Guy M. Kirwan

Guy Maxwell Kirwan, British ornithologist

Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Whitney, B.M., Pacheco, J.F., Fonseca, P.S.M., Webster, R.E., Kirwan, G.M. & Mazar Barnett, J. 2003. Reassignment of Chordeiles vielliardi Lencioni-Neto, 1994, to Nyctiprogne Bonaparte, 1857, with comment on the latter genus and some presumably related chordeilines (Caprimulgidae). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 123:103-112. PDF Reference page.

Raposo, M.A.; Stopiglia, R.; Loskot, V.M.; Kirwan, G.M. 2006: The correct use of the name Scytalopus speluncae (Ménétriés, 1835), and the description of a new species of Brazilian tapaculo (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Zootaxa 1271: 37–56. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Raposo, M.A. & Kirwan, G.M. 2008. The Brazilian species complex Scytalopus speluncae: how many times can a holotype be overlooked?. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 16(1): 78-81. Full article (PDF).Reference page.
Assis, C.P., Seixas, L., Raposo, M.A. & Kirwan, G.M. 2008. Taxonomic status of Tangara cyanomelaena (Wied, 1830), an east Brazilian atlantic forest endemic. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 16(3): 232-239. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Raposo, M.A., Kirwan, G.M., Loskot, V.M. & Assis, C.P. 2012. São João del Rei is the type locality of Scytalopus speluncae (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae)—a response to Maurício et al. (2010). Zootaxa 3439: 51–67. Preview Reference page.

Kirwan, G.M., Steinheimer, F.D., Raposo, M.A. & Zimmer, K.J. 2014: Nomenclatural corrections, neotype designation and new subspecies description in the genus Suiriri (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae). Zootaxa 3784(3): 224–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.3.2 Full article view Reference page.
Shirihai, H., Schweizer, M., Kirwan, G.M., & Svensson, L. 2014. Saxicola syenitica Heuglin, 1869 (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), an overlooked taxon of Oenanthe? Zootaxa 3785(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.1.1 Reference page.

Flint, P., Whaley, D., Kirwan, G.M., Charalambides, M., Schweizer, M. & Wink, M. 2015. Reprising the taxonomy of Cyprus Scops Owl Otus (scops) cyprius, a neglected island endemic. Zootaxa 4040(3): 301–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.3.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Kirwan, G.M., Schweizer, M. & Copete, J.L. 2015. Multiple lines of evidence confirm that Hume's owl Strix butleri (A. O. Hume, 1878) is two species, with description of an unnamed species (Aves: Non-Passeriformes: Strigidae). Zootaxa 3904(1): 28–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.1.2 Reference page.

Kirwan, G.M. & Collar, N.J. 2016. The ‘foremost ornithological mystery of Costa Rica’: Amazilia alfaroana Underwood, 1896. Zootaxa 4189(2): 244–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.2.2. Reference page.
Kirwan, G.M., David, N., Gregory, S.M.S., Jobling, J.A., Steinheimer, F.D. & Brito, G.R.R. 2016. The mistaken manakin: a new genus-group name for Parus pipra Linnaeus, 1758 (Aves: Passeriformes: Pipridae). Zootaxa 4121(1): 89–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.1.9. Academia.edu Reference page.

Raposo, M.A., Dubois, A., Kirwan, G.M., Assis, C.P., Höfling, E. & Stopiglia, R. 2018. Synonymization of the genus nomen Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 and description of a new genus of woodcreeper (Aves: Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae) with remarks on Articles 67.5 and 70.3 of the Code. Zootaxa 4532(4):561–566 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.4.7 Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Elliott, A., Collar, N.J., Bruce, M.D. & Kirwan, G.M. 2020. The nomenclature of Lophorina (Aves: Paradisaeidae), with remarks on the type and type locality of L. superba. Zootaxa 4732(1): 57–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4732.1.2 ResearchGate Reference page.

Sangster G.; Kirwan, G.M.; Fuchs, J.; Dickinson, E.C.; Elliott, A. & Gregory, S.M.S. 2021. A new genus for the Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus and Semicollared Hawk A. collaris (Aves: Accipitridae), with comments on the generic name for the Crested Goshawk A. trivirgatus and Sulawesi Goshawk A. griseiceps. Vertebrate Zoology 71(11): 419–424. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e67501 Reference page.

Brown A.F., Lawrie, Y., Shannon, T.J., Collinson, J.M., Kirwan, G.M., Kirkconnell, A. & Stervander, M. 2022. First genetic data for the Critically Endangered Cuban endemic Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai, and the taxonomic implications. Journal of Ornithology 163: 945–952 DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.07.477705 Reference page.
Elliott A., Collar, N.J., Bruce, M.D. & Kirwan, G.M. 2022. Why the long‐held identity of Paradisea [= Lophorina] superba J.R. Forster, 1781 is correct and should be maintained, with designation of a valid neotype. Avian Systematics 1(1): 1–26. PDF Reference page.