Alexandre Aleixo

Alexandre Aleixo (born 1973), Brazilian ornithologist.

• Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belem, Pará, Brazil.

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• 18 taxon names authored by Alexandre Aleixo

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• Aleixo, A. 2002. Molecular Systematics and the Role of the "Várzea"-"Terra-Firme" Ecotone in the Diversification of Xiphorhynchus Woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). The Auk 119: 621-640. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0621:MSATRO]2.0.CO;2 Full article viewReference page. 

• Aleixo, A. & Pacheco, J.F. 2006. A family name for the monotypic oscine passerine genus Donacobius. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 14 (2): 172–173. ResearchGateReference page. 

• Aleixo, A., Gregory, S.M.S & Penhallurick, J. 2007. Fixation of the type species and revalidation of the genus Dendroplex Swainson,1827 (Dendrocolaptidae). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 127(3): 242–246. Academia.edu Reference page. 

• Penhallurick, J. & Aleixo, A. 2008. The correct name of the population of Xiphorhynchus ocellatus (von Spix, 1824) recently named weddellii (Des Murs, 1855). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 128(2): 133–136. BHL Reference page. 

• Aleixo, A., Burlamaqui, T.C.T., Schneider, M.P.C. & Gonçalves, E.C. 2009. Molecular systematics and plumage evolution in the monotypic obligate army-ant-following genus Skutchia (Thamnophilidae). The Condor 111(2): 382-387. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080097 Reference page. 
• Piacentini, V.de Q.; Aleixo, A. & Silveira, L.F. 2009. Hybrid, subspecies or species? The validity and taxonomic status of Phaethornis longuemareus aethopyga Zimmer, 1950 (Trochilidae). Auk 126(3): 604–612. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08130 Reference page. 

• Derryberry, E., Claramunt, S., O’Quin, K.E., Aleixo, A., Chesser, R.T., Remsen Jr., J.V. & Brumfield, R.T. 2010. Pseudasthenes, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Zootaxa 2416: 61–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2416.1.4. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Claramunt, S., Derryberry, E.P., Chesser, R.T., Aleixo, A. & Brumfield, R.T. 2010. Polyphyly of Campylorhamphus with the description of a new genus for C. pucherani. Auk 127: 430–439. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09022 Reference page. 
• 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. 

• Derryberry, E., Claramunt, S., Derryberry, G., Chesser, R.T., Cracraft, J., Aleixo, A., Pérez-Emán, J., Remsem, Jr, J.V. & Brumfield, R.T. 2011. Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae). Evolution 65: 2973–2986. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01374.x PDF Reference page. 
• Ribas, C.; Aleixo, A.; Nogueira, A.C.; Miyaki, C.Y.; Cracraft, J. 2011. A palaeobiogeographic model for biotic diversification within Amazonia over the past three million years. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 681–689. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1120 Article Reference page. 

• Fernandes, A.M., Wink, M. & Aleixo, A. 2012. Phylogeography of the Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Myrmeciza hemimelaena) clarifies the role of rivers in Amazonian biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 39: 1524–1535. Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02712.xReference page. 
• Carneiro, L.S., Gonzaga, L.P., Rêgo, P.S., Sampaio, I., Schneider, H. & Aleixo, A. 2012. Systematic revision of the Spotted Antpitta (Grallariidae: Hylopezus macularius), with description of a cryptic new species from Brazilian Amazonia. The Auk 129(2): 338–351. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.11157 ResearchGate Reference page. 

