List of works - Leslie Christidis

A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of the endemic New Zealand wrens ⬇️

scientific article

A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes).

scientific article

A multigene phylogeny examining evolutionary and ecological relationships in the Australo-papuan wrens of the subfamily Malurinae (Aves)

scientific article

A new endemic family of New Zealand passerine birds: adding heat to a biodiversity hotspot

article

A new species of Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from lowland southeastern Madagascar

article

A new subspecies of Short-toed Snake-eagle from Wallacea determined from morphological and DNA comparison

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

A re-appraisal of species diversity within the Australian grasswrensAmytornis(Aves: Maluridae) ⬇️

scientific article published in January 2013

An unexpectedly long history of sexual selection in birds-of-paradise

scientific article

Author Correction: Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

Better governance will lead to better taxonomy: response to Raposo et al. (2017)

scientific article

Bioaccumulation of PCBs in liver tissue of dusky Carcharhinus obscurus, sandbar C. plumbeus and white Carcharodon carcharias sharks from south-eastern Australian waters.

scientific article published on 6 November 2015

Bioacoustic and multi-locus DNA data of Ninox owls support high incidence of extinction and recolonisation on small, low-lying islands across Wallacea

scientific article

Biochemical Systematics within Palaeotropic Finches (Aves: Estrildidae)

scientific article (publication date: July 1987)

Biogeographical history of cuckoo-shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo-Papua

article

Case 3630 corcoracidae Mathews, 1927 (Aves) and the spelling melanorhamphos Vieillot, 1817 for the valid name of the type species of its type genus: proposed conservation of usage

article published in 2013

Citizens as Scientists

Contrasting phylogeographic signatures in two Australo-Papuan bowerbird species complexes (Aves: Ailuroedus)

article

Cryptic speciation in the Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)

scientific article (publication date: 16 October 2015)

DNA barcoding a unique avifauna: an important tool for evolution, systematics and conservation

scientific article published in 2019

DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be a better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers

scientific article

Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Dynamic evolutionary history and gene content of sex chromosomes across diverse songbirds

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Ecological and evolutionary diversification in the Australo-Papuan scrubwrens (Sericornis) and mouse-warblers (Crateroscelis), with a revision of the subfamily Sericornithinae (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthizidae)

Ecological opportunity and the evolution of habitat preferences in an arid-zone bird: implications for speciation in a climate-modified landscape

scientific article

Effects of mitochondrial DNA rate variation on reconstruction of Pleistocene demographic history in a social avian species, Pomatostomus superciliosus

scientific article

Environmental determinism, and not interspecific competition, drives morphological variability in Australasian warblers (Acanthizidae).

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala).

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves).

scientific article

Extensive diversification across islands in the echolocating Aerodramus swiftlets ⬇️

scientific article published in 2014

Facilitating adaptation of biodiversity to climate change: a conceptual framework applied to the world’s largest Mediterranean-climate woodland

article

Genetic Differentiation and Subspeciation in the Gray Grasswren Amytornis barbatus (Maluridae)

scientific article (publication date: 1987)

Genetic differentiation across the Andes in two pan-Neotropical tyrant-flycatcher species

Genetic introgression, incomplete lineage sorting and faulty taxonomy create multiple cases of polyphyly in a montane clade of tyrant-flycatchers (Elaenia, Tyrannidae)

scientific article published in 2009

Habitat shifts in the evolutionary history of a Neotropical flycatcher lineage from forest and open landscapes

scientific article

Hematologic and biochemical characteristics of stranded green sea turtles.

scientific article published in February 2018

Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos

article

How a scientific spat over how to name species turned into a big plus for nature ⬇️

interview and part of seminal series on Global Species Names

Insights into the evolution of a cryptic radiation of bats: dispersal and ecological radiation of Malagasy Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae)

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Latitudinal gradients in abundance, and the causes of rarity in the tropics: a test using Australian honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae).

scientific article

Metal and metalloid concentrations in the tissues of dusky Carcharhinus obscurus, sandbar C. plumbeus and white Carcharodon carcharias sharks from south-eastern Australian waters, and the implications for human consumption.

scientific article published on 2 February 2015

Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds

article

Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA phylogenies reveal a complex evolutionary history in the Australasian robins (Passeriformes: Petroicidae).

scientific article

Molecular Data Confirms the Species Status of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis

scientific article (publication date: 1998)

