Robb T. Brumfield

Robb Thomas Brumfield, U.S. ornithologist

• Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Taxon names authored

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• 22 taxon names authored by Robb T. Brumfield

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2004

• Whitney, B.M.; Oren, D.C. & Brumfield, R.T. 2004. A new species of Thamnophilus Antshrike (Aves: Thamnophilidae) from the Serra do Divisor, Acre, Brazil. The Auk 121(4): 1031-1039. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2006

• Isler, M. L., D. R. Lacerda, P. R. Isler, S. J. Hackett, K. V. Rosenberg, and R. T. Brumfield. 2006. Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4):522-527. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[522:EANGOA]2.0.CO;2 Full article viewReference 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. 
• Brumfield, R. T. & Edwards, S.V. (2007). Evolution into and out of the Andes: A Bayesian analysis of historical diversification in Thamnophilus antshrikes. Evolution 61: 346–361. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00039.x Full article viewReference 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. 
• Brumfield, R. T., Tello, J.G., Cheviron, Z.A., Carling, M.D., Crochet, N. & Rosenberg, K.N. 2007. Phylogenetic conservatism and antiquity of tropical specialization: army-ant-following in the typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 1–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.019 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. 

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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Pérez-Emán, J.L., Hernández, L.L. & Brumfield, R.T. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of the White-throated Barbtail, Premnoplex tatei (Furnariidae), an endemic of the northeastern mountain range of Venezuela. The Condor 112(3): 561–570 DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090210 Full article (PDF) 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

• Gutiérrez Pinto, N., Cuervo, A.M., Miranda, J., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Brumfield, R.T. & Cadena, C.D. 2012. Non-monophyly and deep genetic differentiation across low-elevation barriers in a Neotropical montane bird (Basileuterus tristriatus; Aves: Parulidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64(1): 156-165. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.011Reference page. 
• Belmonte-Lopes, R., Bravo, G.A., Bornschein, M.R., Maurício, G.N., Pie, M.R. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. Genetic and morphological data support placement of Myrmotherula gularis (Spix) in the monotypic genus Rhopias Cabanis and Heine (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa 3451: 1–16. Preview Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Bravo, G.A., Remsen, Jr., J.V., Whitney, B.M. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. DNA sequence data reveal a previously unsuspected subfamily-level divergence within Thamnophilidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 65(1): 287-293. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.016 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Isler, M.L., Cuervo, A.M., Bravo, G.A. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. An integrative approach to species-level systematics reveals the depth of diversification in an Andean thamnophilid, the Long-tailed Antbird. Condor 114: 571–583. Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.120012Reference page. 

2013

• d'Horta, F.M., Cuervo, A.M., Ribas, C.C., Brumfield, R.T. & Miyaki, C.Y. 2013. Phylogeny and comparative phylogeography of Sclerurus (Aves: Furnariidae) reveal constant and cryptic diversification in an old radiation of rain forest understorey specialists. Journal of Biogeography 40: 37–49. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02760.x Full article viewReference page. 
• Isler, M.L., Bravo, G.A. & Brumfield, R.T. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data. Zootaxa 3717 (4): 469–497. ZooBank Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3 Reference page. 
• Rheindt, F.E., Cuervo, A.M. & Brumfield, R.T. 2013. Rampant polyphyly indicates cryptic diversity in a clade of Neotropical flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 889–900. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02036.x Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Claramunt, S., Derryberry, E.P., Cadena, C.D., Cuervo, A.M., Sanín, C. & Brumfield, R.T. 2013. Phylogeny and classification of Automolus foliage-gleaners and allies (Furnariidae). The Condor 115(2):375–385. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2013.110198 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2014

• Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. 2014: Inundicola Bravo, Isler, and Brumfield 2013 is a junior synonym of Akletos Dunajewski 1948 (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa 3779(3): 399–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.10 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.10 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Cuervo, A.M., Stiles, F.G., Lentino, M., Brumfield, R.T. & Derryberry, E. 2014. Geographic variation and phylogenetic relationships of Myiopagis olallai (Aves: Passeriformes; Tyrannidae), with the description of two new taxa from the northern Andes. Zootaxa 3873(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.1.1 Reference page. 
• Bravo, G.A., Remsen, Jr., J.V. & Brumfield, R.T.. 2014. Adaptive processes drive ecomorphological convergent evolution in antwrens (Thamnophilidae). Evolution. International Journal of Organic Evolution 68: 2757–2774. Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.1111/evo.12506Reference page. 
• Isler, M.L., Bravo, G.A. & Brumfield, R.T. 2014. Systematics of the obligate ant-following clade of antbirds (Aves:Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126(4):635-648. Full article view DOI: 10.1676/13-199.1Reference page. 
• Valderrama, E., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Brumfield, R.T., Cuervo, A.M. & Cadena, C.D. 2014. The influence of the complex topography and dynamic history of the montane Neotropics on the evolutionary differentiation of a cloud forest bird (Premnoplex brunnescens, Furnariidae). Journal of Biogeography 41(8): 1533–1546 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12317Reference page. 
• Jarvis, E.D., Mirarab, S, Aberer, A.J., Li, B., Houde, P., Li, C., Ho, S.Y.W., Faircloth, B.C., Nabholz, B., Howard, J.T., Suh, A., Weber, C.C., da Fonseca, R.R., Li, J., Zhang, F., Li, H., Zhou, L., Narula, N., Liu, L., Ganapathy, G., Boussau, B., Bayzid, S., Zavidovych, V., Subramanian, S., Gabaldón, T., Capella-Gutiérrez, S., Huerta-Cepas, J., Rekepalli, B., Munch, K., Schierup, M., Lindow, B., Warren, W.C., Ray, D., Green, R.E., Bruford, M.W., Zhan, X., Dixon, A., Li, S., Li, N., Huang, Y., Derryberry, E.P., Bertelsen, M.F., Sheldon, F.H., Brumfield, R.T., Mello, C.V., Lovell, P.V., Wirthlin, M., Schneider, M.P.C., Prosdocimi, F., Samaniego, J.A., Vargas Velazquez, A.M., Alfaro-Núñez, A., Campos, P.F., Petersen, B., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Pas, A., Bailey, T., Scofield, P., Bunce, M., Lambert, D.M., Zhou, Q., Perelman, P., Driskell, A.C., Shapiro, B., Xiong, Z., Zeng, Y., Liu, S., Li, Z., Liu, B., Wu, K., Xiao, J., Yinqi, X., Zheng, Q., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, J., Smeds, L., Rheindt, F.E., Braun, M., Fjeldså, J., Orlando, L., Barker, F.K., Jønsson, K.A., Johnson, W., Koepfli, K.-P., O’Brien, S.J., Haussler, D., Ryder, O.A., Rahbek, C., Willerslev, E., Graves, G.R., Glenn, T.C., McCormack, J., Burt, D., Ellegren, H., Alström, P., Edwards, S.V., Stamatakis, A., Mindell, D.P., Cracraft, J., Braun, E.L., Warnow, T., Jun, W., Gilbert, M.T.P. & Zhang, G. 2014. Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science 346 (6215): 1320–1331. DOI: 10.1126/science.1253451 ResearchGate. Supplementary materials: PDF Reference page. 
• Smith, B.T., McCormack, J.E., Cuervo, A.M., Hickerson, M.J., Aleixo, A., Cadena, C.D., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Burney, C.M., Xie, X., Harvey, M.G., Faircloth, B.C., Glenn, T.C., Derryberry, E.P., Prejean, J., Fields, S. & Brumfield, R.T. 2014. The drivers of tropical speciation. Nature. 515(7527): 406–409. DOI: 10.1038/nature13687 ResearchGate ResearchGate: Supplementary information. Reference page. 

2015

• Harvey, M.G. & Brumfield, R.T. 2015. Genomic variation in a widespread Neotropical bird (Xenops minutus) reveals divergence, population expansion, and gene flow. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 305–316. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.023 PDF.Reference page. 

2016

• Zucker, M.R., Harvey, M.G., Oswald, J.A., Cuervo, A.M., Derryberry, E.P. & Brumfield, R.T. 2016. The Mouse-colored Tyrannulet (Phaeomyias murina) is a species complex that includes the Cocos Flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi), an island form that underwent a population bottleneck. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 294–302. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.031 PDF Reference page. 

