Taxonomy
Doves from above?
A genetic study to evaluate dispersal between North and South america has identified potential new species among American doves.
09/05/2011
Taxonomy
Analysis of avian DNA, biometrics and vocalisations add to our understanding of bird species all the time. We cover all the 'splits', lumps and discoveries.
Taxonomy
Bleeding-hearts broken
The ground-doves of the Indo-Pacific have now been found to consist of two distinct lineages.
24/03/2011
Taxonomy
Twin rails travel apart
Water Rail has now been shown to consist of two sister species.
22/03/2011
Taxonomy
Arctic warbler split in three
As anticipated, Arctic Warbler has now been split into three cryptic species due to differences in genetics.
17/03/2011
Taxonomy
Seabird splits
Having speculated about transatlantic, Macaronesian and Mediterranean splits, David Callahan turns to the tricky subject of potential new...
07/03/2011
Taxonomy
Madagascar produces another new bird species.
Examination of two new specimens of wood rail from western Madagascar has resulted in a new species being named.
25/02/2011
Ornithology
Wonders of the Orient
In the final part of his examination of possible new species that could make the British, Irish and Western Palearctic lists, David...
23/02/2011
Taxonomy
New storm-petrel species found in Chile
Museum work, a 10-day pelagic expedition and a net-gun confirm a new seabird species.
22/02/2011
Taxonomy
Hawaii's aliens mimic natives
A cross-island assessment of the biometrics of introduced species has found potential evolutionary change occurring on the different...
17/02/2011
Taxonomy
Extensive bush warbler reshuffle
A prospective comprehensive reshuffle of the bush warbler tribe Megalurinae has simplified its structure and indicated future lumps and...
16/02/2011
Taxonomy
Ticks in waiting
Continuing his occasional series on avian taxonomy, David Callahan looks at possible landbird splits on the Atlantic islands and in the...
15/02/2011
Taxonomy
Cross-Atlantic creeper cryptics
A new study has now highlighted the presence of cryptic treecreeper Certhia forms by identifying deep divisions among the clades and...
26/01/2011
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