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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
Article
- Rando, Juan C., Alcover, Josep A., Pieper, Harald, Olson, Storrs L., Hernández, C. Nayra, and López-Jurado, L. Felipe. 2020. "Unforeseen diversity of quails (Galliformes: Phasianidae: Coturnix) in oceanic islands provided by the fossil record of Macaronesia." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188 (4):1296–1317. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz107
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2020. "Systematics and distribution of the living and fossil small barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae)." Zootaxa 4830 (3):544–564. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4830.3.4
- Hearty, Paul J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2019. "Environmental Stress and Iterative Paedomorphism in Shells of Poecilozonites (Gastropoda: Gastrodontidae) from Bermuda." Palaios 34 (1):32–42. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2018.093
- Olson, Storrs L. and Stephens, Clyde S. 2018. "Alwyn Hasso von Wedel (1873-1957): bird and plant collector on the Caribbean coast of Panama." Archives of Natural History 45 (2):317–334. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2018.0523
- Olson, Storrs L. 2017. "The early scientific history of Galapagos tortoises." Archives of Natural History 44 (2):241–258. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2017.0447
- Olson, Storrs L. 2017. "Species rank for the critically endangered Atlantic Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata trinitatis)." The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129 (4):661–675. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-129.4.661
- Olson, Storrs L. and Humphrey, Johanna R. 2017. "The island of origin of Richard Harlan’s Galapagos tortoise Testudo elephantopus." Archives of Natural History 44 (1):110–117. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2017.0418
- Rando, J. C., Pieper, H., Olson, Storrs L., Pereira, F., and Alcover, J. A. 2017. "A new extinct species of large bullfinch (Aves: Fringillidae: Pyrrhula) from Graciosa Island (Azores, North Atlantic Ocean)." Zootaxa 4282 (3):567–583. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4282.3.9
- Olson, Storrs L. and Lund, Judith N. 2016. "Additional references to “woggin” as a name for penguins." Archives of Natural History 43 (2):360–362. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2016.0392
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wiley, James W. 2016. "The Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala): an Australasian dove marooned in Cuba." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128 (1):1–21. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-128.1.1
- Hailer, Frank, James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2015. "Distinct and extinct: Genetic differentiation of the Hawaiian eagle." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 83:40–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.005
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "The myth of the Malaspina Expedition in the Galapagos Islands." Archives of Natural History 42 (1):173–175. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2015.0290
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "More on the status of Testudo nigra Quoy and Gaimard and Testudo nigrita Duméril and Bibron as nomina dubia for Galapagos tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 128 (4):204–208. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.4.204
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "Mass mortality of male Oceanic Puffer Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Tetraodontidae) at Trindade Island (Brazil), South Atlantic Ocean, with a review of mortalities in Hawaii and the Gulf of Guinea." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 127 (4):568–571. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-127.4.568
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "History, morphology, and fossil record of the extinct Puerto Rican Parakeet Psittacara maugei Souancé." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 127 (1):1–12. https://doi.org/10.1676/14-020.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2015. [Book review] "The Bird Skinner, by Alice Greenway." Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 127 (1):157–158.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2015. "Systematics and distribution of the giant fossil barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae)." Zootaxa 4020 (3):533–553. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4020.3.7
- Olson, Storrs L. 2014. "The early scientific history of Galapagos iguanas." Archives of Natural History 41 (1):141–153. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2014.0217
- Olson, Storrs L. 2014. "A hard nut to crack: rapid evolution in the Kona Grosbeak of Hawaii for a locally abundant food source (Drepanidini: Chloridops kona)." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126 (1):1–8. https://doi.org/10.1676/13-046.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2014. [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. 2014. "Tracks of a Stilt-Like Bird from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Utah: Possible Earliest Evidence of the Recurvirostridae (Charadriiformes)." Waterbirds 37 (3):340–345. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.037.0313
- Olson, Storrs L. and David, Normand. 2014. "The gender of the tortoise genus Chelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835 (Testudines: Testudinidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (4):393–394. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.393
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2014. "A new fossil species of small crested caracara (Aves: Falconidae: Caracara) from the Pacific lowlands of western South America." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 127 (2):299–310. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-127.2.299
- Welch, Andreanna J., Olson, Storrs L., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2014. "Phylogenetic relationships of the extinct St Helena petrel, Pterodroma rupinarum Olson, 1975 (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae), based on ancient DNA." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170 (3):494–505. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12078
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "A nomenclatural history of Audubon's Shearwater with designation of a neotype for Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839 (Aves: Procellariidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (3):199–203. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.199
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "A Late Pliocene occurrence of the Thick-billed Murre (Alcidae: Uria lomvia) on St. George Island, Pribilofs, Alaska." Paleontological Journal 47 (11):1365–1368. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030113110129
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "Fossil woodpeckers from Bermuda with the description of a new species of Colaptes (Aves: Picidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (1):17–24. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.1.17
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "The bird war." Hana Hou! : the Magazine of Hawaiian Airlines 16 (4):98–107.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2013. "Hawaii's first fossil bird: history, geological age, and taxonomic status of the extinct goose Geochen rhuax Wetmore (Aves: Anatidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (2):161–168. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.2.161
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, Paul J. 2013. "Fossilized egg indicates probable breeding of Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on Bermuda in the Middle Pleistocene." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (2):169–177. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.2.169
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, Paul J. 2013. "Periodicity of extinction and recolonization of the West Indian topshell Cittarium pica in the Quaternary of Bermuda (Gastropoda: Trochoidea)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110 (1):235–243. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12119
- Olson, Storrs L. and Levy, Catherine. 2013. "Eleazar Albin in Don Saltero's coffee-house in 1736: how the Jamaican mango hummingbird got its name, Trochilus mango." Archives of Natural History 40 (2):340–344. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2013.0180
- Rando, Juan Carlos, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Olson, Storrs L., and Pieper, Harald. 2013. "A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus ) from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean)." Zootaxa 3647 (2):343–357. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.6
- Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "History, Structure, Evolution, Behvior, Distribution, and Ecology of the Extinct Hawaiian Genus Ciridops (Fringillidae, Carduelini, Drepanidini)." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124 (4):651–674. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-124.4.651
- Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "Notes on the Appendicular Myology of the Scarlet Finch Haematospiza sipahi (Fringillidae: Carduelinae)." Ornithological Science 11 (1):57–58. https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.11.57
- Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "A new species of small owl of the genus Aegolius (Aves: Strigidae) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (2):97–105. https://doi.org/10.2988/11-36.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "In Memoriam: Evgeny N. Kurochkin, 1940-2011." The Auk 129 (4):790–791. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2012.129.4.790
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wingate, David B. 2012. "A new species of towhee (Aves: Emberizidae: Pipilo) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (1):85–96. https://doi.org/10.2988/11-21.1
- Rando, Juan Carlos, Pieper, Harald, Alcover, Josep Antoni, and Olson, Storrs L. 2012. "A new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the Archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean)." Zootaxa (3182): 29–42.
- Dove, Carla J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "Fossil Feathers from the Hawaiian Flightless Ibis (Apteribis sp.): Plumage Coloration and Systematics of a Prehistorically Extinct Bird." Journal of Paleontology 85 (5):892–897. https://doi.org/10.1666/10-133.1
- Hearty, Paul J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "Preservation of trace fossils and molds of terrestrial biota by intense storms in mid–last interglacial (MIS 5c) dunes on Bermuda, with a model for development of hydrological conduits." Palaios 26 (7):394–405. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2010.p10-132r
- Longrich, Nicholas R. and Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "The bizarre wing of the Jamaican flightless ibis Xenicibis xympithecus: a unique vertebrate adaptation." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1716):2333–2337. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2117
- Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "The fossil record and history of doves on Bermuda (Aves: Columbidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 124 (1):1–6. https://doi.org/10.2988/10-21.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2011. "A new genus and species of unusual tern (Aves: Laridae: Anoinae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Virginia." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 124 (4):270–279. https://doi.org/10.2988/11-16.1
- Olson, Storrs L. and Rauzon, Mark J. 2011. "The Extinct Wake Island Rail Gallirallus wakensis: A Comprehensive Species Account Based on Museum Specimens and Archival Records." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123 (4):663–689. https://doi.org/10.1676/11-029.1
- Boyer, Alison G., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., and Grant-Mackie, Jack A. 2010. "Long-term ecological change in a conservation hotspot: the fossil avifauna of Mé Auré Cave, New Caledonia." Biodiversity and Conservation 19 (11):3207–3224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9887-9
- Ericson, Per G. P., Olson, Storrs L., Irestedt, Martin, Alvarenga, Herculano, and Fjeldså, Jon. 2010. "Circumscription of a monophyletic family for the tapaculos (Aves: Rhinocryptidae): Psiloramphus in and Melanopareia out." Journal of Ornithology 151:337–345.
