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Having received my copy, a few immediate (very minor) observations concerning Holarctic species (particularly where there has been recent disagreement)…Clement & Rose 2015. Robins and Chats. Christopher Helm.
The amazon preview includes the table of contents, revealing the scope of coverage and species-level taxonomy.
Having received my copy, a few immediate (very minor) observations concerning Holarctic species (particularly where there has been recent disagreement)…
First impressions are that the Taxonomy sections in the species accounts are commendably detailed and comprehensive.
- Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus: European/Siberian/African groups discussed, but not treated as distinct spp.
Marcel, the Common Stonechat plates (1½ plates, 22 examples) include a first-year male stejnegeri, and the species account (19½ pages, 11 photos) includes photos of an adult male and an adult female. Zink et al's (2009) findings are discussed, but stejnegeri is treated as a member of the maurus group pending "a comprehensive molecular analysis of the entire complex".I was wondering whether stejnegeri receives a proper treatment?
Marcel, the Common Stonechat plates (1½ plates, 22 examples) include a first-year male stejnegeri, and the species account (19½ pages, 11 photos) includes photos of an adult male and an adult female. Zink et al's (2009) findings are discussed, but stejnegeri is treated as a member of the maurus group pending "a comprehensive molecular analysis of the entire complex".
Ref: Dietzen, Witt & Wink 2003. The phylogeographic differentiation of the European robin Erithacus rubecula on the Canary Islands revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data and morphometrics: evidence for a new robin taxon on Gran Canaria? Avian Sci 3(2&3): 115–131.Christian Dietzen, J. Pieter Michels, Michael Wink. Formal Description of a New Subspecies of the European Robin from Gran Canaria Island, Spain (Aves: Muscicapidae: Erithacus rubecula marionae subsp. nov.). The Open Ornithology Journal, 2015, 8: 39-42.
Abstract and PDF here
A bit worryingly, the work doesn't currently seem to appear as registered in ZooBank... Or is it just not yet publicly visible?Christian Dietzen, J. Pieter Michels, Michael Wink. Formal Description of a New Subspecies of the European Robin from Gran Canaria Island, Spain (Aves: Muscicapidae: Erithacus rubecula marionae subsp. nov.). The Open Ornithology Journal, 2015, 8: 39-42.
Abstract and PDF here
I was anyway surprised that the authors would have chosen to publish in this journal, considering its track record of rather poor (and poorly-reviewed) papers on taxonomic topics.A bit worryingly, the work doesn't currently seem to appear as registered in ZooBank... Or is it just not yet publicly visible?
Seen that, but the [work] registration number produces a blank page on ZooBank, and the [act] registration number yields: 404 - Not Found.Appreciate and concur with the absolutely valid concerns; but please find on page 41 the ZooBank registration numbers.
Saw just yesterday that the paper was out, so I still had to edit the preliminary form at ZooBank (filled in when I did not yet know the pagination, date of publication etc.). Hopefully, you'll find it to be in good order now.
Yes, all seems ok now :t:. Erithacus rubecula marionae it is.Hopefully, you'll find it to be in good order now.
Yes, all seems ok now :t:. Erithacus rubecula marionae it is.