George Sangster

George Sangster, Dutch ornithologist

Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Sangster, G. 2005. A name for the flamingo–grebe clade. IBIS 147(3): 612–615. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00432.x Reference page.
Sangster, G. 2005. A name for the clade formed by owlet-nightjars, swifts and hummingbirds (Aves). Zootaxa 799ː 1–6. Reference page.

Sangster, G. 2008. A revision of Vermivora (Parulidae), with the description of a new genus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 128 (3): 207–211. BHLReference page.
Sangster, G. 2008. A new genus for the waterthrushes (Parulidae). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 128 (3): 212–215. BHLReference page.

Sangster, G., Alström, P., Forsmark, E. & Olsson, U. 2010. Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(1): 380-392. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008 Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Sangster, G., King, B.F., Verbelen, P. & Trainor, C.R. 2013. A new owl species of the genus Otus (Aves: Strigidae) from Lombok, Indonesia. PLoS ONE 8(2): e53712. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053712 Reference page.
Olsson, U.; Irestedt, M.; Sangster, G.; Ericson, P.G.P; & Alström, P. 2013. Systematic revision of the avian family Cisticolidae based on a multi-locus phylogeny of all genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 790–799 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.004 Reference page.
Irestedt, M., Fabre, P.H., Batalha-Filho, H., Jønsson, K.A., Roselaar, C.S., Sangster, G. & Ericson, P.G.P. 2013. The spatio-temporal colonization and diversification across the Indo-Pacific by a 'great speciator' (Aves, Erythropitta erythrogaster). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280 (1759): 20130309. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0309 Reference page.

Sangster, G., Alström, P., Forsmark, E. & Olsson, U. 2016. Niltavinae, a new taxon of Old World flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae). Zootaxa 4196(3): 428–429. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.7 Reference page.

Sangster, G., Sweet, A.D. & Johnson, K.P. 2018. Paraclaravis, a new genus for the Purple-winged and Maroon-chested Ground-doves (Aves: Columbidae). Zootaxa 4461(1): 134–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.10 Reference page.

Jønsson, K.A., Blom, M.P.K., Marki, P.Z., Joseph, L., Sangster, G., Ericson, P.G.P. & Irestedt, M. 2019. Complete subspecies-level phylogeny of the Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes): Out of Australasia and return. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 137: 200–209. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.03.015 Reference page.

Alström, P., Rasmussen, P.C., Sangster, G., Dalvi, S., Round, P.D., Zhang, R., Yao, C-T., Irestedt, M., Manh, H.L., Lei, F. & Olsson, U. 2020. Multiple species within the Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera--Brown Prinia P. polychroa complex revealed through an integrative taxonomic approach. Ibis 162(3)ː 936–967. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12759 pdf Reference page.

Sangster, G. & Mayr, G. 2021. Feraequornithes: a name for the clade formed by Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes (Aves). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 49–53. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e61728 Reference page.
Sangster G.; Kirwan, G.M.; Fuchs, J.; Dickinson, E.C.; Elliott, A. & Gregory, S.M.S. 2021. A new genus for the Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus and Semicollared Hawk A. collaris (Aves: Accipitridae), with comments on the generic name for the Crested Goshawk A. trivirgatus and Sulawesi Goshawk A. griseiceps. Vertebrate Zoology 71(11): 419–424. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e67501 Reference page.
Gaudin, J., Sangster, G. & Bruce, M.D. 2021. A family name for the Crested Shrikejay Platylophus galericulatus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 141(3): 366–368. DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v141i3.2021.a12 Reference page.

Melo, M., Freitas, B., Verbelen, P., da Costa, S.R., Pereira, H., Fuchs, J., Sangster, G., Correia, M.N., de Lima, R.F. & Crottini, A. 2022. A new species of scops-owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Otus) from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa) and novel insights into the systematic affinities within Otus. ZooKeys 1126ː 1–54. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1126.87635 Reference page.
Wei C-T., Sangster, G., Olsson, U., Rasmussen, P.C., Svensson, L., Yao, C-T., Carey, G.J., Leader, P.J., Zhang, R., Chen, G-L., Song, G., Lei, F., Wilcove, D.S., Alström, P. & Liu, Y. 2022. Cryptic species in a colorful genus: Integrative taxonomy of the bush robins (Aves, Muscicapidae, Tarsiger) suggests two overlooked species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175: 107580. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107580 Reference page.

Sangster, G., Harvey, M.G., Gaudin, J. & Claramunt, S. 2023. A new genus for Philydor erythrocercum and P. fuscipenne (Aves: Furnariidae). Zootaxa 5361(2): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.11 Reference page.
Sangster, G., Kushlan, J.A., Gregory, S.M.S. & Dickinson, E.C. 2023. Agamiinae, a new family‐group name for the Agami Heron Agamia agami (Ardeidae). Avian Systematics1(4): 45–49 ResearchGate Reference page.

King, B.F.; Sangster, G.; Trainor, C.R.; Irestedt, M.; Prawiradilaga, D.M. & Ericson, P.G.P. 2024. A new species of nightjar (Caprimulgus) from Timor and Wetar, Lesser Sunda Islands, Wallacea. Ibis DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13340 Reference page.
Sangster, G., Blokland, J.C., Gregory, S.M.S. & Dickinson, E.C. 2024. Gymnocrecini, Amaurornithini and Pardirallini: three new family-group names for rails, with comments on the taxonomic placement of Zapornia akool (Rallidae). Avian Systematics 2(4): 53–64. ResearchGate Reference page.