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List of works by Alan Tennyson

A Large Fruit Pigeon (Columbidae) from the Early Miocene of New Zealand

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 2009

A New Giant Petrel (Macronectes, Aves: Procellariidae) from the Pliocene of Taranaki, New Zealand ⬇️

journal article from 'Taxonomy' published in 2023

A New Species of Kiwi (Aves, Apterygiformes) from Okarito, New Zealand ⬇️

2003 article

A Paleocene penguin from New Zealand substantiates multiple origins of gigantism in fossil Sphenisciformes

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

A Pliocene boxfish (Tetraodontiformes, Ostraciidae) from New Zealand – a preview of future environmental change? ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 October 2023

A bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand

article

A heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans fauna of southern New Zealand. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy ⬇️

article

A new fossil species of Procellaria (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Pliocene of New Zealand ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

A new fossil species of kiwi (Aves: Apterygidae) from the mid-Pleistocene of New Zealand

scientific article published in 2021

A new petrel species (Procellariidae) from the south-west Pacific

scientific article published in June 2001

A new species of Leiopelma frog (Amphibia: Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from the late Pliocene of New Zealand

scientific article

A new species of Pliocene shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand ⬇️

scholarly article

A new species of the diving duckManuherikiaand evidence for geese (Aves: Anatidae: Anserinae) in the St Bathans Fauna (Early Miocene), New Zealand

article

A new, large-bodied omnivorous bat (Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae) reveals lost morphological and ecological diversity since the Miocene in New Zealand

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

A review of the distribution and size of gadfly petrel (Pterodroma spp.) colonies throughout New Zealand ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2019

A review of the distribution and size of prion (Pachyptila spp.) colonies throughout New Zealand ⬇️

scholarly article

A small, narrow‐beaked albatross from the Pliocene of New Zealand demonstrates a higher past diversity in the feeding ecology of the Diomedeidae ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

A sphenodontine (Rhynchocephalia) from the Miocene of New Zealand and palaeobiogeography of the tuatara (Sphenodon)

scientific article

A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact

article

Amendments to the 2010 Checklist of the birds of New Zealand

amendments to bird checklist

An Extinct New Rail (Gallirallus, Aves: Rallidae) Species from Rapa Island, French Polynesia

scientific article published on 21 December 2021

An early Miocene diversity of parrots (Aves, Strigopidae, Nestorinae) from New Zealand

article

Analyses of phenotypic differentiations among South Georgian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) populations reveal an undescribed and highly endangered species from New Zealand

scientific article published in 2018

Ancient DNA analyses reveal contrasting phylogeographic patterns amongst kiwi (Apteryx spp.) and a recently extinct lineage of spotted kiwi

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Ancient DNA and morphometric analysis reveal extinction and replacement of New Zealand's unique black swans

article

Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world's most diverse penguin clade

Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world’s most diverse penguin clade

scholarly article by Theresa L. Cole published in February 2019

Ancient crested penguin constrains timing of recruitment into seabird hotspot

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Archival DNA reveals cryptic biodiversity within the Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus) from New Zealand

scholarly article

Augustus Hamilton’s fossil collection at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

scientific article published in 2023

Bats that walk: a new evolutionary hypothesis for the terrestrial behaviour of New Zealand's endemic mystacinids

scientific article

Biogeographical and phylogenetic implications of an early Miocene wren (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae) from New Zealand

article

Birds of Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic

scholarly article published in 2020

Birds of the Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic

scholarly article published in 2020

Blind free-living kiwi offer a unique window into the ecology and evolution of vertebrate vision

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Bone growth marks reveal protracted growth in New Zealand kiwi (Aves, Apterygidae).

