Robert G. Moyle

Robert Glen Moyle, U.S. ornithologist

• University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute - Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 19 taxon names authored by Robert G. Moyle

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2004

• Moyle, R.G. 2004. Phylogenetics of barbets (Aves: Piciformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30(1): 187–200 DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00179-9 Reference page. 

2005

• Sheldon, F.H., Whittingham, L.A., Moyle, R.G., Slikas, E. & Winkler, D.W. 2005. Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequencing. Molecular Philogenetics and Evolution. 35: 254–270. DOI: .1016/j.ympev.2004.11.008 Reference page. 

2007

• Ribas, C.C., Moyle, R.G., Miyaki, C.Y. & Cracraft, J. 2007. The assembly of montane biotas: linking Andean tectonics and climate oscillations to independent regimes of diversification in Pionus parrots. Proceedings Royal Society B 274: 2399-2408. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0613 Reference page. 

2009

• Tello, J.G., Moyle, R.G., Marchese, D.J. & Cracraft, J. 2009. Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannides). Cladistics 25: 1–39. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00254.x PDF. Reference page. 
• Moyle, R.G., Chesser, R.T., Brumfield, R.T., Tello, J.G., Marchese, D.J. & Cracraft, J. 2009. Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the antbirds, ovenbirds, woodcreepers, and allies (Aves: Passeriformes: infraorder Furnariides). Cladistics 25: 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00259.x Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Moyle R.G.; Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E.; & Diamond, J.M. 2009. Explosive Pleistocene diversification and hemispheric expansion of a "great speciator". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/PNAS 106: 1863–1868. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809861105 Reference page. 

2010

• Derryberry, E., Claramunt, S., Chesser, R.T., Aleixo, A., Cracraft, J., Moyle, R.G. & Brumfield, R.T.. 2010: Certhiasomus, a new genus of woodcreeper (Aves: Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae). Zootaxa 2416: 44–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2416.1.2 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Oliveros, C.H. & Moyle, R.G.. 2010. Origin and diversification of Philippine bulbuls. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 822–832. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.001 PDF Reference page. 
• Lim, H.C., Zou, F.S., Taylor, S.S., Marks, B.D., Moyle, R.G., Voelker, G., & Sheldon, F.H. 2010. Phylogeny of magpie-robins and shamas (Aves: Turdidae: Copsychus and Trichixos): implications for island biogeography in Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography 37 (10): 1894-1906 PDF. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02343.x 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. 

2011

• Sánchez-González, L.A. & Moyle, R.G. 2011. Molecular systematics and species limits in the Philippine fantails (Aves: Rhipidura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(2): 290–299 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.013 Reference page. 

2012

• Hosner, P.A. & Moyle, R.G. 2012. A molecular phylogeny of black-tyrants (Tyrannidae: Knipolegus) reveals strong geographic patterns and homoplasy in plumage and display behavior. The Auk 129: 156–167. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.11101 PDFReference page. 
• Moyle, R.G., Andersen, M.J., Oliveros, C.H., Steinheimer, F.D. & Reddy, S. 2012. Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Core Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae). Systematic Biology 61(4): 631–651. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys027 Reference page. 
• Oliveros, C.H.; Reddy, S.; & Moyle, R.G. 2012. The phylogenetic position of some Philippine "babblers" spans the muscicapoid and sylvioid bird radiations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(2): 799–804 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.029 Reference page. 

2013

• Mahood, S.P.; John, A.J.I.; Eames, J.C.; Oliveros, C.H.; Moyle, R.G.; Hong, C.; Poole, C.M.; Nielsen, H.; & Sheldon, F.H. 2013. A new species of lowland tailorbird (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae: Orthotomus) from the Mekong floodplain of Cambodia. Forktail 29: 1–14 PDF. Reference page. 
• Hosner, P.A., Boggess, N.A., Alviola, P., Sánchez-González, L.A., Oliveros, C.A., Urriza, R. & Moyle, R.G. 2013. Phylogeography of the Robsonius Ground-Warblers (Passeriformes: Locustellidae) Reveals an Undescribed Species from Northeastern Luzon, Philippines. The Condor 115(3): 630–639. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2013.120124 Reference page. 

2014

• Andersen, M.J., Naikatini, A. & Moyle, R.G. 2014. A molecular phylogeny of Pacific honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) reveals extensive paraphyly and an isolated Polynesian radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 308–315. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.014 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Andersen, M.J., Nyári, A.S., Mason, I.J., Joseph, L., Dumbacher, J.P., Filardi, C.E. & Moyle, R.G. 2014. Molecular systematics of the world’s most polytypic bird: the Pachycephala pectoralis/melanura (Aves: Pachycephalidae) species complex. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170(3): 566–588. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12088 Reference page. 

