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| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Ibis |
| Early online date | 16 Sep 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 16 Sep 2019 |
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Keywords
- Oystercatcher
- Canary Islands
- The Gambia
- phylogeny
- genetics
- oystercatcher
- IQ-TREE
- BIRDS
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Taxonomic status of the extinct Canary Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus meadewaldoi. / Senfeld, Tereza; Shannon, Thomas; Vangrouw, Hein; Paijmans, Dane M.; Tavares, Erika S.; Baker, Allan J.; Lees, Alexander C.; Collinson, J. Martin (Corresponding Author).
In: Ibis, 16.09.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Taxonomic status of the extinct Canary Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus meadewaldoi
AU - Senfeld, Tereza
AU - Shannon, Thomas
AU - Vangrouw, Hein
AU - Paijmans, Dane M.
AU - Tavares, Erika S.
AU - Baker, Allan J.
AU - Lees, Alexander C.
AU - Collinson, J. Martin
N1 - TS performed this work as part of her MSc (Genetics) at University of Aberdeen. TJS is supported by PhD funding from The Sound Approach. DMP's research forms part of the Oystercatcher Conservation Programme and was supported by the National Research Foundation and the University of Cape Town. We thank curatorial staff, Tony Parker at the World Museum, Liverpool and Henry McGhie at Manchester Museum. We thank Amy Bastow for securing material from Eurasian Oystercatcher and Lucie Goodayle for photography of NHM oystercatcher specimen. EST was funded by the Canadian Barcode of Life Network, and ROM Governor’s Fund.
PY - 2019/9/16
Y1 - 2019/9/16
N2 - Mitochondrial genes were sequenced from four specimens of the extinct Canary Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus meadewaldoi, and compared to African Oystercatcher H. moquini, Eurasian Oystercatcher H. ostralegus, and an old unidentified extralimital ‘black’ oystercatcher specimen from The Gambia. At these loci, H. meadewaldoi was approximately 99.65% identical to multiple Eurasian Oystercatcher samples and in phylogenetic trees fell within the range of genetic variation observed in that species. The mystery Gambian bird was resolved as an extralimital H. moquini. We conclude that H. meadewaldoi was most likely a recently diverged melanistic morph or subspecies of H. ostralegus, though further genomic studies will be required to determine if there has been a period of isolation followed by introgression.
AB - Mitochondrial genes were sequenced from four specimens of the extinct Canary Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus meadewaldoi, and compared to African Oystercatcher H. moquini, Eurasian Oystercatcher H. ostralegus, and an old unidentified extralimital ‘black’ oystercatcher specimen from The Gambia. At these loci, H. meadewaldoi was approximately 99.65% identical to multiple Eurasian Oystercatcher samples and in phylogenetic trees fell within the range of genetic variation observed in that species. The mystery Gambian bird was resolved as an extralimital H. moquini. We conclude that H. meadewaldoi was most likely a recently diverged melanistic morph or subspecies of H. ostralegus, though further genomic studies will be required to determine if there has been a period of isolation followed by introgression.
KW - Oystercatcher
KW - Canary Islands
KW - The Gambia
KW - phylogeny
KW - genetics
KW - oystercatcher
KW - IQ-TREE
KW - BIRDS
UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12778
U2 - 10.1111/ibi.12778
DO - 10.1111/ibi.12778
M3 - Article
JO - Ibis
JF - Ibis
SN - 0019-1019
ER -