- Hearty, Paul J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2010. "Geochronology, biostratigraphy, and changing shell morphology in the land snail subgenus Poecilozonites during the Quaternary of Bermuda." Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology 293 (1-2):9–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.026
- Olson, Storrs L. 2010. "Stasis and turnover in small shearwaters on Bermuda over the last 400,000 years (Aves: Procellariidae: Puffinus lherminieri group)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99:699–707.
- Olson, Storrs L. 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. and Hearty, Paul J. 2010. "Predation as the primary selective force in recurrent evolution of gigantism in Poecilozonites land snails in Quaternary Bermuda." Biology Letters 6 (6):807–810. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0423
- Olson, Storrs L., Loftin, Horace, and Goodwin, Steve. 2010. "Biological, Geographical, and Cultural Origins of the Loon Hunting Tradition in Carteret County, North Carolina." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122 (4):716–724. https://doi.org/10.1676/10-048.1
- Olson, Storrs L. and Nieves-Rivera, Ángel M. 2010. "Fossil evidence and probable extinction of the greater fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae) on Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico." Mastozoología Neotropical 17 (1):167–170.
- Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Olson, Storrs L., and James, Helen F. 2009. "Extraordinary cranial specialization in a new genus of extinct duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from Kauai, Hawaiian Islands." Zootaxa 2296:47–67.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "Lectotype and type locality of Turdus trichas Linnaeus, 1766, (Aves: Parulidae: Geothlypis). , 122(4): 464-465." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122 (4):464–465. https://doi.org/10.2988/09-17.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "A new diminutive species of shearwater of the genus Calonectris (Aves: Procellariidae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Chesapeake Bay." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122 (4):466–470. https://doi.org/10.2988/09-19.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "Additional Data on the Occurrence of the Plantaris Muscle in the Hawaiian Finches (Carduelinae: Drepanidini)." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121 (3):621–623. https://doi.org/10.1676/08-175.1
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, Paul J. 2009. "A sustained +21 m sea-level highstand during MIS 11 (400 ka): direct fossil and sedimentary evidence from Bermuda." Quaternary Science Reviews 28 (3-4):271–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.11.001
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hume, J. P. 2009. "Notes on early illustrations and the juvenile plumage of the extinct Hawaii Mamo Drepanis pacifica (Drepanidini)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 129 (4):206–212.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Meylan, Peter A. 2009. "A second specimen of the Pleistocene Bermuda tortoise Hesperotestudo bermudae Meylan and Sterrer." Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8 (2):211–212. https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0766.1
- Olson, Storrs L. and Reveal, James L. 2009. "Nomenclatural History and a New Name for the Blue-winged Warbler (Aves: Parulidae)." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121 (3):618–620. https://doi.org/10.1676/09-003.1
- Olson, Storrs L. and Ricklefs, Robert E. 2009. "More on the origin of the Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) of Dominica, West Indies." The Auk 126 (2):449–454. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.2409
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "The generic position of Miraquila terrestris Campbell: another addition to the buteogalline radiation from the Pleistocene of Peru.." Journal of Raptor Research 43 (3):249–253. https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-08-85.1
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "A new genus for the Cuban teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122 (1):103–116. https://doi.org/10.2988/08-27.1
- Wijnker, Erik and Olson, Storrs L. 2009. "A revision of the fossil genus Miocepphus and other Miocene Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) of the western North Atlantic Ocean." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7 (4):471–487. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477201909990022
- Fleischer, Robert C., James, Helen F., and Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Convergent evolution of Hawaiian and Australo-Pacific honeyeaters from distant songbird ancestors." Current Biology 18:1927–1931.
- Hearty, P. J. and Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Mega-highstand or megatsunami? Discussion of McMurtry et al. (Elevated marine deposits in Bermuda record a late Quaternary megatsunami: Sed. Geol. 200 (2007) 155-165)." Sedimentary Geology 203 (3-4):307–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.10.009
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. [Book review] "Lost Land of the Dodo." Science. 321 (5891):913–914. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1162110
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "[Review of] The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud. By Brian Garfield." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120 (4):917–920. https://doi.org/10.1676/0043-5643-120.4.917
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Falsified Data Associated with Specimens of Birds, Mammals, and Insects from the Veragua Archipelago, Panama, Collected by J. H. Batty." American Museum Novitates (3620): 1–37. https://doi.org/10.1206/592.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "A new genus and species of buteonine hawk from Quaternary deposits in Bermuda (Aves : Accipitridae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121 (1):130–141. https://doi.org/10.2988/07-27.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "A new species of shearwater of the genus Calonectris (Aves: Procellariidae) from a middle Pleistocene deposit on Bermuda." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121 (3):398–409. https://doi.org/10.2988/08-11.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "A new species of very large, terrestrial caracara from Holocene deposits in southern Jamaica (Aves: Falconidae)." Journal of Raptor Research 42 (4):265–272. https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-08-18.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Pireella cymbifolia (Pterobryaceae) new to the flora, with comments on sea level and other factors influencing the phytogeography of Bermuda." Journal of Bryology 30 (3):224–226. https://doi.org/10.1179/174328208X322251
- Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, preying on Maritime Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia." Canadian Field Naturalist 120 (4):477.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Maíz López, Edgar J. 2008. "New evidence of Ara autochthones from an archeological site in Puerto Rico: a valid species of West Indian macaw of unknown geographical origin (Aves: Psittacidae)." Caribbean Journal of Science 44 (2):215–222.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Suárez, William. 2008. "Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) from the Pleistocene of Cuba: a New Subfamily for the West Indies." Waterbirds 31 (2):285–288. https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695(2008)31[285:BTTMFT]2.0.CO
- Olson, Storrs L. and Suárez, William. 2008. "A new generic name for the Cuban Bare-legged Owl Gymnoglaux lawrencii Sclater and Salvin." Zootaxa 1960:67–68.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Suárez, William. 2008. "A fossil cranium of the Cuban Macaw Ara tricolor (Aves: Psittacidae) from Villa Clara Province, Cuba." Caribbean Journal of Science 44 (3):287–290.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "The Cuban fossil eagle Aquila borrasi Arredondo---A scaled-up version of the Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga (Gmelin)." Journal of Raptor Research 41 (4):288–298. https://doi.org/10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[288:TCFEAB]2.0.CO
- Worthy, Trevor H., Olson, Storrs L., and Smith, Thierry. 2008. "A reassessment of the fossil goose Anser scaldii Lambrecht 1933 (Aves: Anatidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 128 (4):228–232.
- Ishtiaq, F., Gering, E., Rappole, John H., Rahmani, A. R., Jhala, Yadvendradev, Dove, Carla J., Milensky, Christopher M., Olson, Storrs L., Peirce, M. A., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2007. "Prevalence and diversity of avian haematozoan parasites in Asia: A regional survey." Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43 (3):382–398.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "A new subspecies of Sporophila angolensis (Aves: Emberizidae) from Isla de Coiba and other additions to the avifauna of the Veragua Archipelago, Panamá." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120 (4):377–381. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[377:ANSOSA]2.0.CO
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "Correspondence bearing on the history of ornithologist M.A. Carriker Jr. and the use of arsenic in preparation of museum specimens." Archives of Natural History 34 (2):346–351. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2007.34.2.346
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "Field notes: Bufo fowleri (Fowler's Toad) [winter Assateague Island, Virginia]." Catesbeiana 27 (1):40.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "M. A. Carriker Jr. and the use of arsenic in preparation of museum specimens of birds and mammals." Archives of Natural History 34 (2):346–351. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2007.34.2.346
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "A Carriker trilogy: chapters in a saga of neotropical ornithology." The Auk 124 (1):357–361. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[357:ACTCIA]2.0.CO
- Olson, Storrs L. 2007. "Alca antiqua (Marsh, 1870), an invalid combination for a fossil auk (Aves: Alcidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127 (3):225.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Banks, Richard C. 2007. "Lectotypification of Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 (Aves: Laridae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120 (4):382–386. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[382:LOLSCA]2.0.CO
- 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
- Durrant, K. L., Beadell, J. S., Ishtiaq, F., Graves, Gary R., Olson, Storrs L., Gering, E., Peirce, M. A., Milensky, Christopher M., Schmidt, Brian K., Gebhard, C., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2006. "Avian haematozoa in South America: a comparison of temperate and tropical zones." Ornithological Monographs 60:98–111.
