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Cryptic Speciation of the Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica on Oceanic Islands.
Zoological science - 1 Jun 2020
Saitoh Takema, Kawakami Kazuto, Red'kin Yaroslav A, Nishiumi Isao, Kim Chang-Hoe, Kryukov Alexey P
Abstract excerpt
The Oriental greenfinch, Chloris sinica, is a small seed-eating finch that breeds in the eastern Palearctic region, an area that spans from Russia in the east to China, Korea, and Japan in the south and southwest. Several subspecies have been described based on subtle morphological characteristics, although the taxonomy varies among different authors. Although many ecological studies have been performed, there...
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