Rostami, M. A. S. Kolencik, B. Balmaki, D. R. Gustafsson, J. D. Weckstein, J. Gausas, R. L. Palma, O. Sychra, A. D. Sweet, K. M. D. Kuabara, K. Seltman, N. J. Dowdy, J. M. Zaspel, V. Smith, L. Allen, J. E. Light, R. Guralnick, S. E. Bush, and J. M. Allen. Accepted. Promise and impediments in the use of deep learning for the identification of parasitic lice. Journal of Parasitology.
Soto-Patiño, J., A. M. Cuervo, A. Fecchio, K. M. D. Kuabara, M. P. Valim, N. E. Matta, J. D. Weckstein, and M. A. Pacheco. Diversity, ecology, and evolution of Neotropical avian parasites: Haemosporidians and Parasitic Lice. Accepted. in Neotropical Ornithology from the Perspective of Those that Live and Work in the Region. F. R. Vásquez, E. R. Inzunza, A. N. Gonzalez, C. Gómez, G. Del Rio, and S. Albert. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Kuabara, K. M. D., M. P. Valim, and J. D. Weckstein. 2026. On the identity of Esthiopterum tataupa Carriker, 1936 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: A furnariid louse species. Journal of Parasitology 112:158-161. pdf
Musher, L. J., T. A. Catanach, T. Valqui, R. T. Brumfield, A. Aleixo, K. P. Johnson, and J. D. Weckstein. 2026. Whole-genome illuminates the drivers of gene tree discordance and the tempo of tinamou diversification (Aves: Tinamidae). Systematic Biology 75: 642-656. pdf
Lima, R., F. Bocalini, V. Gomez, E. N. Ostrow, T. A. Catanach, J. D. Weckstein, L. F. Silveira, and V. Q. Piacentini. 2026. Geographic isolation after admixture generates a distinct lineage in an Atlantic Forest bird. Evolution 80:1452-1466. pdf
Rice, A. A., R. L. Curry, and J. D. Weckstein. 2026. Haemosporidian prevalence and their potential use as geographic markers for irruptive black-capped chickadees. Journal of Parasitology 112: 112-121. pdf
Teófilo, F., M. Bosholn, A. Fecchio, J. D. Weckstein, E. do Vale, and M. Anciães. 2026. Plumage colour of Blue-crowned Manakin males predicts female visitation rates but does not signal avian haemosporidian infection. Journal of Ornithology 167:777-787. pdf
Gustafsson, D. R., J. M. Allen, K. C. Bell, S. E. Bush, L. A. Durden, K. P. Johnson. J. E. Light, and J. D. Weckstein. 2025. Phthiraptera systematics: past, present, and future. Insect Systematics and Diversity 9(5):1-19. pdf
Halley, M. R., T. A. Catanach, J. Klicka, and J. D. Weckstein. 2025. Phylogenetic comparative analysis of functional morphology reveals the origin of long-distance migration in nightingale-thrushes (Turdidae: Catharus). Scientific Reports 15:25951. pdf
Jahn, A. E., J. A. Bell, J. H. Dispoto, D. de Angeli Dutra, A. Fecchio, E. D. Ketterson, K. M. D. Kuabara, T. M. Smiley, T. B. Verrett, J. D. Weckstein, E. J. Williams, and D. J. Becker. 2025. Between- and within-population drivers of haemosporidian prevalence and diversity in American Robins (Turdus migratorius). Journal of Avian Biology 2025: e03430. pdf
Wells, K. L., J. A. Bell, A. Fecchio, S. Drovetski, S. Galen, S. Hackett, H. Lutz, H. R. Skeen, G. Voelker, W. Wamiti, J. D. Weckstein, and N. J. Clark. 2025. Parasite abundance-occupancy relationships across biogeographic regions: joint effects of niche breadth, host availability and climate. Journal of Biogeography 52:55-65. pdf
Galen, S. C., E. Ostrow, S. Ray, M. Henry, J. Dispoto, A. Fetterman, L. Kiziuk, and J. D. Weckstein. 2024. Migratory birds have a distinct haemosporidian community and are temporally decoupled from vector abundance at a stopover site: implications for parasite transmission during migration. Parasitology 2024:1-10. pdf
Kolencik, S., O. Sychra, K. P. Johnson, J. D. Weckstein, M. F. Sallam, and J. M. Allen. 2024. The parasitic louse genus Myrsidea (Amblycera: Menoponidae): A comprehensive review and world checklist. Insect Systematics and Diversity 8(3):1-60. pdf
Kuabara, K. M. D., M. P. Valim, and J. D. Weckstein. 2023. Catalogue of type specimens of lice (Insecta: Psocodea: Phthiraptera) held in the Field Museum of Natural History louse collection. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 168:149-187. pdf