2015

• Andersen, M.J., Shult, H.T., Cibois, A., Thibault, J.-C., Filardi, C.E. & Moyle, R.G. 2015. Rapid diversification and secondary sympatry in Australo-Pacific kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae: Todiramphus). Royal Society Open Science 2: 140375. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140375 Reference page. 
• Andersen, M.J., Hosner, P.A., Filardi, C.E. & Moyle, R.G. 2015. Phylogeny of the monarch flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly and novel relationships within a major Australo-Pacific radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 83: 118–136. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.010 Reference page. 

2017

• Manthey, J.D., Geiger, M. & Moyle, R.G.. 2017. Relationships of morphological groups in the northern flicker superspecies complex (Colaptes auratus & C. chrysoides). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(3): 183–191. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1238020 Reference page. 

2018

• 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. 

2019

• 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 PDF. Reference page. 
• Salter, J.F., Oliveros, C.H., Hosner, P.A., Manthey, J.D., Robbins, M.B., Moyle, R.G., Brumfield, R.T. & Faircloth, B.C. 2019. Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae). The Auk. 137 (ukz070). DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz070 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Shakya, S.B.; Lim, H.C.; Moyle, R.G.; Rahman, M.A.; Lakim, M.; & Sheldon, F.H. 2019. A cryptic new species of bulbul from Borneo. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 139(1): 46–55. DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a3 Reference page. 
• Andersen, M.J., McCullough, J.M., Friedman, N.R., Peterson, A.T., Moyle, R.G., Joseph, L. & Nyári, A.S. 2019. Ultraconserved elements resolve genus-level relationships in a major Australasian bird radiation (Aves: Meliphagidae). Emu 119(3): 218–232. DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2019.1595662 Reference page. 
• McCullough, J.M., Joseph, L., Moyle, R.G. & Andersen, M.J. 2019. Ultraconserved elements put the final nail in the coffin of traditional use of the genus Meliphaga (Aves: Meliphagidae). Zoologica Scripta. 48(4): 411–418. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12350 Reference page. 

2020

• Harvey, M.G, Bravo, G.A., Claramunt, S, Cuervo, A.M., Derryberry, G.E., Battilana, J., Seeholzer, G.F., McKay, J.S., O’Meara, B.C., Faircloth, B.C., Edwards, S.V., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Moyle, R.G., Sheldon, F.H., Aleixo, A., Smith, B.T., Chesser, R.T., Silveira, L.F., Cracraft, J., Brumfield, R.T. & Derryberry, E.P. 2020. The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Science 370 no.6522: 1343–1348. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz6970 Reference page. 

2021

• Kirschel, A.N.G., Moysi, M., Lukhele, S.M., Sebastianelli, M., Asfaw, T., Hadjioannou, L., Mortega, K.G., Monadjem, A. & Moyle, R.G. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus (Dumont, 1816) based on molecular and phenotypic analyses. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 141(4): 428-442. DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v141i4.2021.a6 Reference page. 

2022

• Smith, B.T., Merwin, J., Provost, K.L., Thom, G., Brumfield, R.T., Ferreira, M., Mauck III, W.M., Moyle, R.G., Wright, T.F. & Joseph, L. 2022. Phylogenomic analysis of the parrots of the world distinguishes artifactual from biological sources of gene tree discordance. Systematic Biology In press DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac055 Reference page. 
• McCullough, J.M., Oliveros, C.H., Benz, B.W., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Cracraft, J., Moyle, R.G. & Andersen, M.J. 2022. Wallacean and Melanesian islands promote higher rates of diversification within the global passerine radiation Corvides. Systematic Biology 71(6): 1423–1439 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac044 Reference page. 

2023

• Klicka, L.B., Campillo, L.C., Manthey, J.D., Andersen, M.J., Dumbacher, J.P., Filardi, C.E., Joseph, L., Uy, J.A.C., Weidemann, D.E. & Moyle, R.G. 2023. Genomic and geographic diversification of a “great-speciator” (Rhipidura rufifrons). Ornithology 140(1): ukac049 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac049 Reference page. 
• Shakya, S.B., Alexander, A., Lim, H.C., Manthey, J.D., Prawiradilaga, D.M., Chan, K.O., Sheldon, F.H. & Moyle, R.G. 2023. Demographic history of a complex polymorphism in populations of the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca/rufidorsa) of Southeast Asia. Ibis 165(4): 1267-1279. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13207 Reference page. 
• Hruska J.P., Holmes, J., Oliveros, C., Shakya, S.B., Lavretsky, P., McCracken, K.G., Sheldon, F.H. & Moyle, R.G.. 2023. Ultraconserved elements resolve the phylogeny and corroborate patterns of molecular rate variation in herons (Aves: Ardeidae). Ornithology 140(2): ukad005 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukad005 Reference page.