- Grady, F. V. and Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Fossil bats from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)." Journal of Mammalogy 87 (1):148–152. https://doi.org/10.1644/05-MAMM-A-179R1.1
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "A new species of Hawaiian finch (Drepanidini: Loxioides) from Makawauhi Cave, island of Kaua`i." The Auk 123 (2):335–344, with cover art.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Relections on the systematics of Accipiter and the genus for Falco superciliaris Linnaeus." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 126 (1):69–70.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Fossil evidence of the Rufous Crab-Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) in Jamaica." Journal of Raptor Research 40 (4):284–287. https://doi.org/10.3356/0892-1016(2006)40[284:FEOTRC]2.0.CO
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Extinction on islands through natural, non-human causes. 126A: 59." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125A:59.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Birds, including extinct species, encountered by the Malaspina Expedition on Vava'u, Tonga, in 1793." Archives of Natural History 33 (1):42–52. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2006.33.1.42
- Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "Possible etymology of the generic name Magumma for the Anianiau (Drepanidini)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 126 (4):323–324.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Alvarenga, M. F. 2006. "An extraordinary feeding assemblage of birds at a termite swarm in the Serra da Mantiqueira, Sao Paulo, Brazil." Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 14 (3):297–299.
- Olson, Storrs L., Hearty, P. J., and Pregill, Gregory K. 2006. "Geological Constraints on Evolution and Survival in Endemic Reptiles on Bermuda." Journal of Herpetology 40 (3):394–398. https://doi.org/10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[394:GCOEAS]2.0.CO
- 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
- 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. [Book review] "Magnificent Mihirungs. The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime." The Auk. 122 (1):367–371.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "First occurrence of Gygis microrhyncha (Laridae) in the Hawaiian Islands." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125 (2):155–157.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "Refutation of the historical evidence for a Hispaniolan macaw (Aves: Psittacidae)." Caribbean Journal of Science 41 (2):319–323.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "Correction of erroneous records of cormorants from archeological sites in Alaska." The Condor 107 (4):930–933.
- Olson, Storrs L., Fleischer, Robert C., Fisher, C. T., and Bermingham, Eldredge. 2005. "Expunging the 'Mascarene starling' Necropsar leguati: archives, morphology and molecules topple a myth." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125 (1):31–42.
- Olson, Storrs L., Irestedt, M., Ericson, G. P., and Fjeldsa, J. 2005. "Independent evolution of two Darwinian marsh-dwelling ovenbirds (Furnariidae: Limnornis, Limnoctites)." Ornitologia Neotropical 16 (3):347–359.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Matsuoka, Hiroshige. 2005. "New specimens of the early Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the description of a new species." Zootaxa 1046:1–15.
- Olson, Storrs L., Wingate, D. B., Hearty, P. J., and Grady, F. V. 2005. "Prodromus of vertebrate paleontology and geochronology of Bermuda." Monografies de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears 12:219–232.
- Alvarenga, H. M. F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "A new genus of tiny condor from the Pleistocene of Brazil (Aves: Vulturidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 117 (1):1–9.
- Hearty, P. J., Olson, Storrs L., Kaufman, D. S., Edwards, R. L., and Cheng, H. 2004. "Stratigraphy and geochronology of pitfall accumulations in caves and fissures, Bermuda." Quaternary Science Reviews 23 (9-10):1151–1171.
- Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Nelson, John E., James, Helen F., and Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "a Comparative Test of the Correlated Evolution of Flightlessness and Relative Brain Size in Birds." Journal of zoology 263 (3):317–327.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "Census Catalogue of Polish Mosses. Biodiversity of Poland. Volume 3." Bryologist 107 (1):138–138.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "Taxonomic review of the fossil Procellariidae (Aves: Procellariiformes) described from Bermuda by R. W. Shufeldt." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 117 (4):575–581.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. [Book review] "Birds Before There Were No Dinosaurs." Paleobiology. 30 (2):169–171.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2004. [Book review] "Above the Heads of Dinosaurs." Paleobiology. 30 (2):169–171.
- González, Maribel A., Eberhard, Jessica R., Lovette, Irby J., Olson, Storrs L., and Bermingham, Eldredge. 2003. "Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the Bay Wren (Thryothorus nigricapillus) complex." The Condor 105 (2):228–238.
- James, Helen F., Ericson, P. G. P., Slikas, B., Lei, F. M., Gill, F. B., and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "Pseudopodoces humilis, a misclassified terrestrial tit (Paridae) of the Tibetan Plateau: evolutionary consequences of shifting adaptive zones." Ibis 145:185–202.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "A giant new species of Nukupuu (Fringillidae: Drepanidini: Hemignathus) from the island of Hawaii." The Auk 120 (4):970–981.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "A fossil of the Great Auk (Penguinus impennis) from Middle Pleistocene deposits on Bermuda." Atlantic Seabirds 5 (2):81–84.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "[Review of] Jacques Gauthier and Lawrence F. Gall editors. New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds. Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom." The Auk 119 (4):1202–1205.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. [Book review] "New perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds. Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom." The Auk. 119:1202–1205.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "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. [Book review] "Lexicon Deutschsprachiger Bryologen." Archives of Natural History. 30 (2):364.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "Development and uses of avian skeleton collections." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 123A:26–34.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hearty, P. J. 2003. "Probable extirpation of a breeding colony of Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) on Bermuda by Pleistocene sea-level rise." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100 (22):12825–12829.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "New records of storks (Ciconiidae) from Quaternary asphalt deposits in Cuba." The Condor 105 (1):150–154.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "Red-shouldered Hawk and Aplomado Falcon from Quaternary asphalt deposits in Cuba." Journal of Raptor Research 37 (1):71–75.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "A New Species of Caracara (Milvago) from Quaternary Asphalt Deposits in Cuba, with Notes on New Material of Caracara creightoni Brodkorb (Aves:Falconidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116 (2):301–307.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Alvarenga, H. 2002. "A New Genus of Small Teratorn from the Middle Tertiary of the Taubate Basin, Brazil (Aves: Teratornithidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115 (4):701–705.
- Paxinos, E. E., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., Sorenson, Michael D., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2002. "MtDNA from fossils reveals a radiation of Hawaiian geese recently derived from the Canada goose (Branta canadensis)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99 (3):1399–1404.
- Paxinos, Ellen, James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., Ballou, Jonathan D., Leonard, Jennifer A., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2002. "Prehistoric decline of genetic diversity in the Nene." Science 5574:1827–1827.
- Slikas, B., Olson, Storrs L., James, Helen F., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2002. "Rapid, independent evolution of flightlessness in four species of Pacific Island rails (Rallidae): an analysis based on mitochondrial sequence data." Journal of Avian Biology 33:5–14.
- Worthy, Trevor H. and Olson, Storrs L. 2002. "Relationships, adaptations, and habits of the extinct duck 'Euryanas' finschi." Notornis 49 (1):1–17.
- Burney, D. A., James, Helen F., Burney, L. P., Olson, Storrs L., Kikuchi, W., Wagner, Warren L., Burney, M., McCloskey, D., Kikuchi, D., Grady, F. V., Gage, R.,I, and Nishek, R. 2001. "Fossil evidence for a diverse biota from Kaua`i and its transformation since human arrival." Ecological Monographs 71 (6):615–641.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2001. "Why so many kinds of passerine birds?." Bioscience 51 (4):268–269.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2001. "Review: A Thesaurus of Bird Names: Etymology of European Lexis Through Paradigms." The Auk 118 (3):815–816.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Rasmussen, Pamela C. 2001. "Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90:233–365.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wingate, D. B. 2001. "A new species of large flightless rail of the Rallus longirostris." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114 (2):509–516.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2001. "Further characterization of Caracara creightoni Brodkorb based on fossils from the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves : Falconidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114 (2):501–508.
- Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. 2001. "A remarkable new species of small falcon from the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves : Falconidae : Falco)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114 (1):34–41.
- Fleischer, Robert C., Olson, Storrs L., James, Helen F., and Cooper, A. C. 2000. "Identification of the extinct Hawaiian eagle (Haliaeetus) by mitochondrial DNA sequence." The Auk 117 (4):1051–1056.
- Hearty, Paul J., Kaufman, Darrell S., Olson, Storrs L., and James, Helen F. 2000. "Stratigraphy and whole-rock amino acid geochronology of key Holocene and last interglacial carbonate deposits in the Hawaiian Islands." Pacific Science 54 (4):423–442.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "Review: Anatomy and Systematics of the Conficiusornithidae (Theropoda: Aves) from the Late Mesozoic of Northeastern China." The Auk 117 (3):836–839.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "Bryological Terms - Even More Critically Seen." The Bryological Times 102:3.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "A new genus for the Kerguelen Petrel." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 120 (1):59–62.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "Fossil Red-shouldered Hawk in the Bahamas: Calohierax quadratus Wetmore synonymized with Buteo lineatus (Gmelin)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113 (1):298–301.
- Olson, Storrs L. 2000. "Countdown to Piltdown at National Geographic: The Rise and Fall of the Archaeoraptor." Backbone 13 (2):1–3.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wingate, D. B. 2000. "Two new species of flightless rails (Aves : Rallidae) from the Middle Pleistocene "crane fauna" of Bermuda." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113 (2):356–368.
- Carleton, Michael D. and Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Amerigo Vespucci and the Rat of Fernando de Noronha: a New Genus and Species of Rodentia (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from a Volcanic Island off Brazil's Continental Shelf." American Museum Novitates 3256:1–59.
- Dowsett, R. J., Olson, Storrs L., Roy, M. S., and Dowsett-Lemaire, F. 1999. "Systematic status of the black-collared bulbul Neolestes torquatus." Ibis 141 (1):22–28.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Kona Grosbeak(Chloridops kona), Greater Koa-finch(Rhodacanthis palmeri), Lesser Koa-finch(Rhodacanthis flaviceps)." The Birds of North America 424:1–20.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "A new species of pelican (Aves : Pelecanidae) from the Lower Pliocene of North Carolina and Florida." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112 (3):503–509.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Muscis Hawaiiensis Mantissae I: Two weedy species of Bryum new to the archipelago." Tropical Bryology 17:129–130.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Laysan Rail (Porzana palmeri) and Hawaiian Rail (Porzana sandwichensis)." The Birds of North America 426:1–19.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1999. "Muscis Hawaiiensis Mantissae II: Neckeropsis obtusata (Mont.) Fleisch. restored to the flora of the archipelago." Tropical Bryology 17:131–132.
- 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." Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology (89): 1–344. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.89.1
- Sorenson, Michael D., Cooper, A., Paxinos, E. E., Quinn, T. W., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., and Fleischer, Robert C. 1999. "Relationships of the extinct moa-nalos, flightless Hawaiian waterfowl, based on ancient DNA." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 266:2187–2194.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1998. "Comment on the proposed suppression of all prior usages of generic and specific names of birds (Aves) by John Gould and others conventionally accepted as published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Case 3044; see BZN 54:172-182)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55 (3):176–181.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1998. "Lectotypification of Charadrius rubricollis Gmelin 1789." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 118 (4):256–259.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1998. "Notes on the systematics of the Rockrunner Achaetops (Passeriformes, Timaliidae) and its presumed relatives." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 118 (1):47–52.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1997. "[Review of] Jiri Mlikovsky. Tertiary avian localities of Europe." The Auk 114 (3):537–538.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1997. "[Review of] Gordon C. Sauer. John gould the Bird Man: Associates and Subscribers." The Auk 114 (3):540–541.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1997. "In memoriam: Beatrice Wetmore, 1910-1997." The Auk 114 (4):751–753.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1997. "Prehistoric status and distribution of the Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius), with the first fossil record from Kauai." Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 49:65–69.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Walker, C. A. 1997. "A trans-Atlantic record of the fossil tropicbird Heliadornis ashbyi (Aves : Phaethontidae) from the Miocene of Belgium." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110 (4):624–628.
- Cooper, A. C., Rhymer, J., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., McIntosh, C., Sorenson, Michael D., and Fleischer, Robert C. 1996. "Ancient DNA and island endemics." Nature 381 (6582):484.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1996. "The name of the Craveri brothers' murrelet." Western Birds 27 (3):167–168.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1996. "The contribution of the voyage of HMS Blonde (1825) to Hawaiian ornithology." Archives of Natural History 23 (1):1–42.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1996. "[Review of] W. J. Bock. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names." The Auk 112 (2):539–546.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1996. "History and ornithological journals of the Tanager expedition of 1923 to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Johnston and Wake Islands." Atoll Research Bulletin 433:1–210. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.433.1
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hasegawa, Y. 1996. "A new genus and two new species of gigantic plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 (4):742–751.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Jouventin, P. 1996. "A new species of small flightless duck from Amsterdam Island, southern Indian Ocean (Anatidae: Anas)." The Condor 98 (1):1–9.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Violani, Carlo. 1996. "Some unusual hybrids of Ramphocelus, with remarks on evolution in the genus (Aves: Thraupinae)." Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali - Torino 13 (1):297–312.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "Birds Observed at Sea During the Voyage of HMS Blonde to Hawaii (1824–1826)." Sea-Swallow 44:38–43.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "Birds observed at sea during the voyage of HMS Blonde to Hawaii (1824-1826)." Sea Swallow 44:38–43.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "Types and nomenclature of two Chilean parrots from the voyage of HMS Blonde (1825)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 115 (4):235–239.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "Thiornis sociata Navás, a nearly complete Miocene grebe (Aves: Podicipedidae)." Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181:131–140.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1995. "The genera of owls in the Asioninae." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 115 (1):35–39.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1995. "Nomenclature of the Hawaiian akialoas and Nukupuus (Aves: Drepanidini)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108 (3):373–387.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Ziegler, Alan C. 1995. "Remains of land birds from Lisianski Island, with observations on the terrestrial avifauna of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands." Pacific Science 49 (2):111–125.
- Arredondo, O. and Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "A New Species of Owl of the Genus Bubo from the Pleistocene of Cuba (Aves, Strigiformes)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107 (3):436–444.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Cranial osteology of Tawny and Steppe Eagles Aquila rapax and A. nipalensis." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 114 (4):264–267.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Early Pliocene grebes, button-quail, and kingfishers from south-western Cape Province, South Africa (Aves: Podicipedidae, Turnicidae, Halcyonidae)." Annals of the South African Museum 104 (4):49–61.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "The Endemic Vireo of Fernando de Noronha (Vireo Gracilirostris)." Wilson Bulletin 106 (1):1–17.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "A giant Presbyornis (Aves: Anseriformes) and other birds from the Paleocene Aquia Formation of Maryland and Virginia." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107 (3):429–435.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "A Giant Presbyornis (Aves, Anseriformes) and Other Birds from the Paleocene Aquia Formation of Maryland and Virginia." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107 (3):429–435.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Type specimens of Hawaiian birds named by Sanford Ballard Dole." Pacific Science 48 (4):339–343.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1994. "A chronology of ornithological exploration in the Hawaiian Islands, from Cook to Perkins." Studies in Avian Biology 15:91–102.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1994. "A specimen of Nuku pu'u (Aves: Drepanidini: Hemignathus lucidus) from the island of Hawai'i." Pacific Science 48 (4):331–338.
