Jon Fjeldså

Jon Fjeldså (born 1942), Danish ornithologist of Norwegian ancestry.

Center for macroecology, evolution and climate, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Taxon names authored

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31 taxon names authored by Jon Fjeldså

Eponyms

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1 eponym of Jon Fjeldså

Publications

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1994

Dinesen, L., Lehmberg, T.,, Svendsen, J.O., Hansen, L.A. & Fjeldså, J. 1994. A new genus and species of perdicine bird (Phasianidae, Perdicini) from Tanzania: a relict form with Indo-Malayan affinities. Ibis 136(1): 3–11. PDF Reference page.

1997

Maijer, S. & Fjeldså, J. 1997. Description of a new Cranioleuca spinetail from Bolivia and a "leapfrog pattern" of geographic variation in the genus. Ibis 139:609, 610, front. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04683.x Abstract Reference page.

1998

García-Moreno, J., Arctander, P. & Fjeldså, J. 1998. Pre-Pleistocene differentiation among chat-tyrants. The Condor 100:629-640. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

1999

García-Moreno, J., Arctander, P. & Fjeldså, J. (1999). A case of rapid diversification in the Neotropics: phylogenetic relationships among Cranioleuca spinetails (Aves, Furnariidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12:273–281. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0617. Abstract Reference page.
Valqui, T. & Fjeldså, J. 1999. New brush‐finch Atlapetes from Peru. Ibis 141(2):194–198 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1999.tb07541.x Reference page.

2002

Irestedt, M.; J. Fjeldså; U. S. Johansson & P.G.P. Ericson. 2002. Systematic relationships and biogeography of the tracheophone suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23(3): 499–512. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00034-9 Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Valqui, T. & Fjeldså, J. 2002. Atlapetes melanopsis nom. nov. for the Black-faced Brush-Finch. Ibis 144(2): 347 DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.00051.x Reference page.

2003

Fjeldså, J., Zuccon, D., Irestedt, M., Johansson, U.S. & Ericson, P.G.P. 2003. Sapayoa aenigma: a New World representative of 'Old World suboscines'. Biology Letters 270(Suppl. 2): S238–S241. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0075 . Reference page.
García-Moreno, J. & Fjeldså, J. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships among Hemispingus tanagers. Ornitologia Neotropical 14: 363–370. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Fjeldså, J. & Kiure, J. 2003. A new population of the Udzungwa forest partridge. Bulletin British Ornithologists Club 123(1): 52-57. BHL Reference page.

2004

Bowie, R.C.K., Fjeldså, J., Hackett, S.J. & Crowe, T.M. 2004. Systematics and biogeography of Double-collared Sunbirds from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Auk 121(3): 660–681 DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0660:SABODS]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

2005

Olson, S.L., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P.G.P. & Fjeldså, J. 2005. Independent evolution of two Darwinian marsh-dwelling ovenbirds (Furnariidae: Limnornis, Limnoctites). Ornitología Neotropical 16: 347–359. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Bowie, R.C.K. & Fjeldså, J. 2005. Genetic and morphological evidence for two species in the Udzungwa forest partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensi. Journal of East African Natural History, 94(1): 191–201. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317(2005)94[191:GAMEFT]2.0.CO;2 ResearchGate Reference page.

2006

Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J. & Ericson, P.G.P. 2006. Evolution of the ovenbird-woodcreeper assemblage (Aves: Furnariidae) – major shifts in nest architecture and adaptive radiation. Journal of Avian Biology 37: 260–272. DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03612.xAbstract and PDF. Reference page.
Fuchs, J., Fjeldså, J, Bowie, R.C.K., Voelker, G. & Pasquet, E. 2006. The African warbler genus Hyliota as a lost lineage in the Oscine songbird tree: molecular support for an African origin of the Passerida. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 39(1): 186–197 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.020 Reference page.
Jønsson, K.A., & Fjeldså, J. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x Reference page.
Fjeldså J., Bowie, R.C.K. & Kiure, J. 2006. The forest batis, Batis mixta, is two species: description of a new, narrowly distributed Batis species in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Ornithology 147: 578–590. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0082-4 ResearchGate Reference page.

2007

Fjeldså, J., Irestedt, M., Jønsson, K.A., Ohlson, J.I. & Ericson, P.G.P. 2007. Phylogeny of the ovenbird genus Upucerthia: A case of independent adaptations for terrestrial life. Zoologica Scripta 36(2): 133–141. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00270.x ResearchGate Reference page.
Johansson, U.S.; Fjeldså, J.; Lokugalappatti, L.G.S.; & Bowie, R.C.K. 2007. A nuclear DNA phylogeny and proposed taxonomic revision of African greenbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae). Zoologica Scripta 36: 417–427. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00290.x Reference page.

