Robb T. Brumfield

Robb Thomas Brumfield, U.S. ornithologist

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

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

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 view 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.
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 view Reference 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 Abstract Reference 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 Abstract Reference 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 view Reference 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.
Johnson, O., Howard, J.T. & Brumfield, R.T. 2020. Systematics of a Neotropical clade of dead-leaf-foraging antwrens (Aves: Thamnophilidae; Epinecrophylla). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154(14): 106962. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106962 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.
Buainain N., Ferreira, M., Avendaño, J.E., Cadena, C.D., Faircloth, B.C., Brumfield, R.T., Cracraft, J. & Ribas, C.C. 2022. Biogeography of a neotropical songbird radiation reveals similar diversification dynamics between montane and lowland clades. Journal of Biogeography 49: 1260–1273 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14379 Reference page.

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