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Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic Bare‐faced Bulbul Pycnonotus hualon with description of a new genus
Author(s) -
Fuchs Jérôme,
Pasquet Eric,
Stuart Bryan L.,
Woxvold Iain A.,
Duckworth J. W.,
Bowie Rauri C. K.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/ibi.12580
Subject(s) - zoology , biology , genus , phylogenetic tree , optimal distinctiveness theory , phylogenetics , evolutionary biology , genetics , psychology , psychotherapist , gene
The recently described Bare‐faced Bulbul Pycnonotus hualon from Lao PDR has a very distinct morphology and habitat (karsts). Mitochondrial and nuclear data from the type material demonstrated that P. hualon is sister to members of the genus Spizixos . To highlight its unique morphology and phylogenetic distinctiveness, we describe a new monotypic genus for the Bare‐faced Bulbul.