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Peter Kovalik

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Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, P.A. McLenachan, Gillian C. Gibb and David Penny. Phylogenetic position of avian nocturnal and diurnal raptors. Genome Biol Evol (2014) doi: 10.1093/gbe/evu016.

Abstract and PDF here

...We did not find a Falconidae/Psittaciformes relationship in our analyses...

...The phylogenetic analysis returned a relatively well-supported clade (posterior probability or
PP = 1.0, ML = 63%) between Strigiformes (owls) and Psittaciformes (parrots)...
 
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Avian Raptor Evolution

Link to the whole PhD:

Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq (2015). Avian Raptor Evolution. PhD thesis. Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand


Direct link to chapter 4:

Mahmood M.T., McLenachan P.A. Zhong B., Wink M. and Penny, D. (2015). Four new mitochondrial genomes support the distinctiveness of three separate groups of raptors. Genome Biology and Evolution (to be submitted).

Extract from the abstract of this chapter:

“Four mitochondrial genomes of raptors are reported here and analysed. There are three Accipitridae and one falcon. The birds include an Elanid kite (Elanus caeruleus), a caracara (Phalcoboenus australis), Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) and an Old World (OW) vulture (Aegypius monachus)."
 
Diurnal raptors

Mindell D.P., Fuchs J. & Johnson J.A., 2018. Chapter 1 - Phylogeny, taxonomy, and geographic diversity of diurnal raptors: Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, and Cathartiformes. In: J. H. Sarasola et al. (eds.), Birds of Prey. Springer International Publishing AG: 3-32.

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Daniel Philippe said:
Mindell D.P., Fuchs J. & Johnson J.A., 2018. Chapter 1 - Phylogeny, taxonomy, and geographic diversity of diurnal raptors: Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, and Cathartiformes. In: J. H. Sarasola et al. (eds.), Birds of Prey. Springer International Publishing AG: 3-32.

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Suspected polyphyly of Aviceda is particularly interesting. Multiple genus names are available but only two species were included - African cuculoides which seems closest to Pernis; Australasian subcristata, placed closer to Hamirostra/Lophoictinia/Henicopernis.

The unsampled Black Baza (leuphotes) seems very distinctive and could be separated in Lophotes (LESSON, 1831). If the other eastern forms were transferred to Lepidogenys (GOULD, 1838), I'm wondering if the Madagascan madagascariensis would belong there too?
 
andrew147 said:
Suspected polyphyly of Aviceda is particularly interesting. Multiple genus names are available but only two species were included - African cuculoides which seems closest to Pernis; Australasian subcristata, placed closer to Hamirostra/Lophoictinia/Henicopernis.
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We also found Aviceda to be non-monophyletic (Fig.*1.2c). However, the relevant support levels are low, and the Aviceda taxa do not share loci in our supermatrix. Hence, Aviceda non-monophyly may stem from methodological biases, and we do not recommend taxonomic changes before a more comprehensive phylogenetic survey of this genus is made.
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andrew147 said:
The unsampled Black Baza (leuphotes) seems very distinctive and could be separated in Lophotes (LESSON, 1831). If the other eastern forms were transferred to Lepidogenys (GOULD, 1838), I'm wondering if the Madagascan madagascariensis would belong there too?
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Are we sure that Lophotes is not preoccupied by an oldest homonym?

I made few changes :
Accipiter poliogaster = Dinospizias,
Erythrotriorchis and Aerospiza = Tachyspiza,
Dryotriorchis is restored for the Congo serpent eagle,
Hieraaetus could be return to Aquila or the Aquila nipalensis complex could be placed in Psammoaetus Roberts, 1924,
Split Haliaeetus into Haliaeetus, Cuncuma and Pontoaetus (just because...)
 
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LeNomenclatoriste said:
Are we sure that Lophotes is not preoccupied by an oldest homonym?
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No, I'm not sure but Baza (Hodgson 1836; type: ssp syama) is also attached to this species

LeNomenclatoriste said:
Split Haliaeetus into Haliaeetus, Cuncuma and Pontoaetus (just because...)
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Wouldn't Haliaeetus, Ichthyophaga and Pontoaetus make more sense? (As Cuncuma apparently belongs to leucoryphus not vocifer).
 
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andrew147 said:
Wouldn't Haliaeetus, Ichthyophaga and Pontoaetus make more sense? (As Cuncuma apparently belongs to leucoryphus not vocifer).
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Indeed, you're right. biggest mistake from myself, I always thought that vocifer was the type species of Cuncuma.

So, keep one genus Haliaeetus
 
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