Are Honeycreepers rosefinches?
A new analysis of Hawaiian honeycreeper origins shows that their closest relatives are the rosefinches.
18/11/2011
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.
A new analysis of Hawaiian honeycreeper origins shows that their closest relatives are the rosefinches.
18/11/2011
A new genetic analysis has confirmed the North African form of Green Woodpecker – Levaillant’s Woodpecker – as a full species, and brings...
18/11/2011
A review paper has found that recent moves to split great Egret and Eastern Great Egret are not robust, and that at present the species...
18/11/2011
A near-comprehensive look at the large reed warblers of the Pacific has revealed at least two new species and a complex colonisation...
12/10/2011
A new comprehensive genetic survey highlights the differences between Papua New Guinean 'chats' and 'flycatchers' and those in Australia,...
12/10/2011
Another exotic subspecies has now been shown to merit recognition as a species in South America, and yet again is already under threat.
14/09/2011
New DNA and morphological work has made at least six trumpeter species out of three.
09/09/2011
Another little-known and rare subspecies of South American endemic has proven to be a 'good species'.
09/09/2011
A DNA analysis has proven what a curator's eyes already told him - there are three endemic scops owls in the Philippines.
07/09/2011
Little Spiderhunter has been shown to hide cryptic speciation, but to what extent is somewhat unclear.
04/08/2011
Ancient DNA from fossil Canary Island shearwaters has revealed that modern 'tubenose' relationships are not what they seem.
04/08/2011
Southern Africa's Common Fiscal is split in two, with revelations about its biogeography.
03/08/2011