2010

• Piacentini, V.Q., Pachecho, J.F. & Whitney B.M. 2010. The name Ramphastos piperivora Linnaeus revisited Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 130(2):141-143. Full article viewReference page. 

2013

• 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., 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. 

2017

• Lopes, L.E. & Piacentini, V. de Q. 2017. Evidence of hybrid origin for Tachyphonus nattereri Pelzeln, 1870 (Aves: Thraupidae). Zootaxa 4277(3): 386–398. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.3.4 . Reference page. 

• Piacentini, V. de Q. 2017. A new genus for the Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Aves: Passeriformes): a suggested adjustment to the classification of the Thraupidae. Zootaxa 4276(2): 293–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.2.11 . 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. 

• Stiles, F.G., Piacentini, V.Q. & Remsen, Jr., J.V. 2017. A brief history of the generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): the chaos of the past and problems to be resolved. Zootaxa 4269(3): 396–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.4 Reference page. 

2019

• Perrella, D.F., Piacentini, V.Q., Zima, P.V.Q., Biagolini, C., Jr., Ribeiro-Silva, L. & Francisco, M.R. 2019. First complete description of nest, eggs, and nestlings of the Squamate Antbird, Myrmoderus squamosus (Aves: Thamnophilidae). Zoologia, 36: e29719. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.36.e29719 Reference page.