Journal
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 414-426Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.013
Keywords
Dispersal; Osteology; Extinct birds; Turnagra; Oriolidae; Archival DNA
Funding
- Swedish Research Council [621-2007-5280]
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The affinities of Piopio Turnagra capensis, an extinct New Zealand passerine, remain poorly known. It has been included into or associated with several bird families (Calleatidae, Cracticidae, Pachycephalidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Turdidae), often on tenuous grounds. We reassessed Tumagra phylogenetic relationships using nuclear and mitochondrial sequences and a set of morphological and behavioural traits. Molecular and phenotypic characters strongly suggest a novel hypothesis, congruently placing Turnagra in Oriolidae, a highly dispersive corvoid family distributed from the Austro-Papuan landmass to Eurasia and Africa, but missing from the Pacific islands. We show also that the published molecular support to link Turnagra with Ptilonorhynchidae was biased by the use of incorrect genetic data and weak analyses. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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