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Rauri C K Bowie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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taxonomy phylogeny and biogeography of true francolins galliformes phasianidae phasianinae gallini francolinus ortygornis afrocolinus gen nov peliperdix and scleroptila spp
Ostrich, 2019Co-Authors: Tshifhiwa G Mandiwananeudani, Timothy M Crowe, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:Afro-Asiatic perdicine galliform taxa commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. Hall combined two putati...
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Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp.
Ostrich, 2019Co-Authors: Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana-neudani, Timothy M Crowe, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:Afro-Asiatic perdicine galliform birds, commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges, have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. In a widely followed monograph, Hall combined two putative monophyletic, but taxonomically unnamed, clades comprising 28 perdicine species known as ‘francolins’ or fisante in South Africa and 13 additional quail-like species (partridges or patryse) into a single genus, Francolinus, which was the largest genus within the Galliformes. Furthermore, she partitioned fisante + patryse into eight, also formally unnamed, putative monophyletic ‘Groups’ and speculated on the phylogenetic affinities of four ‘Unplaced’ species. We investigate fisante using combined morphological, vocalisation and DNA-based evidence and produce a comprehensive revision of fisante taxonomy and phylogeny, a stable classification system and common terminology, and hypotheses vis-a-vis eco-biogeographical processes that promoted their speciation and cladogenesis. Th...
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taxonomy phylogeny and biogeography of african spurfowls galliformes phasianidae coturnicinae pternistis spp
bioRxiv, 2018Co-Authors: Timothy M Crowe, Tshifhiwa G Mandiwananeudani, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:During much of the 20th Century, partridge/quail-like, Afro-Asian phasianine birds referred to commonly as African spurfowls, francolins and/or partridges had a tortuous taxonomic history. Because of striking autapomorphic differences in plumage, vocalizations and ecology in some of these taxa, as many as nine genera and nearly 200 clinal and/or idiosyncratic subspecies, embedded within a polyphyletic Perdicinae, were recognized. In 1963, two clades, 28 9francolin9 and 9spurfowl9 species (fisante in Afrikaans) and 13 Afro-Asiatic 9francolins9 and 9partridges9 (patryse in Afrikaans), were combined into a single genus (Francolinus) - the largest within the Galliformes - comprising about 100 subspecies. Furthermore, fisante and patryse were partitioned into several unnamed "Groups" and four "Unplaced" species. Here, we use morphological, behavioural and DNA evidence to produce: a comprehensive revision of the taxonomy and phylogeny of the fisante clade; a stable classification system for tis component taxa; and hypotheses vis-a-vis eco-biogeographical processes that promoted their speciation and cladogenesis. We shift Francolinus spp. sensu stricto (members of the Spotted Group) and the Unplaced 9Francolinus9 gularis from the fisante clade to the patryse [discussed in Mandiwana-Neudani et al., in review]. An Unplaced fisant, 9F.9 nahani, is linked with Ptilopachus petrosus (another African endemic 9partridge9) within the Odontophoridae (New World 9Quails9). We recognize 25 species of fisante (hereafter spurfowls), including seven with subspecies. They comprise 34 terminal taxa placed within a single genus, Pternistis, sister to Ammoperdix and Perdicula spp., Coturnix 9quails9 and Alectoris 9partridges9, within the now monophyletic Coturnicinae. Only one of four putative Groups of spurfowls, the Bare-throated Group, is monophyletic. The other three Groups (Montane, Scaly and Vermiculated) are para- or polyphyletic. Several species pairs of spurfowls, most notably P. afer and cranchii, hybridize in para/sympatry. One Bare-throated spurfowl, P. rufopictus, may be the product of stabilized hybridization between P. afer and/or cranchii and P. leucoscepus.
Bowie, Rauri C.k. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of ‘true’ francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp.
