John Klicka

John Klicka, U.S. ornithologist

Barrick Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Department of Biology & Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

12 taxon names authored by John Klicka

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

Klicka, J., Voelker, G. & Spellman, G.M. 2005. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the "true thrushes" (Aves: Turdinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 486–500. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.001 PDF Reference page.

2007

Klicka, J., K. Burns, & G. M. Spellman. 2007. Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 1014–1032. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.006 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Cadena, C.D., Klicka, J. & Ricklefs, R.E. 2007. Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(3): 993–1016 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.12.012 PDF Reference page.

2008

Voelker, G. & Klicka, J. 2008. Systematics of Zoothera thrushes and a synthesis of true thrush molecular relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 377–381. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.014 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Miller, M.J., Bermingham, E., Klicka, J., Escalante, P., Amaral, F.S.R. do, Weir, J.T. & Winker, K. 2008. Out of Amazonia again and again: episodic crossing of the Andes promotes diversification in a lowland forest flycatcher. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 275: 1133–1142. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0015 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
DaCosta, J.M. & Klicka, J. 2008. The Great American Interchange in birds: a phylogenetic perspective with the genus Trogon. Molecular Ecology 17(5): 1328–1343 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03647.x PDF Reference page.

2010

Lovette, I.J., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Sullivan, J.P., Banks, R.C., Fiorentino, I., Córdoba-Córdoba, S., Echeverry-Galvis, M., Barker, F.K., Burns, K.J., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S.M. & Berminghan, E. 2010. A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 57 (2): 753–770. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.018 Reference page.

2011

Klicka, J., & Banks, R. C. 2011. A generic name for some sparrows (Aves: Emberizidae). Zootaxa 2793: 67–68. Full article (PDF)Reference page.

2013

Barker, F. K., Burns, K. J., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S. M., & Lovette, I. J. 2013. Going to extremes: Contrasting rates of diversification in a recent radiation of New World passerine birds. Systematic Biology 62 (2): 298–320. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys094 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Chaves, J. A., Hidalgo, J.R. & Klicka, J. 2013. Biogeography and evolutionary history of the Neotropical genus Saltator (Aves: Thraupini). Journal of Biogeography 40: 2180–2190. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12150Abstract Reference page.
Whittaker, A., Aleixo, A., Whitney, B.M., Smith, B.T. & Klicka, J. 2013. A distinctive new species of gnatcatcher in the Polioptila guianensis complex (Aves: Polioptilidae) from western Amazonian Brazil. pp.301-305. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie D. (Org.). Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. 1ed. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

2014

Klicka, J., Barker, F.K., Burns, K.J., Lanyon, S.M., Lovette, I.J. & Chaves, J.A. 2014. A comprehensive multilocus assessment of sparrow (Aves: Passerellidae) relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 177-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.025Reference page.
Powell, A. F.L.A., Barker, F. K., Lanyon, S. M., Burns, K. J., Klicka, J., & Lovette, I. J. 2014. A comprehensive species-level molecular phylogeny of the New World blackbirds (Icteridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 94-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.009 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Slager, D.L., Battey, C.J., Bryson, R.W., Jr., Voelker, G. & Klicka, J. 2014. A multilocus phylogeny of a major New World avian radiation: The Vireonidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 95-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.021 PDF Reference page.
Slager, D.L. & Klicka, J. 2014. A new genus for the American tree sparrow (Aves: Passeriformes: Passerellidae). Zootaxa 3821(3): 398–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.3.9 PDF Reference page.
Slager, D.L.; Klicka, J. 2014: Polyphyly of Hylophilus and a new genus for the tawny-crowned greenlet (Aves: Passeriformes: Vireonidae). Zootaxa 3884(2): 194–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.8 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Burns, K.J., Shultz, A.J., Title, P.O., Mason N.A., Barker, F.K., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S.M. & Lovette, I.J. 2014. Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 75:41–77. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Bryson, R.W., Jr., Chaves, J., Smith, B.T., Miller, M.J., Winker, K., Pérez-Emán, J.L. & Klicka, J. 2014. Diversification across the New World within the ‘blue’ cardinalids (Aves: Cardinalidae). Journal of Biogeography 41(3): 587–599. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12218 Reference page.

2015

Barker, F.K., Burns, K.J., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S.M. & Lovette, I.J. 2015. New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies. The Auk 132(2): 333-348. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-14-110.1 Reference page.

2017

Halley, M.R., Klicka, J., Clee, P.R.S. & Weckstein, J.D. 2017. Restoring the species status of Catharus maculatus (Aves: Turdidae), a secretive Andean thrush, with a critique of the yardstick approach to species delimitation. Zootaxa 4276(3): 387–404. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.3.4. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Battey, C. J. & Klicka, J. 2017. Cryptic speciation and gene flow in a migratory songbird species complex: insights from the Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 67-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.006Reference page.

2018

Bryson, Jr., R.W., Zarza, E., Grummer, J.A., Paara-Olea, G., Flores-Villela, O., Klicka, J. & McCormack, J.E. 2018. Phylogenomic insights into the diversification of salamanders in the Isthmura bellii group across the Mexican highlands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 78–84. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.024 Reference page.
Smith, B.T., Bryson, R.W.Jr., Mauck III, W.M., Chaves, J., Robbins, M.B., Aleixo, A. & Klicka, J. 2018. Species delimitation and biogeography of the gnatcatchers and gnatwrens (Aves: Polioptilidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126:45-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.012Reference page.

2023

Areta, J.I., Benítez Saldívar, M.J., Lentino, M., Miranda, J., Ferreira, M., Klicka, J., & Pérez‐Emán, J.L. 2023. Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the bamboo‐specialist Amaurospiza blue‐seedeaters. Ibis 165(3): 844-861. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13181 PDF Reference page.
Klicka, J., Epperly, K., Smith, B.T., Spellman, G.M., Chaves, J.A., Escalante, P., Witt, C.C., Canales-del-Castillo, R. & Zink, R.M. 2023. Lineage diversity in a widely distributed New World passerine bird, the House Wren. Ornithology 140(3): ukad018 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukad018 Reference page.