Odontophoridae (1 Viewer)

[Richard Klim]

Bowie, Cohen & Crowe 2013. Ptilopachinae: a new subfamily of the Odontophoridae (Aves: Galliformes). Zootaxa 3670(1): 97–98. [preview]

PS. Should've posted here: Galliformes revised.

 

[Richard Klim]

Hosner et al

Hosner, Braun & Kimball (in press). Land connectivity changes and global cooling shaped the colonization history and diversification of New World quail (Aves: Galliformes: Odontophoridae). J Biogeogr. [abstract] [supp info]

[See also: Galliformes revised.]

 

[Richard Klim]

TiF

Bowie, Cohen & Crowe 2013. Ptilopachinae: a new subfamily of the Odontophoridae (Aves: Galliformes). Zootaxa 3670(1): 97–98. [preview]

Hosner, Braun & Kimball (in press). Land connectivity changes and global cooling shaped the colonization history and diversification of New World quail (Aves: Galliformes: Odontophoridae). J Biogeogr. [abstract] [supp info]

John Boyd (TiF):
www.jboyd.net/Taxo/changes.html (12 Jun 2015)
www.jboyd.net/Taxo/List2.html#odontophoridae
www.jboyd.net/Taxo/Odontophoridae.pdf

PS. Bowie et al 2013. [pdf]

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Hosner, Braun & Kimball (in press). Land connectivity changes and global cooling shaped the colonization history and diversification of New World quail (Aves: Galliformes: Odontophoridae). J Biogeogr. [abstract] [supp info]

[See also: Galliformes revised.]

PDF here

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Hosner, Braun & Kimball (in press). Land connectivity changes and global cooling shaped the colonization history and diversification of New World quail (Aves: Galliformes: Odontophoridae). J Biogeogr. [abstract] [supp info]

[See also: Galliformes revised.]

Proposal (706) to SACC

Change the linear sequence of genera in the family Odontophoridae

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Proposal (706) to SACC

Change the linear sequence of genera in the family Odontophoridae

PASSED (4 Aug 2016)

 

[Daniel Philippe]

New World quails

Williford D., DeYoung R.W. & Brennan L.A., 2017. Molecular ecology of New World quails: Messages for managers. Nat. Quail Sympos. Proc. 8 (20): 37-56.

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[Peter Kovalik]

Dendrortyx

Tsai, W.L.E., Mota-Vargas, C., Rojas-Soto, O., Bhowmik, R., Liang, E.Y., Maley, J.M., Zarza, E., McCormack, J.E., Museum genomics reveals the speciation history of Dendrortyx wood-partridges in the Mesoamerican highlands, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.03.017

Abstract:

Natural history collections are increasingly valued as genomic resources. Their specimens reflect the combined efforts of collectors and curators over hundreds of years. For many rare or endangered species, specimens are the only readily available source of DNA. We leveraged specimens from a historical collection to study the evolutionary history of wood-partridges in the genus Dendrortyx. The three Dendrortyx species are found in the highlands of central Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica. One of these species is endangered, and in general, Dendrortyx are secretive and poorly represented in tissue collections. We extracted DNA from historical museum specimens and sequenced ultraconserved elements (UCEs) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to assess their phylogeny and divergence times. Phylogenies built from hundreds to thousands of nuclear markers were well resolved and largely congruent with an mtDNA phylogeny. The divergence times revealed an unusually old avian divergence across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Pliocene around 3.6 million years ago. Combined with other recent studies, our results challenge the general pattern that highland bird divergences in Mesoamerica are relatively young and influenced by the Pleistocene glacial cycles compared to the older divergences of reptiles and plants, which are thought to overlap more with periods of mountain formation. We also found evidence for monophyletic genetic lineages in mountain ranges within the widespread D. macroura, which should be investigated further with integrative taxonomic methods. Our study demonstrates the power of museum genomics to provide insight into the evolutionary histories of groups where modern samples are lacking.

 

[albertonykus]

Mota-Vargas, C., J. McCormack, and O. Rojas-Soto (2023)
Geographic variation in morphology and plumage within the Long-tailed Wood-Partridge (Dendrortyx macroura)
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 135: 457–466
doi: 10.1676/22-00041

The Long-tailed Wood-Partridge (Dendrortyx macroura) is distributed in the temperate forests of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Norte de Oaxaca, and Sierra Madre del Sur. Populations are geographically isolated throughout their distribution range, which has led to the historical description of 7 subspecies based on morphological differences. Our work analyses the geographic variation of D. macroura based on its morphology and plumage patterns. We measured 121 specimens for morphological traits and assessed differences between sexes. We separated the specimens into Operational Geographical Units (OGUs) and applied multivariate statistical analyses, including principal components analysis, and a clustering method. Then, we carried out a classification analysis of the color and pattern of the chest and belly stripes to determine if there is a relationship between plumage patterns and geography. We found significant differences between males and females in 3 morphological variables. Plumage patterns were similar between the sexes. Our results do not strongly support the distinctiveness of all existing subspecies, but morphological data suggest a distinct group in central Mexico (D. m. macroura and D. m. griseipectus). Our results do not concur with the currently recognized subspecific divisions within this complex, but further genetic data are needed to assess their taxonomic status.