Article
Multi-character taxonomic review, systematics, and biogeography of the Black-capped/Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (emMegascops/em ematricapilla/em-emM. watsonii/em) complex (Aves: Strigidae).
Zootaxa - 26 Mar 2021
Dantas Sidnei M, Weckstein Jason D, Bates John, Oliveira Joiciane N, Catanach Therese A, Aleixo Alexandre
Abstract excerpt
Megascops is the most species-rich owl genus in the New World, with 21 species currently recognized. Phylogenetic relationships within this genus are notoriously difficult to establish due to the considerable plumage similarity among species and polymorphism within species. Previous studies have suggested that the widespread lowland Amazonian M. watsonii might include more than one species, and that the Atlantic...
Topics
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Passeriformes
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography
- Strigiformes