Amoedo Lima, M., J. D. Weckstein, R. Batista, C. C. Ribas. 2023. Do parasitic lice exhibit endemism in parallel with their avian hosts? A comparison across northern Amazonian areas of endemism. Journal of Parasitology 109:506-513. pdf
Fecchio, A., J. A. Bell, E. J. Williams, J. H. Dispoto, J. D. Weckstein, and D. de Angeli Dutra. 2023. Co-infection with Leucocytozoon and other haemosporidian parasites increases with latitude and altitude in New World bird communities. Microbial Ecology 86:2838-2846. pdf
Ostrow, E. N., T. A. Catanach, J. M. Bates, A. Aleixo, and J. D. Weckstein. 2023. Phylogenomic analysis confirms the relationships among toucans, toucan-barbets, and New World barbets but reveals paraphyly of Selenidera toucanets and evidence for mitonuclear discordance. Ornithology 140:ukad022. pdf
Halley, M. R., T. A. Catanach, J. Klicka, and J. D. Weckstein. 2023. Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in the Catharus fuscater (Passeriformes: Turdidae) complex in Central and South America, with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199:228-262. pdf
Fecchio, A., H. Batalha-Filho, J. H. Dispoto, J. A. Bell, and J. D. Weckstein. 2023. Distinct biogeographic processes and areas of endemism contributed differentially to Plasmodium and Parahaemoproteus community assembly on Marajó Island. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186:107828. pdf
Penha, V. A. de S, F. M. C. B. Domingos, A. Fecchio, J. A. Bell, J. D. Weckstein, R. E. Ricklefs, E. M. Braga, P. de Abreu Moreira, L. Soares, S. Latta, G. Tolesano-Pascoli, R. D. Alquezar de Oliveira, K. Del-Claro, and L. Tonelli Manica. 2023. Host life-history traits predict haemosporidian parasite prevalence in tanagers (Aves: Thraupidae). Parasitology 150:32-41. pdf
Penha, V. A. de S, F. M. C. B. Domingos, A. Fecchio, J. A. Bell, J. D. Weckstein, R. E. Ricklefs, E. M. Braga, P. de Abreu Moreira, L. Soares, S. Latta, G. Tolesano-Pascoli, R. D. Alquezar de Oliveira, K. Del-Claro, and L. Tonelli Manica. 2022. Haemosporidian parasites and incubation period influence plumage coloration in tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 289: 20221283. pdf
Kolencik, S., K. P. Johnson, A. R. Grant, M. P. Valim, K. M. D. Kuabara, J. D. Weckstein, and J. M. Allen. 2022. Molecular phylogenetics of the avian feather louse Philopterus-complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 174:107556. pdf
Kolencik, S., J. Cacioppo, K. P. Johnson, J. Allen, O. Sychra, and J. D. Weckstein. 2022. Phylogenetics and host-specificity of the mega-diverse louse genus Myrsidea (Amblycera: Menoponidae). Systematic Entomology 47:390-401. pdf
Galen, S. C., S. Ray, M. Henry, and J. D. Weckstein. 2022. Parasite-associated mortality in birds: the roles of specialist parasites and host evolutionary isolation. Biology Letters 18: 20210575. pdf
Fecchio, A., R. I. Dias, T. V. Ferreira, A. O. Reyes, J. H. Dispoto, J. D. Weckstein, J. A. Bell, V. V. Tkach, J. B. Pinho. 2022. Host foraging behavior and nest type influence prevalence of avian haemosporidian parasites in the Pantanal. Parasitology Research 121: 1407-1417. pdf
Johnson, K. P., J. D. Weckstein, S. Virruenta Herrera, and J. Doña. 2021. The interplay between host biogeography and phylogeny in structuring diversification of the feather louse genus Penenirmus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 165: 107297. pdf
Fecchio, A., N. Clark, J. Bell, H. Skeen, H. L. Lutz, J. Vaughan, V. V. Tkach, F. Schunck, F. Ferreira, E. Braga, C. Lugarini, W. Wamiti, J. H. Dispoto, S. Galen, K. Kirchgatter, Karin; G. de la Torre, M. C. Sagario, V. Cueto, D. González-Acuña, S. Drovetski, G. Voelker, R. Ricklefs, S. Hackett, M. Collins, J. D. Weckstein, and K. Wells. 2021. Drivers of global variation in avian haemosporidian parasite infection probability. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30:2393-2406. pdf