2008

Jønsson, K.A., Irestedt, M., Fuchs, J., Ericson, P.G.P, Christidis, L., Bowie, R.C.K. Norman, J.A., Pasquet, E. & Fjeldså, J. 2008. Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: Evidence from the Campephagidae and other crown Corvida (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47(1): 221–236. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.017 Reference page.
Nguembock, B., Fjeldså, J., Couloux, A. & Pasquet, E.. 2008. Phylogeny of Laniarius: Molecular data reveal L. liberatus synonymous with L. erlangeri and "plumage coloration" as unreliable morphological characters for defining species and species groups. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(2): 396–407 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.014 Reference page.
Nguembock, B.; Fjeldså, J.; Couloux, A.; Cruaud, C. & Pasquet, E. 2008. Polyphyly of the genus Apalis and a new generic name for the species pulchra and ruwenzorii. Ibis 150: 756-765. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00852.x Reference page.

2009

Ohlson, J., Fjeldså, J. & Ericson, P. G. P. 2009. A new genus for three species of tyrant flycatchers (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae), formerly placed in Myiophobus. Zootaxa 2290: 36–40. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191390 PDF Reference page.
Nguembock, B., Fjeldså, J., Couloux, A., & Pasquet, E. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Carduelinae (Aves, Passeriformes, Fringillidae) proves polyphyletic origin of the genera Serinus and Carduelis and suggests redefined generic limits. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51(2): 169–181. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.022 Abstract & first page. Reference page.
Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J., Dalén, L. & Ericson, P.G.P. 2009. Convergent evolution, habitat shifts and variable diversification rates in the ovenbird-woodcreeper family (Furnariidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 9(1): 268 (13 pp.) DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-268 Reference page.
Norman, J.A., Ericson, P.G.P., Jønsson, K.A., Fjeldså, J. & Christidis, L. 2009b. A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52(2): 488–497. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.019 Reference page.
Bowie, R.C.K., Fjeldså, J. & Kiure, J. 2009. Multilocus molecular DNA variation in Winifred’s Warbler Scepomycter winifredae suggests cryptic speciation and the existence of a threatened species in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania. Ibis 151 (4): 709–719. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00954.x Reference page.

2010

Ericson, P.G.P., Olson, S.L., Irestedt, M., Alvarenga, H. & Fjeldså, J.. 2010. Circumscription of a monophyletic family for the tapaculos (Aves: Rhinocryptidae): Psiloramphus in and Melanopareia out. Journal of Ornithology 151 (2): 337–345. PDF. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0460-9 Reference page.
Jønsson, K.A, Bowie, R.C.K., Nylander, J.A.A, Christidis, L., Norman, J.A & Fjeldså, J. 2010. Biogeographical history of cuckoo-shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo-Papua. Journal of Biogeography 37(9): 1767–1781 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02328.x Full article Reference page.
Fjeldså, J.; Irestedt, M.; Ericson, P.G.P.; & Zuccon, D. 2010. The Cinnamon Ibon Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus is a forest canopy sparrow. Ibis 152: 747–760. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01053.x PDF Reference page.
Jønsson, K.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Moyle, R.G., Christidis, L., Norman, J.A., Benz, B.W. & Fjeldså, J. 2010. Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos. Journal of Biogeography 37: 245–257. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02220.x Reference page.

2012

Ohlson, J., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J. & Ericson, P.G.P. 2012. Nuclear DNA from a 180-year-old study skin reveals the phylogenetic position of the Kinglet Calyptura Calyptura cristata (Passeriformes: Tyrannides). Ibis 154: 533–541. Full article (PDF)Reference page.
Fabre P.-H., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J., Bristol, R., Groombridge, J.J., Irham, M. & Jønsson, K.A. 2012. Dynamic colonization exchanges between continents and islands drive diversification in paradise-flycatchers (Terpsiphone, Monarchidae). Journal of Biogeography 39: 1900–1918. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02744.x ResearchGate Reference page.
Fuchs, J., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J., Couloux, A., Pasquet, E. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of African bush-shrikes and allies: Tracing the biogeographic history of an explosive radiation of corvoid birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64(1): 93–105 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.007 Article Reference page.
Jønsson, K.A., Fabre, P.-H., Fritz, S.A., Etienne, R.S., Ricklefs, R.E., Jørgensen, T.B., Fjeldså, J., Rahbek, C., Ericson, P.G.P., Woog, F., Pasquet, E. & Irestedt, M. 2012. Ecological and evolutionary determinants for the adaptive radiation of the Madagascan vangas. PNAS 109(17): 6620–6625 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115835109 Reference page.

