Kevin J. Burns

Kevin J. Burns, U.S. ornithologist

• Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 23 taxon names authored by Kevin J. Burns

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2002

• Burns, K.J., Hackett, S.J. & Klein, N.K. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships and morphological diversity in Darwin's finches and their relatives. Evolution 56: 1240-1252. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01435.xReference page. 

2003

• Burns, K.J., Hackett, S.J. & Klein, N.K. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of Neotropical honeycreepers and the evolution of feeding morphology. Journal of Avian Biology 34(4): 360-370. DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2003.03171.xReference 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. 

2009

• Mauck, W.M. & Burns, K.J. 2009. Phylogeny, biogeography, and recurrent evolution of divergent bill types in the nectar-stealing flowerpiercers (Thraupini: Diglossa and Diglossopis). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98(1): 14-28. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01278.xReference page. 

2010

• Sedano, R.E. & Burns, K.J. 2010. Are the Northern Andes a species pump for Neotropical birds? Phylogenetics and biogeography of a clade of Neotropical tanagers (Aves: Thraupini). Journal of Biogeography 37: 325–343. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02200.x Reference page. 
• 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. 

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. 
• Shultz, A.J. & Burns, K.J. 2013. Plumage evolution in relation to light environment in a novel clade of Neotropical tanagers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(1): 112-125 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.011Reference page. 
• Mason, N.A. & Burns, K.J. 2013. Molecular phylogenetics of the Neotropical seedeaters and seed-finches (Sporophila, Oryzoborus, Dolospingus). Ornitología Neotropical 24: 139–155 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2014

• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 

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. 

2016

• Burns, K.J., Unitt, P. & Mason, N.A. 2016. A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4088(3): 329–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2 Reference page. 

2019

• Piacentini, V.Q., Unitt, P. & Burns, K.J. 2019. Two overlooked generic synonyms in the Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4608 (3): 593-594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.13 Reference page. 

2021

• Lane, D.F., Aponte Justiniano, M.A., Terrill, R.S., Rheindt, F.E., Klicka, L.B., Rosenberg, G.H., Schmitt, C.J. & Burns, K.J. 2021. A new genus and species of tanager (Passeriformes, Thraupidae) from the lower Yungas of western Bolivia and southern Peru. Ornithology ukab059. DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab059 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2024

• Scott, B.F., Chesser, R.T., Unitt, P. & Burns, K.J. 2024. Driophlox, a new genus of cardinalid (Aves: Passeriformes: Cardinalidae). Zootaxa 5406 (3): 497–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.3.11 Reference page.