Molecular Perspectives on the Phylogenetic Affinities of Lyrebirds (Menuridae) and Treecreepers (Climacteridae)

scholarly article by Leslie Christidis et al published 1996 in Australian Journal of Zoology

Molecular Relationships Within Australasian Waterfowl (Anseriformes)

scientific article published in 2013

Molecular genetics confirms taxonomic affinities of the endangered Norfolk Island Bookbook Owl Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata

scientific article (publication date: October 1998)

Molecular phylogenetics and diversification within one of the most geographically variable bird species complexesPachycephala pectoralis/melanura

article

Molecular systematics and evolutionary origins of the genus Petaurus (Marsupialia: Petauridae) in Australia and New Guinea

scientific article

Morphological, behavioural and genetic differentiation within the Horned Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus) and its affinities to Cyanoramphus and Prosopeia

Multilocus analysis of a taxonomically densely sampled dataset reveal extensive non-monophyly in the avian family Locustellidae

scientific article published on 15 January 2011

Parallel Evolution of Bower-Building Behavior in Two Groups of Bowerbirds Suggested by Phylogenomics

scientific article published on 16 May 2020

Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the endemic Malagasy batMiniopterus gleni(Chiroptera: Miniopteridae), with the description of a new species,M. griffithsi

article

Phylogenetic relationships of tyrant-flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae), with an emphasis on the elaeniine assemblage

scientific article published on 21 September 2007

Phylogeny and biogeography of Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes)

scholarly article by Knud A. Jønsson et al published May 2010 in Ecography

Phylogeny and evolution of the Australo-Papuan honeyeaters (Passeriformes, Meliphagidae)

scientific article

Phylogeny and new taxonomy of the Booted Eagles (Accipitriformes: Aquilinae)

scientific article (publication date: 9 January 2017)

Physiological changes in post-hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas) following short-term fasting: implications for release protocols

Plumage patterns are good indicators of taxonomic diversity, but not of phylogenetic affinities, in Australian grasswrens Amytornis (Aves: Maluridae).

scientific article

Polyphyletic origin of toxic Pitohui birds suggests widespread occurrence of toxicity in corvoid birds

scientific article

Population structure undetectable using genetic markers in Mangrove Jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus from its cool-water range limit in eastern Australia

scientific article published in July 2019

Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s species ⬇️

article

Relationships among the Australo-Papuan Parrots, Lorikeets, and Cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes): Protein Evidence

scholarly article published in The Condor in May 1991

Relationships of the New Guinean songbird generaAmalocichlaandPachycarebased on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

Relicts from Tertiary Australasia: undescribed families and subfamilies of songbirds (Passeriformes) and their zoogeographic signal

scientific article (publication date: 14 April 2014)

Resolving deep lineage divergences in core corvoid passerine birds supports a proto-Papuan island origin

scientific article

Science-based taxonomy still needs better governance: Response to Thomson et al.

scientific article

Speciation dynamics in the Australo-Papuan Meliphaga honeyeaters

scientific article published on 3 June 2006

Speciation in Indo-Pacific swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae): integrating molecular and phenotypic data for a new provisional taxonomy of the Collocalia esculenta complex

scientific article

Specific Status of Populations on Madagascar Referred to Miniopterus fraterculus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with Description of a New Species

article

Structured elicitation of expert judgments for threatened species assessment: a case study on a continental scale using email

article

Subspeciation in the Short-tailed Grasswren(Amytornis merrotsyi, Maluridae)

scientific article published in December 2008

Systematic affinities of the lyrebirds (Passeriformes: Menura), with a novel classification of the major groups of passerine birds

scientific article

Systematics and biogeography of Indo-Pacific ground-doves

scientific article

Taxonomy anarchy hampers conservation ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 31 May 2017)

