Complex plumages spur rapid color diversification in kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae) [PDF]
eLife, 2023 Colorful signals in nature provide some of the most stunning examples of rapid phenotypic evolution. Yet, studying color pattern evolution has been historically difficult owing to differences in perceptual ability of humans and analytical challenges with
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Genomic signatures of convergent shifts to plunge-diving behavior in birds [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2023 Understanding the genetic basis of convergence at broad phylogenetic scales remains a key challenge in biology. Kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae) are a cosmopolitan avian radiation with diverse colors, diets, and feeding behaviors—including the archetypal ...
Chad M. Eliason +6 more
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Karyotype description and comparative analysis in Ringed Kingfisher and Green Kingfisher (Coraciiformes, Alcedinidae) [PDF]
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2018 Kingfishers comprise about 115 species of the family Alcedinidae, and are an interesting group for cytogenetic studies, for they are among birds with most heterogeneous karyotypes. However, cytogenetics knowledge in Kingfishers is extremely limited. Thus,
Tiago Marafiga Degrandi +6 more
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Identification of Bird Species in Argowiloso Peak Mount Muria
Al-Hayat, 2022 Indonesia is a country that has abundant flora and fauna. Mount Muria, Kudus Regency, Central Java has a high potential for bird biodiversity. The area which is a natural protected forest area, is very supportive for the existing bird habitat.
Muhammad Ridlo +2 more
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Rapid diversification and secondary sympatry in Australo-Pacific kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae: Todiramphus) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 Todiramphus chloris is the most widely distributed of the Pacific's ‘great speciators’. Its 50 subspecies constitute a species complex that is distributed over 16 000 km from the Red Sea to Polynesia. We present, to our knowledge, the first comprehensive
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Osteologia craniana de Cerylinae (Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae)
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 2007 A anatomia craniana de oito espécies de martins-pescadores da subfamília Cerylinae (Megaceryle torquata, M. lugubris, M. alcyon, Ceryle rudis, Chloroceryle amazona, C. americana, C. inda e C.
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Jurnal Sylva Lestari, 2017 Gunung Madu Plantations (GMP) Inc. contained high biodiversity, one of that is water birds in its plantation. Division I and Division II are known as the places where diverse water birds inhabited. Gunung Madu Plantation Inc.
Apri Hidayat, Bainah Sari Dewi
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Halcyornis toliapicus (aves: Lower Eocene, England) indicates advanced neuromorphology in Mesozoic Neornithes [PDF]
, 2011 Our recent X-ray micro computer-tomographic (μCT) investigations of Prophaethon shrubsolei and Odontopteryx toliapica from the Lower Eocene London Clay Formation of England revealed the avian brain to have been essentially modern in form by 55 Ma, but ...
Allison P. A. +11 more
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Habitat Selection of Wintering Birds in Farm Ponds in Taoyuan, Taiwan
Animals, 2019 Farm ponds or irrigation ponds, providing a vital habitat for diverse bird communities, are an environmental feature with characteristics that cross over typical urban and natural conditions. In this study, the species richness and community structure of
Chia-Hsuan Hsu, Jui-Yu Chou, Wei-Ta Fang
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The collection and database of Birds of Angola hosted at IICT (Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical), Lisboa, Portugal [PDF]
, 2014 The bird collection of the Instituto de Investigação Cientítica Tropical (Lisbon, Portugal) holds 5598 preserved specimens (skins), mainly from Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Principe, and Cape Verde.
Monteiro, Miguel +9 more
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