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Ninox

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Julia Gulka and David P. Mindell
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taxon links [up-->]Ninox scutulata [up-->]Ninox novaeseelandiae [up-->]Ninox strenua [up-->]Ninox rufa [up-->]Ninox connivens [up-->]Ninox superciliaris Phylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Strigidae Interpreting the tree
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Topology constructed based on Wink et al. 2009. Wink at al. 2004 provides a phylogeny with a similarly small number of Ninox species included in the analysis with the following topology: (N. scutulata ((N. rufa and N. strinus)(N. sumbalensis (N. novaeseeiandiae and N. connivens)))).

According to Gill and Donsker 2011, N. japonica, N. randi, and N. obscura are split from N. scutulata as species.

 

Containing group: Strigidae

Other Names for Ninox

References

Gill, F., and D. Donster (Eds). 2011. IO World Bird Names (Version 2.9). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org. Accessed 25 July 2011.

Rasmussen, P.C. and Anderton, J.C. 2005. Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions.

Rheindt, F. and Hutchinson, R. 2007. A photoshot odyssey through the confused avian taxonomy of Seram and Buru (Southern Moluccas). Birding Asia 7: 18-38.

Wink, M., H. Sauer-Gurth, and M. Fuchs. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in owls based on nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear marker genes. In: Chancelor R.D. & Meyburg B.-U. (eds) Raptors Worldwide. WWGBP, Berlin: 517-526.

Wink, M., A. El-Sayed, H. Sauer-Gurth, and J. Gonzalez. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of owls (Strigiformes) inferred from DNA sequences of the mintochondrial Cytochrome b and the nuclear RAG-1 gene. Ardea 97(4): 581-591.

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Scientific Name Ninox connivens
Location Currumbin, Queensland, Australia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Barking Owl
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2008 Michael Jefferies
Scientific Name Ninox strenua
Location Tallaganda forest, New South Wales, Australia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Powerful Owl 3
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Julian Robinson
Scientific Name Ninox novaeseelandiae
Location New Zealand
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Morepork
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Andrew
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Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA

David P. Mindell
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA

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Gulka, Julia and David P. Mindell. 2011. Ninox. Boobooks. Version 31 July 2011 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Ninox/101020/2011.07.31 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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