The systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea are reviewed, focusing on studies of
relationships among families and within genera, more superficially on taxonomic studies at …

A complete taxonomic review of Neogene birds of continental Asia is provided. To date,
avifauna from the latter half of the Miocene and Pliocene of Central Asia (Mongolia and …

The genus Brueelia Kéler, 1936a forms the core of the so-called “Brueelia-complex”, one of
the largest and most heterogeneous groups of lice (Phthiraptera). Here we introduce the …

This article comments on the changes in the new reference list on German birds. Criteria for
allocation of species to the various status and distributional categories are explained in …

The Anseriformes is a well-known and widely distributed bird order, with more than 150
species in the world. This paper aims to revise the classification, determine the phylogenetic …

Rationale In the last two taxonomic updates to our Checklist (Praveen et al. 2018; Praveen
et al. 2019b), we followed the limited consensusmodel, based upon the data in HBW/BLI …

The family Alaudidae, larks, comprises 93–100 species (depending on taxonomy) that are
widely distributed across Africa and Eurasia, with single species extending their ranges to …

Half a century ago, MacArthur and Wilson proposed that the number of species on islands
tends toward a dynamic equilibrium diversity around which species richness fluctuates [1] …

Sex chromosomes have evolved from the same autosomes multiple times across
vertebrates, suggesting that selection for recombination suppression has acted repeatedly …

Investment in immune defences is predicted to covary with a variety of ecologically and
evolutionarily relevant axes, with pace of life and environmental antigen exposure being two …