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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. "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. 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. 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. "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.
- 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. "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. "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.
- 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. "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. 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. 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. "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. 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. "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. "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. 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 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 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. "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. 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. "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. 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. "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. 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. 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. "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.
- 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.
- 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. "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. "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 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. "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. "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. 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. "[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. 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. "A fossil cranium of the Cuban Macaw Ara tricolor (Aves: Psittacidae) from Villa Clara Province, Cuba." Caribbean Journal of Science, 44, (3) 287–290.
- 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. "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.
- 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. "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. "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. "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. "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. 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. "Field notes: Bufo fowleri (Fowler's Toad) [winter Assateague Island, Virginia]." Catesbeiana, 27, (1) 40.
- 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. "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. 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. 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. "Correction of erroneous records of cormorants from archeological sites in Alaska." The Condor, 107, (4) 930–933.
- 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. "First occurrence of Gygis microrhyncha (Laridae) in the Hawaiian Islands." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 125, (2) 155–157.
- 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. "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.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "Census Catalogue of Polish Mosses. Biodiversity of Poland. Volume 3." Bryologist, 107, (1) 138–138.
- 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. "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. 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. 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. "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.
- 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.
- 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. "Review: A Thesaurus of Bird Names: Etymology of European Lexis Through Paradigms." The Auk, 118, (3) 815–816.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2001. "Why so many kinds of passerine birds?" Bioscience, 51, (4) 268–269.
- 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. "Countdown to Piltdown at National Geographic: The Rise and Fall of the Archaeoraptor." Backbone, 13, (2) 1–3.
- 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. "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. "A new genus for the Kerguelen Petrel." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 120, (1) 59–62.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "Bryological Terms - Even More Critically Seen." The Bryological Times, 102 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. "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 II: Neckeropsis obtusata (Mont.) Fleisch. restored to the flora of the archipelago." Tropical Bryology, 17 131–132.
- 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. "Kona Grosbeak(Chloridops kona), Greater Koa-finch(Rhodacanthis palmeri), Lesser Koa-finch(Rhodacanthis flaviceps)." The Birds of North America, 424 1–20. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.424.p.
- 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. "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. 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. 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. 1997. "[Review of] Jiri Mlikovsky. Tertiary avian localities of Europe." The Auk, 114, (3) 537–538.
- 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. "[Review of] W. J. Bock. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names." The Auk, 112, (2) 539–546.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1996. "The name of the Craveri brothers' murrelet." Western Birds, 27, (3) 167–168.
- 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. 1996. "The contribution of the voyage of HMS Blonde (1825) to Hawaiian ornithology." Archives of Natural History, 23, (1) 1–42.
- 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. "Thiornis sociata Navás, a nearly complete Miocene grebe (Aves: Podicipedidae)." Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 181 131–140.
- 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. "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. "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. "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. "Type specimens of Hawaiian birds named by Sanford Ballard Dole." Pacific Science, 48, (4) 339–343.
- 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. "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. 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.
- 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.
- 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. "Contributions to Avian Biogeography from the Archipelago and Lowlands of Bocas-Del-Toro, Panama." The Auk, 110, (1) 100–108.
- 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. "Intergradation between the Bush-Tanagers Chlorospingus-Punctulatus and C-Ophthalmicus in Western Panama (Aves, Thraupidae)." The Auk, 110, (1) 148–150.
- 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. "Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht a Cretaceous loon from Chile (Aves: Gaviidae)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 12, (1) 122–124.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "Requiescat for Tricholimnas conditicius, a rail that never was." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 112, (3) 174–179.
- 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. "[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. "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. "Preliminary Systematic Notes on Some Old World Passerines." Revista Italiana d'Ornitologia, 59, (3-4) 183–195.
- 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. "Osteology and systematics of the fernbirds (Bowdleria: Sylviidae)." Notornis, 37, (3-4) 161–171.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "The supposed California record of Hawaiian Hawk Buteo solitarius ." Elepaio, 50, (1) 1–2.
- 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. 1990. "A very early observation of spiral intestines in the Procellariidae." Notornis, 37, (1) 24–25.
- 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. "The Original Description and Author of the Genus Dumetella (Mimidae)." Wilson Bulletin, 101, (4) 633–636.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "David Douglas and the original description of the Hawaiian Goose." Elepaio, 49, (8) 49–51.
- 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. "The Relationships of the New Guinean Ground Robins Amalocichla." Emu, 87 247–248.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "More on the name Rallus hodgenorum ." Notornis, 34, (2) 167–168.
- 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. "Comment on the family name for the storm petrels (Aves: Procellariiformes)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 44, (1) 44–45.
- 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. "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. "More on the Affinities of the Black-Collared Thrush of Borneo (Chlamydochaera-Jefferyi)." Journal Fur Ornithologie, 128, (2) 246–248.
- 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. "[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. "Gallirallus sharpei (Buttikofer) nov. comb., a Valid Species of Rail (Rallidae) of Unknown Origin." Gerfaut, 76, (4) 263–269.
- 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. 1986. "A Replacement Name for the Fossil Penguin Microdytes Simpson (Aves, Spheniscidae)." Journal of Paleontology, 60, (3) 785–785.
- 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. "Emendation of the name of the fossil rail Rallus hodgeni Scarlett." Notornis, 33, (1) 32.
- 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. 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. "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. 1985. "The Italian specimen of Bulweria fallax (Procellariidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 105, (1) 29–30.
- 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. "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. "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. "Faunal Turnover in South-American Fossil Avifaunas - the Insufficiencies of the Fossil Record." Evolution, 39, (5) 1174–1177.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Pleistocene Birds of Puerto Rico." National Geographic Society Research Reports, 18 563–566.
