R. Terry Chesser

R. Terry Chesser, U.S. ornithologist

• U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, USA.
• Division of Birds, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 16 taxon names authored by R. Terry Chesser

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2000

• Chesser, R.T.. 2000. Evolution in the High Andes: the Phylogenetics of Muscisaxicola Ground-Tyrants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 15 (3): 369-380. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0774 PDFReference page. 

2004

• Chesser, R.T. 2004. Molecular systematics of New World suboscine birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.015 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Chesser, R.T. 2004. Systematics, evolution and biogeography of the South American ovenbird genus Cinclodes. The Auk 121: 752–766 DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0752:SEABOT]2.0.CO;2 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2007

• Chesser, R.T. & Brumfield, R.T. 2007. Tarphonomus, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves Passeriformes: Furnariidae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120 (3): 337–339. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[337:TANGOO]2.0.CO;2Reference page. 
• Chesser, R.T., Barker, F.K. & Brumfield, R.T. 2007. Fourfold polyphyly of the genus formerly known as Upucerthia, with notes on the systematics and evolution of the avian subfamily Furnariinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(3):1320-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.014 AbstractReference page. 

2009

• Chesser, R.T., Claramunt, S., Derryberry, E. & Brumfield, R.T. 2009. Geocerthia, a new genus of terrestrial ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Zootaxa 2213: 64–68. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189906 Full article (PDF).Reference page. 
• Moyle, R.G., Chesser, R.T., Brumfield, R.T., Tello, J.G., Marchese, D.J. & Cracraft, J. 2009. Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the antbirds, ovenbirds, woodcreepers, and allies (Aves: Passeriformes: infraorder Furnariides). Cladistics 25: 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00259.x Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Sanín, C., Cadena, C.D., Maley, J.M., Lijtmaer, D.A., Tubaro, P.L. & Chesser, R.T. 2009. Paraphyly of Cinclodes fuscus (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae): Implicationsfor taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53 (2): 547-555. Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.022Reference page. 

2010

• Derryberry, E., Claramunt, S., O’Quin, K.E., Aleixo, A., Chesser, R.T., Remsen Jr., J.V. & Brumfield, R.T. 2010. Pseudasthenes, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Zootaxa 2416: 61–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2416.1.4. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Derryberry, E., Claramunt, S., Chesser, R.T., Aleixo, A., Cracraft, J., Moyle, R.G. & Brumfield, R.T.. 2010: Certhiasomus, a new genus of woodcreeper (Aves: Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae). Zootaxa 2416: 44–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2416.1.2 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Claramunt, S., Derryberry, E.P., Chesser, R.T., Aleixo, A. & Brumfield, R.T. 2010. Polyphyly of Campylorhamphus with the description of a new genus for C. pucherani. Auk 127: 430–439. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09022 Reference page. 

2011

• Derryberry, E., Claramunt, S., Derryberry, G., Chesser, R.T., Cracraft, J., Aleixo, A., Pérez-Emán, J., Remsem, Jr, J.V. & Brumfield, R.T. 2011. Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae). Evolution 65: 2973–2986. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01374.x PDF Reference page. 

2012

• Bravo, G.A., Chesser, R.T. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. Isleria, a new genus of antwren (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa 3195: 61–67. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2015

• Aplin, K.P., Rhind, S.G., Have, J. & Chesser, R.T. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) (Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a ‘Top End’ endemic. Zootaxa 4055(1): 1–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4055.1.1 Reference page. 
• Chesser, R. T. 2015. A further note on the scientific name of Bullocks’ Oriole. Zootaxa 3956(3): 444–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.3.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Chesser, R.T. 2016. A replacement name for Asthenes wyatti perijanus Phelps 1977. Zootaxa 4067(5): 599–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.9. Reference page. 

2018

• Chesser, R.T., Vaseghi, H., Hosner, P.A., Bergner, L.M., Cortés-Rodríguez, M.N., Welch, A.J. & Collins, C.T. 2018. Molecular systematics of swifts of the genus Chaetura (Aves: Apodiformes: Apodidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 128: 162-171. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.07.006 Reference page. 

2019

• Oliveros, C.H., Field, D.J., Ksepka, D.T., Barker, F.K., Aleixo, A., Andersen, M.J., Alström, P., Benz, B.W., Braun, E.L., Braun, M.J., Bravo, G.A., Brumfield, R.T., Chesser, R.T., Claramunt, S., Cracraft, J., Cuervo, A.M., Derryberry, E.P., Glenn, T.C., Harvey, M.G., Hosner, P.A., Joseph, L., Kimball, R.T., Mack, A.L., Miskelly, C.M., Peterson A.T., Robbins, M.B., Sheldon, F.H., Silveira, L.F., Smith, B.T., White, N.D., Moyle, R.G. & Faircloth, B.C. 2019. Earth history and the passerine superradiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(16): 7916–7925. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813206116 PDF. Reference page. 

2020

• Isler, M.L., Chesser, R.T., Robbins, M.B., Cuervo, A.M., Cadena, C.D. & Hosner, P.A. 2020. Taxonomic evaluation of the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex (Aves: Passeriformes: Grallariidae) distinguishes sixteen species. Zootaxa 4817(1): 1–74 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4817.1.1 Reference page. 
• Chesser, R.T., Isler, M.L., Cuervo, A.M., Cadena, C.D., Galen, S.C., Bergner, L.M., Fleischer, R.C., Bravo, G.A., Lane, D.F. & Hosner, P.A. 2020. Conservative plumage masks extraordinary genetic diversity in the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex of the humid Andes. The Auk 137: 1–25 DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukaa009 Reference page. 
• Chesser, R.T., Harvey, M.G., Brumfield, R.T. & Derryberry, E.T. 2020. A revised classification of the Xolmiini (Aves: Tyrannidae: Fluvicolinae), including a new genus for Muscisaxicola fluviatilis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 133(1):35-48 DOI: 10.2988/20-00005 Reference page. 
• Harvey, M.G, Bravo, G.A., Claramunt, S, Cuervo, A.M., Derryberry, G.E., Battilana, J., Seeholzer, G.F., McKay, J.S., O’Meara, B.C., Faircloth, B.C., Edwards, S.V., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Moyle, R.G., Sheldon, F.H., Aleixo, A., Smith, B.T., Chesser, R.T., Silveira, L.F., Cracraft, J., Brumfield, R.T. & Derryberry, E.P. 2020. The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Science 370 no.6522: 1343–1348. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz6970 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.