John Klicka, U.S. Ornithologist

• Barrick Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• Department of Biology & Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 7 taxon names authored by John Klicka

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

• Klicka, J., Voelker, G. & Spellman, G. M. 2005. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the "true thrushes" (Aves: Turdinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 486–500. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.001 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2007

• Klicka, J., K. Burns, & G. M. Spellman. 2007. Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 1014–1032. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.006 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2008

• Voelker, G. & Klicka, J. 2008. Systematics of Zoothera thrushes and a synthesis of true thrush molecular relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 377–381. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.014 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Miller, M.J., Bermingham, E., Klicka, J., Escalante P., P., Raposo do Amaral, F., Weir, J.T. & Winker, K. 2008. Out of Amazonia again and again: episodic crossing of the Andes promotes diversification in a lowland forest flycatcher. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 275: 1133–1142. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0015 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2010

• Lovette, I.J., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Sullivan, J.P., Banks, R.C., Fiorentino, I., Córdoba-Córdoba, S., Echeverry-Galvis, M., Barker, F.K., Burns, K.J., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S.M. & Berminghan, E. 2010. A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 57 (2): 753–770. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.018 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2011

• Klicka, J., & Banks, R. C. 2011. A generic name for some sparrows (Aves: Emberizidae). Zootaxa 2793: 67–68. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2013

• Barker, F. K., Burns, K. J., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S. M., & Lovette, I. J. 2013. Going to extremes: Contrasting rates of diversification in a recent radiation of New World passerine birds. Systematic Biology 62 (2): 298–320. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys094 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Chaves, J. A., Hidalgo, J.R. & Klicka, J. 2013. Biogeography and evolutionary history of the Neotropical genus Saltator (Aves: Thraupini). Journal of Biogeography 40: 2180–2190. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12150 AbstractReference page. 

• Whittaker, A., Aleixo, A., Whitney, B.M., Smith, B.T. & Klicka, J. 2013. A distinctive new species of gnatcatcher in the Polioptila guianensis complex (Aves: Polioptilidae) from western Amazonian Brazil. pp.301-305. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie D. (Org.). Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. 1ed. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2014

• Klicka, J., Barker, F.K., Burns, K.J., Lanyon, S.M., Lovette, I.J. & Chaves, J.A. 2014. A comprehensive multilocus assessment of sparrow (Aves: Passerellidae) relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 177-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.025 Reference page. 

• Powell, A. F.L.A., Barker, F. K., Lanyon, S. M., Burns, K. J., Klicka, J., & Lovette, I. J. 2014. A comprehensive species-level molecular phylogeny of the New World blackbirds (Icteridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 94-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.009 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Slager, D.L., Battey, C. J., Bryson, R. W., Jr., Voelker, G. & Klicka, J. 2014. A multilocus phylogeny of a major New World avian radiation: The Vireonidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 95-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.021 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Slager, D.L.; Klicka, J. 2014: Polyphyly of Hylophilus and a new genus for the tawny-crowned greenlet (Aves: Passeriformes: Vireonidae). Zootaxa 3884(2): 194–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.8 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Burns, K.J., Shultz, A.J., Title, P.O., Mason N.A., Barker, F.K., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S.M. & Lovette, I.J. 2014. Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 75:41–77. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006 AbstractReference page. 

• Bryson, R.W.; Chaves, J.; Smith, B.T.; Miller, M.J.; Winker, K.; Pérez-Emán, J.L. & Klicka, J. 2014. Diversification across the New World within the ‘blue’ cardinalids (Aves: Cardinalidae). Journal of Biogeography 41(3): 587-599. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12218 Reference page. 

2015

• Barker, F.K., Burns, K.J., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S.M. & Lovette, I.J. 2015. New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies. The Auk 132(2): 333-348. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-14-110.1 Reference page. 

2017

• Halley, M.R., Klicka, J., Clee, P.R.S. & Weckstein, J.D. 2017. Restoring the species status of Catharus maculatus (Aves: Turdidae), a secretive Andean thrush, with a critique of the yardstick approach to species delimitation. Zootaxa 4276(3): 387–404. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.3.4 . Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Battey, C. J. & Klicka, J. 2017. Cryptic speciation and gene flow in a migratory songbird species complex: insights from the Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 67-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.006 Reference page. 

2018

• Smith, B.T., Bryson, R.W.Jr., Mauck III, W.M., Chaves, J., Robbins, M.B., Aleixo, A. & Klicka, J. 2018. Species delimitation and biogeography of the gnatcatchers and gnatwrens (Aves: Polioptilidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126:45-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.012 Reference page.