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Terry Chesser
Research Associate (USGS)Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1995
B.A., Georgia State University, 1982
Department / Division
Research Interests
My research focuses on avian systematics, evolution, and biogeography. Current interests include: (1) systematics and evolution of the Furnariidae (ovenbirds) and other suboscine birds; (2) South American biogeography, especially of the Andean and Amazonian regions; (3) biogeography and ecology of South American austral migrants; (4) coevolution of phabine pigeons (Phabini) and their feather lice; (5) systematics and biogeography of the Turnicidae (buttonquail); (6) phylogeography and movement patterns of Australian waterbirds; and (7) systematics and biogeography of a variety of other Australian and Australasian bird and mammal groups.
Publications
Article
- Chesser, R. Terry, Billerman, Shawn M., Burns, Kevin J., Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Kratter, Andrew W., Lovette, Irby J., Mason, Nicholas A., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Jr., Stotz, Douglas F., and Winker, Kevin. 2020. "Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds." Auk 137 (3):ukaa030–ukaa030. https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/ukaa030
- Chesser, R. Terry, Harvey, Michael G., Brumfield, Robb T., and Derryberry, Elizabeth P. 2020. "A revised classification of the Xolmiini (Aves: Tyrannidae: Fluvicolinae), including a new genus for Muscisaxicola fluviatilis." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 133 (1):35–48. https://doi.org/10.2988/20-00002
- Chesser, R. Terry, Isler, Morton L., Cuervo, Andres M., Cadena, C. Daniel, Galen, Spencer C., Bergner, Laura M., Fleischer, Robert C., Bravo, Gustavo A., Lane, Daniel F., and Hosner, Peter A. 2020. "Conservative plumage masks extraordinary phylogenetic diversity in the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex of the humid Andes." Auk 137 (3):ukaa009–ukaa009. https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/ukaa009
- Isler, Morton L., Chesser, R. Terry, Robbins, Mark B., Cuervo, Andrés M., Cadena, Carlos Daniel, and Hosner, Peter A. 2020. "Taxonomic evaluation of the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex (Aves: Passeriformes: Grallariidae) distinguishes sixteen species." Zootaxa 4817 (1):1–74. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4817.1.1
- Chesser, R. Terry, Burns, Kevin J., Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Kratter, Andrew W., Lovette, Irby J., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Jr., Stotz, Douglas F., and Winker, Kevin. 2019. "Sixtieth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds." Auk 136 (3):UNSP ukz042–UNSP ukz042. https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/ukz042
- Kimball, Rebecca T., Oliveros, Carl H., Wang, Ning, White, Noor D., Barker, F. Keith, Field, Daniel J., Ksepka, Daniel T., Chesser, R. Terry, Moyle, Robert G., Braun, Michael J., Brumfield, Robb T., Faircloth, Brant C., Smith, Brian Tilston, and Braun, Edward L. 2019. "A Phylogenomic Supertree of Birds." Diversity 11 (7):109. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11070109
- Oliveros, Carl H., Field, Daniel J., Ksepka, Daniel T., Barker, F. K., Aleixo, Alexandre, Andersen, Michael J., Alström, Per, Benz, Brett W., Braun, Edward L., Braun, Michael J., Bravo, Gustavo A., Brumfield, Robb T., Chesser, R. Terry, Claramunt, Santiago, Cracraft, Joel, Cuervo, Andrés M., Derryberry, Elizabeth P., Glenn, Travis C., Harvey, Michael G., Hosner, Peter A., Joseph, Leo, Kimball, Rebecca T., Mack, Andrew L., Miskelly, Colin M., Peterson, A. T. et al. 2019. "Earth history and the passerine superradiation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (16):7916–7925. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1813206116
- Torres, Lucas, Welch, Andreanna J., Zanchetta, Catherine, Chesser, R. Terry, Manno, Maxime, Donnadieu, Cécile, Bretagnolle, Vincent, and Pante, Eric. 2019. "Evidence for a duplicated mitochondrial region in Audubon's shearwater based on MinION sequencing." Mitochondrial DNA. Part A. DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis 30:256–263. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2018.1484116