NISC Pty Ltd, 2019Co-Authors: Mandiwana-neudani, Tshifhiwa G., Crowe, Timothy M., Little, Robin M., Bowie, Rauri C.k.Abstract:Afro-Asiatic perdicine galliform taxa commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. Hall combined two putative monophyletic, but taxonomically unnamed, clades comprising 28 perdicine species known as ‘francolins’ or fisante in South Africa and 13 more quail-like species (partridges or patryse) into a single genus Francolinus, which was the largest galliform genus. Furthermore, she partitioned fisante + patryse into eight, also formally unnamed, putative monophyletic ‘Groups’ and speculated on the phylogenetic affinities of four ‘Unplaced’ species. We investigate patryse sensu lato using combined morphological, vocalisation and DNA evidence to produce a comprehensive revision of patryse taxonomy and phylogeny, a stable classification system and common-naming practice, and hypotheses vis-à-vis eco-biogeographical processes that promoted their speciation and cladogenesis. We confirm the monophyly of a larger patryse clade (including members of Hall’s ‘Spotted Group’ and one ‘Unplaced’ species, gularis) both from her fisante, and propose that they should be referred to commonly as ‘francolins’. We recognise five genera in the following phylogenetic sequence: Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov. plus Peliperdix and Scleroptila. The proposed new system recognises 31 species, elevating 14 subspecies to species level (Ortygornis grantii, O. rovuma, Peliperdix dewittei, P. hubbardi, P. thikae, P. stuhlmanni, P. maharao, P. spinetorum, Scleroptila crawshayi, S. elgonensis, S. gutturalis, S. jugularis, S. uluensis and S. whytei) and lumping other subspecies into more inclusive entities. Biogeographically, Asio-African ‘true’ francolins sensu lato appear to have originated in Asia and/or Indonesia and were derived from a forest-adapted taxon. Within Africa, an early evolutionary radiation occurred in subdeserts and arid bush versus primary forest, culminating in Ortygornis spp. and Afrocolinus lathami. Thereafter, there was more complex evolution in savannas and grasslands along rainfall and altitudinal gradients. This radiation was further driven allo-parapatrically by topography, rainfall, dynamically expanding and contracting forests and Lake Mega-Chad. Taxonomie, phylogénie et biogéographie des vrais francolins : Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix et Scleroptila spp.Les oiseaux galliformes «Perdicidae» afro-asiatiques couramment et inconsistamment appelés francolins, faisans et perdrix ont une histoire taxonomique et phylogénétique litigieuse. Dans une monographie largement suivie, Hall associe deux clades supposés monophylétiques, mais non identifiables sur le plan taxonomique, comprenant 28 espèces de Perdicidae connues sous le nom de «francolins» ou fisante « faisans » en Afrique du Sud et 13 autres espèces ressemblant à des cailles (perdrix ou patryse) en un seul le genre, Francolinus, qui était le plus grand genre des Galliformes. En outre, elle a divisé fisante + patryse en huit groupes, également appelés «groupes» monophylétiques supposés, et a spéculé sur les affinités phylogénétiques de quatre espèces «non classées». Nous étudions patryse sensu lato en utilisant des preuves morphologiques, vocales et ADN combinés pour produire une révision complète de la taxonomie et de la phylogénie des patryse, un système de classification stable et une pratique de dénomination commune, ainsi que des hypothèses sur les processus éco-biogéographiques favorisant leur spéciation et leur cladogenèse. Nous confirmons la monophylie d’un clade de patryse plus large (comprenant des membres du groupe « Hall’s ‘Spotted» et d’une espèce «Unon classée», gularis), toutes deux issues de fisante, et proposons de les appeler communément «francolins». Nous reconnaissons cinq genres dans la séquence phylogénétique suivante: Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov. ainsi que Peliperdix et Scleroptila. Le nouveau système proposé reconnaît 31 espèces, élevant 14 sous-espèces au niveau de l’espèce (Ortygornis grantii, O. rovuma, Peliperdix dewittei, P. hubbardi, P. thikae, P. stuhlmanni, P. maharao, P. spinetorum, Scleroptila crawshayi, S. elgonensis, S. gutturalis, S. jugularis, S. uluensis et S. whytei) et regroupant d’autres sous-espèces dans des entités plus inclusives. Sur le plan biogéographique, les «vrais» francolins asio-africains sensu lato semblent être originaires d’Asie et / ou d’Indonésie et ont été dérivés d’un taxon adapté aux forêts. En Afrique, une radiation évolutive précoce s’est produite dans les sub-déserts et les broussailles arides par rapport à la forêt primaire, aboutissant à Ortygornis spp. et Afrocolinus lathami. Par la suite, il y a eu une évolution plus complexe des savanes et des prairies en fonction des précipitations et des gradients altitudinaux. La topographie, les précipitations, les forêts en expansion et en contraction dynamique ainsi que le lac Méga-Tchad ont également favorisé cette radiation allo-parapatrique.Keywords: Afrocolinus, biogeography, francolins, Francolinus, Ortygornis, Peliperdix, phylogeny, Scleroptila, taxonomy
Timothy M Crowe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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taxonomy phylogeny and biogeography of true francolins galliformes phasianidae phasianinae gallini francolinus ortygornis afrocolinus gen nov peliperdix and scleroptila spp
Ostrich, 2019Co-Authors: Tshifhiwa G Mandiwananeudani, Timothy M Crowe, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:Afro-Asiatic perdicine galliform taxa commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. Hall combined two putati...
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Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp.