- 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. "Weights of some Cuban birds." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 105, (2) 68–69.
- 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, (4) 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, 86 493–494.
- 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. "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. 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 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. "[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. "The relationships of the extinct Chatham Island eagle." Notornis, 31, (4) 273–277.
- 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. "Biological archeology in the West Indies." Florida Anthropologist, 35, (4) 162–168.
- 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. 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. "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. "A Hybrid between the Orioles Icterus chrysater and Icterus mesomelas ." The Auk, 100, (3) 733–735.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Lessons from a flightless ibis." Natural History, 92, (9) 40, 1 figure.
- 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 Critique of Cracraft's Classification of Birds." The Auk, 99, (4) 733–739.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "Fossil birds of the Bahamas." Bahamas Naturalist, 6, (1) 33–37.
- 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. 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. 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. "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 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. "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. "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. "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. "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. "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. 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., 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. "Revision of the tawny-faced antwren, Microbates cinereiventris (Aves: Passeriformes)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93, (1) 68–74.
- 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. "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. "Lamprolia as part of a South Pacific radiation of Monarchine flycatchers." Notornis, 27 7–10.
- 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. 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. "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. 1979. "Picathartes--another West African forest relict with probable Asian affinities." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 99, (3) 112–113.
- 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. "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. 1978. "Greater Ani, Crotophaga major, in Mexico." The Auk, 95, (4) 766–767.
- 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. 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. "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. "Additional Notes on Subfossil Bird Remains from Ascension Island." Ibis, 119, (1) 37–43.
- 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. "The identity of the fossil ducks described from Australia by C. W. De Vis." Emu, 77, (3) 127–131.
- 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. "An erroneous fossil record of Chionis from Australia." Emu, 76, (2) 90.
- 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. 1976. "Affinities of Falconid Genus Spiziapteryx." The Auk, 93, (3) 633–636.
- 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. "A jacana from the Pliocene of Florida (Aves: Jacanidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 89, (19) 259–264.
- 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. "Evaluation of Supposed Anhinga of Mauritius." The Auk, 92, (2) 374–376.
- 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. 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. "Remarks on Generic Characters of Bulweria." Ibis, 117, (1) 111–113.
- 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. 1974. "[Review of] G. A. Tunnicliffe. Preliminary observations on the phylogenesis of thegosis." Bird-Banding, 45, (2) 188.
- 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. "Telecrex Restudied - Small Eocene Guinea-Fowl." Wilson Bulletin, 86, (3) 246–250.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Melanistic White-Tailed Tropic Bird." The Condor, 76, (2) 217–218.
- 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. "Tantalus-Milneedw-Ardsii Shufeldt - Synonym of Miocene Pheasant Miophasianus-Altus (Milne-Edwards)." Wilson Bulletin, 86, (2) 110–113.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Purple Gallinule carrying young." Florida Field Naturalist, 2, (1) 15–16.
- 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. and Farrand, J. 1974. "Rhegminornis Restudied - Tiny Miocene Turkey." Wilson Bulletin, 86, (2) 114–120.
- 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. "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. 1973. "Classification of Rallidae." Wilson Bulletin, 85, (4) 381.
- Ripley, S. Dillon and Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "Re-identification of Rallus pectoralis deignani ." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 93, (3) 115.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1972. "A Whooping Crane from the Pleistocene of North Florida." The Condor, 74, (3) 341.
- 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 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. "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. 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. "Taxonomic comments on the Eurylaimidae." Ibis, 113, (4) 507–5l6.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "[Review of] R. L. Folk. Spherical urine in birds." The Auk, 88, (1) 217–218.
- 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. W. Storer. Independent evolution of the Dodo and the Solitaire." Bird-Banding, 42, (1) 70.
- 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. "William Zimmerman [wildlife artist]." Florida Naturalist, 43, (2) 46–47.
- 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. "Additional remarks on the sequence of passerine families." Ibis, 112, (3) 403–404.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "Specializations of some carotenoid-bearing feathers." The Condor, 72, (4) 424–430.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "[Review of] M. Eastman. The Life of the Emu." Bird-Banding, 41, (3) 261.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1969. "Unusual feeding habitat of Woodcock." Florida Naturalist, 42, (1) 39–40.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1969. "Parula Warblers feeding in salt marsh." Florida Naturalist, 42, (1) 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. "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.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1965. "A partly chestnut specimen of Variable Seedeater." Wilson Bulletin, 78, (1) 127.
- 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. "An early fall specimen of Purple Sandpiper from the Gulf Coast." Florida Naturalist, 34, (2) 94.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1961. "Unusual behavior of Pied-billed Grebe." Florida Naturalist, 34, (2) 93.
- 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.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1960. "Arenaria interpres interpres in Florida." The Auk, 77, (3) 352.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1960. "Use of decoys in netting shorebirds." Bird-Banding, 31, (2) 89–90.
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] "Above the Heads of Dinosaurs." Paleobiology, 30, (2), 169–171.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. [Book review] "Birds Before There Were No Dinosaurs." Paleobiology, 30, (2), 169–171.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. [Book review] "Lexicon Deutschsprachiger Bryologen." Archives of Natural History, 30, (2), 364.
- 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.
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. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 48. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.48.
- 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. 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. 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. 1976. Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore, Olson, Storrs L., editor. 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. "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. 1994. "The Atlantic Islands." In Islands. 84–89.
- 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 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. 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. 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 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, 48. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.48.1.
- 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. 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. ""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. 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. 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. 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. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 27. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.27.169.
- 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.