- Chesser, R. Terry, Vaseghi, Haley, Hosner, Peter A., Bergner, Laura M., Cortes-Rodriguez, M. Nandadevi, Welch, Andreanna J., and Collins, Charles T. 2018. "Molecular systematics of swifts of the genus Chaetura (Ayes: Apodiformes: Apodidae)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 128:162–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.07.006
- Drovetski, Sergei V., O'Mahoney, Michael, Ransome, Emma J., Matterson, Kenan O., Lim, Haw Chuan, Chesser, R. Terry, and Graves, Gary R. 2018. "Spatial Organization of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Urban Canada Geese." Scientific Reports 8 (3713):https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21892-y
- Drovetski, Sergei V., O'Mahoney, Michael, Ransome, Emma J., Matterson, Kenan O., Lim, Haw Chuan, Chesser, R. Terry, and Graves, Gary R. 2018. "Publisher Correction: Spatial Organization of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Urban Canada Geese (vol 8, 3713, 2018)." Scientific Reports 8 (6767):https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24859-1
- Chesser, R. Terry, Burns, Kevin J., Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Kratter, Andrew W., Lovette, Irby J., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Rising, James D., Stotz, Douglas F., and Winker, Kevin. 2017. "Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds." The Auk 134 (3):751–773. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-17-72.1
- Rader, Jonathan A., Newsome, Seth D., Sabat, Pablo, Chesser, R. Terry, Dillon, Michael E., and Martínez Del Rio, Carlos. 2017. "Isotopic niches support the resource breadth hypothesis." Journal of Animal Ecology 86 (2):405–413. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12629
- Sweet, Andrew D., Chesser, R. Terry, and Johnson, Kevin P. 2017. "Comparative cophylogenetics of Australian phabine pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) and their feather lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera)." International journal for parasitology 47 (6):347–356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.12.003
- Chesser, R. Terry. 2016. "A replacement name for Asthenes wyatti perijanus Phelps 1977." Zootaxa 4067 (5):599. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.9
- Chesser, R. Terry, Burns , Kevin J., Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Kratter, Andrew W., Lovette, Irby J., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Jr., Rising, James D., Stotz, Douglas F., and Winker, Kevin. 2016. "Fifty-seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds." The Auk 133 (3):544–560. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-16-77.1
- Sonsthagen, Sarah A., Wilson, Robert E., Chesser, R. Terry, Pons, Jean-Marc, Crochet, Pierre-Andre, Driskell, Amy C., and Dove, Carla J. 2016. "Recurrent hybridization and recent origin obscure phylogenetic relationships within the 'white-headed' gull (Larus sp.) complex." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 103:41–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.06.008
- Aplin, Kenneth P., Rhind, S. G., Have, J. ten, and Chesser, R. Terry. 2015. "Taxonomic revision of Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) (Dasyuridae; Marsupialia), including descriptions of two new subspecies and confirmation of P. pirata Thomas, 1904 as a 'Top End' endemic." Zootaxa 4055 (1):1–73. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4055.1.1
- Chesser, R. Terry. 2015. "A further note on the scientific name of Bullocks' Oriole." Zootaxa 3956 (3):https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3956.3.9
- Chesser, R. Terry, Banks, Richard C., Burns, Kevin J., Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Kratter, Andrew W., Lovette, Irby J., Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Rising, James D., Stotz, Douglas F., and Winker, Kevin. 2015. "Fifty-sixth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union: Check-list of North American Birds." The Auk 132 (3):748–764. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-15-73.1
