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A history of hummingbirds

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-01-04T12:15:28+00:0017 Dec 2020|diversification, evolution, News, phylogeny|

When did hummingbirds of the genera Augastes and Schistes arise?

A proliferation of prinia species

By Per Alström|2020-12-15T15:02:17+00:006 Jan 2020|biodiversity, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, vocalisations, vocalizations|

Five instead of two species in the Striated Prinia–Brown Prinia complex revealed

Where did the trogons come from?

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-16T12:49:33+00:0021 Mar 2019|biodiversity, demography, diversification, DNA sequencing, evolution, News, palaeontology, phylogeny|

Genetic study traces the origins of this tropical bird family

Same but different

By Per Alström|2020-10-16T11:44:42+00:003 Dec 2018|phylogeny, Taxonomy|

Similar appearances do not necessarily reflect close relationships in leaf warblers

Explosive wagtail evolution

By Christina Ieronymidou|2018-10-01T07:30:31+00:001 Oct 2018|evolution, News, phylogeny, plumage|

Plumage phenotypes, mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA tell different stories

Rufous-headed Robin – on the brink of extinction?

By Christina Ieronymidou|2017-12-11T07:30:25+00:0011 Dec 2017|distribution, phylogeny, song|

Or has the Rufous-headed Robin already gone extinct?