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Christopher Milensky
Collection ManagerDepartment / Division
Education
- B.S. New Mexico State University (1994), Wildlife Science
Research Interests
Responsible for collection management activities, including specimen preparation, cataloging, curation, loans, information requests, and assisting visitors. Interests are in field work, specimen preparation, bird song recording and archiving, and South American birds.
Publications
- Reese, Devin and Milensky, Christopher M. 2021. "An Improbable Journey: The Story of Three Arctic Gull Specimens Surviving an Expedition Calamity." Natural History 129 (5):12-15.
- Early, Catherine M., Morhardt, Ashley C., Cleland, Timothy P., Milensky, Christopher M., Kavich, Gwénaëlle M., and James, Helen F. 2020. "Chemical effects of diceCT staining protocols on fluid-preserved avian specimens." PLOS One 15 (9):Article e0238783. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238783
- Graves, Gary R., Matterson, Kenan O., Milensky, Christopher M., Schmidt, Brian K., O'Mahoney, Michael J. V., and Drovetski, Sergei V. 2020. "Does solar irradiation drive community assembly of vulture plumage microbiotas?." Animal Microbiome 2 (1):24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-020-00043-7
- Paeckert, Martin, Milensky, Christopher M., Martens, Jochen, Kyaw, Myint, Suarez-Rubio, Marcela, Thaw, Win Naing, Oo, Sai Sein Lin, Wolfgramm, Hannes, and Renner, Swen C. 2020. "Pilot biodiversity assessment of the Hkakabo Razi passerine avifauna in northern Myanmar - implications for conservation from molecular genetics." Bird Conservation International 30 (2):267-288. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270919000273
- Saucier, Jacob R., Milensky, Christopher M., Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos, Ragai, Roslina, Dahlan, Nor Faridah, and Edwards, David P. 2019. "A distinctive new species of flowerpecker (Passeriformes: Dicaeidae) from Borneo." Zootaxa 4686 (4):451-464. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4686.4.1
- Renner, Swen C., Rappole, John H., Kyaw, Myint, Milensky, Christopher M., and Packert, Martin. 2018. "Genetic confirmation of the species status of Jabouilleia naungmungensis." Journal of Ornithology 159 (1):63-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1493-0
- Dove, Carla J., Milensky, C., Llactahuaman, S., and Thrasher, B. H. 2017. "Two Harpy Eagles Harpia harpyja at high elevation in Peru." Cotinga 40:98-100.
- Glowska, Eliza, Laniecka, Izabella, and Milensky, Christopher M. 2015. "Two new picobiin mite species (Acari: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitizing passerine birds in Guyana." Acta Parasitologica 60 (3):https://doi.org/10.1515/ap-2015-0069
- Glowska, Eliza and Milensky, Christopher M. 2014. "New species of the genus Picobia (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitizing tyrannid birds (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)." Zootaxa 3821 (3):https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3821.3.6
- Milensky, Christopher M., Austin, Claudia J., Epler, John H., Gebhard, Christina A., and Graves, Gary R. 2014. "Chironomid Midge Hatch Leads to Mass Mortality Event for Chimney Swifts (Chaetura Pelagica)." Banisteria: a journal devoted to the natural history of Virginia (43): 99-101.
- Beehler, Bruce M., Diamond, Jared M., Kemp, Neville, Scholes III, Edwin, Milensky, Christopher M., and Laman, Timothy G. 2012. "Avifauna of the Foja Mountains of western New Guinea." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 132 (2):84-101.
- Schindel, David E., Stoeckle, Mark, Milensky, Christopher M., Trizna, Michael, Schmidt, Brian K., Gebhard, Christina, and Graves, Gary R. 2011. "Project Description: DNA Barcodes of Bird Species in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA." ZooKeys 152:87-91. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.152.2473
- Dove, Carla J. and Milensky, Christopher M. 2010. "Black Vulture Nest in Pendleton County, West Virginia." The Redstart 77 (4):136-139.
- Milensky, Christopher M., Wilkinson, Fiona A., and Holland, Ashley. 2009. "First Record of Todd's Nightjar Caprimulgus heterurus in Guyana." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 129 (2):119-120.
- Rappole, John H., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Aung, T., Milensky, Christopher M., and Renner, Swen C. 2008. "Observations on a new species: the Naung Mung Scimitar-Babbler Jabouilleia naungmungensis." Ibis 150 (3):623-627. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00815.x
- Ishtiaq, F., Gering, E., Rappole, John H., Rahmani, A. R., Jhala, Yadvendradev, Dove, Carla J., Milensky, Christopher M., Olson, Storrs L., Peirce, M. A., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2007. "Prevalence and diversity of avian haematozoan parasites in Asia: A regional survey." Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43 (3):382-398.
- O'Shea, B. J., Milensky, Christopher M., Claramunt, Santiago, Schmidt, Brian K., Gebhard, Christina A., Schmitt, C. Gregory, and Erskine, Kristine T. 2007. "New records for Guyana, with descriptions of the voice of Roraiman Nightjar(Caprimulgus whitelyi)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127 (2):118-127.
- Robbins, M. B., Braun, Michael J., Milensky, Christopher M., Schmidt, Brian K., Prince, W., Rice, N. H., Finch, D. W., and O'Shea, B. J. 2007. "Avifauna of the Upper Essequibo River and Acary Mountains, Southern Guyana." Ornitologia Neotropical 18 (3):339-368.
- Durrant, K. L., Beadell, J. S., Ishtiaq, F., Graves, Gary R., Olson, Storrs L., Gering, E., Peirce, M. A., Milensky, Christopher M., Schmidt, Brian K., Gebhard, C., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2006. "Avian haematozoa in South America: a comparison of temperate and tropical zones." Ornithological Monographs 60:98-111.
- Milensky, Christopher M., Hinds, W., Aleixo, A., and Lima, M. C. 2005. "Birds, in Checklist of the Terrestrial Vertebrates of the Guiana Shield." Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 13:43-74.
- Rice, Nathan H. and Milensky, Christopher M. 2005. "The Nest and Nestlings of the Wing-Banded Antbird (Myrmornis torquata) from Southern Guyana." Wilson Bulletin 117 (1):103-105.
- Robbins, M. B., Braun, Michael J., Huddleston, Christopher J., Finch, Davis W., and Milensky, Christopher M. 2005. "First Guyana records, natural history and systematics of the White-naped Seedeater Dolospingus fringilloides." Ibis 147 (2):334-341.
- Braun, Michael J., Robbins, M. B., Milensky, Christopher M., O'Shea, B. J., Barber, B. R., Hinds, W., and Prince, W. S. 2003. "New birds for Guyana from Mts Roraima and Ayanganna." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 123 (1):24-33.
- Dickinson, E. C., Eck, S., and Milensky, Christopher M. 2002. "Eastern Races of the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758." Zoologische Verhandelingen 201-203.