Molecular evidence suggests that the enigmatic Sulawesi endemic Geomalia heinrichi belongs in the genus Zoothera (Turdidae, Aves)

Abstract

The taxonomic status of the Sulawesi endemic Geomalia heinrichi has long been debated, and it has variously been treated as a babbler (Timaliidae) or a turdid (Turdidae). We estimated the phylogeny of 43 taxa in the family Turdidae based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and the nuclear myoglobin intron 2 and ornithine decarboxylase introns 6–7. Geomalia heinrichi was shown to be part of the Zoothera clade with high support. We propose that Geomalia is transferred to Zoo- thera under the name Zoothera heinrichi.

Published in

Chinese Birds
2013, volume: 4, number: 2, pages: 155-160

SLU Authors

• Alström, Per

  • SLU Swedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences

UKÄ Subject classification

Genetics and Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Methods development to be 10203)

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5122/cbirds.2013.0015

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/52261