Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni (Sylvioidea): the sole African member of a Palaeotropic Miocene avifauna

Irestedt, Martin; Gelang, Magnus; Sangster, George; Olsson, Urban; Ericson, Per G.P.; Alström, Per

doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01084.x

Research article2011Peer reviewed

Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni (Sylvioidea): the sole African member of a Palaeotropic Miocene avifauna

Irestedt, Martin; Gelang, Magnus; Sangster, George; Olsson, Urban; Ericson, Per G.P.; Alström, Per

Abstract

We present molecular evidence that Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni is deeply nested within the Cettiidae. The species' distribution in the Albertine Rift of East Africa is intriguing, as the family Cettiidae is principally an Asian radiation. This disjunct distribution could be a result of colonization of Africa by long-distance dispersal, or the Cettiidae may at some point in the past have had a much larger geographical distribution that also covered parts of Africa.

Keywords

Africa; Albertine Rift; Asia; biogeography; Cettiidae; dispersal; phylogeny; vicariance; Warbler

Published in

Ibis
2011, volume: 153, number: 1, pages: 78-86
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

Alström, Per
- SLU Swedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Associated SLU-program

Biodiversity

UKÄ Subject classification

Zoology

Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01084.x

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/47645