Fecchio, A., C. Lugarini, A. Ferreira, J. D. Weckstein, K. M. D. Kuabara, G. De La Torre, M. Ogrzewalska, T. Martins, and D. de Angeli Dutra. 2021. Migration and season explain tick prevalence in Brazilian birds. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 35:547-555. pdf
Fecchio, A., M. R. Lima, J. A. Bell, F. Schunck, A. H. Corrêa, R. Beco, A. E. Jahn, C. S. Fontana, T. W. da Silva, M. Repenning, E. M. Braga, J. E. Garcia, C. Lugarini, J. C. R. Silva, L. H. M. Andrade, J. H. Dispoto, C. C. dos Anjos, J. D. Weckstein, K. Kirchgatter, V. A. Ellis, R. E. Ricklefs, and G. M. De La Torre. 2021. Loss of forest cover and host functional diversity increases prevalence of avian malaria parasites in the Atlantic Forest. International Journal for Parasitology 51:719-728. pdf
Fecchio, A., T. F. Martins, M. Ogrzewalska, F. Schunck, J. D. Weckstein, and R. I. Dias. 2021. Higher probability of tick infestation reveals a hidden cost of army ant-following in Amazonian birds. Journal of Avian Biology 52(7). pdf
Catanach, T. A., M. R. Halley, J. M. Allen, J. A. Johnson, R. Thorstrom, S. Palhano, C. Poor Thunder, J. C. Gallardo, and J. D. Weckstein. 2021. Systematics and conservation of an endemic radiation of Accipiter hawks in the Caribbean islands. Ornithology 138:1-23. pdf
Rice, A. A., R. L. Curry, and J. D. Weckstein. 2021. Prevalence and lineage richness of haemosporidians across a moving chickadee hybrid zone. Ornithology 138: 1-13. pdf
Dantas, S. M., J. D. Weckstein, J. M. Bates, J. N. Oliveira, T. A. Catanach, and A. Aleixo. 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. pdf
Galen, S. C., J. Borner, S. L. Perkins, and J. D. Weckstein. 2020. Phylogenomics from transcriptomic “bycatch” clarify the origins and diversity of avian trypanosomes in North America.PLoSOne 15(10):e0240062. pdf
Fecchio, A., L. P. de Faria, J. A. Bell, R. Nunes, J. D. Weckstein and M. R. Lima. 2021. Mining increases the prevalence of avian haemosporidian parasites in Northeast Amazonia. Parasitology Research 120:605-613. pdf
Fecchio, A., T. F. Martins, J. A. Bell, G. M. De La Torre, J. B. Pinho, J. D. Weckstein, V. V. Tkach, M. B. Labruna, and R. I. Dias. 2020. Low host specificity and lack of parasite avoidance by immature ticks in Brazilian birds. Parasitology Research 119:2039-2045. pdf
Virrueta-Herrera, S., A. D. Sweet, J. M. Allen, K. K. O. Walden, J. D. Weckstein, and K. P. Johnson. 2020. Extensive in situ radiation of feather lice on tinamous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 287: 20193005. pdf
Fecchio, A., J. Bell, M. Bosholn, J. Vaughan, V. Tkach, H. Lutz, V. Cueto, C. Gorosito, D. González-Acuña, C. Stromlund, D. Kvasager, K. Comiche, K. Kirchgatter, J. Pinho, J. Berv, M. Anciaes, C. Fontana, K. Zyskowski, S. Sampaio, J. H. Dispoto, S. Galen, J. D. Weckstein, and N. Clark. 2020. An inverse latitudinal gradient in infection probability and phylogenetic diversity for Leucocytozoon blood parasites in New World birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:423-435. pdf
Azuaje-Rodríguez, R. A., J. D. Weckstein, J. H. Dispoto, S. Patel, J. A. Cacioppo, J. M. Bates, S. M. Silva, and A. Aleixo. 2020. Molecular systematics of the Amazonian endemic genus Hylexetastes (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): Taxonomic and conservation implications. Ibis 162:119-136. pdf
Bosholn, M., M. Anciães, D. Gil, J. D. Weckstein, J. H. Dispoto, and A. Fecchio. 2020. Individual variation in feather corticosterone levels and its influence on haemosporidian infection in a Neotropical bird. Ibis 162:215-226. pdf
de Moya, R. S., J. M. Allen, A. D. Sweet, K. O. Walden, R. L. Palma, V. S. Smith, S. L. Cameron, M. P. Valim, T. D. Galloway, J. D. Weckstein, and K. P. Johnson. 2019. Extensive host-switching of avian lice following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Communications Biology 2(445):1-6. pdf