• Whitney, B.M., Piacentini, V.Q., Schunck, F., Aleixo, A., Sousa, B.R.S., Silveira, L.F. & Rêgo, M.A. 2013. A name for Striolated Puffbird west of the Rio Madeira with revision of the Nystalus striolatus (Aves: Bucconidae) complex. Pp. 240–244 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, and D.A. Christie (eds.) (2013). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. PDF.Reference page. 
• Zimmer, K. J.; Whittaker, A.; Sardelli, C.H.; Guilherme, E. & Aleixo, A. 2013. A new species of Hemitriccus tody-tyrant from the state of Acre, Brazil. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott e D. Christie. (Org.). Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. 1ed. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 292-296. PDFReference page. 
• Rodrigues, E.B., Aleixo, A., Whittaker, A., & Naka, L.N.. 2013. Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Lineated Woodcreeper complex (Lepidocolaptes albolineatus: Dendrocolaptidae), with description of a new species from southwestern Amazonia. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal & D. Christie (Eds.) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index, pp.248-252. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Full article viewReference page. 
• Miranda, L.d.S., Aleixo, A., Whitney, B.M., Silveira, L.F., Guilherme, E., Santos, M.P.D. & Schneider, M.P.C. 2013. Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Ihering's Antwren complex (Myrmotherula iheringi: Thamnophilidae), with description of a new species from southwestern Amazonia. 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. 268–271. Full article (PDF) available for download Reference page. 
• Azevedo, L.D.S., Aleixo, A., Santos, M.P.D., Sampaio, I., Schneider, H., Vallinoto, M. & Rêgo, P.S. 2013. New molecular evidence supports the species status of Kaempfer’s Woodpecker (Aves, Picidae). Genetics and Molecular Biology 36(2): 192–200. PDF. Reference page. 
• Batista, R., Aleixo, A., Vallinoto, M., Azevedo, L.d.S., Rêgo, P.S., Silveira, L.F., Sampaio, I. & Schneider, H. 2013. Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper complex (Dendrocolaptes certhia: Dendrocolaptidae), with description of a new species from the Xingu–Tocantins interfluve. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal & D. Christie (Eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index, pp.245–247. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Full article. Reference page. 
• Aleixo, A., Portes, C.E.B., Whittaker, A., Weckstein, J.D., Gonzaga, L.P., Zimmer, K.J., Ribas, C.C. & Bates, J.M. 2013. Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Curve-billed Scythebill complex (Campylorhamphus procurvoides: Dendrocolaptidae), with description of a new species from western Amazonian Brazil. Pp. 253–257 In: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, and D.A. Christie (eds.) (2013). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Portes, C.E.B., Aleixo, A., Zimmer, K.J., Whittaker, A., Weckstein, J.D., Gonzaga, L.P., Ribas, C.C., Bates, J.M. & Lees, A.C. 2013. A new species of Campylorhamphus (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) from the Tapajós – Xingu interfluve in Amazonian Brazil. Pp. 258–262 In: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, and D.A. Christie (eds.) (2013). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Whittaker, A., Aleixo, A., Whitney, B.M., Smith, B.T. & Klicka, J. 2013. A distinctive new species of gnatcatcher in the Polioptila guianensis complex (Aves: Polioptilidae) from western Amazonian Brazil. pp.301-305. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie D. (Org.). Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. 1ed. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Sousa-Neves, T.; Aleixo, A. & Sequeira, F. 2013. Cryptic patterns of diversification of a widespread Amazonian Woodcreeper species complex (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) inferred from multilocus phylogenetic analysis: implications for historical biogeography and taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 410-424. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.018 Reference page. 
• Fernandes, A.M., González, J.B., Wink, M. & Aleixo, A. 2013. Multilocus phylogeography of the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus (Aves, Furnariidae) in lowland Amazonia: Widespread cryptic diversity and paraphyly reveal a complex diversification pattern. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(1): 270–282 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.033 Reference page. 

• Fernandes, A.M, Wink, M., Sardelli, C.H. & Aleixo, A. 2014. Multiple speciation across the Andes and throughout Amazonia: the case of the spot-backed antbird species complex (Hylophylax naevius/Hylophylax naevioides). Journal of Biogeography 41(6): 1094-1104. Abstract DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12277Reference page. 
• Smith, B.T., McCormack, J.E., Cuervo, A.M., Hickerson, M.J., Aleixo, A., Cadena, C.D., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Burney, C.M., Xie, X., Harvey, M.G., Faircloth, B.C., Glenn, T.C., Derryberry, E.P., Prejean, J., Fields, S. & Brumfield, R.T. 2014. The drivers of tropical speciation. Nature. 515(7527): 406–409. DOI: 10.1038/nature13687 ResearchGate ResearchGate: Supplementary information. Reference page. 

• Rocha, T.C., Sequeira, F., Aleixo, A., Rêgo, P.S., Sampaio, I., Schneider, H. & Vallinoto, M. 2015. Molecular phylogeny and diversification of a widespread Neotropical rainforest bird group: The Buff-throated Woodcreeper complex, Xiphorhynchus guttatus/susurrans (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85: 131–140. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.02.004 PDF Reference page. 

• Dantas S.M., Weckstein, J.D., Bates, J.M., Krabbe, N., Cadena, C.D., Robbins, M.B., Valderrama, E. & Aleixo A. 2016. Molecular systematics of the new world screech-owls (Megascops: Aves, Strigidae): biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Molecular Philogenetics and Evolution 94(Pt B):626-634. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.025Reference page. 
• Cerqueira, P.V., Santos, M.P.D. & Aleixo, A. 2016. Phylogeography, inter-specific limits and diversification of Turdus ignobilis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 97: 177-186. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.01.005 Reference page. 

