- Title
- Evolutionary trends in southern African glossy starlings (Lamprotornis)
- Creator
- Craig, Adrian J F K
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2000
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/465369
- Identifier
- vital:76598
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00306525.2000.9639921
- Description
- In southern African six Lamprotornis species occur in savanna woodland. Locally up to five species may be sympatric, dependent on similar food sources and sharing roost sites. All are obligate tree-hole nesters. Morphological differences concern signal structures (tail length and shape, iris coloration, wing notches) rather than adaptations for feeding. There is very little sexual dimorphism, and when body size is accounted for, there are no significant inter- or intra-specific differences in bill dimensions. The long-tailed L. mevesii and L. australis are probably sister taxa, which evolved in southern Africa. L. nitens and L. acuticaudus are also likely to be southern African in origin, whereas L. chalybaeus and L. chloropterus may have evolved to the north, with their current distribution in southern Africa a consequence of later range expansion. Similar modifications of signal structures in sympatric species are evident in northern glossy starlings.
- Format
- 2 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ostrich, Craig, A.J.F.K., 2000. Evolutionary trends in southern African glossy starlings (Lamprotornis). Ostrich, 71(1-2), pp.244-245, Ostrich volume 71 number 2 244 255 2000 1727-947X
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Craig, Adrian JFK (Prof)
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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