Characterization of three new mitochondrial genomes of Coraciiformes (Megaceryle lugubris, Alcedo atthis, Halcyon smyrnensis) and insights into their phylogenetics [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020 Coraciiformes contains more than 200 species with great differences on external morphology and life-style. The evolutionary relationships within Coraciiformes and the phylogenetic placement of Coraciiformes in Aves are still questioned.
Meidong Jing +3 more
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Osteologia craniana de Cerylinae (Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae) [PDF]
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.
Andrés Calonge-Méndez +1 more
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Risks to birds traded for African traditional medicine: a quantitative assessment. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Few regional or continent-wide assessments of bird use for traditional medicine have been attempted anywhere in the world. Africa has the highest known diversity of bird species used for this purpose.
Vivienne L Williams +3 more
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Prevalence and genetic diversity of coronaviruses, astroviruses and paramyxoviruses in wild birds in southeastern Kazakhstan [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 Wild birds are natural reservoirs of many emerging viruses, including some zoonoses. Considering that the territory of Kazakhstan is crossed by several bird migration routes, it is important to know pathogenic viruses circulating in migratory birds in ...
Andrey V. Zhigailov +13 more
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The Occurrence of Quill Mites (Arachnida: Acariformes: Syringophilidae) on Bee-Eaters (Aves: Coraciiformes: Meropidae: Merops) of Two Sister Clades [PDF]
Animals, 2021 We studied the quill mite fauna of the family Syringophilidae, associated with bee-eaters. We examined 273 bird specimens belonging to nine closely related species of the genus Merops, representing two phylogenetic sister clades of a monophyletic group ...
Maciej Skoracki +6 more
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Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals [PDF]
Biology, 2013 Insertion/deletion (indel) mutations, which are represented by gaps in multiple sequence alignments, have been used to examine phylogenetic hypotheses for some time.
Frederick H. Sheldon +14 more
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Cranial osteology of Cerylinae (Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae) [PDF]
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 2007 Skull osteology of eight species of Cerylinae Kingfishers (Megaceryle torquata, M. lugubris, M. Alcyon, Ceryle rudis, Chloroceryle amazona, C. americana, C. inda and C.
Andrés Calonge-Méndez +1 more
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First Genetically Differentiation between Upupa epops major and Upupa epops epops (Family: Upupidae)
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2022 Hoopoe has been traditionally treated as a single species within the order Coraciiformes. Presently, however, various authors have suggested separating the hoopoe into two or more species and even its order, Bucerotiformes. So, this work aimed to use the
Lamiaa Elsayed Mokhtar Deef +2 more
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To the fauna of chewing lice (Phthiraptera) of birds in the Lower Don region, Russia. Non-Passeriformes. Part 2 [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2020 The aim of this work is to study the fauna of chewing lice in birds of the Lower Don region, Russia. The paper continues our previous investigations. Chewing lice were collected in 2001–2019.
O.D. Malysheva +2 more
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Diversity, 2023 Forestry management can shape the structure of habitat types and have important biological consequences on the composition of biodiversity. This study focused on Momotus lessonii and Eumomota superciliosa, two potential bioindicators of local and wide ...
Dayron Lopez +3 more
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