• Barrera-Guzmán, A.O., Aleixo, A., Shawkey, M.D. & Weir, J.T. 2017. Hybrid speciation leads to novel male secondary sexual ornamentation of an Amazonian bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the Unites States of America 115(2): E218–E225. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1717319115 Reference page. 

• Araújo-Silva, L.E., Miranda, L.S., Carneiro, L.S. & Aleixo, A. 2017. Phylogeography and diversification of an Amazonian understorey hummingbird: paraphyly and evidence for widespread cryptic speciation in the Plio-Pleistocene. Ibis 159(4): 778–791 DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12500 ResearchGate Reference page. 

• 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. 
• Smith, B.T., Bryson, R.W.Jr., Mauck III, W.M., Chaves, J., Robbins, M.B., Aleixo, A. & Klicka, J. 2018. Species delimitation and biogeography of the gnatcatchers and gnatwrens (Aves: Polioptilidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126:45-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.012Reference page. 
• Moura, C.C. de M., Araujo, H.F.P. de, Aleixo, A., Wink, M. & Fernandes, A.M. 2018. The role of landscape change and paleoclimatic events in shaping the evolutionary history of the Polioptila Gnatcatchers (Passeriformes, Polioptilidae) with emphasis on species associated with open habitats. Journal of Avian Biology 49(5) jav-012409 DOI: 10.1111/jav.01692 Reference page. 
• Smith, P., Pacheco, J.F., Bencke, G.A. & Aleixo, A. 2018. Senior synonyms for three Neotropical birds described by Louis Vieillot based on Félix de Azara (Passeriformes: Thraupidae, Tyrannidae, Tityridae). Zootaxa 4433(1): 141–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.1.8 Reference page. 
• Peloso, P.L.V., Oliveira, R.M., Sturaro, M.J., Rodrigues, M.T., Lima-Filho, G.R., Bitar, Y.O.C., Wheeler, W.C. & Aleixo, A. 2018. Phylogeny of Map Tree Frogs, Boana semilineata Species Group, with a New Amazonian Species (Anura: Hylidae). South American Journal of Herpetology 13(2): 150–169. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00037.1 Reference page. 
• Silva, S.M., Agne, C.E., Aleixo, A. & Bonatto, S.L. 2018. Phylogeny and systematics of Chiroxiphia and Antilophia manakins (Aves, Pipridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 706–711 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.016 Reference page. 
• Sampaio L., Aleixo, A., Schneider, H., Sampaio, I., Araripe, J. & Rêgo, P.S. 2018. Molecular and plumage analyses indicate the incomplete separation of two woodpeckers (Aves, Picidae). Zoological Scripta 47 (2). DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12287 ResearchGate Reference page. 

• 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. 

• Azuaje‐Rodríguez, R.A., Weckstein, J.D., Dispoto, J.H., Patel, S., Cacciopo, J.A., Bates, J.M., Silva, S.M., & Aleixo, A. 2020. Molecular systematics of the Amazonian endemic genus Hylexetastes (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): taxonomic and conservation implications. Ibis 162(1): 119–136 DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12693 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. 

• 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. 
• Simões C.C., Cerqueira, P.V., Peloso, P.L.V. & Aleixo, A. 2021. Integrative taxonomy of Flatbill Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) reveals a new species from the Amazonian lowlands. Zoologica Scripta. 51 (1): 41–57 DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12519 Reference page. 
• Leite, R.N., Kimball, R.T., Braun, E.L., Derryberry, E.P., Hosner, P.A., Derryberry, G.E., Anciães, M., McKay, J.S., Aleixo, A., Ribas, C.C., Brumfield, R.T. & Cracraft, J. 2021. Phylogenomics of manakins (Aves: Pipridae) using alternative locus filtering strategies based on informativeness. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: 107013. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107013 Reference page. 
• Dantas, S.M., Weckstein, J.D., Bates, J.M., Oliveira, J., Catanach, T.A. & Aleixo, A. 2021. Multi-character taxonomic review, systematics, and biogeography of the Black-capped/Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Megascops atricapilla-M. watsonii) complex (Aves: Strigidae). Zootaxa 4949(3): 401–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.1 Reference page. 

• Cerqueira, P.V., Gonçalves, G.R., Quaresma, T.F., Silva, M., Pichorim, M. & Aleixo, A. 2024. A new antshrike (Aves: Thamnophilidae) endemic to the Caatinga and the role of climate oscillations and drainage shift in shaping cryptic diversity of Neotropical seasonal dry forests. Zoologica Scripta 53(5): 487–508. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12672 Reference page.