Mitochondrial Dna Phylogeny of Babblers (Timaliidae)

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic relationship of Pomatorhinus ruficollis (Passeriformes, Timaliinae)

“…Figure 1 shows that Pomatorhinus genus gathered to one clade, Xiphirhynchus superciliaris and Pomatorhinus ferruginosus are clustered as a sister lineage. Pomatorhinus is not monophyly, which is consistent with other studies (Cibois 2003;Collar 2004;Reddy & Moyle 2010;Moyle et al 2012). …”

Nesting and Cooperative Breeding Behaviours of a High-Altitude Babbler, Tibetan BabaxBabax koslowi

“…Gaston (1977) estimated that 28 of 29 species within the genus Turdoides to be potential cooperative breeders; Ligon & Burt (2004) listed 13 Timaliinae species where cooperative breeding has been reported, of which 11 belong to the genus. Turdoides babblers are widely distributed in west Asia, the Middle East and Africa and have a close relationship with Babax birds (Cibois 2003). This gives further supports for the phylogeny hypothesis.…”

A review of the recent advances in the systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea

“…Reflecting the fact that the babblers were used as a "scrap basket" (Mayr and Amadon, 1951) for taxa that were difficult to classify with confidence, several taxa previously placed in this group have been removed as a result of molecular evidence. Recent molecular work on Passerida (Johansson et al, 2008a) and Sylvioidea Fregin et al, 2012) in general, on the large scale phylogeny of babblers (Cibois, 2003a;Gelang et al, 2009;Moyle et al, 2012), and on several specific groups of babblers (e.g. Cibois et al, 2002;Pasquet et al, 2006;Reddy and Cracraft, 2007;Zhang et al, 2007;Zou et al, 2007;Luo et al, 2009;Dong et al, 2010a, b;Reddy and Moyle, 2011) have gradually clarified the phylogeny of this complex group.…”

“…Five primary clades have been identified in the babbler group, three of which are made up of traditional babblers, one of a mixture of babblers (mainly Yuhina) and white-eyes (latter traditionally Zosteropidae), and one containing babblers and Sylvia warblers (Cibois, 2003a;Alström et al, 2006;Gelang et al, 2009;Fregin et al, 2012;Moyle et al, 2012). The three most recent of these papers all recovered the same five primary clades, but differed in their taxonomic recommendations.…”