Terry Chesser

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1995

B.A., Georgia State University, 1982

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.

Journal Article

• Chesser, R. T., Billerman, Shawn M., Burns, Kevin J., Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Hernández-Baños,Blanca, E., Jiménez, Rosa Alicia, Johnson, Oscar, Kratter, Andrew W., Mason, Nicholas A., Rasmussen, Pamela C., and Remsen,J. V., J. 2024. "Sixty-fifth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds." Ornithology, 141, (3). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukae019.
• Johnson, Oscar, Billerman, Shawn M., Hernández-Baños, Blanca E., Lane, Daniel F., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Winker, Kevin, and Chesser, R. T. 2024. "Comments on the species limits of certain North American birds, part 1." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 144, (4). https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v144i4.2024.a3.
• Scott, Benjamin F., Chesser, R. T., Unitt, Philip, and Burns, Kevin J. 2024. "Driophlox, a new genus of cardinalid (Aves: Passeriformes: Cardinalidae)." Zootaxa, 5406, (3) 497–500. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.3.11.
• Byerly, Paige A., Chesser, R. Terry, Fleischer, Robert C., McInerney, Nancy, Przelomska, Natalia A. S., and Leberg, Paul L. 2023. "Conservation Genomics Reveals Low Connectivity Among Populations of Threatened Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) in the Atlantic Basin." Conservation Genetics, 24 331–345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-023-01505-6.
• Chesser, R. Terry, Billerman, Shawn M., Burns, Kevin J., Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Hernández-Baños, Blanca E., Jiménez, Rosa Alicia, Kratter, Andrew W., Mason, Nicholas A., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen,J. V., Jr., and Winker, Kevin. 2023. "Sixty-fourth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds." Ornithology, 140, (3). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukad023.
• Chesser, R. Terry, Billerman, Shawn M., Burns, Kevin J., Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Hernández-Baños, Blanca E., Jiménez, Rosa Alicia, Kratter, Andrew W., Mason, Nicholas A., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J. V., Jr., Stotz, Douglas F., and Winker, Kevin. 2022. "Sixty-third Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-List of North American Birds." Ornithology, 139, (3). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukac020.
• Byerly, Paige A., Chesser, R. Terry, Fleischer, Robert C., McInerney, Nancy, Przelomska, Natalia A. S., and Leberg, Paul L. 2022. "Museum Genomics Provide Evidence for Persistent Genetic Differentiation in a Threatened Seabird Species in the Western Atlantic." Integrative and Comparative Biology, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac107.
• Obiol, Joan Ferrer, James, Helen F., Chesser, R. Terry, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Gonzalez-Solis, Jacob, Rozas, Julio, Welch, Andreanna J., and Riutort, Marta. 2022. "Palaeoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds." Journal of Biogeography, 49, (1) 171–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14291.
• Obiol, Joan Ferrer, James, Helen F., Chesser, R. Terry, Bretagnolle, Vincent, González-Solís, Jacob, Rozas, Julio, Riutort, Marta, and Welch, Andreanna J. 2021. "Integrating Sequence Capture and Restriction Site-Associated DNA Sequencing to Resolve Recent Radiations of Pelagic Seabirds." Systematic Biology, 70, (5) 976–996. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa101.
• Chesser, R. Terry, Billerman, Shawn M., Burns, Kevin J., Cicero, Carla, Dunn, Jon L., Hernandez-Banos, Blanca E., Kratter, Andrew W., Lovette, Irby J., Mason, Nicholas A., Rasmussen, Pamela C., Remsen, J., V., Stotz, Douglas F., and Winker, Kevin. 2021. "Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds." Ornithology, 138, (3). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukab037.
• 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., Winker, Kevin, and Amer Ornithological Soc. 2021. "Addendum to the Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds (vol 137, pg 1, 2020)." Ornithology, 138, (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukaa074.
• Cassin-Sackett, Loren, Campana, Michael G., McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Lim, Haw Chuan, Przelomska, Natalia A. S., Masuda, Bryce, Chesser, R. Terry, Paxton, Eben H., Foster, Jeffrey T., Crampton, Lisa H., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2021. "Genetic structure and population history in two critically endangered Kaua'i honeycreepers." Conservation Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01382-x.
• 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." The Auk, 137, (3). 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.
• Harvey, Michael G., Bravo, Gustavo A., Claramunt, Santiago, Cuervo, Andrés M., Derryberry, Graham E., Battilana, Jaqueline, Seeholzer, Glenn F., McKay, Jessica Shearer, O'Meara, Brian C., Faircloth, Brant C., Edwards, Scott V., Pérez-Emán, Jorge, Moyle, Robert G., Sheldon, Frederick H., Aleixo, Alexandre, Smith, Brian Tilston, Chesser, R. T., Silveira, Luís Fábio, Cracraft, Joel, Brumfield, Robb T., and Derryberry, Elizabeth P. 2020. "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot." Science, 370, (6522) 1343–1348. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz6970.
• 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, 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;2.
• 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;2.
• 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.
• 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;2.
• 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.

Dataset

• Estandia, Andrea, Chesser, R. Terry, James, Helen F., Levy, Max, Ferrer-Obiol, Joan, Bretagnolle, Vincent, González-Solís, Jacob, and Welch, Andreanna J. 2021. [Dataset] Correlates of substitution rate variation in a robust Procellariiform seabird phylogeny. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.H18931ZM5.
• Obiol, Joan Ferrer, James, Helen F., Chesser, R. Terry, Bretagnolle, Vincent, González-Solís, Jacob, Rozas, Julio, Welch, Andreanna J., and Riutort, Marta. 2021. [Dataset] Supplementary information for Paleoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.QV9S4MWG2.

Book Review

• 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.

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.