2004

• Raposo do Amaral, F.S.; Silveira, L.F. 2004: Tinamus solitarius pernambucensis Berla, 1946 is a synonym of Tinamus solitarius (Vieillot, 1819). Ararajuba, Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 12(1): 33–41. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2009

• Oppenheimer, M.; Silveira, L.F. 2009: A taxonomic review of the dark-winged trumpeter Psophia viridis (Aves: Gruiformes: Psophiidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 49: 547–555. Full Article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Raposo do Amaral, F, Sheldon, F.H., Gamauf, A., Haring, E., Riesing, M., Silveira, L.F. & Wajntal, A. 2009. Patterns and processes of diversification in a widespread and ecologically diverse avian group, the buteonine hawks (Aves, Accipitridae). Molecular Philogenetics and Evolution 53: 703-715. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.020 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2010

• Whitney, B.M.; Vasconcelos, M.F.; Silveira, L.F.; Pacheco, J.F. 2010: Scytalopus petrophilus (Rock Tapaculo): a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 18(2): 73–88. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Maurício, G.N., Bornschein, M.R., Vasconcelos, M.F., Whitney, B.M., Pacheco, J.F. & Silveira, L.F. 2010. Taxonomy of “Mouse-colored Tapaculos”. I. On the application of the name Malacorhynchus speluncae Ménétries, 1835 (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Zootaxa 2518: 32–48. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Buzzetti, D.R.C., Belmonte-Lopes, R., Reinert, B.L., Silveira, L.F., & Bornschein, M.R. 2013. A new species of Formicivora Swainson, 1824 (Thamnophilidae) from the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 21(4): 269–291. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Whitney, B.M., Piacentini, V.Q., Schunck, F., Aleixo, A., Souza, B.R.S., Silveira, L.F., Rego, M.A. 2013. A name for Striolated Puffbird west of the Rio Madeira with revision of the Nystalus striolatus (Aves: Bucconidae) complex. Pp. 240–244 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, and D.A. Christie (eds.) (2013). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. PDF Reference page. 

• Whitney, B. M., F. Schunck, M. A. Rêgo, and L. F. Silveira. 2013a. A new species of Zimmerius tyrannulet from the upper Madeira-Tapajós interfluvium in central Amazonian Brazil: birds don't always occur where they should. Pp. 286-291 in Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index (del Hoyo et al., eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. PDFReference page. 

• Whitney, B. M., F. Schunck, M. A. Rêgo, and L. F. Silveira. 2013b. A new species of flycatcher in the Tolmomyias assimilis radiation from the lower Sucunduri-Tapajós interfluvium in central Amazonian Brazil heralds a new chapter in Amazonian biogeography. Pp. 297-300 in Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index (del Hoyo et al., eds.).Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. PDFReference page. 

• Whitney, B. M., M. Cohn-Haft, G. A. Bravo, F. Schunck & L. F. Silveira (2013). A new species of Herpsilochmus antwren from the Aripuanã-Machado interfluvium in central Amazonian Brazil. Pp. 277-281. In: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, and D.A. Christie (eds.) (2013). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.Reference page.  Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Whitney, B. M., M. L. Isler, G. A. Bravo, N. Aristizábal, F. Schunck, L. F. Silveira, and V. de Q. Piacentini. 2013. A new species of Epinecrophylla antwren from the Aripuanã-Machado interfluvium in central Amazonian Brazil with revision of the "stipple-throated antwren" complex. In del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., Sargatal, J., & Christie, A. (Eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 263–267. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Whitney, B. M., M. L. Isler, G. A. Bravo, N. Aristizábal, F. Schunck, L. F. Silveira, V. de Q. Piacentini, M. Cohn-Haft, and M. A. Rêgo 2013. A new species of antbird in the Hypocnemis cantator complex from the Aripuanã-Machado interfluvium in central Amazonian Brazil. P. 282–285 In: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, and D.A. Christie (eds.) (2013). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.Reference page.  Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Miranda, L.d.S., Aleixo, A., Whitney, B.M., Silveira, L.F., Guilherme, E., Santos, M.P.D. & Schneider, M.P.C., 2013. Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Ihering's Antwren complex (Myrmotherula iheringi: Thamnophilidae), with description of a new species from southwestern Amazonia. In del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., Sargatal, J., & Christie, A. (Eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 268–271. Full article (PDF) available for download Reference page. 

• Del-Rio, G., Silveira, L.F., Cavarzere, V. & Rêgo, M.A. 2013. A taxonomic review of the golden-green woodpecker, Piculus chrysochloros (Aves: Picidae) reveals the existence of six valid taxa. Zootaxa 3626(4): 531–542. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.7 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Remsen, J.V., Jr., Schirtzinger, E.E., Ferraroni, A., Silveira, L.F. & Wright, T.F. 2013. DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genus Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae). Zootaxa 3641(3): 296–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.9 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Maldonado‐Coelho, M.; Blake, J.G.; Silveira, L.F.; Batalha‐Filho, H. & Ricklefs, R.E. 2013. Rivers, refuges and population divergence of fire‐eye antbirds (Pyriglena) in the Amazon Basin. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26(5): 1090-1107. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12123 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Batista, R., Aleixo, A., Vallinoto, M., Azevedo, L.d.S., Rêgo, P.S., Silveira, L.F., Sampaio, I. & Schneider, H. 2013. Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper complex (Dendrocolaptes certhia: Dendrocolaptidae), with description of a new species from the Xingu–Tocantins interfluve. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal & D. Christie (Eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index, pp.245–247. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Full article. Reference page. 

