A phylogeny of the kingbirds and their allies

Title Variants

Alternative: Kingbirds and allies

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2797

By

Lanyon, Wesley E.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1984

Notes

Title from caption.

Abstract also in Spanish.

"November 13, 1984."

"A phylogeny is developed for those genera of tyrant flycatchers known as the kingbirds and their allies: Pitangus, Megarynchus, Myiozetetes, Conopias, Myiodynastes, Legatus, Empidonomus, Tyrannopsis, and Tyrannus. Monophyly of the assemblage is established by two shared derived character states of the skull. Three putative relatives are excluded from this group: Sirystes sibilator, Machetornis rixosus, and Muscipipra vetula. Generic limits and relationships are determined primarily on the morphology of the syrinx, and secondarily on nesting behavior and external morphology. The enigmatic luteiventris of Sclater (1858) is retained in Myiozetetes on the basis of syringeal morphology and nesting behavior. Although possessing some unique morphological and behavioral characteristics, Legatus is shown to be closely allied with Myiozetetes. Three new monotypic genera are recognized: Phelpsia for Conopias inornata, Philohydor for Pitangus lictor, and Griseotyrannus for Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus. A classification of the 12 genera recognized in this assemblage might reasonably follow this sequence, based on the relationships demonstrated here: Tyrannus, Empidonomus, Griseotyrannus, Tyrannopsis, Megarynchus, Conopias, Myiodynastes, Myiozetetes, Legatus, Philohydor, Pitangus, and Phelpsia"--P. [1].

Subjects

Classification , Phylogeny , Tyrannidae , Tyrannus

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2797, 1984

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 11437057