Richard Klim
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Li, Dong, Lei, Alström, Zhang, Ödeen, Fjeldså, Ericson, Zou & Yang (in press). Shaped by uneven Pleistocene climate: mitochondrial phylogeographic pattern and population history of White Wagtail Motacilla alba (Aves: Passeriformes). J Avian Biol. [abstract]
Approximately(?)...
CSNA (Sangster et al 1998) treats Motacilla alba as nine PSC species ('persica' not recognised)...
Approximately(?)...
- Clade N: alba, 'dukhunensis', baicalensis, ocularis, lugens
- Clade SE: personata, alboides, leucopsis
- Clade SW: yarrellii, 'persica'
- Clade M: subpersonata
CSNA (Sangster et al 1998) treats Motacilla alba as nine PSC species ('persica' not recognised)...
- Motacilla alba - White Wagtail (incl 'dukhunensis')
- Motacilla baicalensis - Baikal Wagtail
- Motacilla ocularis - East Siberian Wagtail
- Motacilla lugens - Black-backed Wagtail
- Motacilla personata - Masked Wagtail
- Motacilla alboides - Himalayan Wagtail
- Motacilla leucopsis - Amur Wagtail
- Motacilla yarrellii - Pied Wagtail
- Motacilla subpersonata - Moroccan Wagtail
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