Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes)

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Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes). / Cai, Tianlong; Cibois, Alice; Alström, Per; Moyle, Robert G.; Kennedy, Jonathan D.; Shao, Shimiao; Zhang, Ruiying; Irestedt, Martin; Ericson, Per G. P.; Gelang, Magnus; Qu, Yanhua; Lei, Fumin; Fjeldså, Jon.

In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 130, 2019, p. 346-356.

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Cai, T, Cibois, A, Alström, P, Moyle, RG, Kennedy, JD, Shao, S, Zhang, R, Irestedt, M, Ericson, PGP, Gelang, M, Qu, Y, Lei, F & Fjeldså, J 2019, 'Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes)', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 130, pp. 346-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010

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Cai, T., Cibois, A., Alström, P., Moyle, R. G., Kennedy, J. D., Shao, S., Zhang, R., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P. G. P., Gelang, M., Qu, Y., Lei, F., & Fjeldså, J. (2019). Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 130, 346-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010

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Cai T, Cibois A, Alström P, Moyle RG, Kennedy JD, Shao S et al. Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2019;130:346-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010

Author

Cai, Tianlong ; Cibois, Alice ; Alström, Per ; Moyle, Robert G. ; Kennedy, Jonathan D. ; Shao, Shimiao ; Zhang, Ruiying ; Irestedt, Martin ; Ericson, Per G. P. ; Gelang, Magnus ; Qu, Yanhua ; Lei, Fumin ; Fjeldså, Jon. / Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes). In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2019 ; Vol. 130. pp. 346-356.

Bibtex

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title = "Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes)",
abstract = "The babblers are a diverse group of passerine birds comprising 452 species. The group was long regarded as a “scrap basket” in taxonomic classification schemes. Although several studies have assessed the phylogenetic relationships for subsets of babblers during the past two decades, a comprehensive phylogeny of this group has been lacking. In this study, we used five mitochondrial and seven nuclear loci to generate a dated phylogeny for babblers. This phylogeny includes 402 species (ca. 89% of the overall clade) from 75 genera (97%) and all five currently recognized families, providing a robust basis for taxonomic revision. Our phylogeny supports seven major clades and reveals several non-monophyletic genera. Divergence time estimates indicate that the seven major clades diverged around the same time (18–20 million years ago, Ma) in the early Miocene. We use the phylogeny in a consistent way to propose a new taxonomy, with seven families and 64 genera of babblers, and a new linear sequence of names.",
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AU - Moyle, Robert G.

AU - Kennedy, Jonathan D.

AU - Shao, Shimiao

AU - Zhang, Ruiying

AU - Irestedt, Martin

AU - Ericson, Per G. P.

AU - Gelang, Magnus

AU - Qu, Yanhua

AU - Lei, Fumin

AU - Fjeldså, Jon

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KW - Passeriformes

KW - Phylogeny

KW - Rogue taxa

KW - Supertree

KW - Taxonomy

KW - Temporal banding

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