Gustavo A. Bravo

Gustavo A. Bravo, ornithologist

• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
• Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 18 taxon names authored by Gustavo A. Bravo

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2012

• Belmonte-Lopes, R., Bravo, G.A., Bornschein, M.R., Maurício, G.N., Pie, M.R. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. Genetic and morphological data support placement of Myrmotherula gularis (Spix) in the monotypic genus Rhopias Cabanis and Heine (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa 3451: 1–16. Preview Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Bravo, G.A., Chesser, R.T. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. Isleria, a new genus of antwren (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa 3195: 61–67. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Bravo, G.A., Remsen, Jr., J.V., Whitney, B.M. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. DNA sequence data reveal a previously unsuspected subfamily-level divergence within Thamnophilidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 65(1): 287-293. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.016 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Isler, M.L., Cuervo, A.M., Bravo, G.A. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. An integrative approach to species-level systematics reveals the depth of diversification in an Andean thamnophilid, the Long-tailed Antbird. Condor 114: 571–583. Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.120012Reference page. 

2013

• Cohn-Haft, M. & Bravo, G.A. 2013. A new species of Herpsilochmus antwren from west of the Rio Madeira in Amazonian Brazil. Pp. 272–276 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.  Full article viewReference page. 
• Isler, M.L., Bravo, G.A. & Brumfield, R.T. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data. Zootaxa 3717 (4): 469–497. ZooBank Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3 Reference page. 
• Whitney, B.M., Cohn-Haft, M., Bravo, G.A., Schunck, F. & Silveira, L.F. 2013. A new species of Herpsilochmus antwren from the Aripuanã-Machado interfluvium in central Amazonian Brazil. Pp. 277–281. 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.  Online. 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. 

2014

• Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. 2014: Inundicola Bravo, Isler, and Brumfield 2013 is a junior synonym of Akletos Dunajewski 1948 (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa 3779(3): 399–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.10 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.10 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Tello, J.G., Raposo, M.A., Bates, J.M., Bravo, G.A., Cadena, C.D. & Maldonado-Coelho, M. 2014. Reassessment of the systematics of the widespread genus Cercomacra (Aves: Thamnophilidae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 170(3): 546–565. Full article (PDF). DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12116 Reference page. 
• Bravo, G.A., Remsen, Jr., J.V. & Brumfield, R.T.. 2014. Adaptive processes drive ecomorphological convergent evolution in antwrens (Thamnophilidae). Evolution. International Journal of Organic Evolution 68: 2757–2774. Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.1111/evo.12506Reference page. 
• Isler, M.L., Bravo, G.A. & Brumfield, R.T. 2014. Systematics of the obligate ant-following clade of antbirds (Aves:Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126(4):635-648. Full article view DOI: 10.1676/13-199.1Reference page. 

2018

• Carneiro, L.S., Bravo, G.A., Aristizábal, N., Cuervo, A.M. & Aleixo, A.. 2018. Molecular systematics and biogeography of lowland antpittas (Aves, Grallariidae): the role of vicariance and dispersal in the diversification of a widespread Neotropical lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 375–389. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.019 Reference page. 
• Van Doren, B.M., Freeman, B.G., Aristizábal, N., Álvarez-R, M., Pérez-Emán, J., Cuervo, A.M. & Bravo, G.A. 2018. Species limits in the Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus) complex. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130: 152-167. DOI: 10.1676/16-126.1Reference page. 

2019

• Carneiro, L.S., Bravo, G.A & Aleixo, A. 2019. Phenotypic similarity leads to taxonomic inconsistency: A revision of the lowland's antpittas. Zoologica Scripta. 48: 46–56. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12324 PDF Appendix Reference page. 
• 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. 

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. 
• 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. 
• 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

• Bravo, G.A., Whitney, B.M., Belmonte-Lopes, R., Borschein, M.R., Aristizábal, N., Beco, R., Battilana, J., Naka, L.N., Aleixo, A., Pie, M.R., Silveira, L.F., Derryberry, E.P. & Brumfield, R.T. 2021. Phylogenomic analyses reveal non-monophyly of the antbird genera Herpsilochmus and Sakesphorus (Thamnophilidae), with description of a new genus for Herpsilochmus sellowi. Ornithology 138(3): 1–16 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab025 Reference page. 
• Dickens, J.K., Bitton, P.-P., Bravo, G.A. & Silveira, L.F. 2021. Species limits, patterns of secondary contact and a new species in the Trogon rufus complex (Aves: Trogonidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(2): 499–540 DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa169 Reference page. 
• Bocalini F., Bolívar-Leguizamón, S.D., Silveira, L.F. & Bravo, G.A. 2021. Comparative phylogeographic and demographic analyses reveal a congruent pattern of sister relationships between bird populations of the northern and south-central Atlantic Forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154: 106973 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106973 Reference page.