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Kentish Plover (1 Viewer)
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Farnboro John
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The abstract was based on KP being from WSestern Europe to Japan, so iaw the SACC proposal. It excludes North American Snowy Plover (unless they are calling that a moderately differentiated island form!) How do we get BOURC to do a review of records?
John
Richard Klim
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BOURC is already in agreement with the AOU (NACC & SACC) split of Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus:
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Farnboro John
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Jane Turner
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I think the first stage will be to get someone to submit the records...
The Red Rocks on was near on 40 years ago and I don't know of many photos, especially when it was in summer plumage (with its unmarked lores). My notes are a little bit "kiddy"since I was a kid!
The Red Rocks on was near on 40 years ago and I don't know of many photos, especially when it was in summer plumage (with its unmarked lores). My notes are a little bit "kiddy"since I was a kid!
Richard Klim
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Western Snowy Plover
Eberhart-Phillips & Colwell (in press). Conservation challenges of a sink: the viability of an isolated population of the Snowy Plover. BCI. [abstract]
USFWS Species Profile.
Eberhart-Phillips & Colwell (in press). Conservation challenges of a sink: the viability of an isolated population of the Snowy Plover. BCI. [abstract]
USFWS Species Profile.
Richard Klim
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Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Pretty obvious - too many people and too many dogs in their nesting habitat. :C
Acrocephalus
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Macaronesia
Almalki, M. et al. (manuscript in preparation, part of PhD thesis).
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus populations are morphologically and genetically differentiated across Macaronesia. PDF at the University of Bath.
Almalki, M. et al. (manuscript in preparation, part of PhD thesis).
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus populations are morphologically and genetically differentiated across Macaronesia. PDF at the University of Bath.
Jacana
Will Jones
Niroshan, J.J., Liu, Y., Martinez, J., Que, P., Wei, C., Weerakkody, S., Panagoda, G., Weerasena, J., Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Székely, T., Bond, A.L. and Seneviratne, S.S. (2023), Systematic revision of the ‘diminutive’ Kentish Plover (Charadriidae: Charadrius) with the resurrection of Charadrius seebohmi based on phenotypic and genetic analyses. Ibis. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13220
The Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus 1758 is a common shorebird in Eurasia and North Africa that breeds in a variety of habitats, exhibits different extents of migratory behaviour, and is an emerging model species of breeding system evolution. Here we focus on the resident population found across the southern tip of India and Sri Lanka, and re-evaluate its systematic status based on phenotypic and genetic distinctiveness from a sympatric migrant, C. alexandrinus sensu stricto, and the recently elevated closely related, C. dealbatus in East Asia. We show that the Sri Lankan and South Indian (South Asian) population differs in body size, moulting pattern and plumage colouration from C. alexandrinus and C. dealbatus. Furthermore, based on two mitochondrial, two sex-linked, and 11 autosomal microsatellite markers from 378 individuals, we show that these three taxa have moderate genetic differentiation (Fst = 0.078 - 0.096). The South Asian taxon is sister to the clade of C. alexandrinus sensu stricto and C. dealbatus with an estimated divergence time of 1.19 million years ago. We also examined ornithological records of major museum collections in Asia, Europe, and North America for the south Asian taxon to evaluate its biogeographic and taxonomic status. Based on differences in genotype, phenotype, allochronic migratory pattern and breeding range, we resurrect the most suitable synonym, Charadrius alexandrinus seebohmi Hartert and Jackson, 1915, and elevate the nomen to the species level with the proposed English name ‘Hanuman Plover’.
The Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus 1758 is a common shorebird in Eurasia and North Africa that breeds in a variety of habitats, exhibits different extents of migratory behaviour, and is an emerging model species of breeding system evolution. Here we focus on the resident population found across the southern tip of India and Sri Lanka, and re-evaluate its systematic status based on phenotypic and genetic distinctiveness from a sympatric migrant, C. alexandrinus sensu stricto, and the recently elevated closely related, C. dealbatus in East Asia. We show that the Sri Lankan and South Indian (South Asian) population differs in body size, moulting pattern and plumage colouration from C. alexandrinus and C. dealbatus. Furthermore, based on two mitochondrial, two sex-linked, and 11 autosomal microsatellite markers from 378 individuals, we show that these three taxa have moderate genetic differentiation (Fst = 0.078 - 0.096). The South Asian taxon is sister to the clade of C. alexandrinus sensu stricto and C. dealbatus with an estimated divergence time of 1.19 million years ago. We also examined ornithological records of major museum collections in Asia, Europe, and North America for the south Asian taxon to evaluate its biogeographic and taxonomic status. Based on differences in genotype, phenotype, allochronic migratory pattern and breeding range, we resurrect the most suitable synonym, Charadrius alexandrinus seebohmi Hartert and Jackson, 1915, and elevate the nomen to the species level with the proposed English name ‘Hanuman Plover’.
