About the Authors

Brian Tilston Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

briantilstonsmith@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Glenn F. Seeholzer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Michael G. Harvey

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Andrés M. Cuervo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Robb T. Brumfield

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Author Andrés M. Cuervo was unable to confirm his authorship contributions. On his behalf, all other authors have reported his contributions to the best of their knowledge.