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Titre :	Evolution and phylogeny of birds - Taxonomic consequences (2011)
Auteurs :	Michael Wink, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Vogelwarte (49(1) FEB 2011)
Article en page(s) :	17-24
Langues:	Allemand
Résumé :	Wink M 2011: Evolution and phylogeny of birds - Taxonomic consequences. Vogelwarte 49:17-24. Nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear marker genes are well suited to elucidate the evolution and phylogeny of birds. A recent study with 19 nuclear genes (Hackett et al. 2008) has provided a reliable framework of avian phylogeny at the family level which allows to build up a new systematics of birds. This scheme differs substantially from previous checklists and classification systems. A large number of DNA papers give evidence for a new systematics of song birds, too. DNA based phylogenies have indicated a number of paraphyletic and polyphyletic taxa. In order to avoid such conflicts about 22 genus names had to be changed for birds of the Palaearctic. DNA sequence data suggest a split of at least 44 existing species into new species. Furthermore, about 4 new taxa, mostly living on Macaronesian islands, could be identified during the last 10 years by DNA sequence data. This review is focused on taxonomic and classification changes of bird taxa of the Western Palearctic that have been reported between 1990 and 2010.

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