Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5920496 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2012 16 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Three major clades/subfamlies: Fringillinae (Holoarctic), Euphoniinae (Neotropical), Carduelinae (sub-cosmopolitan). ► The Hawaiian honeycreepers (“Drepanidinae”) deeply nested within the Carduelinae. ► The extinct Chaunoproctus ferreorostris sister to some Asian Carpodacus. ► A new generic classification based on a well resolved phylogeny.
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