Ostrich, 2019Co-Authors: Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana-neudani, Timothy M Crowe, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:Afro-Asiatic perdicine galliform birds, commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges, have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. In a widely followed monograph, Hall combined two putative monophyletic, but taxonomically unnamed, clades comprising 28 perdicine species known as ‘francolins’ or fisante in South Africa and 13 additional quail-like species (partridges or patryse) into a single genus, Francolinus, which was the largest genus within the Galliformes. Furthermore, she partitioned fisante + patryse into eight, also formally unnamed, putative monophyletic ‘Groups’ and speculated on the phylogenetic affinities of four ‘Unplaced’ species. We investigate fisante using combined morphological, vocalisation and DNA-based evidence and produce a comprehensive revision of fisante taxonomy and phylogeny, a stable classification system and common terminology, and hypotheses vis-a-vis eco-biogeographical processes that promoted their speciation and cladogenesis. Th...
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taxonomy phylogeny and biogeography of african spurfowls galliformes phasianidae coturnicinae pternistis spp
bioRxiv, 2018Co-Authors: Timothy M Crowe, Tshifhiwa G Mandiwananeudani, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:During much of the 20th Century, partridge/quail-like, Afro-Asian phasianine birds referred to commonly as African spurfowls, francolins and/or partridges had a tortuous taxonomic history. Because of striking autapomorphic differences in plumage, vocalizations and ecology in some of these taxa, as many as nine genera and nearly 200 clinal and/or idiosyncratic subspecies, embedded within a polyphyletic Perdicinae, were recognized. In 1963, two clades, 28 9francolin9 and 9spurfowl9 species (fisante in Afrikaans) and 13 Afro-Asiatic 9francolins9 and 9partridges9 (patryse in Afrikaans), were combined into a single genus (Francolinus) - the largest within the Galliformes - comprising about 100 subspecies. Furthermore, fisante and patryse were partitioned into several unnamed "Groups" and four "Unplaced" species. Here, we use morphological, behavioural and DNA evidence to produce: a comprehensive revision of the taxonomy and phylogeny of the fisante clade; a stable classification system for tis component taxa; and hypotheses vis-a-vis eco-biogeographical processes that promoted their speciation and cladogenesis. We shift Francolinus spp. sensu stricto (members of the Spotted Group) and the Unplaced 9Francolinus9 gularis from the fisante clade to the patryse [discussed in Mandiwana-Neudani et al., in review]. An Unplaced fisant, 9F.9 nahani, is linked with Ptilopachus petrosus (another African endemic 9partridge9) within the Odontophoridae (New World 9Quails9). We recognize 25 species of fisante (hereafter spurfowls), including seven with subspecies. They comprise 34 terminal taxa placed within a single genus, Pternistis, sister to Ammoperdix and Perdicula spp., Coturnix 9quails9 and Alectoris 9partridges9, within the now monophyletic Coturnicinae. Only one of four putative Groups of spurfowls, the Bare-throated Group, is monophyletic. The other three Groups (Montane, Scaly and Vermiculated) are para- or polyphyletic. Several species pairs of spurfowls, most notably P. afer and cranchii, hybridize in para/sympatry. One Bare-throated spurfowl, P. rufopictus, may be the product of stabilized hybridization between P. afer and/or cranchii and P. leucoscepus.
Tshifhiwa G Mandiwananeudani - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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taxonomy phylogeny and biogeography of true francolins galliformes phasianidae phasianinae gallini francolinus ortygornis afrocolinus gen nov peliperdix and scleroptila spp
Ostrich, 2019Co-Authors: Tshifhiwa G Mandiwananeudani, Timothy M Crowe, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:Afro-Asiatic perdicine galliform taxa commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. Hall combined two putati...
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taxonomy phylogeny and biogeography of african spurfowls galliformes phasianidae coturnicinae pternistis spp
bioRxiv, 2018Co-Authors: Timothy M Crowe, Tshifhiwa G Mandiwananeudani, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:During much of the 20th Century, partridge/quail-like, Afro-Asian phasianine birds referred to commonly as African spurfowls, francolins and/or partridges had a tortuous taxonomic history. Because of striking autapomorphic differences in plumage, vocalizations and ecology in some of these taxa, as many as nine genera and nearly 200 clinal and/or idiosyncratic subspecies, embedded within a polyphyletic Perdicinae, were recognized. In 1963, two clades, 28 9francolin9 and 9spurfowl9 species (fisante in Afrikaans) and 13 Afro-Asiatic 9francolins9 and 9partridges9 (patryse in Afrikaans), were combined into a single genus (Francolinus) - the largest within the Galliformes - comprising about 100 subspecies. Furthermore, fisante and patryse were partitioned into several unnamed "Groups" and four "Unplaced" species. Here, we use morphological, behavioural and DNA evidence to produce: a comprehensive revision of the taxonomy and phylogeny of the fisante clade; a stable classification system for tis component taxa; and hypotheses vis-a-vis eco-biogeographical processes that promoted their speciation and cladogenesis. We shift Francolinus spp. sensu stricto (members of the Spotted Group) and the Unplaced 9Francolinus9 gularis from the fisante clade to the patryse [discussed in Mandiwana-Neudani et al., in review]. An Unplaced fisant, 9F.9 nahani, is linked with Ptilopachus petrosus (another African endemic 9partridge9) within the Odontophoridae (New World 9Quails9). We recognize 25 species of fisante (hereafter spurfowls), including seven with subspecies. They comprise 34 terminal taxa placed within a single genus, Pternistis, sister to Ammoperdix and Perdicula spp., Coturnix 9quails9 and Alectoris 9partridges9, within the now monophyletic Coturnicinae. Only one of four putative Groups of spurfowls, the Bare-throated Group, is monophyletic. The other three Groups (Montane, Scaly and Vermiculated) are para- or polyphyletic. Several species pairs of spurfowls, most notably P. afer and cranchii, hybridize in para/sympatry. One Bare-throated spurfowl, P. rufopictus, may be the product of stabilized hybridization between P. afer and/or cranchii and P. leucoscepus.
