Marcos A. Raposo

Marcos A. Raposo, Brazilian ornithologist.

Departamento de Vertebrados, Setor de Ornitologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Raposo, M.A. 1997. A new species of Arremon (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil. Ararajuba - Revista Brasileira de Ornitología 5(1): 3–9 PDF available Reference page.

Gaban-Lima, R., Raposo, M.A. & Höfling, E. 2002. Description of a new species of Pionopsitta (Aves: Psittacidae) endemic to Brazil. The Auk 119(3): 815–819. PDF Reference page.

Stopiglia, R. & Raposo, M.A. 2006. The name Synallaxis whitneyi Pacheco and Gonzaga, 1995, is not a synonym of Synallaxis cinereus Wied, 1831 (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae) Zootaxa 1166: 49–55. Full article (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.

Assis, C. P., Raposo, M.A. & Parrini, R. 2007. Validação de Poospiza cabanisi Bonaparte, 1850 (Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 15(1): 103–112. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Assis, C.P., Raposo, M.A., Stopiglia, R. & Parrini, R. 2007. Validation of Thamnophilus capistratus Lesson, 1840 (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). The Auk 124: 665–676. Full article view DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[665:VOTCLP]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

Stopiglia, R. & Raposo, M.A. 2008. Synallaxis whitneyi Pacheco e Gonzaga, 1995 não é sinônimo de Synallaxis cinerea Wied, 1831: entendendo o uso equivocado de Synallaxis cinerea na ornitologia brasileira. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 16(4):406-411. Full article (PDF)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.

Firme, D. H., & Raposo, M. A. 2011. Taxonomy and geographic variation of Formicivora serrana (Hellmayr, 1929) and Formicivora littoralis Gonzaga and Pacheco, 1990 (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa 2742: 1–33. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Stopiglia, R., Raposo, M.A. & Teixeira, D.M., 2012. Taxonomy and geographic variation of the Synallaxis ruﬁcapilla Vieillot, 1819 species-complex (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Journal of Ornithology 154(1): 191–207 DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0886-3 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.
Tello, J.G., Raposo, M.A., Bates, J.M., Bravo, G.A., Cadena, C.D. & Maldonado-Coelho, M. 2014. Reassessment of the systematics of the widespread genus Cercomacra (Aves: Thamnophilidae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 170(3): 546–565. Full article (PDF). DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12116 Reference page.

Raposo, M.A., Tello, J.G., Dickinson, E.C. & Brito, G.R.R. 2015. Remarks on the name Cercomacra Sclater, 1858 (Aves: Thamnophilidae) and its type species. Zootaxa 3914 (1): 94–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.1.9 PDF. Reference page.

Buainain, N., Brito, G.R.R., Firme, D.H., Figueira, D.M., Raposo, M.A. & Assis, C.P. de 2016. Taxonomic revision of Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris Swainson, 1838 (Aves: Passerellidae) with comments on its holotype and type locality. Zootaxa 4178(4): 547–567. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.4.6. Reference page.
Gaban-Lima, R. & Raposo, M.A. 2016. The status of three little known names proposed by Miranda-Ribeiro (1926) and the synonymization of Pyrrhura snethlageae Joseph & Bates, 2002 (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae: Arinae). Zootaxa 4200(1): 192–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.1.10. 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.

Stopiglia, R., Dubois, A., Bockmann, F.A. & Raposo, M.A. 2019. The taxonomic and nomenclatural status of the nomen Anabates pulvericolor Sclater, 1858 (Aves: Furnariidae), with a neotype designation. Zootaxa 4560(3): 554–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.7 Reference page.

Stopiglia, R., Bockmann, F.A., Assis, C.P. & Raposo, M.A. 2020 Alpha taxonomy of Synallaxis stictothorax group (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae): Synallaxis chinchipensis Chapman, 1925 as a valid species, with a lectotype designation. Vertebrate Zoology 70: 319-331. DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-05 ResearchGate [with link to PDF.] Reference page.