Parrots (2 Viewers)

[Peter Kovalik]

Ashlee Shipham, Daniel Schmidt, Leo Joseph, Jane Hughes. Phylogenetic Analysis of the Australian Rosella Parrots (Platycercus) Reveals Discordance among Molecules and Plumage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 May 2015.

[Abstract]

TiF Update June 6
Rosellas: The rosellas (Platycercus) have been rearranged based on Shipman et al. (2015).

Kundu, Jones, Prys-Jones & Groombridge (in press). The evolution of the Indian Ocean parrots (Psittaciformes): extinction, adaptive radiation and eustacy. Mol Phylogenet Evol. [abstract]

Lovebirds: The Gray-headed Lovebird, Agapornis canus has been repositioned in the list. The lovebird (Agapornis) order is based on Kundu et al. (2012).

 

[Richard Klim]

Yellow-fronted Parakeet

Kearvell & Steeves 2015. Evidence for assortative mating in sympatric populations of orange-fronted (Cyanoramphus malherbi) and yellow-crowned (C. auriceps) kākāriki. Notornis 62(2): 71–75. [abstract]

• Cyanoramphus auriceps: HBW Alive, NZ Birds Online
• Cyanoramphus malherbi: HBW Alive, NZ Birds Online

 

[Richard Klim]

Macaws

de Oliveira Furo, Kretschmer, O'Brien, Ferguson-Smith & de Oliveira 2015. Chromosomal diversity and karyotype evolution in South American macaws (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae). PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130157. [article] [pdf]

 

[Richard Klim]

Calyptorhynchus baudinii

Johnstone, RE, Fisher, C, Saunders, DA, 2014. ICZN Case 3658: Calyptorhynchus baudinii Lear, 1832: Conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for Calyptorhynchus baudinii Lear, 1832.

Abstract:
The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve prevailing usage of the species names Calyptorhynchus baudinii Lear, 1832 and Calyptorhynchus latirostris Carnaby, 1948, long established for two endemic cockatoos in south-western Australia. Calyptorhynchus baudinii Lear, E. (1832). Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or Parrots, lithographic plates drawn from life, and on stone, publication dated as 1830–1832. The whereabouts of the holotype was previously unknown and the identity of the figure was established by Saunders (1974). The type of Baudin’s Cockatoo C. baudinii Lear has been located and found to be a Carnaby’s Cockatoo C. latirostris Carnaby and the resulting nomenclatural shift would destabilise the long established usage of baudinii Lear, for the long-billed white-tailed black cockatoo, i.e. Baudin’s Cockatoo, and the short-billed Carnaby’s Cockatoo and confound past and future references to the names in the literature. To conserve the long established use of baudinii Lear for the distinct long-billed, Baudin’s Cockatoo, and to maintain latirostris Carnaby as the valid name for Carnaby’s Cockatoo we propose that the type of baudinii Lear, be set aside and replaced with a neotype of a specimen of a Baudin’s Cockatoo

ICZN 2015. Corrigendum: Case 3658. Calyptorhynchus baudinii Lear, 1832 (Aves, CACATUIDA): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype (BZN 71: 170–178). BZN 72(1): 83. [full text]

[The only avian item in BZN 72(1).]

 

[Peter Kovalik]

New Zealand Parrots

EVOLUTION OF NEW ZEALAND PARROTS

In this article, the authors use the results of mtDNA studies to challenge traditional thinking about parrot evolution in New Zealand. The authors are E.J. Grant-Mackie, J.A. Grant-Mackie, W.M. Boon, and G.K. Chambers.

The article was originally published in a 2003 edition of New Zealand Science Teacher journal. We are reprinting it in response to a request from a school and with permission from Dr Jack Grant-Mackie.

REFERENCES

Boon, W. M.; Kearvell,J. C.; Daugherty, C. H.; Chambers, G. K. (2000a). Molecular systematics of New Zealand Cyanarhamphus parakeets: conservation of orange-fronted and Forbes' parakeets. Bird Conservation International10: 211-239.

PDF

Boon, W. M.; Kearvell, J. C.; Daugherty, C. H.; Chambers, G. K. (2000b). Molecular systematics and conservation of kakariki (Cyanarhamphus spp.). Science for Conservation 176. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

PDF

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Psittaculidae

Published 24 Feb 2012...

