Vítor de Queiroz Piacentini

Vítor de Queiroz Piacentini, Brazilian ornithologist.

Seção de Aves, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT). Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Curcio, F.F., Piacentini, V.Q. & Fernandes, D.S. 2009. On the status of the snake genera Erythrolamprus Boie, Liophis Wagler and Lygophis Fitzinger (Serpentes, Xenodontinae). Zootaxa 2173: 1–66. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2173.1.7 Reference page.
Piacentini; Aleixo, A. & Silveira, L.F. 2009. Hybrid, subspecies or species? The validity and taxonomic status of Phaethornis longuemareus aethopyga Zimmer, 1950 (Trochilidae). Auk 126(3): 604–612. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08130 Reference page.

Whitney, B.M., Piacentini, V.Q., Schunck, F., Aleixo, A., Sousa, B.R.S., Silveira, L.F. & Rêgo, 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., Isler, M.L., Bravo, G.A., Aristizábal, N., Schunck, F., Silveira, L.F. & Piacentini, V.Q. 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. PDF. Reference page.
Whitney, B.M., Isler, M.L., Bravo, G.A., Aristizábal, N., Schunck, F., Silveira, L.F., Piacentini, V.Q., Cohn-Haft, M. & Rêgo, M.A. 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., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J. & Christie, D.A. (eds.) 2013. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Reference page. PDF.Reference page.

Lopes, L.E. & Piacentini, V.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.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.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 PDF.Reference page.

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.
Piacentini, V.Q., Unitt, P. & Burns, K.J. 2019. Two overlooked generic synonyms in the Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4608 (3): 593-594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.13 Reference page.

Posso, S.R., Donatelli, R.J., Piacentini, V.Q. & Guzzi, A. 2020. Phylogeny and classification of the Bucconidae (Aves, Galbuliformes) based on osteological characters. Papéis Avulsos de Zoología 60: e20206027. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.27 Reference page.