• Campagna, L., Silveira, L.F., Tubaro, P.L. & Lougheed, S.C. 2013. Identifying the sister species to the rapid capuchino seedeater radiation (Passeriformes: Sporophila). The Auk 130(4): 645–655. Full article view DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.13064 Reference page. 

2014

• Batalha-Filho, H., Pessoa, R.O., Fabre, P.H., Fjeldså, J., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P.G.P., Silveira, L.F. & Miyaki, C.Y. 2014. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of gnateaters (Passeriformes, Conopophagidae) in the South America forests. Molecular Philogenetics and Evolution 79: 422–432. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.025 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Maurício, G.N., Belmonte-Lopes, R., Pacheco, J.F., Silveira, L.F., Whitney, B.M., & Bornschein, M.R. 2014. Taxonomy of “Mouse-colored Tapaculos” (II): An endangered new species from the montane Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) The Auk 131(4): 643–659. Full article. and Erratum: The Auk 132(4): 951–952. 2015 Erratum. Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P.; Silveira, L.F. 2014: A new species and five new records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from an isolated population of the solitary tinamou Tinamus solitarius (Aves: Tinamiformes). Zootaxa 3838(1): 127–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.1.8 Reference page. 

• Cavarzere, V., Silveira, L.F., Vasconcelos, M.F., Grantsau, R. & Straube, F.C.. 2014. Taxonomy and biogeography of Stephanoxis Simon, 1897 (Aves: Trochilidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 54: 69–79. Full article view DOI: 10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.07 Reference page. 

• Rêgo, M.A., Del-Rio, G. & Silveira, L.F. 2014. A taxonomic review of Picumnus exilis (Aves: Picidae) reveals an underestimation of Piculet species diversity in South America. Journal of Ornithology 155: 853-867. Full article view DOI: 10.1007/s10336-014-1081-5 Reference page. 

2015

• Costa, T.V.V., Ingels, J., Cavarzere, V. & Silveira, L.F. 2015. A new look at the holotype and type locality of Setopagis maculosa (Todd, 1920) (Aves: Caprimulgidae), with remarks on its systematic relationships. Zootaxa 3999(4): 581–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.4.8 . Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Bocalini, F. & Silveira, L.F. 2016. A taxonomic revision of the Musician Wren, Cyphorhinus arada (Aves, Troglodytidae), reveals the existence of six valid species endemic to the Amazon basin. Zootaxa 4193(3): 541–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.5 . Reference page. 

• Costa, T.V.V., Joseph, L. & Silveira, L.F. 2016. Considerations on the type specimens and type locality of Pyrrhura roseifrons (Gray, 1859) (Psittacidae). Zootaxa 4179(1): 107–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.5 . Reference page. 

2017

• Costa, T.V.V., Pacheco, L.F. & Silveira, L.F. 2017. Clarification of the type locality of the Curl-crested Aracari Pteroglossus beauharnaesii Wagler, 1832 (Aves: Ramphastidae). Zootaxa 4247(1): 57–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.6 . Reference page. 

• Evangelista-Vargas, D., Costa, T.V.V., Whitney, B.M., Schunck, F. & Silveira, L.F. 2017. Penelope superciliaris pseudonyma Neumann, 1933 (Aves, Cracidae) is the valid name for the blue-faced population of Rusty-margined Guan endemic to the Madeira-Tapajós interfluvium of central Amazonian Brazil. Zootaxa 4294(4): 436–442. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.4.3 . Reference page. 

• Silveira, L.F., Tomotani, B.M., Cestari, C., Straube, F.C. & Piacentini, V. de Q. 2017. Ortalis remota: a forgotten and critically endangered species of chachalaca (Galliformes: Cracidae) from Eastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4306(4): 524–536. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.4.4 . Reference page. 

• Lopes, L.E., Chaves, A.V., de Aquino, M.M., Silveira, L.F. & dos Santos, F.R. 2017. The striking polyphyly of Suiriri: Convergent evolution and social mimicry in two cryptic Neotropical birds. Journal of Zoological Systematics Evolutionary Research 56 (2): 270–279. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12200 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2018

• Evangelista-Vargas, O.D. & Silveira, L.F. 2019. Morphological evidence for the taxonomic status of the Bridge’s Guan, Penelope bridgesi, with comments on the validity of P. obscura bronzina (Aves: Cracidae). Zoologia, 35: 1–35. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.35.e12993 Reference page. 

2019

• Serrano-Villavicencio, J.E. & Silveira, L.F. 2019. Notes on Lagothrix flavicauda (Primates: Atelidae): oldest known specimen and the importance of the revisions of museum specimens. Zoologia, 36: e29951. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.36.e29951 Reference page. 

• 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 . Full article (PDF) Reference page.