• Joseph, Toon, Schirtzinger, Wright & Schodde 2012. A revised nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of parrots (Psittaciformes). Zootaxa 3205: 26–40. [preview]

IOC Update Diary:
June 27 Revise parrot classification including separation of Psittaculidae

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Jessica R. Eberhard & Timothy F. Wright. Rearrangement and evolution of mitochondrial genomes in parrots. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Accepted article.

[Abstract]

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Nestor meridionalis

Nic Dussex, James Sainsbury, Ron Moorhouse, Ian G. Jamieson, and Bruce C. Robertson. Evidence for Bergmann’s Rule and Not Allopatric Subspeciation in the Threatened Kaka (Nestor meridionalis). Journal of Heredity, first published online October 7, 2015. doi:10.1093/jhered/esv079

[Abstract]

 

[Fred Ruhe]

NJ Rawlence, M Kennedy, RP Scofield, AJD Tennyson, P Boussès & GK Chambers, in press

Taxonomic status of Cyanoramphus parakeets on the Auckland Islands and implications for the validity of the orange-fronted parakeet as a discrete species

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand latest articles.

Abstract: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.2015.1084337

Cyanoramphus parakeets are a key biogeographic element of the Pacific. Many of these parakeets are, however, endangered, with ongoing conservation management hampered by the unresolved taxonomic status of some populations. We used modern and ancient DNA (mitochondrial DNA control region) to assess the taxonomy of the Auckland Islands populations of red-crowned (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae) and yellow-crowned (Cyanoramphus auriceps) parakeets. Our analyses show that both red-crowned and yellow-crowned parakeets on the Auckland Islands are nested within the mainland New Zealand diversity of the two species. However, we also found an orange-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus malherbi) mitochondrial DNA lineage within the genome of both of these species in the Auckland Islands population. Further sampling of historic orange-fronted parakeet museum skins showed that the orange-fronted morphotype is paraphyletic with respect to mitochondrial haplotype, which is probably caused by hybridisation or incomplete lineage sorting. In light of this, we review and critically assess the taxonomic history of the orange-fronted parakeet, and address whether the species was historically present on the Auckland Islands.

Enjoy,

Fred

 

[Peter Kovalik]

NJ Rawlence, M Kennedy, RP Scofield, AJD Tennyson, P Boussès & GK Chambers, in press

Taxonomic status of Cyanoramphus parakeets on the Auckland Islands and implications for the validity of the orange-fronted parakeet as a discrete species

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand latest articles.

Abstract: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.2015.1084337

Enjoy,

Fred

Thanks Fred. PDF is here (available from R. P. Scofield).

 

[Richard Klim]

Seychelles Black Parrot

Kundu, Jones, Prys-Jones & Groombridge 2012. The evolution of the Indian Ocean parrots (Psittaciformes): extinction, adaptive radiation and eustacy. Mol Phylogenet Evol. [abstract]

Jackson, Bunbury, Przelomska & Groombridge (in press). Evolutionary distinctiveness and historical decline in genetic diversity in the Seychelles Black Parrot Coracopsis nigra barklyi. Ibis. [abstract] [supp info]

del Hoyo et al 2014 (HBW Alive).

 

[Richard Klim]

Military & Great Green Macaws

Urantowka (in press). Complete mitochondrial genome of Military Macaw (Ara militaris): its comparison with mitogenomes of two other Ara species. Mitochondrial DNA. [abstract]

Eberhard, Iñigo-Elias, Enkerlin-Hoeflich & Cun 2015. Phylogeography of the Military Macaw (Ara militaris) and the Great Green Macaw (A. ambiguus) based on mtDNA sequence data. Wilson J Ornithol 127(4): 661–669. [abstract]

AOU-SACC...

2b. Sibley & Monroe (1990) considered Ara militaris and A. ambigua to form a superspecies; Fjeldså et al. (1987) suggested that they might be considered conspecific.

Collar et al 2014/2015 (HBW Alive):

• Military Macaw (Ara militaris)
• Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus)

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Psittacula

Braun, M. P. and M. Wink: Der molekulare Stammbaum der Edelsittiche (Aves: Psittaciformes: Psittacidae: Psittacula). Vogelwarte (in press).

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Primolius maracana and Ara ararauna

Adam Dawid Urantowka & Paweł Mackiewicz. Complete mitochondrial genome of Blue-winged Macaw (Primolius maracana). Mitochondrial DNA: The Journal of DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis. Latest articles.

