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Old World Flycatchers and
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Bicknell's Thrush Catharus
bicknelli
(Ridgway) 1882
se Canada; ne U.S.A.: Newfoundland and adjacent areas; winters in Cuba, Hispaniola,
Puerto Rico, other Greater Antilles (?)
split from: Catharus minimus
insert after: Catharus minimus
Henri Ouellet,
Bicknell's Thrush: taxonomic status and distribution
Wilson Bulletin 105, 4 (1993): 545-572
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Gabon Forest-Robin* Stiphrornis
gabonensis
Sharpe 1883
e Nigeria: e of Niger delta s to; Cameroon; Gabon
split from: Stiphrornis erythrothorax
insert after: Stiphrornis erythrothorax
Pamela Beresford & Joel Cracraft,
Speciation in African Forest Robins (Stiphrornis): species
limits, phylogenetic relationships, and molecular biogeography
American Museum Novitates 3270 (1999): 1-22
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Eastern Forest-Robin* Stiphrornis
xanthogaster
(Sharpe) 1903
e Cameroon; ne Gabon; Congo e to; Sudan; Uganda; Kenya
split from: Stiphrornis erythrothorax
insert after: Stiphrornis sanghensis
Pamela Beresford & Joel Cracraft,
Speciation in African Forest Robins (Stiphrornis): species
limits, phylogenetic relationships, and molecular biogeography
American Museum Novitates 3270 (1999): 1-22
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The Stonechat
is another group of taxa with a checkered taxonomic history, regularly crossing the
full-species boundary from both ends. Sangster and CSNA 1998 have pointed out that
if the c,s African forms are separated from the European forms, torquata applies
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European Stonechat Saxicola
rubicola
(Linnaeus) 1766
w,s Europe, nw Africa; Turkey
split from: Saxicola torquata
insert after: Saxicola torquata
U. Wittmann, P. Heidrich, M. Wink & E. Gwinner,
Speciation in the Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) inferred
from nucleotide sequences of the cytochrome-b gene
Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 33, 3 (1995): 116-122
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Siberian Stonechat Saxicola
maura
(Pallas) 1773
Volga River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus e into e Siberia, c,s Asia
split from: Saxicola torquata
insert after: Saxicola rubicola
U. Wittmann, P. Heidrich, M. Wink & E. Gwinner,
Speciation in the Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) inferred
from nucleotide sequences of the cytochrome-b gene
Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 33, 3 (1995): 116-122
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