AN ENDEMIC RADIATION OF MALAGASY SONGBIRDS IS REVEALED BY MITOCHONDRIAL DNA SEQUENCE DATA
Alice Cibois
Laboratoire de Zoologie Mammiferes et Oiseaux, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Laboratoire de Zoologie Mammiferes et Oiseaux, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. E-mail: [email protected]
Service de Systématique moléculaire, CNRS FR 1541, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France
Present address: Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024; E-mail: [email protected].
Search for more papers by this authorBeth Slikas
National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008. E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorThomas S. Schulenberg
Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605. E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorEric Pasquet
Laboratoire de Zoologie Mammiferes et Oiseaux, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Service de Systématique moléculaire, CNRS FR 1541, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France
Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605. E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAlice Cibois
Laboratoire de Zoologie Mammiferes et Oiseaux, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Laboratoire de Zoologie Mammiferes et Oiseaux, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. E-mail: [email protected]
Service de Systématique moléculaire, CNRS FR 1541, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France
Present address: Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024; E-mail: [email protected].
Search for more papers by this authorBeth Slikas
National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008. E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorThomas S. Schulenberg
Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605. E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorEric Pasquet
Laboratoire de Zoologie Mammiferes et Oiseaux, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Service de Systématique moléculaire, CNRS FR 1541, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France
Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract.— The bird fauna of Madagascar includes a high proportion of endemic species, particularly among passerine birds (Aves: Passeriformes). The endemic genera of Malagasy songbirds are not allied obviously with any African or Asiatic taxa, and their affinities have been debated since the birds first were described. We used mitochondrial sequence data to estimate the relationships of 13 species of endemic Malagasy songbirds, 17 additional songbird species, and one species of suboscine passerine. In our optimal trees, nine of the 13 Malagasy species form a clade, although these birds currently are classified in three different families. In all optimal trees, the sister to this endemic clade is a group of Old World warblers including both African and Malagasy birds. The endemic Malagasy songbird clade rivals other island radiations, including the vangas of Madagascar and the finches of the Galapagos, in ecological diversity.
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