Molecular clocks can be used to reconstruct evolutionary timescales based on analyses of
genetic data, but these clocks need to be calibrated in order to give estimates in absolute …

The hyper‐diverse clade Passeriformes (crown group passerines) comprises over half of
extant bird diversity, yet disproportionately few studies have targeted passerine comparative …

Abstract The bowerbirds (Passeriformes, Ptilonorhynchidae) are a family of Australo-Papuan
songbirds that are renowned for their unique bower-building behaviour. Prior to this study …