Albrecht Manegold

Manegold studied biology at the Free University of Berlin.[1] He completed his PhD thesis in 2005, on the phylogeny and evolution of the Coraciiformes (kinfishers, bee-eaters and allies), Piciformes (woodpeckers and allies), and Passeriformes (perching birds).[2] He worked at Senckenberg Research Institute. He is presently the curator of the vertebrate collection of the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, with research focus on fossil birds of the Maghreb and South Africa and paleornithological reconstruction.[3]

Manegold described the extinct treecreeper Certhia rummeli from a fossilized right tarsometatarsus found in karstic fissure fillings in Petersbuch, Bavaria.[4] The fossil woodpecker Australopicus nelsonmandelai, found at the Langebaanweg fossil site in South Africa, and representing the oldest known woodpecker in Africa, was described and named by Manegold for South African president Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday.[5][6][7]

• 2007: Bernhard Rensch Prize for his dissertation work on phylogeny and evolution of Coraciiformes, Piciformes, and Passeriformes.[8]
• 2008: Maria Koepcke Prize for his work in creating a new classification system of passerine birds based on morphological characteristics in bone structure, clarifying relationships within living birds and allowing for assignment of extinct representatives of extant families.[9]

• Manegold A. (2020). New results on birds from the Early Pleistocene site of Untermassfeld. In: R.-D. Kahlke (ed.). The Pleistocene of Untermassfeld near Meiningen (Thüringen, Germany), Part 4 , Mainz, Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums: 1159-1167.
• Pavia M., Manegold A., Haarhoff P. (2015). New early Pliocene owls from Langebaanweg, South Africa, with first evidence of Athene south of the Sahara and a new species of Tyto. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60: 815-828.
• Manegold A. (2014). Two new parrot species (Psittaciformes) from the early Pliocene of Langebaanweg (South Africa) and their paleoecological implications. Ibis 155: 127-139.
• Manegold A., Pavia M., Haarhoff, P. (2014). A new species of Aegypius vulture (Aegypiinae, Accipitridae) from the early Pliocene of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 1394-1407.
• Manegold A., Zelenkov N. (2014). A new species of Aegypius vulture from the early Pliocene of Moldova is the earliest unequivocal evidence of Aegypiinae in Europe. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 8: DOI: 10.1007/s12542-014-0242-4.
• Manegold A., Louchart A., Carrier J. & Elzanowski A. (2013). The Early Pliocene avifauna of Langebaanweg (South Africa): a review and update. In: Göhlich, U.B., Kroh, A. (eds.) Paleornithological Research 2013 – Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution: 135-152.
• Manegold A., Podsiadlowski L. (2013). Erste morphologische und molekulare Untersuchungen zur phylogenetischen Stellung des Grünköpfchens Agapornis swindernianus. Vogelwarte 51: 348.
• Manegold A., Töpfer T. (2013). The systematic position of Hemicircus (Picidae) and the evolution of adaptations for drilling and climbing up in true woodpeckers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51: 72-82.
• Manegold A., Louchart A. (2012). Biogeographical and palaeoenvironmental implications of a new woodpecker species (Picidae) from the early Pliocene of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32: 926-938.[3]
• Manegold A. (2008). Passerine diversity in the late Oligocene of Germany: Earliest evidence for the sympatric coexistence of Suboscines and Oscines. Ibis 150(2): 377-387.[10]
• Manegold A. (2008). Earliest fossil record of the Certhioidea (treecreepers and allies) from the early Miocene of Germany. Journal of Ornithology 149: 223–228.[4]
• Manegold, A. (2006). Two Additional Synapomorphies of Grebes Podicipedidae and Flamingos Phoenicopteridae. Acta Ornithologica, 41(1): 79-82.[11]
• Mayr G., Manegold A. (2006). A Small Suboscine-Like Passeriform Bird from the Early Oligocene of France. The Condor, 108(3): 717–720.[12]