The fossil record of Early Cretaceous birds in South America has been restricted to members of Enantiornithes from the Crato Formation (Aptian) of Brazil. Here we describe a new genus and species of b
Human land use is known to homogenize biotic communities, increasing similarity in their genetic, taxonomic and functional diversity. Explanations have focused almost exclusively on human-mediated ext
The blue-crowned manakin (Lepidothrix coronata) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, which ranges from the Pacific slope of Costa Rica to northwestern Ecuador and in western Amazonia from Vene
White-eyes are an iconic radiation of passerine birds that have been the subject of studies in evolutionary biology, biogeography, and speciation theory. Zosterops white-eyes in particular are thought