- Parsons, Thomas J., Olson, Storrs L., and Braun, Michael J. 1994. "Hybrid Zones and Sexual Selection." Science 265 (5168):122–123.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. "Intergradation between the Bush-Tanagers Chlorospingus-Punctulatus and C-Ophthalmicus in Western Panama (Aves, Thraupidae)." The Auk 110 (1):148–150.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. "In Memoriam: Pierce Brodkorb, 1908-1992." The Auk 110 (4):911–915.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. "Integradation Between the Bush-Tanagers Chlorospingus punctulatus and C. ophtalmicus in Western Panama (Aves: Thraupidae)." The Auk 110 (1):148–150.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. "Contributions to Avian Biogeography from the Archipelago and Lowlands of Bocas-Del-Toro, Panama." The Auk 110 (1):100–108.
- Parsons, T. J., Olson, Storrs L., and Braun, Michael J. 1993. "Unidirectional spread of secondary sexual plumage traits across an avian hybrid zone." Science 260:1643–1646.
- Houde, Peter and Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "A radiation of coly-like birds from the Eocene of North America (Aves: Sandcoleiformes new order)." Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 36:137–160.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "William T. Brigham's Hawaiian birds and a possible historical record of Ciridops anna (Aves: Drepanidini) from Molokai." Pacific Science 46 (4):495–500.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "Requiescat for Tricholimnas conditicius, a rail that never was." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 112 (3):174–179.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1992. "Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht a Cretaceous loon from Chile (Aves: Gaviidae)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 (1):122–124.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part 2. Passeriformes." Ornithological Monographs 46:1–88.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "Comments on the proposed conservation of Phororhacos Ameghino, 1889 (Aves Gruiformes)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48 (2):156–157.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "Remarks on the fossil record and suprageneric nomenclature of barbets (Aves: Ramphastidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 111 (4):222–225.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "The Fossil Record of the Genus Mycteria (Ciconiidae) in North-America." The Condor 93 (4):1004–1006.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1991. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part 1. Non-Passeriformes." Ornithological Monographs 45:1–88.
- Watson, George E., Olson, Storrs L., and Miller, J. R. 1991. "A new subspecies of the Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus from San Salvador Bahama Islands." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104 (2):356–369.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Comments on the osteology and systematics of the New Zealand passerines of the genus Mohoua." Notornis 37 (3 & 4):157–160.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "[Review of] Ian A. W. McAllan and Murray D. Bruce "The birds of New South Wales. A working list.." The Auk 107 (2):458–459.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Preliminary Systematic Notes on Some Old World Passerines." Revista Italiana d'Ornitologia 59 (3-4):183–195.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Osteology and systematics of the fernbirds (Bowdleria: Sylviidae)." Notornis 37 (3-4):161–171.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "A very early observation of spiral intestines in the Procellariidae." Notornis 37 (1):24–25.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "The supposed California record of Hawaiian Hawk Buteo solitarius ." Elepaio 50 (1):1–2.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Comments on the stability of fish family names [support for grammatical correctness in family-group names]." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47 (4):296.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "Remarks on the osteology of the Madagascan warblers Dromaeocercus and Amphilais (Sylviidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 110 (1):9–10.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hartog, J. C. 1990. "Former breeding of Sula dactylatra in the Cape Verde Islands." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 110 (1):10–12.
- Olson, Storrs L., Pregill, Gregory K., and Hilgartner, William B. 1990. "Studies on Fossil and Extant Vertebrates from San Salvador (Watling's) Island, Bahamas." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (508): 1–15. 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." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (469): 1–38. 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." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (477): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.477
- James, Helen F., Zusi, Richard L., and Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Dysmorodrepanis munroi (Fringillidae: Drepanidini), a valid genus and species of Hawaiian finch." Wilson Bulletin 101 (2):159–179.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "David Douglas and the original description of the Hawaiian Goose." Elepaio 49 (8):49–51.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "The Original Description and Author of the Genus Dumetella (Mimidae)." Wilson Bulletin 101 (4):633–636.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Two Overlooked Holotypes of the Hawaiian Flycatcher Chasiempis Described by Leonhard Stejneger (Aves, Myiagrinae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102 (3):555–558.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Notes on some Hawaiian birds from Cook's third voyage." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 109 (4):201–205.
- Olson, Storrs L., Balouet, Jean Christophe, and Fisher, C. T. 1989. "The owlet-nightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with comments on the systematics of the Aegothelidae." Gerfaut 77 (3):341–352.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Eller, K. G. 1989. "A New Species of Painted Snipe (Charadriiformes, Rostratulidae) from the Early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, Southwestern Cape Province, South-Africa." Ostrich 60 (3):118–121.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Schifter, Herbert. 1989. "The identity of the fabricated bird Sassius simplex and its final dissociation from the Hawaiian avifauna." Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia 59 (1-2):43–48.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1988. "Classic Origin of the Name Daption Stephens." Notornis 35:87–88.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1988. "Variation in the procoracoid foramen in the Accipitridae." Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia 57 (3-4):161–164.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1988. "Nomenclature of the Kauai Amakihi and Kauai Akialoa (Drepanidini)." Elepaio 48 (2):13–14.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Warheit, Kenneth I. 1988. "A new genus for Sula abbotti ." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 108 (1):9–12.
- Balouet, Jean,Christophe and Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "A new extinct species of giant pigeon (Columbidae: Ducula) from archeological deposits on Wallis (Uvea) Island South Pacific." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100 (4):769–775.
- Graves, Gary R. and Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "Chlorostilbon Bracei Lawrence, an Extinct Species of Hummingbird from New Providence Island, Bahamas." The Auk 104 (2):296–302.
- James, Helen F., Stafford, T. W., Jr., Steadman, D. W., Olson, Storrs L., Martin, P. S., Jull, A. J., and McCoy, P. C. 1987. "Radiocarbon dates on bones of extinct birds from Hawaii." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 84 (8):2350–2354.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "More on the Affinities of the Black-Collared Thrush of Borneo (Chlamydochaera-Jefferyi)." Journal Fur Ornithologie 128 (2):246–248.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "The Relationships of the New Guinean Ground Robins Amalocichla." Emu 87:247–248.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "On the Extent and Source of Instability in Avian Nomenclature, as Exemplified by North-American Birds." The Auk 104 (3):538–542.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "Comment on the family name for the storm petrels (Aves: Procellariiformes)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44 (1):44–45.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "An early Eocene oilbird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Caprimulgiformes: Steatornithidae)." Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon 99:57–69.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "[Review of]. "The Beginnings of Birds: Proceedings of the International Archaeopteryx Conference Eichstatt 1984." Edited by M. K. Hecht, J. H. Ostrom, G. Viohl, and P. Wellnhofer." American Scientist 75 (1):74–75.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1987. "More on the name Rallus hodgenorum ." Notornis 34 (2):167–168.
- Olson, Storrs L., Angle, J. P., Grady, F. V., and James, Helen F. 1987. "A technique for salvaging anatomical material from study skins of rare or extinct birds." The Auk 104 (3):510–512.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Kurochkin, E. N. 1987. "Fossil Evidence of a Tapaculo in the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves, Passeriformes, Scytalopodidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100 (2):353–357.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Parris, David C. 1987. "The Cretaceous Birds of New Jersey." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (63): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.63.1
- 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.
- Rasmussen, D. Tab, Olson, Storrs L., and Simons, Elwyn L. 1987. "Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation Fayum Province, Egypt." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (62): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.62.1
- Graves, Gary R. and Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "A New Subspecies of Turdus swalesi (Aves, Passeriformes, Muscicapidae) from the Dominican Republic." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99 (4):580–583.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "Gallirallus sharpei (Buttikofer) nov. comb., a Valid Species of Rail (Rallidae) of Unknown Origin." Gerfaut 76 (4):263–269.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "[Index to] Austin L. Rand 1936 Distribution and habits of Madagascar birds." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 72 (5):143–499.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "Emendation of the name of the fossil rail Rallus hodgeni Scarlett." Notornis 33 (1):32.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "Catamblyrhynchus and Paradoxornis: an unremarked instance of convergence in bill morphology for feeding on bamboo." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 106 (4):161–163.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "An early account of some birds from Mauke, Cook Islands, and the origin of the "Mysterious Starling" Aplonis mavornata Buller." Notornis 33 (4):197–208.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "A Replacement Name for the Fossil Penguin Microdytes Simpson (Aves, Spheniscidae)." Journal of Paleontology 60 (3):785–785.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1986. "The correct specific name for the akepa of Oahu (Drepanidini, Loxops)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 106 (4):148–149.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1986. "The holotype of the Laysan finch Telespiza cantans Wilson (Drepanidini)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 106 (2):84–86.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Rasmussen, D. T. 1986. "Paleoenvironment of the Earliest Hominoids - New Evidence from the Oligocene Avifauna of Egypt." Science 233 (4769):1202–1204.
