rail Anurolimnas castaneiceps (Aves: Rallidae) with a description of a new subspecies." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 86, (34) 403–412.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1972. "The American Purple Gallinule, Prophyrula martinica, on Ascension and St. Helena Islands." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 92, (3) 92–93.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1972. "Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta---early winter distribution [range map]." American Birds, 26, (2) 543, figure 7.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1972. "The generic distinction of the Hispaniolan Woodpecker, Chryserpes striatus (Aves: Picidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 85, (44) 499–508.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1972. "A Whooping Crane from the Pleistocene of North Florida." The Condor, 74, (3) 341.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "[Review of] S. Keith C. W. Benson and M. P. S. Irwin. The genus Sarothrura (Aves Rallidae)." Bird-Banding, 42, (3) 237.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "Two vagrants to Ascension Island." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 9, (4) 90–92.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "[Review of] R. L. Folk. Spherical urine in birds." The Auk, 88, (1) 217–218.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "Taxonomic comments on the Eurylaimidae." Ibis, 113, (4) 507–5l6.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "[Review of] R. W. Storer. Independent evolution of the Dodo and the Solitaire." Bird-Banding, 42, (1) 70.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "The relationships of Porzana flaviventer ." The Auk, 87, (4) 805–808.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "[Review of] Brooke Meanley. Natural history of the King Rail." Bird-Banding, 4, (2) 164–165.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "[Review of] G. L. Maclean. A study of seedsnipe in southern South America." Bird-Banding, 41, (3) 258–259.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "Additional remarks on the sequence of passerine families." Ibis, 112, (3) 403–404.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "[Review of] M. Eastman. The Life of the Emu." Bird-Banding, 41, (3) 261.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "Specializations of some carotenoid-bearing feathers." The Condor, 72, (4) 424–430.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "William Zimmerman [wildlife artist]." Florida Naturalist, 43, (2) 46–47.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1969. "Parula Warblers feeding in salt marsh." Florida Naturalist, 42, (1) 40.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1969. "Unusual feeding habitat of Woodcock." Florida Naturalist, 42, (1) 39–40.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1968. "Possible breeding of some seedeaters in subadult plumage." Florida Naturalist, 41, (1) 20.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Blum, Kurt E. 1968. "Avian dispersal of plants in Panama." Ecology, 49, (3) 565–566.
- Olson, Storrs L., Powell, George V. N., and Eisenmann, Eugene. 1968. "Distributional records from Cerro Campana, Panama, with notes on a nesting of the quail-dove, Geotrygon lawrencii ." The Condor, 70, (2) 179–l80.
- Olson, Storrs L., Loftin, Horace, and Wiese, John. 1967. "Observations on the behavior of Black and Turkey Vultures at traps and in captivity." Bird-Banding, 38 75–76.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1966. "Florida herons recovered in Caribbean localities." Florida Naturalist, 39, (3) 119.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1966. "Purple Gallinule survives loss of wing." Florida Naturalist, 39, (3) 117.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Eisenmann, Eugene. 1966. "Notes on breeding of the Common Nighthawk in Panama." The Auk, 83, (3) 469–470.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1965. "A partly chestnut specimen of Variable Seedeater." Wilson Bulletin, 78, (1) 127.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1965. "Notes on ant-tanagers in Panama." Bird-Banding, 36, (2) 113.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1965. "On identification of Short-tailed Hawk---a caution." Florida Naturalist, 38, (3) 105.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1963. "Notes on spring migrants in Panama (Aves)." Caribbean Journal of Science, 3, (4) 191–195.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1963. "The Purple Gallinule feeding on the Yellow Lotus." Florida Naturalist, 36, (2) 63.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1961. "Winter record of the Summer Tanager." Florida Naturalist, 34, (2) 95.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1961. "A second breeding record of the Robin in Florida." Florida Naturalist, 34, (4) 222.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1961. "Unusual behavior of Pied-billed Grebe." Florida Naturalist, 34, (2) 93.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1961. "An early fall specimen of Purple Sandpiper from the Gulf Coast." Florida Naturalist, 34, (2) 94.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1960. "Use of decoys in netting shorebirds." Bird-Banding, 31, (2) 89–90.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1960. "Arenaria interpres interpres in Florida." The Auk, 77, (3) 352.
