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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 281-286 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 15 Feb 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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Keywords
- Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Caprimulgus eximius
- Golden Nightjar
- taxonomy
- molecular phylogeny
- Nubian Nightjar
- Caprimulgus nubicus
- molecular sexing
- systematics
- Western Sahara
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
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The taxonomic position and breeding range of Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius (Caprimulgidae). / Lawrie, Yvonne; Swann, Robert ; Stronach, Peter; Perlman, Yoav; Collinson, J Martin.
In: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology, Vol. 88, No. 3, 2017, p. 281-286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - The taxonomic position and breeding range of Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius (Caprimulgidae)
AU - Lawrie, Yvonne
AU - Swann, Robert
AU - Stronach, Peter
AU - Perlman, Yoav
AU - Collinson, J Martin
N1 - Acknowledgements YL performed this research as part of her MSc (Genetics) at the University of Aberdeen, whose support is acknowledged. We thank the reviewers whose helpful comments substantially improved the paper.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius is an apparently sedentary sub-Saharan species with a breeding range extending from Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan. Although genetic studies of nightjars and related Caprimulgiformes have been published previously, none has included Golden Nightjar. In this study, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA of a Golden Nightjar found dead in Western Sahara in April 2016 was sequenced and compared with other species in the genus Caprimulgus. It was concluded with strong support that Golden Nightjar is closely related to Egyptian Nightjar C. aegyptius. It is hypothesised that Golden and Egyptian Nightjars may have arisen by splitting of a single ancestral species into migratory and sedentary populations.
AB - Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius is an apparently sedentary sub-Saharan species with a breeding range extending from Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan. Although genetic studies of nightjars and related Caprimulgiformes have been published previously, none has included Golden Nightjar. In this study, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA of a Golden Nightjar found dead in Western Sahara in April 2016 was sequenced and compared with other species in the genus Caprimulgus. It was concluded with strong support that Golden Nightjar is closely related to Egyptian Nightjar C. aegyptius. It is hypothesised that Golden and Egyptian Nightjars may have arisen by splitting of a single ancestral species into migratory and sedentary populations.
KW - Caprimulgus aegyptius
KW - Caprimulgus eximius
KW - Golden Nightjar
KW - taxonomy
KW - molecular phylogeny
KW - Nubian Nightjar
KW - Caprimulgus nubicus
KW - molecular sexing
KW - systematics
KW - Western Sahara
U2 - 10.2989/00306525.2017.1279691
DO - 10.2989/00306525.2017.1279691
M3 - Article
VL - 88
SP - 281
EP - 286
JO - Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
JF - Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
SN - 0030-6525
IS - 3
ER -