Oong*, Z.,* SA. Jansa, S. Reddy. 2026. Biogeographic regions within Indomalaya: an integrated approach using bird distributions. Journal of Biogeography. 53:e70155. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.70155
Reddy, S., K. Wacker, M. Fahmy, E. Hekkala, J. Bates, SM. Goodman, S. Hackett, MJ. Raherilalao, JD. Maddox,. 2025. VoronaGasyCodes: a public database of mitochondrial barcodes for Malagasy birds. Molecular Ecology Resources 25:e70027. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.70027
Auerbach, ALB.*, EHJ. Lim*, S. Reddy. 2025. Tempo and mode of evolution across multiple traits in an adaptive radiation of birds (Vangidae). Evolution 79: 1710–1726. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpaf117
Lahiri, S.* and S. Reddy. 2025. Correspondence: India’s grasslands are not “wastelands”. Science. 387: 726-727. DOI: 10.1126/science.adu0193
Reddy, S. 2025. Advances in the Avian Tree of Life and Biogeography in the 21st Century. In: New Perspectives in Ornithology. Edited by: S. V. Edwards and J. M. Reed, Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197787670.003.0007
Herman, R., G. Clucas, J. Younger, J. Bates, B. Robinson, S. Reddy, J. Stepanuk, K. O’Brien, K. Veeramah, H. Lynch. 2024. Whole genome sequencing reveals stepping-stone dispersal buffered against founder effects in a range expanding seabird. Molecular Ecology 33: e17282. DOI: 10.1111/mec.17282
Nachman MW, Beckman EJ, Bowie RCK, Cicero C, Conroy CJ, Dudley R, et al. 2023. Specimen collection is essential for modern science. PLoS Biol 21(11): e3002318. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002318
Chhaya, V., S. Reddy, A. Krishnan. 2023. Bill shape diversification imposes biomechanical tradeoffs in cavity-excavating barbets. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 290: 20222395. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2022.2395
Sangster, G., A. Cibois, S. Reddy. 2022. Pteruthiidae and Erpornithidae (Aves: Corvides): two new family-group names for babbler-like outgroups of the vireos (Vireonidae). Bull. Br. Ornithol. Club. 142: 239-243. DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v142i2.2022.a8
Reddy, S., and T.S. Schulenberg. 2022. The avian radiations of Madagascar, In Goodman, S. M. (ed.), The new natural history of Madagascar. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Reddy, S., T.S. Schulenberg, N.L. Block. 2022. Ecology of the tetrakas, Family Bernieridae, In Goodman, S. M. (ed.), The new natural history of Madagascar. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Tyler, J., Bonfitto, M.T., Clucas, G.V., Reddy, S., Younger, J.L. 2020. Morphometric and genetic evidence for four species of gentoo penguin. Ecology and Evolution 5:1–11.
Makovicky, P.J., Reddy, S. 2020. Evolution: Brainier Birds. Current Biology. 30:R778–80.
Younger, J.L.*, N.L. Block, M.J. Raherilalao, J.D. Maddox, K.S. Wacker, C.C. Kyriazis, S.M. Goodman, S. Reddy. Diversification of a cryptic radiation, a closer look at Madagascar's newly recognized bird family. Submitted to Systematic Biology. https://connect.biorxiv.org/qr/825687
Younger, J.L.*, P. Dempster*, Á.S. Nyári, T.O. Helms*, M.J. Raherilalao, S.M. Goodman, S. Reddy. 2019. Phylogeography of the Rufous Vanga and the role of bioclimatic transition zones in promoting speciation within Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139: 106535.
Younger, J.L.*, L. Strozier*, J.D. Maddox, Á.S. Nyári, M. Bonfitto*, M.J. Raherilalao, S.M. Goodman, S. Reddy. 2018. Hidden diversity of forest birds in Madagascar revealed using integrative taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124: 16-26.