- Olson, Storrs L., Rea, Amadeo M., and Brodkorb, Pierce. 1986. "Comments on the proposed grant of precedence to Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917, (Aves) over Plataleinae Bonaparte." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43 (1):12–13.
- Ash, John S. and Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "A second specimen of Mirafra (Heteromirafra) sidamoensis." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 105 (4):141–143.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "An early Pliocene marine avifauna from Duinefontein, Cape Province, South Africa." Annals of the South African Museum 95 (4):147–164.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Faunal Turnover in South-American Fossil Avifaunas - the Insufficiencies of the Fossil Record." Evolution 39 (5):1174–1177.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Early Pliocene Procellariiformes (Aves) from Langebaanweg, South-western Cape Province, South Africa." Annals of the South African Museum 95 (3):123–145.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Pleistocene Birds of Puerto Rico." National Geographic Society Research Reports 18:563–566.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Weights of some Cuban birds." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 105 (2):68–69.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "A New Species of Siphonorhis from Quaternary Cave Deposits in Cuba (Aves, Caprimulgidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98 (2):526–532.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Fossil Seabirds and Marine Environments - Reply." South African Journal of Science 81 (6):290–291.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Early Pliocene ibises (Aves: Plataleidae) from southwestern Cape Province, South Africa." Annals of the South African Museum 97 (3):57–69.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "The Italian specimen of Bulweria fallax (Procellariidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 105 (1):29–30.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "A New Genus of Tropicbird (Pelecaniformes, Phaethontidae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98 (4):851–855.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hasegawa, Y. 1985. "A femur of Plotopterum from the early Middle Miocene of Japan(Pelecaniformes: Plotopteridae)." Bulletin of the National Science Museum.Series C 11 (3):137–140.
- Steadman, D. W. and Olson, Storrs L. 1985. "Bird Remains from an Archaeological Site on Henderson Island, South-Pacific - Man-Caused Extinctions on an Uninhabited Island." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 82 (18):6191–6195.
- Cooke, Richard G. and Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "An archaeological record for the white-faced whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata) in Central Panama." The Condor 86:493–494.
- Cooke, Richard G. and Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "An Archaeological Record for the White-Faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata in Central Panama." The Condor 86 (4):493–494.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "A Hamerkop from the Early Pliocene of South Africa (Aves, Scopidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97 (4):736–740.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "The relationships of the extinct Chatham Island eagle." Notornis 31 (4):273–277.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "The last St. Kitts Bullfinch Loxigilla portoricensis grandis (Emberizinae) and the extinction of its race." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 104 (4):121–123.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "Syringeal morphology and relationships of Chaetops (Timaliidae) and certain South African muscicapidae." Ostrich 55 (1):30–32.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "[Review of]. M. K. Hecht J. H. Ostrom G. Viohl and P. Wellnhofer editors. The Beginnings of Birds: Proceedings of the International Archaeopteryx Conference Eichstätt." American Scientist 75 (1):74–75.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "Evidence of a Large Albatross in the Miocene of Argentina (Aves, Diomedeidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97 (4):741–743.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Ames, P. L. 1984. "Promerops as a Thrush, and its Implications for the Evolution of Nectarivory in Birds." Ostrich 55 (4):213–218.
- Steadman, D. W., Pregill, G. K., and Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "Fossil Vertebrates from Antigua, Lesser-Antilles - Evidence for Late Holocene Human-Caused Extinctions in the West-Indies." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 81 (14):4448–4451.
- Crawford, R. L., Olson, Storrs L., and Taylor, W. K. 1983. "Winter Distribution of Subspecies of Clapper Rails (Rallus-Longirostris) in Florida with Evidence for Long-Distance and Overland Movements." The Auk 100 (1):198–200.
- Eyde, Richard H. and Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "The Dead Trees of Ilha da Trindade." Bartonia 49:32–51.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Flightless birds." Natural History 92 (9):30–40.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "The distribution of the races of Arremon aurantiirostris (Emberizinae) in Panama." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 103 (3):84–86.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Biological archeology in the West Indies." Florida Anthropologist 35 (4):162–168.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Lessons from a flightless ibis." Natural History 92 (9):40, 1 figure.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "A Hybrid between the Orioles Icterus chrysater and Icterus mesomelas ." The Auk 100 (3):733–735.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Evidence for a Polyphyletic Origin of the Piciformes." The Auk 100 (1):126–133.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Geographic variation in Chlorospingus ophthalmicus in Colombia and Venezuela (Aves: Thraupidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96 (1):103–109.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Fossil seabirds and changing marine environments in the late Tertiary of South Africa." South African Journal of Science 79 (10):399–402.
- Olson, Storrs L., Parkes, K. C., Clench, M. H., and Borecky, S. R. 1983. "The affinities of the New Zealand passerine genus Turnagra." Notornis 30 (4):319–336.
- Feduccia, Alan and Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "Morphological similarities between the Menurae and the Rhinocryptidae, relict passerine birds of the Southern Hemisphere." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (366): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.366
- Jordan, R. H. and Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "1st Record of the Great Auk (Pinguinus-Impennis) from Labrador." The Auk 99 (1):167–168.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "A New Species of Palm Swift (Tachornis, Apodidae) from the Pleistocene of Puerto-Rico." The Auk 99 (2):230–235.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "Natural history of vertebrates on the Brazilian islands of the mid South Atlantic." National Geographic Society Research Reports (13): 481–492.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "Fossil birds of the Bahamas." Bahamas Naturalist 6 (1):33–37.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "A Critique of Cracraft's Classification of Birds." The Auk 99 (4):733–739.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1982. "The distribution of fused phalanges of the inner toe in the Accipitridae." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 102 (1):8–12.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hilgartner, William B. 1982. "Fossil and subfossil birds from the Bahamas." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 48:22–56.
- 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 James, Helen F. 1982. "Prodromus of the fossil avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (365): 1–59. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.365
- 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.
- Pregill, Gregory K. 1982. "Fossil Amphibians and Reptiles from New Providence Island, Bahamas." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 48:8–21.
- Austin, G. T., Blake, E. R., Brodkorb, P., Browning, M. R., Godfrey, W. E., Hubbard, J. P., Mccaskie, G., Marshall, J. T., Monson, G., Olson, Storrs L., Ouellet, H., Palmer, R. S., Phillips, A. R., Pulich, W. M., Ramos, M. A., Rea, A. M., and Zimmerman, D. A. 1981. "Ornithology as Science." The Auk 98 (3):636–637.
- Houde, P. and Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Paleognathous Carinate Birds from the Early Tertiary of North-America." Science 214 (4526):1236–1237.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "A Third Species of Mancalla from the Late Pliocene San Diego Formation of California (Aves: Alcidae)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 (1):97–99.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "A revision of the northern forms of Euphonia xanthogaster (Aves: Thraupidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94 (1):101–106.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "The Museum Tradition in Ornithology - a Response to Ricklefs." The Auk 98 (1):193–195.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "The generic allocation of Ibis pagana Milne-Edwards, with a review of fossil ibises (Aves: Threskiornithidae)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 (2):165–170.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Interaction between the two subspecies groups of the seed-finch Sporophila angolensis in the Magdalena Valley, Colombia." The Auk 98 (2):379–381.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "The nature of the variability in the Variable Seedeater in Panama (Sporophila americana: Emberizinae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94 (2):380–390.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "A revision of the subspecies of Sporophila ("Oryzoborus") angolensis (Aves: Emberizinae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94 (1):43–51.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "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. "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., 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.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Steadman, David W. 1981. "The relationships of the Pedionomidae (Aves, Charadriiformes)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (337): 1–25. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.337
- Pregill, G. K. and Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Zoogeography of West-Indian Vertebrates in Relation to Pleistocene Climatic Cycles." Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 12:75–98.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "Interaction between the Two Subspecies Groups of the Seed-Finch Sporophila angolensis in the Magdalena Valley, Colombia." The Auk 98 (2):379–381.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "Geographic variation in the Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia, Parulidae) of the Pacific Coast of Middle and South America." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93 (2):473–480.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "The subspecies of Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) in Panamá (Aves: Emberizinae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93 (3):757–759.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "The Significance of the Distribution of the Megapodiidae." Emu 80 (FEB):21–24.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "Lamprolia as part of a South Pacific radiation of Monarchine flycatchers." Notornis 27:7–10.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1980. "Revision of the tawny-faced antwren, Microbates cinereiventris (Aves: Passeriformes)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93 (1):68–74.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Feduccia, Alan. 1980. "Relationships and evolution of flamingos (Aves, Phoenicopteridae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (316): 1–73. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.316
- Olson, Storrs L. and Feduccia, Alan. 1980. "Presbyornis and the Origin of the Anseriformes (Aves: Charadriomorphae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (323): 1–24. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.323
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hasegawa, Yoshikazu. 1980. "[Fairy-tale-like penguins that lived in Northern Hemisphere: search for the mystery of fossil birds of 30,000,000 years ago]." Anima 92:59–66.