Book Review
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. [Book review] "The Bird Skinner, by Alice Greenway." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 127, (1), 157–158.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2014. [Book review] "The Legacy of a Red Hills Hunting Plantation: Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy." The Auk, 131, (1), 114–115. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-13-239.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2010. [Book review] "The Curse of the Labrador Duck. My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction. By Glen Chilton." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 122, (1), 196–197.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. [Book review] "Lost Land of the Dodo." Science, 321, (5891), 913–914. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1162110.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2005. [Book review] "Magnificent Mihirungs. The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime." The Auk, 122, (1), 367–371.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. [Book review] "Birds Before There Were No Dinosaurs." Paleobiology, 30, (2), 169–171.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. [Book review] "Above the Heads of Dinosaurs." Paleobiology, 30, (2), 169–171.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. [Book review] "New perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds. Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom." The Auk, 119, 1202–1205.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. [Book review] "Lexicon Deutschsprachiger Bryologen." Archives of Natural History, 30, (2), 364.
Book
- Siegel, Deborah C. and Olson, Storrs L. 2008. The Birds of the Republic of Panama. Part 5. Gazetteer and Bibliography. Shipman, Virginia: Buteo Books.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996, Olson, Storrs L., editor. Washington D.C. ed. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology, 89. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.89.1.
- Gould, John, Sauer, Gordon C., Datta, Ann, and Olson, Storrs L. 1998. John Gould, the Bird Man: Correspondence, with a Chronology of His Life and Works. Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino.
- Rowlands, B. W., Trueman, T., Olson, Storrs L., McCulloch, M. N., and Brooke, R. K. 1998. The Birds of St. Helena, An Annotated Checklist. British Ornithologists' Union. In BOU Checklist No. 16.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. Index to Brodkorb's Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. In Special publication (Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution) ; no. 1.
- Olson, Storrs L., Pregill, Gregory K., and Hilgartner, William B. 1990. Studies on Fossil and Extant Vertebrates from San Salvador (Watling's) Island, Bahamas. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 508. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.508.
- Balouet, Jean Christophe and Olson, Storrs L. 1989. Fossil birds from late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 469. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.469.
- Buden, Donald W., Olson, Storrs L., and Bartsch, Paul. 1989. The avifauna of the cayerias of southern Cuba, with the ornithological results of the Paul Bartsch Expedition of 1930. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 477. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.477.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Parris, David C. 1987. The Cretaceous Birds of New Jersey. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 63. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.63.1.
- Rasmussen, D. Tab, Olson, Storrs L., and Simons, Elwyn L. 1987. Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation Fayum Province, Egypt. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 62. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.62.1.
- Wetmore, Alexander, Pasquier, Roger F., and Olson, Storrs L. 1984. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Part 3. Passeriformes: Hirundinidae (Swallows) to Fringillidae (Finches). Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection.
- Wetmore, Alexander, Pasquier, Roger F., and Olson, Storrs L. 1984. Birds of the Republic of Panama. Part 4: Order Passeriformes Suborder Passeres Hirundinidae (Swallows) to Fringillidae (Finches). In Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.
- Olson, Storrs L., editor. 1982. Fossil Vertebrates from the Bahamas. Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 48. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.48.1.
- Feduccia, Alan and Olson, Storrs L. 1982. Morphological similarities between the Menurae and the Rhinocryptidae, relict passerine birds of the Southern Hemisphere. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 366. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.366.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1982. Prodromus of the fossil avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 365. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.365.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Steadman, David W. 1981. The relationships of the Pedionomidae (Aves, Charadriiformes). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 337. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.337.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Feduccia, Alan. 1980. Relationships and evolution of flamingos (Aves, Phoenicopteridae). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 316. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.316.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Feduccia, Alan. 1980. Presbyornis and the Origin of the Anseriformes (Aves: Charadriomorphae). In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 323. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.323.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. Lower Eocene Frigatebird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 35. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.35.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. A Lower Eocene Frigatebird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 35. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.35.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 27. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.27.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 23. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.23.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1973. Evolution of the rails of the South Atlantic islands (Aves: Rallidae). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 152. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.152.
