Robert C. Fleischer

Robert C. Fleischer, U.S. ornithologist

• Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., USA.

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• 2 taxon names authored by Robert C. Fleischer

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• Dumbacher, J.P., Pratt, T.K. & Fleischer, R.C. 2003. Phylogeny of the owlet-nighjars (Aves: Aegothelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29(3): 540–549. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00135-0 Reference page. 

• Fleischer R.C., James H.F. & Olson S.L. 2008. Convergent Evolution of Hawaiian and Australo-Pacific Honeyeaters from Distant Songbird Ancestors. Current Biology 18(24): 1927–1931. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.051 Reference page. 
• Dumbacher, J.P., Deiner, K., Thompson, L. & Fleischer, R.C. 2008. Phylogeny of the avian genus Pitohui and the evolution of toxicity in birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(3): 774–781. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.018 Reference page. 

• Bonaccorso, E., Peterson, A.T., Navarro‐Sigüenza, A.G. & Fleischer, R.C. 2010. Molecular systematics and evolution of Cyanocorax jays. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 897–909. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.014 Reference page. 

• Chesser, R.T., Isler, M.L., Cuervo, A.M., Cadena, C.D., Galen, S.C., Bergner, L.M., Fleischer, R.C., Bravo, G.A., Lane, D.F. & Hosner, P.A. 2020. Conservative plumage masks extraordinary genetic diversity in the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex of the humid Andes. The Auk 137: 1–25 DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukaa009 Reference page. 

• Kirchman, J.J., McInerney, N.R., Giarla, T.C., Olson, S.L., Slikas, E. & Fleischer, R.C. 2021. Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification. Ornithology 138(4): ukab042. DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab042 Reference page.