- Steadman, David W., Olson, Storrs L., Barber, John C., Meister, Charles A., and Melville, Margaret E. 1980. "Weights of some West Indian birds." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 100 (2):155–158.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1979. "Picathartes--another West African forest relict with probable Asian affinities." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 99 (3):112–113.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1979. "Greater Ani, Crotophaga major, in Mexico." The Auk 95 (4):766–767.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1979. "Multiple Origins of the Ciconiiformes." Proceedings of the Colonial Waterbird Group 1978 165–170.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Feduccia, A. 1979. "Flight Capability and the Pectoral Girdle of Archaeopteryx." Nature 278 (5701):247–248.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Feduccia, Alan. 1979. "An Old World occurrence of the Eocene avian family Primobucconidae." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92 (3):494–497.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Hasegawa, Y. 1979. "Fossil Counterparts of Giant Penguins from the North Pacific." Science 206 (4419):688–689.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Steadman, David W. 1979. "The humerus of Xenicibis, the extinct flightless ibis of Jamaica." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92 (1):23–27.
- Olson, Storrs L., Swift, C. C., and Mokhiber, C. 1979. "Attempt to Determine the Prey of the Great Auk (Pinguinus-Impennis)." The Auk 96 (4):790–792.
- Alvarez, Rafael and Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "A new merganser from the Miocene of Virginia (Aves: Anatidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91 (2):522–532.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "[Footnotes, pp. 81, 88–89] In Homology Mapping of the Primitive Archosaurian Palate on the Palate of Birds, by Sam McDowell." Evolutionary Theory 4 (2):81–94.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "Greater Ani, Crotophaga major, in Mexico." The Auk 95 (4):766–767.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "The nomenclatural status of the taxa of fossil birds attributed to Auguste Aymard." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91 (2):444–449.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Gillette, David D. 1978. "Catalogue of type specimens of fossil vertebrates Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. Part III: Birds." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 129 (7):99–100.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Steadman, David W. 1978. "The fossil record of the Glareolidae and Haematopodidae (Aves: Charadriiformes)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91 (4):972–981.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "Lower Eocene Frigatebird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (35): 1–33. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.35.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "A Lower Eocene Frigatebird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (35): 1–33. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.35.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "The identity of the fossil ducks described from Australia by C. W. De Vis." Emu 77 (3):127–131.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "A great auk, Pinguinis [sic], from the Pliocene of North Carolina (Aves: Alcidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90 (3):690–697.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "Notes on subfossil Anatidae from New Zealand, including a new species of pink-eared duck (Malacorhynchus)." Emu 77 (3):132–135.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "Additional Notes on Subfossil Bird Remains from Ascension Island." Ibis 119 (1):37–43.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Angle, J. P. 1977. "Weights of some Puerto Rican birds." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 97 (4):105–107.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Gillette, D. D. 1977. "Catalogue of type specimens of fossil vertebrates Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Part III: Birds.." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 129:99–100.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Steadman, David W. 1977. "A new genus of flightless ibis (Threskiornithidae) and other fossil birds from cave deposits in Jamaica." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90 (2):447–457.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "Alexander Wetmore and the study of fossil birds ; publications in avian paleontology by Alexander Wetmore ; [and] index to fossil avian taxa described by Alexander Wetmore." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:xi–xxvi.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (27): 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.27.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "Oligocene fossils bearing on the origins of the Todidae and the Momotidae (Aves: Coraciiformes)." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:111–119.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "[Letter in response to R. J. Scarlett's on the status of Gallirallus hartreei]." Notornis 23 (1):79.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "A new species of Milvago from Hispaniola, with notes on other fossil caracaras from the West Indies (Aves: Falconidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 88 (33):355–366.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "An erroneous fossil record of Chionis from Australia." Emu 76 (2):90.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "Affinities of Falconid Genus Spiziapteryx." The Auk 93 (3):633–636.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "A jacana from the Pliocene of Florida (Aves: Jacanidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89 (19):259–264.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "Fossil woodcocks: an extinct species from Puerto Rico and an invalid species from Malta (Aves: Scolopacidae: Scolopax)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89 (20):265–274.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Wetmore, Alexander. 1976. "Preliminary diagnoses of two extraordinary new genera of birds from Pleistocene deposits in the Hawaiian Islands." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89 (18):247–258.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "Geographic variation and other notes on Basileuterus leucoblepharus (Parulidae)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 95 (3):101–104.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "The fossil rails of C. W. De Vis being mainly an extinct form of Tribonyx mortierii from Queensland." Emu 75 (2):49–54.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "South Pacific Gallinules of Genus Pareudiastes." Wilson Bulletin 87 (1):1–5.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "Ichthyornis in the Cretaceous of Alabama." Wilson Bulletin 87 (1):103–105.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (23): 1–49. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.23.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "Evaluation of Supposed Anhinga of Mauritius." The Auk 92 (2):374–376.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "Remarks on Generic Characters of Bulweria." Ibis 117 (1):111–113.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1975. "A review of the extinct rails of the New Zealand region (Aves: Rallidae)." National Museum of New Zealand Records 1 (3):63–79.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Tantalus-Milneedw-Ardsii Shufeldt - Synonym of Miocene Pheasant Miophasianus-Altus (Milne-Edwards)." Wilson Bulletin 86 (2):110–113.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "[Review of] G. A. Tunnicliffe. Preliminary observations on the phylogenesis of thegosis." Bird-Banding 45 (2):188.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Telecrex Restudied - Small Eocene Guinea-Fowl." Wilson Bulletin 86 (3):246–250.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Purple Gallinule carrying young." Florida Field Naturalist 2 (1):15–16.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "[Review of] Duff Hart-Davis. Ascension--the story of a South Atlantic Island." Frontiers 38 (4):29.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Reappraisal of Fossil Heron Palaeophoyx-Columbiana Mccoy." The Auk 91 (1):179–180.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "A new species of Nesotrochis from Hispaniola, with notes on other fossil rails from the West Indies (Aves: Rallidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 87 (38):439–450.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Pleistocene Rails of North-America." The Condor 76 (2):169–175.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "[Review of] Joel Cracraft. Systematics and evolution of the Gruiformes (Class Aves). 3. Phylogeny of the suborder Grues.." The Auk 91 (4):862–865.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1974. "Melanistic White-Tailed Tropic Bird." The Condor 76 (2):217–218.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Farrand, J. 1974. "Rhegminornis Restudied - Tiny Miocene Turkey." Wilson Bulletin 86 (2):114–120.
- Dillon, Ripley S. and Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "Re-identification of Rallus pectoralis deignani ." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 93 (3):115.
