Taxonomic revision of the Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricuscomplex

Liu, SiminSun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Ecol, Sch Life Sci, State Key Lab Biocontrol, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China. (författare)

The Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricusbreeds in two widely disjunct areas in East Asia. Five subspecies are usually recognized. The plumage differences between different subspecies groups withinC. sibiricusare notable, suggesting it may actually comprise more than one species. However, proper taxonomic assessment has not been carried out, probably in part due to the scarcity and lack of museum specimens of some of these subspecies. In the current study, we re-evaluated the taxonomy of theC. sibiricuscomplex using molecular, acoustic and morphological data. Using mitochondrial DNA, the samples formed two clades, a northern clade (C. s. sibiricus,C. s. ussuriensisandC. s. sanguinolentus) and a southern clade (C. s. henriciandC. s. lepidus). We also revealed thatC. s. ussuriensisandC. s. sanguinolentusare mostly indistinguishable based on mitochondrial markers. This north/south split pattern is congruent with the pattern of plumage differences among north and south taxa. However, no diagnosable differences were found in their songs. We propose synonymizingC. s. ussuriensiswithC. s. sanguinolentus. At the species level, we suggest splitting the complex into two species, with Siberian Long-tailed RosefinchC. sibiricuscomprisingC. s. sibiricusandC. s. sanguinolentus, and Chinese Long-tailed RosefinchC. lepiduscomprisingC. l. henriciandC. l. lepidus.

Wei, ChentaoSun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Ecol, Sch Life Sci, State Key Lab Biocontrol, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China. (författare)
Leader, PaulAEC Ltd, 127 Commercial Ctr, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. (författare)
Carey, GeoffAEC Ltd, 127 Commercial Ctr, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. (författare)
Jia, ChenxiChinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Key Lab Zool Systemat & Evolut, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. (författare)
Fu, YinanUniv Calif Irvine, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Irvine, CA 92612 USA. (författare)
Alström, Per,ProfessorUppsala universitet,Zooekologi,Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Key Lab Zool Systemat & Evolut, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.;Uppsala Univ, Evolutionary Biol Ctr, Dept Ecol & Genet, Anim Ecol, Norbyvagen 18D, S-75236 Uppsala, Sweden.(Swepub:uu)peralstr (författare)
Liu, YangSun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Ecol, Sch Life Sci, State Key Lab Biocontrol, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China. (författare)
Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Ecol, Sch Life Sci, State Key Lab Biocontrol, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China.AEC Ltd, 127 Commercial Ctr, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Journal of Ornithology: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG161:4, s. 1061-10702193-71922193-7206

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