Robert C. Fleischer

Robert C. Fleischer, U.S. ornithologist

Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Dumbacher, J.P., Pratt, T.K. & Fleischer, R.C. 2003. Phylogeny of the owlet-nighjars (Aves: Aegothelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29(3): 540–549. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00135-0 Reference page.

Fleischer R.C., James H.F. & Olson S.L. 2008. Convergent Evolution of Hawaiian and Australo-Pacific Honeyeaters from Distant Songbird Ancestors. Current Biology 18(24): 1927–1931. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.051 Reference page.
Dumbacher, J.P., Deiner, K., Thompson, L. & Fleischer, R.C. 2008. Phylogeny of the avian genus Pitohui and the evolution of toxicity in birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(3): 774–781. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.018 Reference page.
Schmidt, B.K., Foster, J.T., Angehr, G.R., Durrant, K.L. & Fleischer, R.C. 2008. A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis). Zootaxa 1850: 27–42 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1850.1.2 PDF 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.

Kirchman, J.J., McInerney, N.R., Giarla, T.C., Olson, S.L., Slikas, E. & Fleischer, R.C. 2021. Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification. Ornithology 138(4): ukab042. DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab042 Reference page.