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
Evolutionary Biology
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology


Publication identifier

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

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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