- Wetmore, Alexander, Pasquier, Roger F., Olson, Storrs L., and Siegel, Deborah C. 1965. The birds of the Republic of Panama. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian. In Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.
Book Chapter
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "The "walking eagle" Wetmoregyps daggetti Miller---a scaled-up version of the Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis." In Festschrift for Ned K. Johnson: geographic variation and evolution in birds. Cicero, Carla and Remsen, J. V., Jr., editors. 110–114. In Ornithological Monographs, 63.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 2004. "Fossil birds from the Hawaiian Islands: evidence for wholesale extinction by man before western contact [reprint of Science 217:633-35]." In Foundations of Biogeography: Classic Papers with Commentaries. Lomolino, D., Sax, F., and Brown, J. H., editors. 1023–1025. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Rasmussen, Pamela C. 2001. "Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina." In Geology and paleontology of the Lee Creek mine, North Carolina, III. Ray, Clayton Edward and Bohaska, David J., editors. 233–365. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 90.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "The anseriform relationships of Anatalavis Olson and Parris (Anseranatidae), with a new species from the Lower Eocene London Clay." In Avian paleontology at the close of the 20th century. Olson, Storrs L., editor. 231–243. In Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution Washington, D. C..
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Early Eocene birds from eastern North America: a faunule from the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia." In Early Eocene vertebrates and plants from the Fisher/Sullivan Site (Nanjemoy Formation) Stafford County, Virginia.. Weems, Robert E. and Grimsley, Gary J., editors. 123–132. In Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1997. "Towards a Less Imperfect Understanding of the Systematics and Biogeography of the Clapper and King Rail Complex (Rallus longirostris and R. elegans)." In The Era of Allan R.Phillips: A Festschrift. 93–111. Horizon Communications.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1997. "Avian Biogeography in the Islands of the Pacific Coast of Western Panamá." In The Era of Allan R.Phillips: A Festschrift. 69–82. Horizon Communications.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands. Part II. Passeriformes [abridged version of 1991 Ornithological Monograph 46]." In A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II. Kay, E. A., editor. 456–466. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "The Atlantic Islands." In Islands. 84–89.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Islands of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans." In Islands. Stevenson, Robert E. and Talbot, Frank H., editors. 84–89. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1994. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands. Part I. Non-passeriformes [abridged version of 1991 Ornithological Monograph 45]." In A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II. Kay, E. A., editor. 439–455. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "A new family of primitive landbirds from the early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming." In Papers in avian paleontology honoring Pierce Brodkorb. Campbell, Kenneth E., Jr., editor. 127–136. In Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, 36.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "Patterns of avian diversity and radiation in the Pacific as seen through the fossil record." In The Unity of Evolutionary Biology. Dudley, E. C., editor. 314–318. Dioscorides Press. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "The Atlantic Islands." In Oceans and Islands. Talbot, Frank H. and Stevenson, Robert E., editors. 166–168. Smithmark.
- Clarke, D., Bourne, W. R. P., Crosskey, R. W., Edwards, A. J., McCullogh, N., Noble, L., and Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "The zoology of St. Helena." In Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 10–21. London: Zoological Society.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Forward." In Recent Advances in the Study of Neogene Fossil Birds. v–vi. In Ornithological Monographs, 44.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Extinction on islands: man as a catastrophe." In Conservation Biology for the Next Century. Western, D. and Pearl, M., editors. 50–53. Oxford University Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Aspects of global avifaunal dynamics during the Cenozoic." In Acta XIX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici. Ouellet, Henri, editor. 2023–2029. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. 2
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1989. "Fragile outposts [about Hawaiian fossil birds]." In Lords of the Air. Page, Jake and Morton, Eugene S., editors. 110–115. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books.
- Houde, Peter and Olson, Storrs L. 1988. "Small Arboreal Non-Passerine Birds from the Early Tertiary of Western North America." In Acta XIXth Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici. 2030–2036.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Kurochkin, E. N. 1988. "Introduction: Symposium 35: The Early Radiation of Birds." In Acta XIXth Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici. 2022.