- Farrand, John, Jr. and Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "The correct spelling of Scopoli's specific name for the Maylaysian [sic printer's error] Crested Wood Partridge (Rollulus)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 93 (2):53–54.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "Classification of Rallidae." Wilson Bulletin 85 (4):381.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "Evolution of the rails of the South Atlantic islands (Aves: Rallidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (152): 1–53. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.152
- Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "Plumage Aberration of Cariama-Cristata." The Auk 90 (4):911–914.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1973. "A study of the Neotropical rail Anurolimnas castaneiceps (Aves: Rallidae) with a description of a new subspecies." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 86 (34):403–412.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1972. "The American Purple Gallinule, Prophyrula martinica, on Ascension and St. Helena Islands." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 92 (3):92–93.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1972. "Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta---early winter distribution [range map]." American Birds 26 (2):543, figure 7.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1972. "The generic distinction of the Hispaniolan Woodpecker, Chryserpes striatus (Aves: Picidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 85 (44):499–508.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1972. "A Whooping Crane from the Pleistocene of North Florida." The Condor 74 (3):341.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "A flightless bird, lost and found [Ascension Island rail]." Smithsonian 2 (3):62–65.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "[Review of] S. Keith C. W. Benson and M. P. S. Irwin. The genus Sarothrura (Aves Rallidae)." Bird-Banding 42 (3):237.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "Two vagrants to Ascension Island." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 9 (4):90–92.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "[Review of] R. L. Folk. Spherical urine in birds." The Auk 88 (1):217–218.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "Taxonomic comments on the Eurylaimidae." Ibis 113 (4):507–5l6.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1971. "[Review of] R. W. Storer. Independent evolution of the Dodo and the Solitaire." Bird-Banding 42 (1):70.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "The relationships of Porzana flaviventer ." The Auk 87 (4):805–808.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "[Review of] Brooke Meanley. Natural history of the King Rail." Bird-Banding 4 (2):164–165.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "[Review of] G. L. Maclean. A study of seedsnipe in southern South America." Bird-Banding 41 (3):258–259.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "Additional remarks on the sequence of passerine families." Ibis 112 (3):403–404.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "[Review of] M. Eastman. The Life of the Emu." Bird-Banding 41 (3):261.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "Specializations of some carotenoid-bearing feathers." The Condor 72 (4):424–430.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1970. "William Zimmerman [wildlife artist]." Florida Naturalist 43 (2):46–47.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1969. "Parula Warblers feeding in salt marsh." Florida Naturalist 42 (1):40.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1969. "Unusual feeding habitat of Woodcock." Florida Naturalist 42 (1):39–40.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1968. "Possible breeding of some seedeaters in subadult plumage." Florida Naturalist 41 (1):20.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Blum, Kurt E. 1968. "Avian dispersal of plants in Panama." Ecology 49 (3):565–566.
- Olson, Storrs L., Powell, George V. N., and Eisenmann, Eugene. 1968. "Distributional records from Cerro Campana, Panama, with notes on a nesting of the quail-dove, Geotrygon lawrencii ." The Condor 70 (2):179–l80.
- Olson, Storrs L., Loftin, Horace, and Wiese, John. 1967. "Observations on the behavior of Black and Turkey Vultures at traps and in captivity." Bird-Banding 38:75–76.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1966. "Florida herons recovered in Caribbean localities." Florida Naturalist 39 (3):119.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1966. "Purple Gallinule survives loss of wing." Florida Naturalist 39 (3):117.
- Olson, Storrs L. and Eisenmann, Eugene. 1966. "Notes on breeding of the Common Nighthawk in Panama." The Auk 83 (3):469–470.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1965. "A partly chestnut specimen of Variable Seedeater." Wilson Bulletin 78 (1):127.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1965. "Notes on ant-tanagers in Panama." Bird-Banding 36 (2):113.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1965. "On identification of Short-tailed Hawk---a caution." Florida Naturalist 38 (3):105.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1963. "Notes on spring migrants in Panama (Aves)." Caribbean Journal of Science 3 (4):191–195.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1963. "The Purple Gallinule feeding on the Yellow Lotus." Florida Naturalist 36 (2):63.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1961. "Winter record of the Summer Tanager." Florida Naturalist 34 (2):95.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1961. "A second breeding record of the Robin in Florida." Florida Naturalist 34 (4):222.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1961. "Unusual behavior of Pied-billed Grebe." Florida Naturalist 34 (2):93.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1961. "An early fall specimen of Purple Sandpiper from the Gulf Coast." Florida Naturalist 34 (2):94.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1960. "Use of decoys in netting shorebirds." Bird-Banding 31 (2):89–90.
- Loftin, Horace and Olson, Storrs L. 1960. "Arenaria interpres interpres in Florida." The Auk 77 (3):352.
Book
- Siegel, Deborah C. and Olson, Storrs L. 2008. The Birds of the Republic of Panama. Part 5. Gazetteer and Bibliography. Shipman, Virginia: Buteo Books.
- 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. BOU Checklist No. 16. British Ornithologists' Union.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1993. Index to Brodkorb's Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Special publication (Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution) ; no. 1. Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution.
- 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). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- 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). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.
- Olson, Storrs L. , ed. 1982. Fossil Vertebrates from the Bahamas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (48). Smithsonian Institution Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.48.1
- Wetmore, Alexander, Pasquier, Roger F., Olson, Storrs L., and Siegel, Deborah C. 1965. The birds of the Republic of Panama. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian.
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, edited by Cicero, Carla and Remsen, J. V., Jr., 110–114. 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, edited by Lomolino, D., Sax, F., and Brown, J. H., 1023–1025. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
- 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, edited by Olson, Storrs L., 231–243. 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., edited by Weems, Robert E. and Grimsley, Gary J., 123–132. 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, edited by Kay, E. A., 456–466. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "The Atlantic Islands." in Islands, 84–89.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Islands of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans." in Islands, edited by Stevenson, Robert E. and Talbot, Frank H., 84–89. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1994. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands. Part I. Non-passeriformes [abridged version of 1991 Ornithological Monograph 45]." in A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II, edited by Kay, E. A., 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, edited by Campbell, Kenneth E., Jr., 127–136. 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, edited by Dudley, E. C., 314–318. Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology. Dioscorides Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "The Atlantic Islands." in Oceans and Islands, edited by Talbot, Frank H. and Stevenson, Robert E., 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. Ornithological Monographs, 44.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Extinction on islands: man as a catastrophe." in Conservation Biology for the Next Century, edited by Western, D. and Pearl, M., 50–53. Oxford University Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Aspects of global avifaunal dynamics during the Cenozoic." in Acta XIX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici, edited by Ouellet, Henri., 2023–2029. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1989. "Fragile outposts [about Hawaiian fossil birds]." in Lords of the Air, edited by Page, Jake and Morton, Eugene S., 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, edited by Heckadon-Moreno, Stanley and Espinosa González, Jaime., 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.
- 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, edited by Genoways, Hugh H. and Dawson, Mary R., 44–46. 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. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections ; no. 150. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution.
- 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, edited by Genoways, Hugh H. and Dawson, Mary R., 53–55. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, 8.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1984. "A brief synopsis of the fossil birds from the Pamunkey River and other Tertiary marine deposits in Virginia." in Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Outcropping Tertiary Beds in the Pamunkey River Region, Central Virginia Coastal Plain, edited by Ward, Lauck W. and Krafft, Kathleen., 217–223. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1984. "The role of Polynesians in the extinction of the avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands." in Quaternary extinctions: A prehistoric revolution, edited by Martin, P. S. and Klein, R. G., 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. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.48.1
- Olson, Storrs L. 1981. "Cave localities and fossil deposits." in Late Pleistocene Herpetofaunas from Puerto Rico, edited by Pregill, Gregory., 7–17. 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, edited by Campbell, Kenneth E., Jr., 5l–57. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science, 330.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "A paleontological perspective of West Indian birds and mammals." in Zoogeography in the Caribbean. The 1975 Leidy Medal Symposium, edited by Gill, Frank B., 99–117. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication, 13.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. ""Rails" and "Broadbills"." in Bird Families of the World, edited by Harrison, C. J. O., 86–88. New York: Harry Abrams, Inc.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "Broadbills." in Bird Families of the World, edited by Harrison, C. J. O., 165–567. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1977. "A synopsis of the fossil Rallidae." in Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae., 339–373. David R. Godine.
- Arredondo, Oscar and Olson, Storrs L. 1976. "The great predatory birds of the Pleistocene of Cuba." in Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore, 169–187.
Conference
- Olson, Storrs L. 1990. "The prehistoric impact of man on biogeographical patterns of insular birds." In , 45–51. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei.
- Olson, Storrs L. 1978. "Multiple origins of the Ciconiiformes." In , 165–170. JSTOR.