Edwin O'Neill Willis
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Edwin O'Neill Willis's Degrees
- PhD Ornithology Cornell University
- Masters Biology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Edwin O'Neill Willis was an American ornithologist who studied the birds of Central and South America. Biography Willis was born on 18 January 1935, the son of Andrew Nelson Willis and Verna Fleming. He was raised on a farm in Russellville, Alabama.
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- Populations and Local Extinctions of Birds on Barro Colorado Island, Panama (1974) (350)
- Birds and Army Ants (1978) (226)
- The behavior of bicolored antbirds (1967) (121)
- The behavior of spotted antbirds (1972) (94)
- A revised list of birds of Barro Colorado Island, Panama (1979) (61)
- Interspecific Competition and the Foraging Behavior of Plain-Brown Woodcreepers (1966) (53)
- Notes on Three Tiny Grassland Flycatchers, with Comments on the Disappearance of South American Fire-Diversified Savannas (1997) (49)
- Competitive Exclusion and Birds at Fruiting Trees in Western Colombia (1966) (44)
- On the Behavior of Five Species of Rhegmatorhina, Ant-following Antbirds of the Amazon Basin (1969) (44)
- Birds of Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil: do humans add or subtract species? (2002) (43)
- The behavior of ocellated antbirds (1973) (39)
- A STUDY OF NESTING ANT-TANAGERS IN BRITISH HONDURAS (1961) (39)
- CONSERVATION, SUBDIVISION OF RESERVES, AND THE ANTI-DISMEMBERMENT HYPOTHESIS (1984) (38)
- Ecology and Nesting Behavior of the Chestnut-Backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul) (1972) (35)
- On Behavior and Nesting of McConnell's Flycatcher (Pipromorpha macconnelli): Does Female Rejection Lead to Male Promiscuity? (1978) (31)
- Birds of a eucalyptus woodlot in interior São Paulo. (2003) (30)
- Birds of a habitat spectrum in the Itirapina Savanna, São Paulo, Brazil (1982-2003). (2004) (30)
- Effects of a cold wave on an Amazonian avifauna in the upper Paraguay drainage, Western Mato Grosso, and suggestions on Oscine-Suboscine relationships (1976) (29)
- Studies of the Behavior of Lunulated and Salvin's Antbirds (1968) (28)
- New and reconfirmed birds from the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, with notes on disappearing species (1993) (28)
- Is the Zone-Tailed Hawk a Mimic of the Turkey Vulture? (1963) (27)
- Birds of a central São Paulo woodlot: 1. Censuses 1982-2000. (2002) (24)
- 3 CHAMAEZA ANTTHRUSHES IN EASTERN BRAZIL (FORMICARIIDAE) (1992) (23)
- THE BEHAVIOR OF BLACK-BANDED WOODCREEPERS (DENDROCOLAPTES PICUMNUS) (1982) (22)
- Studies of Ant-Following Birds North of the Eastern Amazon (1972) (22)
- A Study of the Foraging Behavior of Two Species of Ant-Tanagers (1960) (19)
- Diversity in adversity: the behaviors of two subordinate antbirds (1981) (18)
- Birds at Eucalyptus and other flowers in southern Brazil: a review. (2002) (18)
- Voice, Courtship, and Territorial Behavior of Ant-Tanagers in British Honduras (1960) (17)
- On the behavior of rufous gnateaters (conopophaga lineata, formicariidae) (1983) (16)
- As aves e as formigas de correicao (1992) (16)
- Cercomacra and related antbirds (Aves, Formicariidae) as army ant followers (1984) (16)
- The Behavior of Scale-Backed Antbirds (1982) (15)
- Taxonomy and Behavior of Pale-Faced Antbirds (1968) (14)
- Avifaunal transects across the open zones of northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. (2013) (13)
- Sibling species of greenlets (Vireonidae) in southern Brazil (1991) (13)
- East African Turdidae as safari ant followers (1985) (13)
- On a Nest of the Planalto Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes platyrostris, with Taxonomic and Conservation Notes (2001) (12)
- Protected cerrado fragments grow up and lose even metapopulational birds in central São Paulo, Brazil. (2006) (12)
- Pelecitus helicinus Railliet & Henry, 1910 (Filarioidea, Dirofilariinae) and other nematode parasites of Brazilian birds. (2002) (12)
- Behavior and systematic status of gray - headed tanagers (trichothraupis penicillata, emberizidae) (1985) (10)
- Opportunistic adaptations to man-induced habitat changes by some South American caprimulgidae. (1999) (10)
- Vireos wood warblers and warblers as ant followers (1986) (10)
- ONE-PARENT NESTING IN CINNAMON-VENTED PIHAS (LIPAUGUS LANIOIDES, COTINGINAE, TYRANNIDAE) (1998) (10)
- Notes on a Display and Nest of the Club-Winged Manakin (1966) (9)
- West African thrushes as safari ant followers (1986) (9)
- Flycatchers, cotingas and drongos (Tyrannidae, Muscicapidae, Cotingidae and Dicruridae) as ant followers (1983) (9)
- Morphometrics, Molt, cloacal temperatures and ectoparasites in Colombian birds (1991) (8)
- LONGEVITIES OF SOME PANAMANIAN FOREST BIRDS, WITH NOTE OF LOW SURVIVORSHIP IN OLD SPOTTED ANTBIRDS (HYLOPHYLAX-NAEVIOIDES) (1983) (8)
- On dendrocincla tyrannina: Morphology, behavior and conservation of a shy lek-type insectivore (1995) (8)
