Taxonomy
Are Honeycreepers rosefinches?
A new analysis of Hawaiian honeycreeper origins shows that their closest relatives are the rosefinches.
18/11/2011
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
Iberian woodpecker to be split?
A new genetic analysis has confirmed the North African form of Green Woodpecker – Levaillant’s Woodpecker – as a full species, and brings...
18/11/2011
Taxonomy
Egret keeps it together
A review paper has found that recent moves to split great Egret and Eastern Great Egret are not robust, and that at present the species...
18/11/2011
Taxonomy
Pacific reed warblers reveal at least two cryptic species
A near-comprehensive look at the large reed warblers of the Pacific has revealed at least two new species and a complex colonisation...
12/10/2011
Taxonomy
Australasian robins rocked
A new comprehensive genetic survey highlights the differences between Papua New Guinean 'chats' and 'flycatchers' and those in Australia,...
12/10/2011
Taxonomy
New species of cotinga in Bolivia
Another exotic subspecies has now been shown to merit recognition as a species in South America, and yet again is already under threat.
14/09/2011
Taxonomy
A salvo of trumpeters
New DNA and morphological work has made at least six trumpeter species out of three.
09/09/2011
Taxonomy
New curassow species endangered
Another little-known and rare subspecies of South American endemic has proven to be a 'good species'.
09/09/2011
Taxonomy
Three New Scops Owls named from Philippines
A DNA analysis has proven what a curator's eyes already told him - there are three endemic scops owls in the Philippines.
07/09/2011
Taxonomy
Spiderhunter's tangled web
Little Spiderhunter has been shown to hide cryptic speciation, but to what extent is somewhat unclear.
04/08/2011
Taxonomy
Shearwater fossils reveal connections to modern species
Ancient DNA from fossil Canary Island shearwaters has revealed that modern 'tubenose' relationships are not what they seem.
04/08/2011
Taxonomy
Procurators of the fiscal shrikes
Southern Africa's Common Fiscal is split in two, with revelations about its biogeography.
03/08/2011
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