Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5920496 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 2012 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Three major clades/subfamlies: Fringillinae (Holoarctic), Euphoniinae (Neotropical), Carduelinae (sub-cosmopolitan). ⺠The Hawaiian honeycreepers (“Drepanidinae”) deeply nested within the Carduelinae. ⺠The extinct Chaunoproctus ferreorostris sister to some Asian Carpodacus. ⺠A new generic classification based on a well resolved phylogeny.
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Authors
Dario Zuccon, Robert PrÅ·s-Jones, Pamela C. Rasmussen, Per G.P. Ericson,