- The behavior of black-headed antbirds (Percnostola rufifrons) (Formicariidae) (1982) (8)
- Myrmotherula Antwrens (Aves, Formicariidae) as army ant followers (1983) (8)
- Similarity of a Tyrant-Flycatcher and a Silky-Flycatcher: Not All Character Convergence Is Competitive Mimicry (1976) (7)
- Ecology and Behavior of the Crested Ant-Tanager (1966) (7)
- OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL (1993) (7)
- Taxonomy, ecology, and behavior of the sooty ant-tanager (Habia gutturalis) and other ant-tanagers (Aves). American Museum novitates ; no. 2480 (1972) (6)
- Black Versus White Waterbird Colonies lAvesr In The Bolivian brazilian Pantanal (1995) (6)
- AFFINITIES OF THE SAW-BILLED HERMIT (RAMPHODON NAEVIUS) DETERMINED BY CYTOCHROME-B SEQUENCE DATA (2003) (6)
- Tanagers, finches, and weavers as ant followers (1986) (6)
- Nesting behavior of the Picazuro pigeon, Columba Picazuro (Columbidae, Aves). (2000) (6)
- Hypophylax, Hypocnemoides and Myrmoderus (Aves, Formicariidae) as army ant followers (1983) (6)
- Wrens, gratwrens, rockfowl, babblers and shrikes (Troglodytidae, Polioptilidae), Picathartidae, Timaliidae and Laniidae) as ant followers (1983) (6)
- A Prey Capture by the Zone-Tailed Hawk (1966) (5)
- Jays, mimids, icterids and bulbuls (Corvidae, Mimidae, Icteridae and Pycnonotidae) as ant followers (1983) (5)
- Toucans ( Ramphastidae) and hornbills ( Bucerotidae) as ant followers. (1983) (5)
- POSSIBLE LONG-DISTANCE PAIR MIGRATION IN CYANERPES-CYANEUS (1987) (4)
- Ranking urban avifaunas (Aves) by number of localities per species in Sao Paulo, Brazil (2000) (4)
- Another Nest of Pitangus lictor (1962) (4)
- A Nest of the Collared Gnatwren (Microbates collaris) (1979) (4)
- Nesting behavior of the swallow-tailed hummingbird, Eupetomena macroura (Trochilidae, Aves). (2000) (4)
- PRECAUTIONS IN CALCULATING NEST SUCCESS (2008) (4)
- A HUNTING TECHNIQUE OF THE BLACK-AND-WHITE HAWK-EAGLE (SPIZASTUR-MELANOLEUCUS) MELANOLEUCUS) (1988) (4)
- Breeding of the White-Plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons) (1972) (3)
- Phlegopsis erythroptera (Gould, 1855) and relatives (Aves, Formicariidae) as army ant followers (1983) (3)
- ARE ACTITIS SANDPIPERS INVERTED FLYING FISHES (1994) (3)
- Is a Species an Interbreeding Unit, or an Internally Similar Part of a Phylogenetic Tree? (1981) (3)
- Chaetura andrei (Apodiformes, Apodidae): aspects of nesting (1992) (2)
- Behavior at a nest of Amazilia lactea (Aves, Trochilidae) (2000) (2)
- Coccyzus euleri Cabanis, 1873 (Aves, Cuculiformes) : proposed conservation of the specific name (1990) (2)
- ROOSTING BEHAVIOR OF THE SAYACA TANAGER (THRAUPIS SAYACA) IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL (2002) (1)
- Ivory-Billed Woodhewer Feeds on Mud Flat (1960) (1)
- New occurrences of Melanerpes cactorum (D'Orbigny, 1840) (Aves, Picidae) in Brazilian territory (1994) (1)
- Dysithamnus and Thamnomanes (Aves, Formicariidae) as army ant followers (1984) (1)
- Letters to and from the Editor (2015) (1)
- Roosting site of the Sombre Hummingbird Campylopterus cirrochloris (Trochilidae) in southern Bahia, Brazil (2001) (1)
- On a Phoebetria specimen from southern Brazil (1993) (1)
- Nest building and early incubation in Squirrel Cuckoos (Piaya cayana). (2013) (1)
- Life Histories of Central American Highland Birds Alexander F. Skutch (1969) (1)
- Lesser of Two Evils (1969) (1)
- Stomach contents of birds from the Brazilian Cerrado savannas (2022) (0)
- H. rubica, with subspecies ranging from Mexico to southern Brazil, (2016) (0)
- Are songbird-tyrannid sucess and nonincubating males related to cuckoldry and seasonal habitats? (Aves: Passeriformes). (2013) (0)
- Diet of two coexisting martins (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) from southeastern Brazil (2022) (0)
- Southeastern Brazilian tyrannulets as flower watchers (2019) (0)
- Museum-Based Research on the Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) Infestations of Hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae)—Prevalence, Genus Richness and Parasite Associations (2023) (0)
- An Analysis of Nesting Mortality in Birds Robert E. Ricklefs (1970) (0)
- Controversial Uses of Herbicides (1969) (0)
- Malacoptila puffbirds (aves, bucconidae) as army ant followers (1982) (0)
- Preliminary survey of birds winter in ten areas of southwestern Mato Grosso, Brazil (2013) (0)
- Notharchus puffbirds (aves, bucconidae) as army ant followers (1982) (0)
- short-tailed hawk (2008) (0)
- Birds collected in the locality of Finance Caiuá (Paraná, Brazil) by Adolph Hempel, with discussion of its exact location. (2013) (0)
- Nest building and incubation early in Squirrel Cuckoos (Piaya cayana). (2013) (0)
- Comments On The Proposed Conservation Of The Specific Name Coccyzus Euleri Cabanis, 1873 (Aves, Cuculiformes) (1991) (0)
- Geographic expansion of Netta erythrophthalma, Fluvicola nengeta and other birds of open areas with "desertification" anthropic in Sao Paulo. (2013) (0)
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