Barrow, L. N., S. M. McNew, N. Mitchell, S. C. Galen, H. L. Lutz, H. Skeen, T. Valqui, J. D. Weckstein, and C. C. Witt. 2019. Deeply conserved susceptibility in a multi-host, multi-parasite system. Ecology Letters 22:987-998. pdf
Nowak, J., A. Sweet, J. D. Weckstein and K. P. Johnson. 2019. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genera of fruit doves and allies using dense taxonomic sampling. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 42:2019001. pdf
Catanach, T. A., K. P. Johnson, B. D. Marks, R. G. Moyle, M. P. Valim, and J. D. Weckstein. 2019. Two lineages of kingfisher feather lice exhibit different degrees of cospeciation with their hosts. Parasitology 146:1083-1095. pdf
Fecchio, A., M. D. Collins, J. A. Bell, E. A. García-Trejo, L. A. Sánches-González, J. H. Dispoto, N. H. Rice, and J. D. Weckstein. 2019. The potential of using bird tissues from museum collections to study avian haemosporidians. Journal of Parasitology 105:446-453. pdf
Fecchio, A., J. A. Bell, R. B. P. Pinheiro, V. R. Cueto, C. A. Gorosito, H. L. Lutz, M. G. Gaiotti, L. V. Paiva, L. F. Franҫa, G. Toledo-Lima, M. Tolentino, J. B. Pinho, V. V. Tkach, C. S. Fontana, J. M. Grande, M. A. Santillán, R. Caparroz, A. Roos, R. Bessa, W. Nogeira, T. Moura, E. C. Nolasco, K. J. M. Comiche, K. Kirchgatter, L. O. Guimarães, J. H. Dispoto, M. Â. Marini, J. D. Weckstein, H. Batalha-Filho, and M. D. Collins. 2019. Avian host composition, local speciation, and dispersal drive the regional assembly of avian malaria parasites in South American birds. Molecular Ecology 28:2681-2693. pdf
Fecchio, A., K. Wells, J. A. Bell, V. V. Tkach, H. L. Lutz, J. D. Weckstein, S. M. Clegg, and N. J. Clark. 2019. Climate variation influences host specificity in avian malaria parasites. Ecology Letters 22:547-557. pdf
Carlson, M. L., G. A. Proudfoot, K. Gentile, J. H. Dispoto, and J. D. Weckstein. In Press. Haemosporidian prevalence in Northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus) is predicted by host age and average annual temperature at breeding grounds. Journal of Avian Biology 49: e01817. pdf
Fecchio, A., J. A. Bell, M. Collins, I. P. Farias, C. H. Trisos, J. A. Tobias, V. V. Tkach, J. D. Weckstein, R. E. Ricklefs, H. Batalha-Filho. 2018. Diversification by host-switching and dispersal shaped the diversity and distribution of avian malaria parasites in Amazonia. Oikos 127:1233-1242. pdf
Soto Patiño, J. G. A. Londoño, K. P. Johnson, J. D. Weckstein, J. E. Avendaño, T. A. Catanach, A. D. Sweet, A. T. Cook, J. E. Jankowski, and J. Allen. 2018. Composition and distribution of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Colombian and Peruvian birds: New data on host-louse associations in the Neotropics. Biodiveresity Data Journal 6:e21635. pdf
Sweet, A. D., S. E. Bush, D. R. Gustafsson, J. M. Allen, E. DiBlasi, H. R. Skeen, J. D. Weckstein, and K. P. Johnson. 2018. Host and parasite morphology influence congruence between host and parasite phylogenies. International Journal For Parasitology 48:641-648. pdf
Fecchio, A., P. Silveira, J. D. Weckstein, J. H. Dispoto, M. Bosholn, V. V. Tkach, and J. A. Bell. 2018. First record of Leucocytozoon (Haemosporida: Leucocytozoidae) in Amazonia: Evidence for rarity in Neotropical lowlands or lack of sampling for this parasite genus?. Journal of Parasitology 104:168-172. pdf
Fecchio, A., R. Pinheiro, G. Felix, I. P. Faria, J. B. Pinho, É. M. Braga, I. P. Farias, A. Aleixo, V. V. Tkach, M. D. Collins, J. A. Bell, and J. D. Weckstein. 2018. Host community similarity and geography shape the diversity and distribution of haemosporidian parasites in Amazonian birds. Ecography 41:505-515. pdf
Catanach, T. A. , M. P. Valim, J. D. Weckstein, and K. P. Johnson. 2018. Cophylogenetic analysis of lice in the Colpocephalum-complex (Phthiraptera: Amblycera). Zoologica Scripta 47:72-83. pdf