- Cooke, Richard G., Piperno, Dolores R., Ranere, Anthony J., Clary, Karen Husum, Hansell, Patricia, Olson, Storrs L., Wilson, Valerio L., and Weiland, Doris. 1985. "La influencia de las poblaciones humanas sobre los ambientes terrestres de Panamá entre el 10,000 A.C. y el 500 D.C." In Agonía de la Naturaleza Ensayos sobre el costo ambiental del desarrollo Panameño. Heckadon-Moreno, Stanley and Espinosa González, Jaime, editors. 3–25. Panamá: Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Index to Bird Names." In The Fossil Record of Birds. 239–252. Academic Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "The Fossil Record of Birds." In Avian Biology. 79–238. Academic Press. 8
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "A very large enigmatic owl (Aves: Strigidae) from the late Pleistocene at Ladds, Georgia." In Contributions in Quaternary vertebrate paleontology: a volume in memorial to John E. Guilday. Genoways, Hugh H. and Dawson, Mary R., editors. 44–46. In Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, 8.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "Introduction." In The Birds of the Republic of Panama Part 4: Order Passeriformes, Suborder Passeres, Hirundinidae (Swallows) to Fringillidae (Finches). 1–4. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections ; no. 150.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "An evaluation of the fossil curlew Palnumenius victima L. Miller (Aves: Scolopacidae)." In Contributions in Quaternary vertebrate paleontology: a volume in memorial to John E. Guilday. Genoways, Hugh H. and Dawson, Mary R., editors. 53–55. In Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, 8.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "A brief synopsis of the fossil birds from the Pamunkey River and other Tertiary marine deposits in Virginia." In Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Outcropping Tertiary Beds in the Pamunkey River Region, Central Virginia Coastal Plain. Ward, Lauck W. and Krafft, Kathleen, editors. 217–223. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1984. "The role of Polynesians in the extinction of the avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands." In Quaternary extinctions: A prehistoric revolution. Martin, P. S. and Klein, R. G., editors. 768–780. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hilgartner, William B. 1982. "Fossil and subfossil birds from the Bahamas." In Fossil Vertebrates from the Bahamas. 22–56. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 48.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Pregill, Gregory K. 1982. "Introduction to the Paleontology of Bahaman Vertebrates." In Fossil Vertebrates from the Bahamas. 1–7. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.48.1.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Cave localities and fossil deposits." In Late Pleistocene Herpetofaunas from Puerto Rico. Pregill, Gregory, editor. 7–17. In University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication, 71.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "A new genus of penguin-like pelecaniform bird from the Oligocene of Washington (Pelecaniformes: Plotopteridae)." In Papers in avian paleontology honoring Hildegarde Howard. Campbell, Kenneth E., Jr., editor. 5l–57. In Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science, 330.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "A paleontological perspective of West Indian birds and mammals." In Zoogeography in the Caribbean. The 1975 Leidy Medal Symposium. Gill, Frank B., editor. 99–117. In Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication, 13.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. ""Rails" and "Broadbills"." In Bird Families of the World. Harrison, C. J. O., editor. 86–88. New York: Harry Abrams, Inc.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "Broadbills." In Bird Families of the World. Harrison, C. J. O., editor. 165–567. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "A synopsis of the fossil Rallidae." In Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae.. 339–373. David R. Godine.
- Arredondo, Oscar and Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "The great predatory birds of the Pleistocene of Cuba." In Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore. 169–187.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "Alexander Wetmore and the Study of Fossil Birds." In Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore. Olson, Storrs L., editor. xi–xvi. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 27.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "Oligocene fossils bearing on the origins of the Todidae and the Momotidae (Aves: Coraciiformes)." In Collected papers in avian paleontology honoring the 90th birthday of Alexander Wetmore. Olson, Storrs L., editor. 111–119. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 27.
Conference Proceedings
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "The prehistoric impact of man on biogeographical patterns of insular birds." from International Symposium on Biogeographical Aspects of Insularity in Biogeographical Aspects of Insularity. 45–51. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "Multiple origins of the Ciconiiformes." from Proceedings of the Colonial Waterbird Group in Proceedings of the Colonial Waterbird Group. 2, 165–170. JSTOR.
Magazine Article
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "A flightless bird, lost and found [Ascension Island rail]." Smithsonian, 2, (3), 62–65.