Publications

Research interests: ornithology, bird migration, bioacoustics, conservation, eco tourism, Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea

• Heiss M, Himmel C (2022) Recent status of Caspian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus caspius and Black-headed Penduline Tit Remiz (pendulinus) macronyx in Azerbaijan Sandgrouse 44(1): 157-160.
• Heiss M, Gauger K, Himmel C, Fetting P, Haraldson TA, Caucal G, Fərəcli Z, Sultanov E (2020) The development of the ‘Besh Barmag Bird Migration Count’ in Azerbaijan and its importance for the monitoring of Eurasian migrant birds. Sandgrouse 42(1): 29–45.
• Heiss M (2018) Nocturnal bird migration at Besh Barmag bottleneck in Azerbaijan as revealed by means of acoustic monitoring. Bird Conservation International 28 (4): 593–605.
• Heiss M (2017) Bird migration at the Besh Barmag bottleneck in Azerbaijan. Dissertation, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Heiss M (2016) Records of Globally Red-listed Bird Species Migrating through the Besh Barmag Bottleneck, Azerbaijan Republic. Podoces 11 (2): 43–52.
• Heiss M (2016) Migratory behaviour of bird species occurring in critical numbers at the Besh Barmag bottleneck in Azerbaijan. Bird Conservation International 26 (2): 243–255.
• Heiss M (2015) First records of Asian Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus (rubescens) japonicus in Azerbaijan. Sandgrouse 37 (2): 172–176.
• Heiss M, Eidam F (2015) First record of White-headed Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava leucocephala for Azerbaijan. Sandgrouse 37 (2): 199–202.
• Heiss M (2014) A sighting of Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) in Azerbaijan. Berkut 23: 24–25.
• Heiss M (2013) Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes: a new species for Azerbaijan. Sandgrouse 35 (1): 39–42.
• Heiss M (2013) The importance of Besh Barmag bottleneck (Azerbaijan) for Eurasian migrant birds: Acta Ornithologica 48 (2): 151–164.
• Heiss M (2012) Impact of Forest Degradation on Breeding Birds of the Talysh Mountains in Azerbaijan Republic. Podoces 7 (1/2): 38–51.
• Heiss M (2011) The first breeding record of Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus (Linnaeus, 1766), in Azerbaijan. Zoology in the Middle East 52: 113–115.
• Heiss M, Gauger K (2011) Bird Migration at the Caspian Shore of the Azerbaijan Republic in October 2007. Podoces 6 (1): 59–71.
• Gauger K, Heiss M (2011) Birding Sites of the OSME Region 7–The Talish mountains region in Azerbaijan. Sandgrouse 33 (1): 46–57.
• Heiss M, Gauger K (2009) The rediscovery of breeding Shikras Accipiter badius in the Western Palaearctic. Sandgrouse 32 (2): 134–137.