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Diana da Silva, 2011. Considerações taxonômicas em Ardeidae (Aves), com base na osteologia. Tesis de Maestría, Universidade de São Paulo.
Abstract and PDF here
 
M. PÄCKERT, J. HERING, E. FUCHS, P. BARTHEL & W. HEIM: Genetic barcoding confirms first breeding record of the Yellow Bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis, (Aves: Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae) in the Western Palearctic. VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 64 (2) 2014.

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TiF Update July 20:
The bitterns have been rearranged based on Päckert et al. (2014). I've also added subfamilies to the Ardeidae.
 
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Xiaoping Zhou, Qingxian Lin, Wenzhen Fang and Xiaolin Chen, 2014. The complete mitochondrial genomes of sixteen ardeid birds revealing the evolutionary process of the gene rearrangements. BMC Genomics 2014, 15:573. Published: 8 July 2014.

(Provisional) abstract and PDF here
 
Bubulcus ibis

Emmanuel Moralez-Silva, Sílvia Nassif Del Lama. Colonization of Brazil by the cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) revealed by mitochondrial DNA. NeoBiota 21: 49–63 (2014).

PDF here
 
Gorsachius night herons

Zhou, Yao, Lin, Fang & Chen (in press). Complete mitochondrial genomes render the Night Heron genus Gorsachius non-monophyletic. J Ornithol. [abstract]
 
Peter Kovalik said:
IOC Update Diary Feb 12

Move Intermediate Egret from Egretta to Ardea
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The paper references 'Ardea ibis' - is the abandonment of Bubulcus a certainty? Is there another paper that has settled that aspect? If so, do the samples actually apply to 'Ardea coromandus'?
MJB


...and another thing (or two)! I dislike their reference system, which is non-alphabetic, but in the sequence mentioned in the text. It makes trawling through the reference list tedious in the extreme when looking for an author. Also, the habit of placing the publication year towards the end of a reference again makes searching tedious.
MJB
 
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MJB said:
The paper references 'Ardea ibis' - is the abandonment of Bubulcus a certainty? Is there another paper that has settled that aspect? If so, do the samples actually apply to 'Ardea coromandus'?
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Their Fig.2 puts 'Ardea ibis' as basal to the rest of Ardea, so a merge isn't necessary for monophyletic phylogeny; that IOC are investigating a move for Intermediate Egret but not for the cattle egrets suggests IOC consider it isn't a good idea.
 
Gorsachius

Fenqi He,Cheng Wen,Jiansheng Lin, et al. A brief on the current occurrence of Gorsachius spp. in mainland China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2016, 41(3): 315-317.

pdf available to download here
 
Any word/research of when the Intermediate Egret will be split into three different species? The three races are quite distinct from each other.
 
Z.H. Huang, M.F. Li and J.W. Qin. DNA barcoding and phylogenetic relationships of Ardeidae (Aves: Ciconiiformes). Genet. Mol. Res. 15 (3).

Abstract:
The avian family Ardeidae comprises long-legged freshwater and coastal birds. There has been considerable disagreement concerning the intrafamilial relationships of Ardeidae. Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) was used as a marker for the identification and phylogenetic analysis of avian species. In the present study, we analyzed the COI barcodes of 32 species from 17 genera belonging to the family Ardeidae. Each bird species possessed a barcode distinct from that of other bird species except for Egretta thula and E. garzetta, which shared one barcoding sequence. Kimura two-parameter distances were calculated between barcodes. The average genetic distance between species was 34-fold higher than the average genetic distance within species. Neighbor-joining and maximum likelihood methods were used to construct phylogenetic trees. Most species could be discriminated by their distinct clades in the phylogenetic tree. Both methods of phylogenetic reconstruction suggested that Zebrilus, Tigrisoma, and Cochlearius were an offshoot of the primitive herons. COI gene analysis suggested that the other herons could be divided into two clades: Botaurinae and Ardeinae. Our results support the Great Egret and Intermediate Egret being in separate genera, Casmerodius and Mesophoyx, respectively.

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[Phylogenetic tree of Ardeidae constructed from COI sequences]
 
Peter Kovalik said:
HBW alive (del Hoyo et al.: HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World):

Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)

Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)

Plumed Egret (Ardea plumifera)

Yellow-billed and Plumed Egrets are not recognized by IOC, H&M, Clements and TiF checklists.
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The diary page wasn't updated but the IOC proposed split page http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/proposed-splits/ contains:

PS 6.4 ‘Yellow-billed’ Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia HBW Alive, BirdLife; ENG?
PS 6.4 Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia HBW Alive, BirdLife
 

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