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

Bone histology, phylogeny, and palaeognathous birds (Aves: Palaeognathae)

scholarly article by Lucas J. Legendre et al published 22 July 2014 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

CSI – Cuttlefish Sepion Investigation: overview of cuttlebones found on Aotearoa New Zealand shores and analysis of predation and scavenging marks

Catalogue of type specimens of birds in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ⬇️

scholarly article

Chatham Island Paleocene fossils provide insight into the palaeobiology, evolution, and diversity of early penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes)

scientific article published in 2019

Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (2010)

fourth edition of the official checklist of New Zealand bird species

Comprehensive evidence for subspecies designations in Cook’s Petrel Pterodroma cookii with implications for conservation management

scientific article

Correction to: High-coverage genomes to elucidate the evolution of penguins

scientific article published on 1 March 2020

DNA reveals the relationships of the extinct Scarlett’s Shearwater Puffinus spelaeus (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae)

scientific article published in 2016

Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand

article

Evidence for breeding of Megadyptes penguins in the North Island at the time of human arrival

article

Extinct Birds of New Zealand

book by Alan Tennyson

Extinct Birds of New Zealand (1st ed.)

book by Alan Tennyson

Feeding ecology analysis supports a marine diet in the extinct Chatham Island Duck (Anas chathamica)

scientific article

First monk seal from the Southern Hemisphere rewrites the evolutionary history of true seals

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

First record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

article

First records of two mackerel shark species ( Carcharodon planus comb. nov. and Carcharodon hubbelli ; Lamnidae) from New Zealand ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 December 2023

Fish Remains, Mostly Otoliths, from the Non-Marine Early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand

scientific article published in June 2012

Flightless rails (Aves: Rallidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna, Otago, New Zealand

article

Fossils reveal an early Miocene presence of the aberrant gruiform Aves: Aptornithidae in New Zealand

article

Genetic and morphological evidence for two species ofLeucocarboshag (Aves, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocoracidae) from southern South Island of New Zealand

article

Genetic identification informs on the distributions of vagrant Royal (Eudyptes schlegeli) and Macaroni (Eudyptes chrysolophus) Penguins

scientific article published 2021

Genomic analyses of fairy and fulmar prions (Procellariidae: Pachyptila spp.) reveals parallel evolution of bill morphology, and multiple species

scientific article published 2022

Geographically contrasting biodiversity reductions in a widespread New Zealand seabird.

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

High-coverage genomes to elucidate the evolution of penguins

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

History of Walter Buller’s collections of New Zealand birds ⬇️

scholarly article

Holocene bird bones found at the subantarctic Auckland Islands

scholarly article published in 2020

Human-mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation management of remaining New Zealand sea lion populations.

scientific article

Hybridisation in kiwi (Apteryx; Apterygidae) requires taxonomic revision for the Great Spotted Kiwi ⬇️

article published in May 2021

Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand's Endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat

scientific article published in 2015

Miocene fossils show that kiwi (Apteryx, Apterygidae) are probably not phyletic dwarves ⬇️

scholarly article in conference proceedings

Miocene mammal reveals a Mesozoic ghost lineage on insular New Zealand, southwest Pacific

scientific article (publication date: 19 December 2006)

Miocene mystacinids (Chiroptera, Noctilionoidea) indicate a long history for endemic bats in New Zealand

article

Miocene skinks and geckos reveal long-term conservatism of New Zealand's lizard fauna

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2009)

Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand

scientific article published in January 2007

Mitochondrial DNA structuring of Antarctic prions (Pachyptila desolata, Procellariidae) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2024

Mitochondrial Genomes from New Zealand’s Extinct Adzebills (Aves: Aptornithidae: Aptornis) Support a Sister-Taxon Relationship with the Afro-Madagascan Sarothruridae

article

Mitogenomes uncover extinct penguin taxa and reveal island formation as a key driver of speciation ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Moa’s Ark: Miocene fossils reveal the great antiquity of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) in Zealandia. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

Native or not? Ancient DNA rejects persistence of New Zealand's endemic black swan: A reply to Montano et al

article

New fossil records of pelicans (Aves: Pelicanidae) from New Zealand ⬇️

scholarly article

New locality records for two species of protected weevils, Anagotus fairburni (Brookes, 1932) and Hadramphus stilbocarpae Kuschel, 1971 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from southern Fiordland, New Zealand ⬇️

scholarly article

Non-breeding behaviour in the Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi): insights from modelling moulting patterns and stable isotope analyses