Lutz, H. L., V. V. Tkach, and J. D. Weckstein. 2017. Methods for specimen-based studies of avian symbionts. In: Webster, M. (ed.) The role of collections in Ornithology: The extended specimen Studies in Avian Biology 49, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis. pdf
Fecchio, A., A., M. Svensson-Coelho, J. A. Bell, V. A. Ellis, M. C. Madeiros, C. H. Trisos, J. G. Blake, B. A. Loiselle, J. A. Tobias, R. Fanti, E. D. Coffey, I. P. de Faria, J. B. Pinho, G. Felix, E. M. Braga, M. M. Anciães, V. V. Tkach, J. M. Bates, C. C. Witt, J. D. Weckstein, R. E. Ricklefs, and, I. P. Farias. 2017. Host associations and turnover of haemosporidian parasites in manakins (Aves: Pipridae). Parasitology 144:984-993. pdf
Fecchio, A., V. A. Ellis, J. A. Bell, C. B. Andretti, F. M. d’Horta, A. M. Silva, V. V. Tkach, and J. D. Weckstein. 2017. Avian malaria, host life history traits and mosquito abundance in southeastern Amazonia. Parasitology 144:1117-1132. pdf
Halley, M. R., J. Klicka, P. R. Sesink Clee, and J. D. Weckstein. 2017. Restoring the species status of Catharus maculatus (Aves: Turdidae), a secretive Andean thrush, with a critique of the yardstick approach to species delimitation. Zootaxa 4276:387-404. pdf
Weckstein, J. D., K. P. Johnson, J. D. Murdoch, J. K. Krejca, D. M. Takiya, G. Veni, J. R. Reddell, and S. J. Taylor. 2016. Comparative phylogeography of two codistributed subgenera of cave crickets. Journal of Biogeography 43:1450-1463. pdf
Dantas, S. M., J. D. Weckstein, J. M. Bates, N. K. Krabbe, C. D. Cadena, M. B. Robbins, E. Valderrama, and A. Aleixo. 2016. Molecular Systematics of the New World Screech-Owls (Megascops: Aves, Strigidae): Biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94:626-634. pdf
Bush, S. E., J. D. Weckstein, D. R. Gustafsson, J. Allen, E. DiBlasi, S. M. Shreve, R. Boldt, H. R. Skeen, and K. P. Johnson. 2016. Unlocking the Black Box of Feather Louse Diversity: a molecular phylogeny of the hyper-diverse genus Brueelia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94:737-751. pdf
Bush, S. E., J. D. Weckstein, D. R. Gustafsson, J. Allen, E. DiBlasi, S. M. Shreve, R. Boldt, H. R. Skeen, and K. P. Johnson. 2015. Data supporting a molecular phylogeny of the hyper-diverse genus Brueelia. Data in Brief 5:1078-1091. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2015.10.022 pdf
Bell, J. A., J. D. Weckstein, A. Fecchio, V. V. Tkach. 2015. A new real-time PCR protocol for detection of avian haemosporidians. Parasites and Vectors 8:383. pdf
Lutz, H. L., W. M. Hochachka, J. I. Engel, J. A. Bell, V. V. Tkach, J. M. Bates, S. J. Hackett, and J. D. Weckstein. 2015. Parasite prevalence corresponds to host life history in a diverse assemblage of Afrotropical birds and their Haemosporidian parasites. PLOS ONE 10(4):e0121254. pdf and correction
Lutz, H. L., J. D. Weckstein, J. S. L. Patané, J. M. Bates, A. Aleixo. 2013. Biogeography and spatio-temporal diversification of Selenidera and Andigena toucans (Aves : Ramphastidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69:873-883. pdf
Valim, M. P. and J. D. Weckstein. 2013. A drop in the bucket of the megadiverse chewing louse genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Menoponidae): ten new species from Amazonian Brazil. Folia Parasitologica 60:377-400. pdf
Aleixo, A., C. E. B. Portes, A. Whittaker, J. D. Weckstein, L. P. Gonzaga, K. J. Zimmer, C. C. Ribas and J. M. Bates. 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. In: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special Volume: New Species and Global Index [J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott e D. Christie, eds.]. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 253-257. pdf
Portes, C. E. B., A. Aleixo, K. J. Zimmer, A. Whittaker, J. D. Weckstein, L. P. Gonzaga, C. C. Ribas, J. M. Bates and A. C. Lees. 2013. A new species of Campylorhamphus (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) from the Tapajós – Xingu interfluve in Amazonian Brazil. In: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special Volume: New Species and Global Index [J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott e D. Christie, eds.]. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 258-262. pdf