- Rader, Jonathan A., Dillon, Michael E., Chesser, R. Terry, Sabat, Pablo, and del Rio, Carlos Martínez. 2015. "Morphological divergence in a continental adaptive radiation: South American ovenbirds of the genus Cinclodes." The Auk 132 (1):180–190. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-14-49.1
- Rick, Torben C., Sillett, T. Scott, Ghalambor, Cameron K., Hofman, Courtney A., Ralls, Katherine, Anderson, R. S., Boser, Christina L., Braje, Todd J., Cayan, Daniel R., Chesser, R. Terry, Collins, Paul W., Erlandson, Jon M., Faulkner, Kate R., Fleischer, Robert C., Funk, W. C., Galipeau, Russell, Huston, Ann, King, Julie, Laughrin, Lyndal, Maldonado, Jesús E., McEachern, Kathryn, Muhs, Daniel R., Newsome, Seth D., Reeder-Myers, Leslie, Still, Christopher et al. 2014. "Ecological Change on California's Channel Islands from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene." Bioscience 64 (8):680–692. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biu094
- Chesser, R. Terry. 2013. "On the correct name of Icterus bullockii (Passeriformes: Icteridae)." Zootaxa 3718 (3):295–296. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.6
- Chesser, R. Terry, Banks, Richard C., Barker, F. Keith, Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Kratter, Andrew W., Lovette, Irby J., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Jr., Rising, James D., Stotz, Douglas E., and Winker, Kevin. 2012. "Fifty-Third Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds." The Auk 129 (3):573–588. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2012.129.3.573
- Sonsthagen, Sarah, Chesser, R. Terry, Bell, Douglas, and Dove, Carla J. 2012. "Hybridization among Arctic white-headed gulls (Larus spp.) obscures the genetic legacy of the Pleistocene." Ecology and Evolution 2 (6):1278–1295. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.240
- Aplin, Kenneth P., Suzuki, Hitoshi, Chinen, Alejandro A., Chesser, R. Terry, ten Have, José, Donnellan, Stephen C., Austin, Jeremy, Frost, Angela, Gonzalez, Jean Paul, Herbreteau, Vincent, Catzeflis, Francois, Soubrier, Julien, Fang, Yin-Ping, Robins, Judith, Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth, Bastos, Amanda D. S., Maryanto, Ibnu, Sinaga, Martua H., Denys, Christiane, Van, Den Bussche, Conroy, Chris, Rowe, Kevin, and Cooper, Alan. 2011. "Multiple Geographic Origins of Commensalism and Complex Dispersal History of Black Rats." PLoS ONE 6 (11):e26357–20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026357
- Cadena, Carlos Daniel, Gutiérrez-Pinto, Natalia, Dávila, Nicolás, and Chesser, R. Terry. 2011. "No population genetic structure in a widespread aquatic songbird from the Neotropics." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 58 (3):540–545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.014
- Derryberry, Elizabeth P., Claramunt, Santiago, Derryberry, Graham, Chesser, R. Terry, Cracraft, Joel, Aleixo, Alexandre, Pérez-Emán, Jorge, Remsen, J. V., Jr., and Brumfield, Robb T. 2011. "Lineage Diversification And Morphological Evolution In A Large-Scale Continental Radiation: The Neotropical Ovenbirds And Woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae)." Evolution 65 (10):2973–2986. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01374.x
- Hailer, Frank, Schreiber, Elizabeth Anne, Miller, Joshua M., Levin, Iris I., Parker, Patricia G., Chesser, R. Terry, and Fleischer, Robert C. 2011. "Long-term isolation of a highly mobile seabird on the Galapagos." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1707):817–825. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1342
- Chesser, R. Terry, Yeung, Carol K. L., Yao, Cheng-Te, Tian, Xiu-Hua, and Li, Shou-Hsien. 2010. "Molecular phylogeny of the spoonbills (Aves: Threskiornithidae) based on mitochondrial DNA." Zootaxa (2603): 53–60.
- Derryberry, Elizabeth P., Claramunt, Santiago, O'Quin, Kelly E., Aleixo, Alexandre, Chesser, R. Terry, Remsen, J. V., Jr., and Brumfield, Robb T. 2010. "Pseudasthenes, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae)." Zootaxa (2416): 61–68.
