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Summer guide to bird taxonomy and systematics news

July 13, 2014 by David 2 Comments
It’s mid-July, which among other things means that those of us in North America are starting to check local mudflats for returning shorebird migrants...
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The five most unique birds in the world

April 20, 2014 by David 10 Comments
What are the world’s most distinctive birds? That question could be answered in several ways, but a new paper released this month — Global...
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Tiny Asian bird discovered as sole member of ancient family. Who’s next?

March 23, 2014 by David 4 Comments
Big news about a small bird broke earlier this month when bird researchers from several nations announced that the species formerly known as Spotted...
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Mitochondrial mysteries and splitting-lumping Yellow-rumped Warblers

January 26, 2014 by David 1 Comment
The Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America,...
James's Flamingos (by Pedro Szekely) and Horned Grebe (by winnu).
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Exploring the relationship between flamingos and grebes: The wonderful birds

August 18, 2013 by David 3 Comments
That flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) and grebes (Podicipedidae) are probably each others’ closest living relatives is one of the most surprising discoveries in higher-level avian systematics...
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The mousebird mystery

July 21, 2013 by David 2 Comments
Mousebirds (order Coliiformes) are one of the perennial puzzles in bird systematics. They do not look or act much like any other birds (my...
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Waxwings and their kin: Meet the bombycillids

February 17, 2013 by David 5 Comments
Waxwings and their relatives are a small, interesting group of songbirds that have seen some interesting taxonomic changes in the last few years. This...
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Tropicbird-Sunbittern relationship hypothesized in new paper

October 21, 2012 by David 2 Comments
The oldest division in the great avian tree lies between the ratites and tinamous (the paleognaths) and all other living birds (the neognaths). The...
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