Suboscines
John Harshman
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close boxDiscussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Suboscines are divided geographically into New World and Old World clades, Tyrannides and Eurylaimides (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990; Irestedt et al. 2001; Barker et al. 2002, 2004; Chesser 2004; Beresford et al. 2005). The geographic separation is not quite perfect: there is one species of Eurylaimides in the New World, Sapayoa aenigma. New World suboscines can be divided into two clades, Tyranni and Furnarii (Lovette and Bermingham 2000; Irestedt et al. 2001; Barker et al. 2002, 2004; Chesser 2004; note that Sibley and Ahlquist 1990 gave the name Tyranni to a different group).
References
Barker, F. K., G. F. Barrowclough, and J. G. Groth. 2002. A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds; Taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269:295-308.
Barker, F. K., A. Cibois, P. Schikler, J. Feinstein, and J. Cracraft. 2004. Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:11040-11045.
Beresford, P., F. K. Barker, P. G. Ryan, and T. M. Crowe. 2005. African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): Molecular systematics of several evolutionary "enigmas". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 272:849-858.
Chesser, R. T. 2004. Molecular systematics of New World suboscine birds. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 32:11-24.
del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and D. A. Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Broadbills to Tapaculos. BirdLife International and Lynx Editions, Cambridge, UK and Barcelona.
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Irestedt, M., U. S. Johansson, T. J. Parsons, and P. G. P. Ericson. 2001. Phylogeny of major lineages of suboscines (Passeriformes) analysed by nuclear DNA sequence data. J. Avian Biol. 32:15-25.
Johansson, U. S., M. Irestedt, T. J. Parsons, and P. G. P. Ericson. 2002. Basal phylogeny of the Tyrannoidea based on comparisons of cytochrome b and exons of nuclear c-myc and RAG-1 genes. Auk 119:984-995.
Lanyon, S.M. 1985. Molecular perspective on higher-level relationships in the Tyrannoidea (Aves). Systematic Zoology 34:404–18.
Lovette, I. J., and E. Bermingham. 2000. c-mos variation in songbirds: Molecular evolution, phylogenetic implications, and comparisons with mitochondrial differentiation. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17:1569-1577.
Ridgely, R. S. and G. Tudor. 1994. The Birds of South America. Volume 2. The Suboscine Passerines. University of Texas, Austin.
Sibley, C. G., and J. A. Ahlquist. 1990. Phylogeny and classification of birds, Yale U. Press, New Haven.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Biatas nigropectus |
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| Location | Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Sex | Female |
| Source | White-bearded Antshrike (Biatus nigropectus) |
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© 2004 Arthur Grosset
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| Scientific Name | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
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| Location | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Pyrocephalus rubinus. |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Pablo Lèautaud |
| Scientific Name | Psarisomus dalhousiae |
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| Location | captive at Wuppertal Zoo |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Zoow_0022 |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Nils Schulte-Hunsbeck |
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