Kyriazis, C.C. *, B. Alam*, M. Wjodyla*, S. Hackett, P. Hosner, H.L. Mays Jr., L.R. Heaney, S. Reddy. 2018. Colonization and diversification of the White-browed Shortwing (Aves: Muscicapidae: Brachypteryx montana) in the Philippines. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 121:121-131.
Koparde, P., P. Mehta, S. Reddy, U. Ramkrishnan, S. Mukherjee, V.V. Robin. 2018. The critically endangered Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti is nested within the currently recognized Athene clade: a century-old debate addressed. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0192359.
Wickramasinghe, N.*, V. V. Robin, U. Ramakrishnan, S. Reddy, S. S. Seneviratne. 2017. Non-sister Sri Lankan white-eyes (Genus Zosterops) are a result of independent colonizations. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0181441.
Reddy S., R.T. Kimball, A. Pandey, P.A. Hosner, M.J. Braun, K.-L. Han, J. Harshman, S.J. Hackett, C.J. Huddleston, S. Kingston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, C. C. Witt, T. Yuri, E.L. Braun. 2017. Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling. Systematic Biology 66:857-879.
Robin, V.V., C.K. Vishnudas, P. Gupta, F. E. Rheindt, D. M. Hooper, U. Ramakrishnan, S. Reddy. 2017. Two new genera of songbirds represent endemic radiations in India. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:31. Related BMC Blog: Revisionist history: rewriting the story of Indian birds, http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcseriesblog/2017/02/15/revisionist-history-rewriting-story-indian-birds/
Boyd K*., E. Highland*, A. Misch*, A. Hu, S. Reddy, C. Putonti. 2015. Finding function in the unknown. Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 1098-1099.
Reddy, S. and A.S. Nyari. 2015. Novel insights into the historical biogeography of the Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler complex (Aves: Timaliidae: Pomatorhinus ruficollis complex). Current Zoology. 61: 910-921.
Peterson, A.T., R.G. Moyle, F. Lei, L.C. Campillo, P.A. Hosner, L.B. Klicka, H.C. Lim, Á.S. Nyári, , Y. Qu, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, F. Zou. 2015. Avian evolution and speciation in the Southeast Asian Tropics. Current Zoology. 61: 898-900.
Reddy, S. Book Review: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, fourth edition, Volume 1: Non-passerines and Volume 2: Passerines. 2015. Journal of Field Ornithology. 86: 278-280.
Reddy, S., S. Sharief*, L. Yohe*, J. Witkowski*, P. A. Hosner, A. S. Nyari, R. Moyle. Untangling diversification patterns of the streak-breasted scimitar babblers (Timaliidae: Pomatorhinus ruficollis complex) in China. 2015. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 82A: 183–192. *undergraduate co-authors
Yohe, L., J. Flanders, H. Duc, L. Vu, T. Phung, Q. Nguyen, S. Reddy. Unveiling the Impact of Human Influence on Species Distributions in Vietnam: A Case Study Using Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae). 2014. Tropical Conservation Science 7: 586-596.Reddy, S. 2014. What’s missing from global diversification analyses? Molecular Phylogenetic & Evolution. 77: 159–65.
Reddy, S., S. Sharief*, L. Yohe,* J. Witkowski*, P. A. Hosner, A. S. Nyari, R. Moyle. Untangling diversification patterns of the streak-breasted scimitar babblers (Timaliidae: Pomatorhinus ruficollis complex) in China. Accepted. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. *undergraduate co-authors
Yuri, T., R.T. Kimball, J. Harshman, R.C.K. Bowie, M.J. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, K.-L. Han, S.J. Hackett, C.J. Huddleston, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Steadman, C.C. Witt, E.L. Braun. 2013. Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals. Biology 2: 419-444.
Nyari, A. S. and S. Reddy. 2013. Comparative phyloclimatic analysis and evolution of ecological niches in the scimitar babblers (Aves: Timaliidae: Pomatorhinus). PLoS ONE 8(2): e55629. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055629
Oliveros, C. H., S. Reddy, R. G. Moyle. 2012. The phylogenetic position of some Philippine "babblers" spans the muscicapoid and sylvioid bird radiations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. In Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.029
Moyle, R.G., M.J. Andersen, C.H. Oliveros, F. Steinheimer, S. Reddy. 2012. Phylogeny and biogeography of the core babblers (Aves: Timaliidae). Systematic Biology 61: 631-651.
