Taxonomy
Scrub Warbler changes position
The desert-living Scrub Warbler has been show to be more closely related to Cetti's Warbler rather than the cisticolas, as previously...
18/01/2011
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
More Asian splits on their way?
BirdingASIA has just published a summary of suggestions for taxonomic changes in Asia. The paper not only discusses splits at species...
11/01/2011
Ornithology
Greenland Wheatears drift further apart from Northern
Criteria for identifying Greenland Wheatear have been further refined in a new study.
23/12/2010
Taxonomy
Magnificent discovery
A new gadfly petrel subspecies has been described from North Vanuatu, after specimens lay unanalysed in a museum draw for over 80 years,...
17/12/2010
Taxonomy
Monotypic at Least
The three subspecies of Least Tern in North America have been determined to be invalid, according to new research.
10/12/2010
Taxonomy
Several gulls split in two
An attempt to reconstruct the phylogenetic history of a few of the large white-headed gull species has been performed by the same team that...
10/12/2010
Taxonomy
Out of order warblers
Further light has been thrown onto the relationships between various members of the paraphlyetic warbler family Sylviidae by a new Chinese...
10/12/2010
Taxonomy
Atlantic albatross boon
The first systematic study of the avifauna of a palaeontological dig at Ahl al Oughlam, just outside Casablanca, Morocco, has now been...
10/12/2010
Taxonomy
New genus: Ovenbirds Asthenes spp
DNA sequencing reveals that Asthenes comprises two groups that are not sister taxa.
09/12/2010
Taxonomy
Relationships: Pheasants Phasianidae
An attempt to clarify pheasant taxonomic status looks at 15 genera in China.
09/12/2010
Taxonomy
Relationships: Crab Plover Dromas ardeola
Anatomical and molecular analyses of Crab Plover look at how the species is related to other waders.
09/12/2010
Taxonomy
Relationships: Long-tailed tits Aegithalidae
Genetic studies have looked at the long-tailed tit family.
09/12/2010
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