Phylogeny of Pacific starlings (genus Aplonis) reveals cryptic diversity and diverse biogeographic patterns.

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Pacific island taxa have long informed our understanding of speciation and biogeography. However, until genomic data became commonplace, many explosive radiations have remained unresolved. One underappreciated radiation is of the genus Aplonis, a clade of starlings distributed across the Pacific from continental Sundaland to the far-flung Cook Islands of Polynesia. Of note are the high levels of secondary...

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