| The causes of mitochondrial DNA gene tree paraphyly in birds BD McKay, RM Zink Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54 (2), 647-650, 2010 | 203 | 2010 |
| Glacial expansion and diversification of an East Asian montane bird, the green‐backed tit (Parus monticolus) W Wang, BD McKay, C Dai, N Zhao, R Zhang, Y Qu, G Song, SH Li, ... Journal of Biogeography 40 (6), 1156-1169, 2013 | 105 | 2013 |
| An empirical comparison of character‐based and coalescent‐based approaches to species delimitation in a young avian complex BD McKay, HL Mays Jr, Y Wu, H Li, C Yao, I Nishiumi, F Zou Molecular Ecology 22 (19), 4943-4957, 2013 | 80 | 2013 |
| Sisyphean evolution in Darwin's finches BD McKay, RM Zink Biological Reviews 90 (3), 689-698, 2015 | 55 | 2015 |
| The use of digital photography in systematics BD McKay Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110 (1), 1-13, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
| Incorporating Color into Integrative Taxonomy: Analysis of the Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius) Complex in East Asia BD McKay, HL Mays Jr, C Yao, D Wan, H Higuchi, I Nishiumi Systematic Biology 63 (4), 505-517, 2014 | 42 | 2014 |
| Molecular phylogeny and insular biogeography of the lowland tailorbirds of Southeast Asia (Cisticolidae: Orthotomus) FH Sheldon, CH Oliveros, SS Taylor, B McKay, HC Lim, MA Rahman, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65 (1), 54-63, 2012 | 41 | 2012 |
| A molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the manakins (Aves: Pipridae) BD McKay, FK Barker, HL Mays Jr, SM Doucet, GE Hill Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55 (2), 733-737, 2010 | 39 | 2010 |
| A new timeframe for the diversification of Japan’s mammals BD McKay Journal of Biogeography 39 (6), 1134-1143, 2012 | 31 | 2012 |
| Evidence for the Species Status of the Bahama Yellow-Throated Warbler (Dendroica “Dominica” Flavescens) BD McKay, MBJ Reynolds, WK Hayes, DS Lee The Auk 127 (4), 932-939, 2010 | 27 | 2010 |
| Evolutionary history suggests rapid differentiation in the yellow‐throated warbler Dendroica dominica BD McKay Journal of Avian Biology 40 (2), 181-190, 2009 | 21 | 2009 |
| Great journey of Great Tits (Parus major group): Origin, diversification and historical demographics of a broadly distributed bird lineage G Song, R Zhang, F Machado‐Stredel, P Alström, US Johansson, ... Journal of Biogeography 47 (7), 1585-1598, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
| Recent range-wide demographic expansion in a Taiwan endemic montane bird, Steere's Liocichla (Liocichla steerii) BD McKay, HL Mays, YW Peng, KH Kozak, CT Yao, HW Yuan BMC evolutionary biology 10, 1-11, 2010 | 17 | 2010 |
| Phenotypic variation is clinal in the Yellow-throated Warbler BD McKay The Condor 110 (3), 569-574, 2008 | 16 | 2008 |
| A multilocus molecular phylogeny for the avian genus Liocichla (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae: Liocichla) HL Mays, BD McKay, DT Tietze, CT Yao, LN Miller, KN Moreland, F Lei Avian Research 6, 1-13, 2015 | 8 | 2015 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) B McKay, GA Hall The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of …, 2012 | 8 | 2012 |
| Microsatellites underestimate genetic divergence in the Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus) W Wenjuan, DAI Chuanyin, BD McKay, Z Na, LI Shou-Hsien, LEI Fumin Avian Research 4 (2), 144-154, 2013 | 3 | 2013 |
| A recording of a type B song of the Yellow-throated Warbler BD McKay The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120 (2), 401-403, 2008 | 3 | 2008 |
| Katma Award 2015, to Bailey McKay and Robert Zink B McKay Biological Reviews 90, 689-698, 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
| Book Review: Speciation in Birds by Trevor Price RM Zink, B McKay Auk 125, 504-505, 2008 | 2 | 2008 |