Abstract:

The presence of bare facial area distinguishes Macaws from other members of the Arini tribe. Genera and species of the Macaw group differ in pattern of this bare skin as well as in body size. Individuals of the genera: Diopsittaca, Orthopsittaca, and Primolius are significantly smaller than the members of the genera: Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, and the most species of the genus Ara. The genus Primolius contains three species: P. auricollis, P. couloni, and P. maracana, which are classified as medium-sized Macaws. So far, mitochondrial genome representative for the genus was sequenced only for Primolius couloni species. Primolius maracana mitogenome, which was sequenced in this study, will be indispensable to refine the phylogenetic relationships between Primolius species, as results of molecular researches seems to be inconsistent with Primolius species morphology.

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Adam Dawid Urantowka, Paweł Mackiewicz & Tomasz Strzała. Complete mitochondrial genome of Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna): the species morphologically similar to Blue-throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis). Mitochondrial DNA: The Journal of DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis. Latest articles.

Abstract:

Six genera of the Arini tribe form morphologically diverse group termed as Macaws. The presence of bare facial area distinguishes them from other members of the tribe. Genera and species of Macaw group differ in pattern of this bare skin as well as in body size. The genus Ara contains eight extant species. Two of them are classified as medium-sized Macaws and other six species are classified as large Macaws. Based on morphological similarities and differences, large Macaw species can be segregated into three pairs according to their plumage coloration.

So far, representative mitochondrial genomes were sequenced only for Ara glaucogularis (blue and yellow coloration), Ara macao (predominantly red/scarlet) and Ara militaris (predominantly green) species. Ara ararauna is the second of two Ara species with predominant blue and yellow plumage. Hitherto, close phylogenetic relation of these two species was shown using only ND2 genes or incomplete combined COI/Cytb/ND2 sequences. Therefore, Ara ararauna mitogenome, which was sequenced in this study, will be indispensable to refine the phylogenetic relationships within Macaws group.

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Psittacula longicauda modesta

Dwi Astuti. Phylogenetic position of Psittacula parakeet bird from Enggano Island, Indonesia based on analyses of cytochrome B gene sequences. 5th International Conference on Biodiversity March 10-12, 2016 Madrid, Spain

Abstract:

Enggano Island has Psittacula parakeet bird; Psittacula longicauda modesta. Phylogenetically, the position of the bird has not been studied yet. The recent study used DNA sequences of mitochondrial ND2 gene to analyze phylogenetic relationships within Psittacula parakeet birds. Blood samples were collected from two Psittacula species; Psittacula alexandri from Jawa Island, and Psittacula longicauda from Enggano Island and Natuna Island. Blood samples were taken from each bird and DNA was extracted from each blood sample. PCR was performed to amplify single DNA fragment of ND2, cytochromeb (Cyt B) and COI genes, separately using a pair of nucleotide primer. The DNA targets were then sequenced. Totally, 1020-bp of Cyt B gene was used to calculate genetic divergence within and between Psittacula parakeet, and to construct phylogenetic trees. DNA sequence data of Psittacula longicauda and others Psittacula species were taken from GenBank. Columba livia, Accipiter, and Cacatua were used as out group species. The genetic divergences within Psittacula longicauda were 3.70 % for (P.l. modesta vs. P.l. defontainei), 2.50 % for (P.l. defontainei vs. P.l. longicauda), and 1.60 % for (P.l. modesta vs. P.l. longicauda). Phylogenetic trees (NJ and ML trees) showed that based Psittacula longicauda was monophyletic species. Psittacula parakeet from Enggano Island (P.l. modesta) was separated from P.l. longicauda (from Sumatra/Borneo Island) and P.l. defontainei (from Natuna Island).

 

[Richard Klim]

Psittacula

Braun, M. P. and M. Wink: Der molekulare Stammbaum der Edelsittiche (Aves: Psittaciformes: Psittacidae: Psittacula). Vogelwarte (in press).

Braun & Wink 2015. Vogelwarte 53(4): 448–449.

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

Himalayapsitta, Alexandrinus and Nicopsitta new genera.

It's weird but when I write Nicopsitta on Google, there are no result.

 

[l_raty]

Himalayapsitta, Alexandrinus and Nicopsitta nude names. (I'm afraid.)

(Or is there something more "consistent" published elsewhere?)

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

So, an expanded Psittacula can be suggested ? The future will tell.

 

[l_raty]

So, an expanded Psittacula can be suggested ?

This is taxonomy, not nomenclature. Since 1931, the proposal of any new genus must

13.1.1. be accompanied by a description or definition that states in words characters that are purported to differentiate the taxon

and

13.3. [...] be accompanied by the fixation of a type species in the original publication [Art. 68]

As neither is satisfied, the names (so far) do not exist.