2017

• Seeholzer, G.F. & Brumfield, R.T. 2017. Isolation by distance, not incipient ecological speciation, explains genetic differentiation in an Andean songbird (Aves: Furnariidae: Cranioleuca antisiensis, Line-cheeked Spinetail) despite near threefold body size change across an environmental gradient. Molecular Ecology 27(1): 279-296. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14429Reference page. 
• Schultz, E.D., Burney, C.W. , Brumfield, R.T., Polo, E.M., Cracraft, J. & Ribas, C.C. 2017. Systematics and biogeography of the Automolus infuscatus complex (Aves; Furnariidae): Cryptic diversity reveals western Amazonia as the origin of a transcontinental radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 107: 503–515. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.023 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. 
• Salter, J.F., Oliveros, C.H., Hosner, P.A., Manthey, J.D., Robbins, M.B., Moyle, R.G., Brumfield, R.T. & Faircloth, B.C. 2019. Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae). The Auk. 137 (ukz070). DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz070 Reference page. 

2020

• Cadena, C.D., Cuervo, A.M., Céspedes, L.N., Bravo, G.A., Krabbe, N., Schulenberg, T.S., Derryberry, G.E., Silveira, L.F., Derryberry, E.P., Brumfield, R.T. & Fjeldså, J. 2020. Systematics, biogeography, and diversification of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), an enigmatic radiation of Neotropical montane birds. The Auk 137(2): 1–30. DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz077 Reference page. 
• Imfeld, T.S., Barker, F.K. & Brumfield, R.T.. 2020. Mitochondrial genomes and thousands of ultraconserved elements resolve the taxonomy and historical biogeography of the Euphonia and Chlorophonia finches (Passeriformes: Fringillidae). The Auk 137(3): 1–25 DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukaa016 Reference page. 
• Settlecowski, A.E.; Cuervo, A.M.; Tello, J.G.; Harvey, M.G.; Brumfield, R.T.; Derryberry, E.P. 2020. Investigating the utility of traditional and genomic multi-locus datasets to resolve relationships in Lipaugus and Tijuca (Cotingidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 147: 106779. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106779 . 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. 

2021

• Bravo, G.A., Whitney, B.M., Belmonte-Lopes, R., Borschein, M.R., Aristizábal, N., Beco, R., Battilana, J., Naka, L.N., Aleixo, A., Pie, M.R., Silveira, L.F., Derryberry, E.P. & Brumfield, R.T. 2021. Phylogenomic analyses reveal non-monophyly of the antbird genera Herpsilochmus and Sakesphorus (Thamnophilidae), with description of a new genus for Herpsilochmus sellowi. Ornithology 138(3): 1–16 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab025 Reference page. 
• Leite, R.N., Kimball, R.T., Braun, E.L., Derryberry, E.P., Hosner, P.A., Derryberry, G.E., Anciães, M., McKay, J.S., Aleixo, A., Ribas, C.C., Brumfield, R.T. & Cracraft, J. 2021. Phylogenomics of manakins (Aves: Pipridae) using alternative locus filtering strategies based on informativeness. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: 107013. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107013 Reference page. 

2022

• Moncrieff, A.E.; Faircloth, B.C. & Brumfield, R.T. 2022. Systematics of Lepidothrix manakins (Aves: Passeriformes: Pipridae) using RADcap markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173: 107525. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107525 Reference page. 
• Smith, B.T., Merwin, J., Provost, K.L., Thom, G., Brumfield, R.T., Ferreira, M., Mauck III, W.M., Moyle, R.G., Wright, T.F. & Joseph, L. 2022. Phylogenomic analysis of the parrots of the world distinguishes artifactual from biological sources of gene tree discordance. Systematic Biology In press DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac055 Reference page. 
• Zhao, M., Kurtis, S.M., White, N.D., Moncrieff, A.E., Leite, R.N., Brumfield, R.T., Braun, E.L. & Kimball, R.T. 2022. Exploring Conflicts in Whole Genome Phylogenetics: A Case Study Within Manakins (Aves: Pipridae). Systematic Biology 72(1): 161–178 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac062 Reference page. 

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