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Sounds interesting!:

Convergent evolution of morphological and ecological traits in the open-habitat chat complex (Aves, Muscicapidae: Saxicolinae).

"Here, we present the most comprehensive molecular phylogenetic analysis of this group to date, with a complete taxon sampling at the species level. Following our results, we also propose a revised generic classification for the whole group."

Very interesting! However, I note that PubMed mis-spell Mansour Aliabandian's name in the list of authors, not a good omen in the presentation of the abstract, which should have been proof-read...:eek!:
MJB
 
Mike, his name is as spelt on the PubMed site, not as you have it with an extra n!

You'd be better off picking up the misprint "relative" for "relatives" in the first line of the abstract, which is also present in the uncorrected proof itself.
 
Mike, his name is as spelt on the PubMed site, not as you have it with an extra n!

You'd be better off picking up the misprint "relative" for "relatives" in the first line of the abstract, which is also present in the uncorrected proof itself.

Thanks, Guy, point taken, but am I just imagining that his name has been spelt differently on earlier papers? It might just be one of those eye-mind processes that gets lodged incorrectly in the memory!
MJB
 
Christopher C. Kyriazis, Bushra Alam, Mark Wjodyla, Shannon Hackett, Peter Hosner, Herman L. Mays Jr.,
Lawrence R. Heaney, Sushma Reddy. Colonization and diversification of the White-browed Shortwing (Aves: Muscicapidae: Brachypteryx montana) in the Philippines. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . In Press, Accepted Manuscript. Available online 2 January 2018.

Abstract
Molecular phylogenetic approaches have greatly improved our knowledge of the pattern and process of biological diversification across the globe; however, many regions remain poorly documented, even for well-studied vertebrate groups. The Philippine archipelago, one of the least-studied ‘biodiversity hotspots’, is an ideal natural laboratory for investigating the mechanisms driving diversification in an insular and geologically dynamic setting. We investigated the history and geography of diversification of the Philippine populations of a widespread montane bird, the White-browed Shortwing (Brachypteryx montana). Leveraging dense archipelago-wide sampling, we generated a multi-locus genetic dataset (one nuclear and two mtDNA markers), which we analyzed using phylogenetic, population genetic, and coalescent-based methods. Our results demonstrate that Philippine shortwings 1) likely colonized the Philippines from the Sunda Shelf to Mindanao in the late Miocene or Pliocene, 2) diversified across inter-island barriers into three divergent lineages during the Pleistocene, 3) have not diversified within the largest island, Luzon, contrary to patterns observed in other montane taxa, and 4) colonized Palawan from the oceanic Philippines rather than from Borneo, challenging the assumption of Palawan functioning exclusively as a biogeographic extension of the Sunda Shelf. Additionally, our finding that divergent (c. 2.1 mya) lineages are coexisting in secondary sympatry on Mindanao without apparent gene flow suggests that the speciation process is likely complete for these shortwing lineages. Overall, these investigations provide insight into how topography and island boundaries influence diversification within remote oceanic archipelagos and echo the results of many other studies in demonstrating that taxonomic diversity continues to be underestimated in the Philippines.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790317304359
 
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Brachypteryx spp

Christopher C. Kyriazis, Bushra Alam, Mark Wjodyla, Shannon Hackett, Peter Hosner, Herman L. Mays Jr.,
Lawrence R. Heaney, Sushma Reddy. Colonization and diversification of the White-browed Shortwing (Aves: Muscicapidae: Brachypteryx montana) in the Philippines. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . In Press, Accepted Manuscript. Available online 2 January 2018.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790317304359

TiF Update February 3

Shortwings: Based on Kyriazis et al. (2018) and the HBW-Checklist (del Hoyo and Collar, 2016), I've split the White-browed Shortwing into:
•Himalayan Shortwing, Brachypteryx cruralis
•Chinese Shortwing, Brachypteryx sinensis
•Taiwan Shortwing, Brachypteryx goodfellowi
•Sumatran Shortwing, Brachypteryx saturata
•Javan Shortwing, Brachypteryx montana
•Flores Shortwing, Brachypteryx floris
•Bornean Shortwing, Brachypteryx erythrogyna
•Philippine Shortwing, Brachypteryx poliogyna
•Mt. Apo Shortwing, Brachypteryx mindanensis

The Lesser Shortwing, Brachypteryx leucophris, is also embedded within this clade.
 
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Hi Peter,
can I check that you have the common names the right way around for sinensis and cruralis?


Thanks, Andy

Vernacular names have been inverted, we should read :

Chinese Shortwing, Brachypteryx sinensis
Himalayan Shortwing, Brachypteryx cruralis
 
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