2022 scholarly article

Phylogenetic affinities of the Fregetta storm-petrels are not black and white

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Phylogenetic affinities of the Whenua Hou Diving Petrel: implications for conservation

scientific article

Pliocene fossils support a New Zealand origin for the smallest extant penguins ⬇️

scientific article

Population size and trends within the two populations of Southern Buller's Albatross Diomedea bulleri bulleri

Population sizes of shearwaters (Puffinus spp.) breeding in New Zealand, with recommendations for monitoring ⬇️

scholarly article

Pre-human New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) rookeries on mainland New Zealand

article

Radiocarbon-dating and ancient DNA reveal rapid replacement of extinct prehistoric penguins

scholarly article

Re-evaluating New Zealand’s endemic Pliocene penguin genus ⬇️

scholarly article

Receding ice drove parallel expansions in Southern Ocean penguins

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Resolution of the status of the taxon Apteryx maxima ⬇️

scholarly article

Respiratory Pores on Ostrich Struthio camelus (Aves: Struthionidae) Eggshells

scientific article

Settling the name Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 for the Wandering Albatross by neotypification

scientific article (publication date: 21 February 2017)

Sheathbill-like birds (Charadriiformes: Chionoidea) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Australasia

article published in 2016

Soft-tissue specimens from pre-European extinct birds of New Zealand ⬇️

article

Speciation, range contraction and extinction in the endemic New Zealand King Shag complex

scientific article

Species turnover in forest bird communities on Fiordland islands following predator eradications

scientific article published on 24 January 2022

Stem albatrosses wandered far: a new species of Plotornis (Aves, Pan-Diomedeidae) from the earliest Miocene of New Zealand ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 November 2023

Strong phylogeographic structure in a sedentary seabird, the Stewart Island Shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus)

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Subsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed by New Zealand-wide ancient DNA survey

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Taxonomic status ofCyanoramphusparakeets on the Auckland Islands and implications for the validity of the orange-fronted parakeet as a discrete species

article by NJ Rawlence et al published 2 October 2015 in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Taxonomy of the Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein Revisited with Sex-Separated Analyses of Biometrics and Wing Tip Patterns ⬇️

scientific article published in November 2012

Terrestrial Turtle Fossils from New Zealand Refloat Moa's Ark

article

Testing species limits of New Zealand’s leiopelmatid frogs through morphometric analyses

scientific article published in 2017

Using ancient DNA to enhance museum collections: a case study of rare kiwi (<i>Apteryx</i>spp.) specimens

scientific article published on 05 December 2012

Using ancient DNA to quantify losses of genetic and species diversity in seabirds: a case study of Pterodroma petrels from a Pacific island

scientific article

Using miniaturized radiotelemetry to discover the breeding grounds of the endangered New Zealand Storm PetrelFregetta maoriana

article

Variation in the bill colour of the white-capped mollymawk (Thalassarche cauta steadi)

scholarly article published in 2020

Vegetation, vascular flora, and fauna of Motueka and Poikeke Islands, eastern Coromandel Peninsula, northeast New Zealand ⬇️

2022 article

Wading a lost southern connection: Miocene fossils from New Zealand reveal a new lineage of shorebirds (Charadriiformes) linking Gondwanan avifaunas

article

Weight gain in infancy and early childhood is associated with school age body mass index but not intelligence and blood pressure in very low birth weight children

scientific article

Who, Where, What, Wren? Using Ancient DNA to Examine the Veracity of Museum Specimen Data: A Case Study of the New Zealand Rock Wren (Xenicus gilviventris)

scientific article

Wrecks and residents: the fossil gadfly petrels (Pterodroma spp.) of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand ⬇️

scientific article published in 2008

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