Reddy, S., A. Driskell, D.L. Rabosky, S.J. Hackett, T.S. Schulenberg. 2012. Diversification and the adaptive radiation of the vangas of Madagascar. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. Published online January 4, 2012.
Moyle, R.G., M.J. Andersen, C.H. Oliveros, F. Steinheimer, S. Reddy. In Press. Phylogeny and biogeography of the core babblers (Aves: Timaliidae). Systematic Biology.
Braun, E., R. Kimball, K-L. Han, N. Iuhasz, A. Bonilla, J. Chojnowski, J. Smith, R. Bowie, M.J. Braun, S. Hackett, J. Harshman, C. Huddleston, B. Marks, K. Miglia, W. Moore, S. Reddy, F. Sheldon, C. Witt, T. Yuri. 2011. Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 141.
Reddy, S and R. G. Moyle. 2011. Systematics of the scimitar babblers (Pomatorhinus: Timaliidae): phylogeny, biogeography, and species-limits of four species-complexes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 846-869.
Han, K-L, E.L. Braun, R.T. Kimball, S. Reddy, R.C.K. Bowie, M.J. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, S.J. Hackett, J. Harshman, C.J. Huddleston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Steadman, C.C. Witt, T.Yuri. 2011. Are Transposons Homoplasy Free? An Examination Using the Avian Tree of Life. Systematic Biology 60: 375-386.
Voelker, G, R.K. Outlaw, S. Reddy, M. Tobler, J.M. Bates, S.J. Hackett, C. Kahindo, B.D. Marks, J. Kerbis Peterhans, T.P. Gnoske. 2010. A new species of black boubou from the Albertine Rift (Passeriformes: Laniidae: Laniarius). Auk 127: 678-689.
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, F.K. Barker, R.C.K. Bowie, M.J. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, S.J. Hackett, K.-L Han, J. Harshman, V. Heimer-Torres, W. Holznagel, C.J. Huddleston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, J.V. Smith, C.C. Witt, T. Yuri. 2009. A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 654-660.
Hackett, S.J.*, R.T. Kimball*, S. Reddy*, R.C.K. Bowie, E.L. Braun, M.J. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, W.A. Cox, K. Han, J. Harshman, C.J. Huddleston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Steadman, C.C. Witt, T. Yuri. 2008. A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history. Science 320: 1763-1768. *These authors contributed equally to the manuscript and were listed alphabetically. [Faculty 1000 selection]
Reddy, S. 2008. Systematics and biogeography of the shrike-babblers (Pteruthius): species limits, molecular phylogenetics, and diversification patterns across southern Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 54–72.
Harshman J., E.L. Braun, M.J. Braun, C.J. Huddleston, R.C.K. Bowie, J.L. Chojnowski, S. Hackett, K-L. Han, R.T. Kimball, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.A. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Steadman, S.J. Steppan, C. Witt, T. Yuri. 2008. Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 105: 13462-13467.
Raxworthy, C.J., R.G. Pearson, B.M. Zimkus, S. Reddy, A.J. Deo, R.A. Nussbaum, C.M. Ingram. 2008. Continental speciation in the tropics: contrasting biogeographic patterns of divergence in the Uroplatus leaf-tailed gecko radiation of Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 275: 423-440.
Reddy, S. and J. Cracraft. 2007. Old World Shrike-babblers (Pteruthius) belong with New World Vireos (Vireonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 1352–1357.
Reddy, S. and L.M. Davalos. 2003. Geographical sampling bias and its implications for conservation priorities in Africa. Journal of Biogeography 30: 1719-1727. [Used as an example in N. Clifford, S. French, G. Valentine (eds). 2010. Key Methods in Geography, Second Edition. Sage Publications, London, pp. 239-240.]