Banks, R. C., J. D. Weckstein, J. V. Remsen, Jr., and K. P. Johnson. 2013. Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini). Zootaxa 3669:184-188. pdf
Valim, M. P. and J. D. Weckstein. 2012. A new genus and species of Philopteridae (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from the trumpeters (Aves: Gruiformes: Psophidae). Journal of Parasitology 98:728-734. pdf
Seeholzer, G. F., B. M. Winger, M. G. Harvey, D. Cáceres A, and J. D. Weckstein. 2012. A new species of barbet (Capitoninae: Capito) from the southern Cerros del Sira, Ucayali, Peru. Auk 129:551-559. pdf
Engel, J. I., J. M. Bates, J. D. Weckstein, T. P. Gnoske, and P. M. Kaliba. 2012. Avifauna of Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve, Malawi. Journal of East African Natural History 101:223-240. pdf
Valim, M. P. and J. D. Weckstein. 2012. Two new species of the genus Cotingacola Carriker, 1956 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae) from Amazonian Brazil, with comments on host-specificity. Systematic Parasitology 81:159-167. pdf
Johnson, K. P., J. D. Weckstein, S. E. Bush, and D. H. Clayton. 2011. The evolution of host specificity in dove body lice. Parasitology 138:1730-1736. pdf
Engel, J. I., M. H. Hennen, C. C. Witt, and J. D. Weckstein. 2011. Affinities of Three Vagrant Cave Swallows from Eastern North America. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123:840-845. pdf
Valim, M. P. and J. D. Weckstein. 2011. Two new species of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Ischnocera, Philopteridae) parasitic on Neotopical trogons (Aves, Trogoniformes). Zookeys 128:1-13. pdf
Johnson, K. P. and J. D. Weckstein. 2011. The Central American land bridge as an engine of diversification in new world doves. Journal of Biogeography 38:1069-1076. pdf
Johnson, K. P., J. D. Weckstein, M. J. Meyer, and D. H. Clayton. 2011. There and back again: Switching between host orders by avian body lice (Ischnocera: Goniodidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102:614-625. pdf
Patel, S., J. D. Weckstein, J. S. L. Patané, J. M. Bates, and A. Aleixo. 2011. Temporal and spatial diversification of Pteroglossus araçaris (Aves: Ramphastidae) in the Neotropics: Constant rate of diversification does not support an increase in radiation during the Pleistocene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58:105-115. pdf
Rice, A. A., J. D. Weckstein, and J. Engel. 2010. Black-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus). In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=27206 (Now combined into a single account in Handbook of the Birds of the World Online)
Rice, A. A., J. D. Weckstein, and J. Engel. 2010. Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii). In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=303416 (Now combined into a single account in Handbook of the Birds of the World Online)
Patané, J. S. L., J. D. Weckstein, J. M. Bates, and A. Aleixo. 2009. Evolutionary history of Ramphastos toucans: Molecular phylogenetics, temporal diversification, and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53:923-934. pdf
Bueter, C., J. D. Weckstein, K. P. Johnson, J. M. Bates, and C. E. Gordon. 2009. Comparative phylogenetic histories of two louse genera found on Catharus thrushes and other birds.Journal of Parasitology 95:295-307. pdf
Weckstein, J. D., B. D. Marks, R. G. Moyle, K. P. Johnson, M. J. Meyer, J. Braimah, J. Oppong, and J. Amponsah. 2009. Birds recorded from surveys in Ghana’s Central and Brong-Ahafo regions. Malimbus 31:28-46. pdf
Marks, B. D., J. D. Weckstein, and R. G. Moyle. 2007. Molecular phylogenetics of the bee-eaters (Aves: Meropidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45:23-32. pdf
