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Robins are flycatchers? (1 Viewer)

Clement & Rose 2015

Richard Klim said:
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.
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Having received my copy, a few immediate (very minor) observations concerning Holarctic species (particularly where there has been recent disagreement)…

  • Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis: bermudensis and grata are recognised as valid sspp.

  • White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana: "considerable vocal differences between races, necessitating detailed review of all taxa (Alström & Eaton in prep.)."

  • European Robin Erithacus rubecula: valens is recognised as a valid ssp, but not marionae.

  • Bluethroat Luscinia svecica: azuricollis is recognised as a valid ssp.

  • Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane: bochaiensis is recognised as a valid ssp, but not nechaevi.

  • Rufous Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes: no mention of possible species status for 'African Scrub Robin' C (g) minor (incl hamertoni), as long recognised by eBird/Clements (but not by any other mainstream sources). But "Race hamertoni considered by some authorities as a separate species".

  • Grandala Grandala coelicolor: "A yet unpublished study (Alström et al. submitted) suggests that the Asian Grandala is closely related to the North American bluebirds".

  • Canary Islands Chat Saxicola dacotiae: treated as monotypic.

  • Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus: European/Siberian/African groups discussed, but not treated as distinct spp.

  • Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides: boscaweni is recognised as a valid ssp.

  • Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata: capistrata and opistholeuca are recognised as valid sspp (not colour morphs).
First impressions are that the Taxonomy sections in the species accounts are commendably detailed and comprehensive.
 
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Richard Klim said:
Having received my copy, a few immediate (very minor) observations concerning Holarctic species (particularly where there has been recent disagreement)…

  • Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus: European/Siberian/African groups discussed, but not treated as distinct spp.
First impressions are that the Taxonomy sections in the species accounts are commendably detailed and comprehensive.
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Cheers Richard. I hope to receive my copy later today or tomorrow. I was wondering whether stejnegeri receives a proper treatment?
 
Stejneger's Stonechat

MarcelHaas said:
I was wondering whether stejnegeri receives a proper treatment?
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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".
 
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Richard Klim said:
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".
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Cheers. Got my copy just now. Looks fantastic!
 
Erithacus rubecula marionae subsp. nov.

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
 
Erithacus rubecula marionae

Peter Kovalik said:
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
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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.
 
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Muscicapini

Voelker, Huntley, Peñalba & Bowie (in press). Resolving taxonomic uncertainty and historical biogeographic patterns in Muscicapa flycatchers and their allies. Mol Phylogenet Evol. [abstract]
  • Chapinia gen nov
  • Ripleyia gen nov
PS. Doesn't seem to have been published online by ScienceDirect, yet...
 
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Chapinia Ewing 1927 [OD]
Ripleyia Cossmann 1920 [OD]

Unquestionable. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. has never been a very good support for nomenclature, unfortunately.
The names can still be changed, however. (Maybe this is why the work is not online...?)
 
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Peter Kovalik said:
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
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A bit worryingly, the work doesn't currently seem to appear as registered in ZooBank... Or is it just not yet publicly visible?
 
l_raty said:
A bit worryingly, the work doesn't currently seem to appear as registered in ZooBank... Or is it just not yet publicly visible?
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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.

PS. Just noticed that the Editor-in-Chief is Antonio Arnaiz-Villena, lead author of several papers published in the journal; and Wink is Regional Editor...
 
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Yes, but the registration was presumably done by the authors, and would be independent from their journal choice. As the journal is online-only, if the registration is not there, the name doesn't exist.
 
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vinividivici said:
Appreciate and concur with the absolutely valid concerns; but please find on page 41 the ZooBank registration numbers.
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Seen that, but the [work] registration number produces a blank page on ZooBank, and the [act] registration number yields: 404 - Not Found.
I don't know the reason, nor do I make assumptions about it; just reporting what I see.
 
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l_raty said:
Seen that, but the [work] registration number produces a blank page on ZooBank, and the [act] registration number yields: 404 - Not Found.
I don't know the reason, nor do I make assumptions about it; just reporting what I see.
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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.

Grateful for the keen and sharp eyes of this community.
 

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