The Use of Molecular Phylogenetic and Morphological Tools to Identify Cryptic and Paraphyletic Species: Examples from the Diminutive Long-fingered Bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae: Miniopterus) on Madagascar ⬇️

article

The timing of diversification within the most divergent parrot clade

The timing of neotropical speciation dynamics: a reconstruction of Myiopagis flycatcher diversification using phylogenetic and paleogeographic data

scientific article published on 4 September 2009

The use of molecular and morphological characters to resolve the taxonomic identity of cryptic species: the case of Miniopterus manavi (Chiroptera, Miniopteridae)

article

Towards a global list of accepted species I. Why taxonomists sometimes disagree, and why this matters

scientific article

Towards a global list of accepted species II. Consequences of inadequate taxonomic list governance

scientific article

Towards a global list of accepted species III. Independence and stakeholder inclusion ⬇️

scholarly article

Towards a global list of accepted species IV: Overcoming fragmentation in the governance of taxonomic lists ⬇️

scientific article

Towards a global list of accepted species V. The devil is in the detail

scientific article

Towards a global list of accepted species VI: The Catalogue of Life checklist

scientific article

Towards reconciliation of the four world bird lists: hotspots of disagreement in taxonomy of raptors

scientific article published on 17 June 2020

Trophic niche shifts and phenotypic trait evolution are largely decoupled in Australasian parrots

scientific article published on 27 November 2021

Understanding drivers, barriers and information sources for public participation in marine citizen science

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Unravelling a biogeographical knot: origin of the 'leapfrog' distribution pattern of Australo-Papuan sooty owls (Strigiformes) and logrunners (Passeriformes)

scientific article (publication date: 22 October 2002)

Were bowerbirds part of the New Zealand fauna?

scientific article (publication date: 30 April 1996)

List of works by Leslie Christidis

A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of the endemic New Zealand wrens ⬇️

A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes).

A multigene phylogeny examining evolutionary and ecological relationships in the Australo-papuan wrens of the subfamily Malurinae (Aves)

A new endemic family of New Zealand passerine birds: adding heat to a biodiversity hotspot

A new species of Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from lowland southeastern Madagascar

A new subspecies of Short-toed Snake-eagle from Wallacea determined from morphological and DNA comparison

A re-appraisal of species diversity within the Australian grasswrensAmytornis(Aves: Maluridae) ⬇️

An unexpectedly long history of sexual selection in birds-of-paradise

Author Correction: Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

Better governance will lead to better taxonomy: response to Raposo et al. (2017)

Bioaccumulation of PCBs in liver tissue of dusky Carcharhinus obscurus, sandbar C. plumbeus and white Carcharodon carcharias sharks from south-eastern Australian waters.

Bioacoustic and multi-locus DNA data of Ninox owls support high incidence of extinction and recolonisation on small, low-lying islands across Wallacea

Biochemical Systematics within Palaeotropic Finches (Aves: Estrildidae)

Biogeographical history of cuckoo-shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo-Papua

Case 3630 corcoracidae Mathews, 1927 (Aves) and the spelling melanorhamphos Vieillot, 1817 for the valid name of the type species of its type genus: proposed conservation of usage

Citizens as Scientists

Contrasting phylogeographic signatures in two Australo-Papuan bowerbird species complexes (Aves: Ailuroedus)

Cryptic speciation in the Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)

DNA barcoding a unique avifauna: an important tool for evolution, systematics and conservation

DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be a better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers

Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

Dynamic evolutionary history and gene content of sex chromosomes across diverse songbirds

Ecological and evolutionary diversification in the Australo-Papuan scrubwrens (Sericornis) and mouse-warblers (Crateroscelis), with a revision of the subfamily Sericornithinae (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthizidae)

Ecological opportunity and the evolution of habitat preferences in an arid-zone bird: implications for speciation in a climate-modified landscape

Effects of mitochondrial DNA rate variation on reconstruction of Pleistocene demographic history in a social avian species, Pomatostomus superciliosus

Environmental determinism, and not interspecific competition, drives morphological variability in Australasian warblers (Acanthizidae).

Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala).

Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves).

Extensive diversification across islands in the echolocating Aerodramus swiftlets ⬇️

Facilitating adaptation of biodiversity to climate change: a conceptual framework applied to the world’s largest Mediterranean-climate woodland

Genetic Differentiation and Subspeciation in the Gray Grasswren Amytornis barbatus (Maluridae)

Genetic differentiation across the Andes in two pan-Neotropical tyrant-flycatcher species

Genetic introgression, incomplete lineage sorting and faulty taxonomy create multiple cases of polyphyly in a montane clade of tyrant-flycatchers (Elaenia, Tyrannidae)

Habitat shifts in the evolutionary history of a Neotropical flycatcher lineage from forest and open landscapes

Hematologic and biochemical characteristics of stranded green sea turtles.

Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos

How a scientific spat over how to name species turned into a big plus for nature ⬇️

Insights into the evolution of a cryptic radiation of bats: dispersal and ecological radiation of Malagasy Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae)

Latitudinal gradients in abundance, and the causes of rarity in the tropics: a test using Australian honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae).

Metal and metalloid concentrations in the tissues of dusky Carcharhinus obscurus, sandbar C. plumbeus and white Carcharodon carcharias sharks from south-eastern Australian waters, and the implications for human consumption.

Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds

Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA phylogenies reveal a complex evolutionary history in the Australasian robins (Passeriformes: Petroicidae).

Molecular Data Confirms the Species Status of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis

Molecular Perspectives on the Phylogenetic Affinities of Lyrebirds (Menuridae) and Treecreepers (Climacteridae)

Molecular Relationships Within Australasian Waterfowl (Anseriformes)

Molecular genetics confirms taxonomic affinities of the endangered Norfolk Island Bookbook Owl Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata

Molecular phylogenetics and diversification within one of the most geographically variable bird species complexesPachycephala pectoralis/melanura

Molecular systematics and evolutionary origins of the genus Petaurus (Marsupialia: Petauridae) in Australia and New Guinea

Morphological, behavioural and genetic differentiation within the Horned Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus) and its affinities to Cyanoramphus and Prosopeia

Multilocus analysis of a taxonomically densely sampled dataset reveal extensive non-monophyly in the avian family Locustellidae

Parallel Evolution of Bower-Building Behavior in Two Groups of Bowerbirds Suggested by Phylogenomics

Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the endemic Malagasy batMiniopterus gleni(Chiroptera: Miniopteridae), with the description of a new species,M. griffithsi

Phylogenetic relationships of tyrant-flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae), with an emphasis on the elaeniine assemblage

Phylogeny and biogeography of Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes)

Phylogeny and evolution of the Australo-Papuan honeyeaters (Passeriformes, Meliphagidae)

Phylogeny and new taxonomy of the Booted Eagles (Accipitriformes: Aquilinae)

Physiological changes in post-hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas) following short-term fasting: implications for release protocols

Plumage patterns are good indicators of taxonomic diversity, but not of phylogenetic affinities, in Australian grasswrens Amytornis (Aves: Maluridae).

Polyphyletic origin of toxic Pitohui birds suggests widespread occurrence of toxicity in corvoid birds

Population structure undetectable using genetic markers in Mangrove Jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus from its cool-water range limit in eastern Australia

Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s species ⬇️

Relationships among the Australo-Papuan Parrots, Lorikeets, and Cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes): Protein Evidence

Relationships of the New Guinean songbird generaAmalocichlaandPachycarebased on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

Relicts from Tertiary Australasia: undescribed families and subfamilies of songbirds (Passeriformes) and their zoogeographic signal

Resolving deep lineage divergences in core corvoid passerine birds supports a proto-Papuan island origin

Science-based taxonomy still needs better governance: Response to Thomson et al.

Speciation dynamics in the Australo-Papuan Meliphaga honeyeaters

Speciation in Indo-Pacific swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae): integrating molecular and phenotypic data for a new provisional taxonomy of the Collocalia esculenta complex

Specific Status of Populations on Madagascar Referred to Miniopterus fraterculus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with Description of a New Species

Structured elicitation of expert judgments for threatened species assessment: a case study on a continental scale using email

Subspeciation in the Short-tailed Grasswren(Amytornis merrotsyi, Maluridae)

Systematic affinities of the lyrebirds (Passeriformes: Menura), with a novel classification of the major groups of passerine birds

Systematics and biogeography of Indo-Pacific ground-doves

Taxonomy anarchy hampers conservation ⬇️

The Use of Molecular Phylogenetic and Morphological Tools to Identify Cryptic and Paraphyletic Species: Examples from the Diminutive Long-fingered Bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae: Miniopterus) on Madagascar ⬇️

The timing of diversification within the most divergent parrot clade

The timing of neotropical speciation dynamics: a reconstruction of Myiopagis flycatcher diversification using phylogenetic and paleogeographic data

The use of molecular and morphological characters to resolve the taxonomic identity of cryptic species: the case of Miniopterus manavi (Chiroptera, Miniopteridae)

Towards a global list of accepted species I. Why taxonomists sometimes disagree, and why this matters