In:
Vertebrate Zoology, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 71 ( 2021-08-02), p. 419-424
Abstract:
Abstract Multiple molecular phylogenetic studies have demonstrated that two Neotropical raptors, tiny hawk Accipiter superciliosus and its sister species semicollared hawk A. collaris , are not closely related to core Accipiter , and that A. superciliosus , at least, possesses osteological characters not replicated in the remainder of the genus. Based on these data, there is a need to recognise their distinctiveness at generic level. However, as recently noted in two global bird checklists, no name is available to accommodate them, so we provide a new nomen here. Furthermore, two Asian accipitrids, crested goshawk A. trivirgatus and its presumed closest relative Sulawesi goshawk A. griseiceps , are also phylogenetically distinctive; in this case the genus-group name Lophospiza is applicable. We also designate type species for two genus-group names ( Hieraspiza and Eusparvius ) currently in the synonymy of Accipiter , and, as an aid to future workers, we provide a synonymy of the genus Accipiter and a list of species currently included in Accipiter for which published molecular phylogenetic data are apparently lacking.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2625-8498
,
1864-5755
DOI:
10.3897/vz.71.e67501
DOI:
10.3897/vz.71.e67501.figure1
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2392087-7
SSG:
12
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