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Recent content by Peter Kovalik

  1. Peter Kovalik

    Aegithalidae

    Robert M. Zink, Garth M. Spellman, Ricardo Canales-del-Castillo, Kevin Epperly, and John Klicka (2023) Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 135: 22-30. Abstract We sequenced the mitochondrial ND2 gene for 290 Bushtits...
  2. Peter Kovalik

    Sulidae

    Proposal (995) to SACC Treat Sula brewsteri as a separate species from Brown Booby S. leucogaster (Part A), and if Part A passes, establish English name for Sula brewsteri (Part B)
  3. Peter Kovalik

    Ardeidae

    Proposal (994) to SACC Treat Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis as two species
  4. Peter Kovalik

    Tyrannides

    Emilio A. Jordan and Juan I. Areta (2024) Biogeography, speciation and niche evolution of doraditos (Aves: Pseudocolopteryx). Zoologica Scripta, published online 01 March 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12655 Abstract Ecological and geographical factors shape the current distribution of...
  5. Peter Kovalik

    Picidae

    Jente Ottenburghs and Michaël P. J. Nicolaï (2024) Hybridization constrains the evolution of mimicry complexes in woodpeckers. Journal of Avian Biology, published online 26 February 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03228 Abstract The evolution of interspecific mimicry does not always result in...
  6. Peter Kovalik

    (Not only) Thamnophilidae

    Proposal (993) to SACC Treat Thamnophilus ruficapillus as conspecific with T. torquatus
  7. Peter Kovalik

    Re-lumping of Common & GW Teal

    DID NOT PASS
  8. Peter Kovalik

    Cuckoos of the World

    DID NOT PASS
  9. Peter Kovalik

    Tyrannides

    PASSED (4 March 2024)
  10. Peter Kovalik

    Passerellidae

    Brett L. Walker (2024) Applying citizen science data to quantify differences in song between controversial avian taxa, the Sagebrush and Timberline subspecies of the Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri). Western North American Naturalist 83: 550-568. Applying Citizen Science Data to Quantify...
  11. Peter Kovalik

    Robins are flycatchers?

    Guy M. Kirwan, Hein van Grouw, and Mei-Ru Su (2024) Confusing female Taiwanese Tarsiger bush robins and designation of a lectotype for Ianthia johnstoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1906. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 144: 96-100. Confusing female Taiwanese Tarsiger bush robins and...
  12. Peter Kovalik

    Alcedinidae

    N. J. Collar and R. W. Martin (2024) Sangihe Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx sangirensis: a distinct and extinct endemic species. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 144: 76-90. Sangihe Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx sangirensis: a distinct and extinct endemic species Abstract Adolf Meyer, first author...
  13. Peter Kovalik

    Gruiformes and Charadriiformes

    Praveen J. and Giorgio Aimassi (2024) Re-restricting the type locality of Burhinus [= Oedicnemus] indicus Salvadori, 1866 [Indian Thick-knee]. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 144: 74-75. Re-restricting the type locality of Burhinus [= Oedicnemus] indicus Salvadori, 1866 Abstract...
  14. Peter Kovalik

    Columbiformes

    Hein van Grouw, Wim Dekkers, and Kees Rookmaaker (2024) Third time lucky for Forsten's pigeon; taeniura, forsterii, forsteni. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 144: 29-38. Third time lucky for Forsten's pigeon; taeniura, forsterii, forsteni Abstract Temminck's major work on pigeons...
  15. Peter Kovalik

    Phalacrocoracidae

    Theodore E. Squires and Alexander L. Bond (2024) Specimens of the extinct Spectacled Cormorant Urile perspicillatus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 144: 3-18. Specimens of the extinct Spectacled Cormorant Urile perspicillatus Abstract In 1741, after reaching Alaska from eastern...
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