Robin M. Little - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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taxonomy phylogeny and biogeography of true francolins galliformes phasianidae phasianinae gallini francolinus ortygornis afrocolinus gen nov peliperdix and scleroptila spp
Ostrich, 2019Co-Authors: Tshifhiwa G Mandiwananeudani, Timothy M Crowe, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:Afro-Asiatic perdicine galliform taxa commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. Hall combined two putati...
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Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp.
Ostrich, 2019Co-Authors: Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana-neudani, Timothy M Crowe, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:Afro-Asiatic perdicine galliform birds, commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges, have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. In a widely followed monograph, Hall combined two putative monophyletic, but taxonomically unnamed, clades comprising 28 perdicine species known as ‘francolins’ or fisante in South Africa and 13 additional quail-like species (partridges or patryse) into a single genus, Francolinus, which was the largest genus within the Galliformes. Furthermore, she partitioned fisante + patryse into eight, also formally unnamed, putative monophyletic ‘Groups’ and speculated on the phylogenetic affinities of four ‘Unplaced’ species. We investigate fisante using combined morphological, vocalisation and DNA-based evidence and produce a comprehensive revision of fisante taxonomy and phylogeny, a stable classification system and common terminology, and hypotheses vis-a-vis eco-biogeographical processes that promoted their speciation and cladogenesis. Th...
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taxonomy phylogeny and biogeography of african spurfowls galliformes phasianidae coturnicinae pternistis spp
bioRxiv, 2018Co-Authors: Timothy M Crowe, Tshifhiwa G Mandiwananeudani, Robin M. Little, Rauri C K BowieAbstract:During much of the 20th Century, partridge/quail-like, Afro-Asian phasianine birds referred to commonly as African spurfowls, francolins and/or partridges had a tortuous taxonomic history. Because of striking autapomorphic differences in plumage, vocalizations and ecology in some of these taxa, as many as nine genera and nearly 200 clinal and/or idiosyncratic subspecies, embedded within a polyphyletic Perdicinae, were recognized. In 1963, two clades, 28 9francolin9 and 9spurfowl9 species (fisante in Afrikaans) and 13 Afro-Asiatic 9francolins9 and 9partridges9 (patryse in Afrikaans), were combined into a single genus (Francolinus) - the largest within the Galliformes - comprising about 100 subspecies. Furthermore, fisante and patryse were partitioned into several unnamed "Groups" and four "Unplaced" species. Here, we use morphological, behavioural and DNA evidence to produce: a comprehensive revision of the taxonomy and phylogeny of the fisante clade; a stable classification system for tis component taxa; and hypotheses vis-a-vis eco-biogeographical processes that promoted their speciation and cladogenesis. We shift Francolinus spp. sensu stricto (members of the Spotted Group) and the Unplaced 9Francolinus9 gularis from the fisante clade to the patryse [discussed in Mandiwana-Neudani et al., in review]. An Unplaced fisant, 9F.9 nahani, is linked with Ptilopachus petrosus (another African endemic 9partridge9) within the Odontophoridae (New World 9Quails9). We recognize 25 species of fisante (hereafter spurfowls), including seven with subspecies. They comprise 34 terminal taxa placed within a single genus, Pternistis, sister to Ammoperdix and Perdicula spp., Coturnix 9quails9 and Alectoris 9partridges9, within the now monophyletic Coturnicinae. Only one of four putative Groups of spurfowls, the Bare-throated Group, is monophyletic. The other three Groups (Montane, Scaly and Vermiculated) are para- or polyphyletic. Several species pairs of spurfowls, most notably P. afer and cranchii, hybridize in para/sympatry. One Bare-throated spurfowl, P. rufopictus, may be the product of stabilized hybridization between P. afer and/or cranchii and P. leucoscepus.