Continent-wide vocal leapfrog pattern in Collared Scops Owls obfuscates species boundaries

Much confusion has surrounded the taxonomy of the Collared Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena) complex, distributed widely across tropical and subtropical Asia. Often divided into three species, modern taxonomies disagree on its treatment, as a lack of deep mitochondrial DNA divergence is seemingly in contr...

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Main Authors: Meng Yue Wu, Frank E. Rheindt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2023-01-01
Series:Avian Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716623000671