2013

Ohlson, J.I., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P.G.P. & Fjeldså, J. 2013. Phylogeny and classification of the New World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes). Zootaxa 3613(1): 1–35. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.1.1 PDF. Reference page.
Batalha-Filho, H., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J., Ericson, P.G.P., Silveira, L.F. & Miyaki, C.Y. 2013. Molecular systematics and evolution of the Synallaxis ruﬁcapilla complex (Aves:Furnariidae) in the Atlantic Forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67(1): 86–94 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.01.007 PDF. 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 PDF.Reference page.
Jarvis, E.D., Mirarab, S, Aberer, A.J., Li, B., Houde, P., Li, C., Ho, S.Y.W., Faircloth, B.C., Nabholz, B., Howard, J.T., Suh, A., Weber, C.C., da Fonseca, R.R., Li, J.-W., Zhang, F., Li, H., Zhou, L., Narula, N., Liu, L., Ganapathy, G., Boussau, B., Bayzid, S., Zavidovych, V., Subramanian, S., Gabaldón, T., Capella-Gutiérrez, S., Huerta-Cepas, J., Rekepalli, B., Munch, K., Schierup, M., Lindow, B., Warren, W.C., Ray, D., Green, R.E., Bruford, M.W., Zhan, X.-J., Dixon, A., Li, S.-B., Li, N., Huang, Y.-H., Derryberry, E.P., Bertelsen, M.F., Sheldon, F.H., Brumfield, R.T., Mello, C.V., Lovell, P.V., Wirthlin, M., Schneider, M.P.C., Prosdocimi, F., Samaniego, J.A., Vargas Velazquez, A.M., Alfaro-Núñez, A., Campos, P.F., Petersen, B., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Pas, A., Bailey, T., Scofield, P., Bunce, M., Lambert, D.M., Zhou, Q., Perelman, P., Driskell, A.C., Shapiro, B., Xiong, Z.-J., Zeng, Y.-L., Liu, S.-P., Li, Z.-Y., Liu, B.-H., Wu, K., Xiao, J., Yinqi, X., Zheng, Q., Zhang, Y., Yang, H.-M., Wang, J., Smeds, L., Rheindt, F.E., Braun, M., Fjeldså, J., Orlando, L., Barker, F.K., Jønsson, K.A., Johnson, W., Koepfli, K.-P., O’Brien, S.J., Haussler, D., Ryder, O.A., Rahbek, C., Willerslev, E., Graves, G.R., Glenn, T.C., McCormack, J., Burt, D., Ellegren, H., Alström, P., Edwards, S.V., Stamatakis, A., Mindell, D.P., Cracraft, J., Braun, E.L., Warnow, T., Jun, W., Gilbert, M.T.P. & Zhang, G.-J. 2014. Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science 346 (6215): 1320–1331. DOI: 10.1126/science.1253451 ResearchGate. Supplementary materials: PDF Reference page.
Jønsson, K.A., Irestedt, M., Christidis, L., Clegg, S.M., Holt, B.G. & Fjeldså, J. 2014. Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281(1777): 20131727. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1727 ResearchGate Reference page.
Aggerbeck M., Fjeldså, J., Christidis, L., Fabre, P.-H. & Jønsson, K.A.. 2014. Resolving deep lineage divergences in core corvoid passerine birds supports a proto-Papuan island origin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 70: 272–285. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.027 Reference page.

2015

Fjeldså, J., Ericson, P.G.P., Johansson, U. & Zuccon, D. 2015. Three new bird family names. pp. 33–34. In: Winkler, D.W., Billerman, S.M. & Lovette, I.J. (eds.) Bird Families of the World: An Invitation to the Spectacular Diversity of Birds. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-941892-0-3 Reference page.
Sánchez-Gonzáles, L.A., Navarro-Sigüenza, A.G., Krabbe, N.K., Fjeldså, J. & García-Moreno, J. 2015. Diversification in the Andes: the Atlapetes brush-finches. Zoologica Scripta 44(2): 135–152. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12088 ResearchGate Reference page.

2016

Bowie, R.C.K., Fjeldså, J., Kiure, J. & Kristensen, J.B. 2016. A new member of the greater double-collared sunbird complex (Passeriformes: Nectariniidae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Africa. Zootaxa 4175(1): 23–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.3. Reference page.
Jønsson, K.A., Fabre, P.-H., Kennedy, J.D., Holt, B.G., Borregaard, M.K., Rahbek, C. & Fjeldså, J. 2016. A supermatrix phylogeny of corvoid passerine birds (Aves: Corvides). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94(A): 87–94 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.020 Reference page.

