What does suboscine mean?
Suboscine means Of or pertaining to the passerine birds of the suborder Tyranni..
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Of or pertaining to the passerine birds of the suborder Tyranni..
Crucial to my model, however, are two suboscines, one of which is the threewattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata), that do not quite fit into the current picture of oscine versus suboscine classification.
Sequence data unequivocally support the paraphyly of suboscine passerines (Figure 9.5). This is not too surprising when it is considered that prior to Sibley's DNA hybridization work, which recovered suboscine monophyly, relationships of suboscines had been controversial on morphological grounds.
New Zealand wrens (Acanthisittidae) are the most basal passerines, suboscines are mostly South American, and most taxa originally included in the oscine group Corvida are Australasian.
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Suboscine means Of or pertaining to the passerine birds of the suborder Tyranni..
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Crucial to my model, however, are two suboscines, one of which is the threewattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata), that do not quite fit into the current picture of oscine versus suboscine classification.
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