- Yeung, Carol K. L., Tsai, Pi-Wen, Chesser, R. Terry, Lin, Rong-Chien, Yao, Cheng-Te, Tian, Xiu-Hua, and Li, Shou-Hsien. 2010. "Testing Founder Effect Speciation: Divergence Population Genetics of the Spoonbills Platalea regia and P. minor (Threskiornithidae, Aves)." Molecular Biology and Evolution 28 (1):473–482. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq210
- Chesser, R. Terry. 2009. [Book review] "Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds." Systematic Biology. 58 (6):659–661. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syp071
- Chesser, R. Terry, Banks, Richard C., Barker, F. Keith, Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Kratter, Andrew W., Lovette, Irby J., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Jr., Rising, James D., Stotz, Douglas F., and Winker, Kevin. 2009. "Fiftieth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds." The Auk 126 (3):705–714. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.8709
- Joseph, Leo, Adcock, Gregory J., Linde, Celeste, Omland, Kevin E., Heinsohn, Robert, Chesser, R. Terry, and Roshier, David. 2009. "A tangled tale of two teal: population history of the grey Anas gracilis and chestnut teal A-castanea of Australia." Journal of Avian Biology 40 (4):430–439. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04652.x
- Moyle, Robert G., Chesser, R. Terry, Brumfield, Robb T., Tello, Jose G., Marchese, Daniel J., and Cracraft, Joel. 2009. "Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the antbirds, ovenbirds, woodcreepers, and allies (Aves: Passeriformes: infraorder Furnariides)." Cladistics 25 (4):386–405. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00259.x
- Sanín, Camilo, Cadena, Carlos Daniel, Maley, James M., Lijtmaer, Darío A., Tubaro, Pablo L., and Chesser, R. Terry. 2009. "Paraphyly of Cinclodes fuscus (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae): Implications for taxonomy and biogeography." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 53 (2):547–555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.022
- Banks, Richard C., Chesser, R. Terry, Cicero, Carla, Dunn, J. L., Kratter, A. W., Lovette, I. J., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Rising, J. D., Stotz, D. F., and Winker, Kevin. 2008. "Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union - Check-list of north American birds." The Auk 125 (3):756–766. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2008.9708
- Banks, Richard C., Chesser, R. Terry, Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Kratter, Andrew W., Lovette, Rby J., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Jr., Rising, James D., and Stotz, Douglas F. 2007. "Forty-eighth supplement to the American ornithologists' union Check-List of North American Birds." The Auk 124 (3):1109–1115. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1109:FSTTAO]2.0.CO
- Chesser, R. Terry, Barker, F. K., and Brumfield, Robb T. 2007. "Fourfold polyphyly of the genus formerly known as Upucerthia, with notes on the systematics and evolution of the avian subfamily Furnariinae." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44 (3):1320–1332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.014
- Chesser, R. Terry and Brumfield, Robb T. 2007. "Tarphonomus, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae) from South America." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120 (3):337–339. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[337:TANGOO]2.0.CO
- Chesser, R. Terry and ten Have, J. 2007. "On the phylogenetic position of the scrub-birds (Passeriformes : Menurae : Atrichornithidae) of Australia." Journal of Ornithology 148 (4):471–476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-007-0174-9
- Joseph, L., Wilke, T., Have, J. ten, and Chesser, R. Terry. 2006. "Implications of mitochondrial DNA polyphyly in two ecologically undifferentiated but morphologically distinct migratory birds, the masked and white-browed woodswallows Artamus spp. of inland Australia." Journal of Avian Biology 37 (6):625–636. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0908-8857.2006.03767.x
- Moyle, R. G., Chesser, R. Terry, Prum, R. O., Schikler, P., and Cracraft, J. 2006. "Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Old World suboscine birds (Aves: Eurylaimides)." American Museum Novitates (3544): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3544[1:PAEHOO]2.0.CO
- Chesser, R. Terry. 2004. "Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of the South American Ovenbird Genus Cinclodes." The Auk 121 (3):752–766.
- Chesser, R. Terry. 2004. "Molecular Systematics of New World Suboscine Birds." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32:11–24.
- Chesser, R. Terry. 2000. "Evolution in the High Andes: The Phylogenetics of Muscisaxicola Ground-Tyrants." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15 (3):369–380.
- Chesser, R. Terry. 1999. "Molecular Systematics of the Rhinocryptid Genus Pteroptochos." The Condor 101:439–446.
- Chesser, R. Terry. 1998. "Further Perspectives on the Breeding Distribution of Migratory Birds: South American Austral Migrant Flycatchers." Journal of Animal Ecology 67:69–77.
- Chesser, R. Terry and Levey, Douglas J. 1998. "Austral Migrants and the Evolution of Migration in New Worls Birds: Diet, Habitat, and Migration Revisited." American Naturalist 152 (2):311–319.
- Kratter, A. W., Sillett, T. Scott, Chesser, R. Terry, O'Neill, J. P., Parkerill, T. A., and Castillo, A. 1993. "Avifauna of a Chaco locality in Bolivia." Wilson Bulletin 105:114–141.
Book
- Clayton, M., Wombey, J. C., Mason, I. J., Chesser, R. Terry, and Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A reference with conservation status (second edition). 2nd ed. CSIRO Publishing.