2018

Fuchs, J., Douno, M., Bowie, R.C.K. & Fjeldså, J. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Square-tailed Drongo species complex (Passeriformes: Dicruridae) with description of a new species from western Africa. Zootaxa 4438(1): 105–127. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.4 Reference page.
Fjeldså, J., Ohlson, J.I., Batalha-Filho, H., Ericson, P.G.P & Irestedt, M. 2018. Rapid expansion and diversification into new niche space by fluvicoline flycatchers. Journal of Avian Biology 49(3): jav-01661 DOI: 10.1111/jav.01661 Reference page.
Alström, P.; Cibois, A.; Irestedt, M.; Zuccon, D.; Gelang, M.; Fjeldså, J.; Andersen, M.J.; Moyle, R.G.; Pasquet, E.; & Olsson, U. 2018. Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the grassbirds and allies (Locustellidae) reveals extensive non-monophyly of traditional genera, and a proposal for a new classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 367–375 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.029 Reference page.
Marki, P.Z., Fjeldså, J., Irestedt, M. & Jønsson, K.A. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics and species limits in a cryptically coloured radiation of Australo-Papuan passerine birds (Pachycephalidae: Colluricincla). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124(5): 100–125. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.029 Reference page.
Cibois, A., Gelang, M., Alström, P., Pasquet, E., Fjeldså, J., Ericson, P.G.P & Olsson, U. 2018. Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy. Zoologica Scripta 47(4): 428–440 DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12296 Reference page.
Finch, B.W., Hunter, N.D., Winkelmann, I., Manzano-Vargas, K., Njoroge, P., Fjeldså, J. & Gilbert, M.T.P. 2016. Redefining the taxonomy of the all-black and pied boubous (Laniarius spp.) in coastal Kenya and Somalia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 136 (2): 74-85 PDF Reference page.

2019

Cai, T., Cibois, A., Alström, P., Moyle, R.G., Kennedy, J.D., Shao, S., Zhang, R., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P.G.P, Gelang, M., Qu, Y., Lei, F. & Fjeldså, J. 2019. Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world’s babblers (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 346–356. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010 Reference page.

2020

Cadena, C.D., Cuervo, A.M., Céspedes, L.N., Bravo, G.A., Krabbe, N., Schulenberg, T.S., Derryberry, G.E., Silveira, L.F., Derryberry, E.P., Brumfield, R.T. & Fjeldså, J. 2020. Systematics, biogeography, and diversification of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), an enigmatic radiation of Neotropical montane birds. The Auk 137(2): 1–30. DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz077 Reference page.
Krabbe, N., Schulenberg, T.S., Hosner, P.A., Rosenberg, K.V., Davis, T.J., Rosenberg, G.H., Lane, D.F., Andersen, M.J., Robbins, M.B., Cadena, C.D., Valqui, T., Salter, J.F., Spencer, A.J., Angulo, F. & Fjeldså, J. 2020. Untangling cryptic diversity in the High Andes: Revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru reveals three new species. The Auk 137(2): 1–26 DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukaa003 Reference page.
Ohlson, J.I., Irestedt, M., Batalha-Filho, H., Ericson. P.G.P. & Fjeldså, J. 2020. A revised classification of the fluvicoline tyrant flycatchers (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Fluvicolinae) Zootaxa 4747(1): 167-176 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.7 Reference page.
Fjeldså, J., Christidis, L. & Ericson, P.G.P. (Editors). 2020. The Largest Avian Radiation. The Evolution of Perching Birds, or the Order Passeriformes. Lynx Ediciones. Barcelona. 445 p.; ill.; index. ISBN 978-84-16728-33-6 Summary Reference page.
Song, G., Zhang, R., Machado-Stredel, F., Alström, P., Johansson, U.S., Irestedt, M., Mays Jr., H.L., McKay, B.D., Nishiumi, I., Cheng, Y.-L., Qu, Y., Ericson, P.G.P., Fjeldså, J., Peterson, A.T. & Lei, F.-M. 2020. Great journey of Great Tits (Parus major group): origin, diversification and historical demographics of a broadly distributed bird lineage. Journal of Biogeography 47: 1585–1598 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13863 Reference page.

2021

Fjeldså, J., Dinesen, L., Davies, O.R., Irestedt, M., Krabbe, N.K., Hansen, L.A. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2021. Description of two new Cisticola species endemic to the marshes of the Kilombero floodplain of southwestern Tanzania. Ibis 163(4): 1330–1354 DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12971 Reference page.

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