Aleixo, A., E. B. Rodrigues, M. S. Faccio, J. D. Weckstein, J. M. Bates. 2007. Aves do Cacuajó, FLONA de Caxiuanã. Pages 70-72 in Resumos Expandidos do I Seminário Científico do PPBIO. Belém: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. pdf
Price, R. D. and J. D. Weckstein. 2006. Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from jacamars and puffbirds (Piciformes: Galbulidae, Bucconidae), with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 1367:37-50. pdf
Weckstein, J. D. 2005. Molecular Phylogenetics of the Ramphastos toucans: Implications for the evolution of morphology, vocalizations, and coloration. Auk 122:1191-1209. pdf [Erratum pdf]
Armenta, J. K., J. D. Weckstein, and D. F. Lane. 2005. Geographic variation in mitochondrial DNA sequences of an Amazonian non-passerine: the Black-spotted Barbet (Capito niger). Condor 107:527-536. pdf
Hellenthal, R. A., R. D. Price, and J. D. Weckstein. 2005. The genus Ramphasticola Carriker (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the toucans (Piciformes: Ramphastidae), with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107:565-571. pdf
Price, R. D. and J. D. Weckstein. 2005. The genus Austrophilopterus Ewing (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from toucans, toucanets, and araçaris (Piciformes: Ramphastidae). Zootaxa 918:1-18. pdf
Weckstein, J. D. 2004. Biogeography explains cophylogenetic patterns in toucan chewing lice. Systematic Biology 53:154-164. pdf
Price, R. D., R. A. Hellenthal, and J. D. Weckstein. 2004. The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the toucans (Piciformes: Ramphastidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 613:1-18. pdf
Marks, B. D., J. D. Weckstein, K. P. Johnson, M. J. Meyer, J. Braimah, and J. Oppong. 2004. Rediscovery of the White-necked Picathartes (Picathartes gymnocephalus) in Ghana. Bulletin of the British Ornithological Club 124:151-153. pdf
Zink, R. M. and J. D. Weckstein. 2003. Recent evolutionary history of the Fox Sparrows (Genus: Passerella). Auk 120:522-527. pdf
Weckstein, J. D., D. E. Kroodsma, and R. C. Faucett. 2002. Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca). In: The Birds of North America, (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D. C.: The American Ornithologists’ Union. pdf (now part of Handbook of the Birds of the World Online)
Johnson, K. P., J. D. Weckstein, C. C. Witt, R. C. Faucett, and R. G. Moyle. 2002. The perils of using host relationships in parasite taxonomy: phylogeny of the Degeeriella complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23:150-157. pdf
Weckstein, J. D., A. D. Afton, R. M. Zink, and R. T. Alisauskas. 2002. Hybridization and population subdivision within and between Ross’s and Lesser Snow geese: a molecular perspective. Condor 104:432-436. pdf
Johnson, K. P., R. G. Moyle, C. C. Witt, R. C. Faucett, and J. D. Weckstein. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships in the louse genus Penenirmus based on nuclear (EF1a) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequences. Systematic Entomology 26:491-497. pdf
Weckstein, J. D., R. M. Zink, R. C. Blackwell-Rago, and D. A. Nelson. 2001. Anomalous variation in mitochondrial genomes of White-crowned (Zonotrichia leucophrys) and Golden-crowned (Z. atricapilla) sparrows: pseudogenes, hybridization or incomplete lineage sorting? Auk 118:231-236. pdf
Root, T. L. and J. D. Weckstein. 1995. Changes in ranges of wintering birds: 1901-1940 to 1960-1989. Pages 386-389 in Our living Resources: A Report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals and Ecosystems. E. T. Laroe, G. S. Farris, C. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac (eds). NBS, USDOI, Washington, DC. pdf
Root, T. L. and J. D. Weckstein. 1994. Changes in distribution patterns of select wintering North American birds from 1901 to 1989. Studies in Avian Biology 15:191-201. pdf