Morphological and sexual traits in Atlas and Iberian Pied Flycatchers<i>Ficedula hypoleuca speculigera</i>and<i>F. h. iberiae</i>: a comparison

Potti, Jaime; Copete, José Luís; Gutiérrez‐Expósito, Carlos; Camacho, Carlos

doi:10.1080/00063657.2016.1188879

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“…However, as is common in rear edge populations (see above), many north-African forest birds are taxonomically differentiated from the large European populations, a pattern usually related to the barrier effect of the Strait of Gibraltar (e.g. Doña et al, 2016;Perktas et al, 2011;Potti et al, 2016). In addition, these southern woodlands have been considered refuge areas from which forest birds expanded northwards after glacial times (Pérez-Tris et al, 2004).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Ecological and geographical marginality in rear edge populations of Palaearctic forest birds

Tellería

Hernández‐Lambraño

Carbonell

2021

Journal of Biogeography

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Aim The centre–periphery hypothesis predicts that habitat suitability will decrease at the edge of a species’ range, a pattern often questioned by empirical data. Here we explore if habitat suitability decreases southwards and shapes the abundance distribution of rear edge populations of forest birds within the restricted geographical setting of the south‐western Palaearctic. We also test if birds endemic to the area fit more poorly to the latitudinal decrease in habitat suitability due to the putative effect of adaptations to regional conditions. Location North‐western Africa (Morocco). Taxon Passerines (11 species). Methods Bird occurrences were used to model species distribution and line transects were used to estimate bird abundance. Occurrence probabilities provided by species distribution models were used to display the spatial patterning of habitat suitability. Habitat suitability was employed to predict abundance after controlling for the effect of the distance to some regional source areas of forest birds (tree covered large areas). The species were classified as North African endemic according to an updated review of their taxonomic status. Results Habitat suitability decreased southwards, supporting the predicted relationship between ecological and geographical marginality in most species. Abundance was positively correlated with habitat suitability and negatively correlated with distance to source areas. The taxonomic status of birds did not affect the patterns. Main conclusions The southward decrease in habitat suitability predicted by the centre–periphery hypothesis shapes the distribution of rear edge populations of forest birds within the south‐western Palaearctic. As most of these populations are endemic, the results suggest that they track the gradients in isolation within the geographical setting of north‐western Africa. These results support the vulnerability of these isolated, peripheral populations of forest birds to large‐scale environmental changes in a region under the effect of increasing drought and temperature.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological and geographical marginality in rear edge populations of Palaearctic forest birds

Tellería

Hernández‐Lambraño

Carbonell

2021

Journal of Biogeography

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“…More recently, Corso et al (2015) and Robb & The Sound Approach (2015) have analyzed, respectively, variation in plumage characters and song, which show that it clearly differs from nominate hypoleuca, but not consistently from iberiae. Since then, Potti et al (2016) re-analyzed morphological characters, leading him to conclude that speculigera is specifically distinct from iberiae.…”

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“…Some recent works treat speculigera as a separate species, but without confronting the problem with iberiae (e.g., Saetre et al 2001;Corso et al 2015). Potti et al (2016) distinguished speculigera and iberiae as species based on statistical differences in morphological traits, but without a comparison with type material and topotypes, and no deposition of vouchers nor the required comparison with nominate hypoleuca. Moreover, these authors, echoing Curio (1960), suggested that speculigera and iberiae were more closely related to each other than to hypoleuca, but did not expressly compare them to the latter.…”

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Taxonomy of the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Aves: Muscicapidae)

Salvador

Jeugd

Tomotani

2017

Zootaxa

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The convoluted taxonomy of the European Pied Flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca ([Pallas], 1764) (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) might present a challenge for researchers working in other areas of biology. We present here a historical review of this species’ nomenclature, discuss its generic allocation, type locality, and all its named subspecies. Its purpose is to help to mitigate errors in application of names in other contexts, and also to point out areas in which future work is needed.

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“…More recently Corso et al (2015) and Robb andThe Sound Approach (2015) analysed plumage and song variation, which clearly showed that F. speculigera is different from the designated F. hypoleuca but not systematically with the form F. h. iberiae. Since then Potti et al (2016) have reanalyzed morphological characters, which led them to conclude that the form F. h. speculigera is specifically distinct from the form F. h. iberiae.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Diet composition of the Atlas Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera in Northeastern Algeria

Temagoult,

Bougaham,

Moulaï

2024

Ornis Hungarica

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The diet of the Atlas Flycatcher, an endemic bird species of North Africa is studied in Northeastern Algeria in the forest of Guerrouch in the Taza National Park. The diet analysis was based on the examination of the faecal sacs of the nestlings (n=150) collected in nest boxes installed in a mixed formation of Algerian oak and African oak (Quercus canariensis and Quercus afares). A total of 854 food items were identified, representing 49 prey taxa. The analysis of centesimal frequencies by class revealed the clear dominance of Insecta with 85.12%, followed by Arachnida 13.34%, Gastropoda 1.28% and Malacostraca 0.23%. Regarding orders, the diet was constituted mainly of Coleoptera 44.37%, followed by Hemiptera 21.89% and Araneae 13.34%. The size of the prey taxa varied between 3 and 14 mm with an average of 7.11±3.14 mm. The best represented size class was that which varies between 3 and 4.37 mm. To test the homogeneity between the 4 nest boxes sampled, an ANOVA test was applied. The results show the presence of 2 distinct groups of nesting boxes concerning the variable number of families / faecal sacs.

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Morphological and sexual traits in Atlas and Iberian Pied FlycatchersFicedula hypoleuca speculigeraandF. h. iberiae: a comparison

Cited by 7 publications

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Ecological and geographical marginality in rear edge populations of Palaearctic forest birds

Ecological and geographical marginality in rear edge populations of Palaearctic forest birds

Taxonomy of the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Aves: Muscicapidae)

Diet composition of the Atlas Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera in Northeastern Algeria

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