Phylogenetic Analysis of the Australian Rosella Parrots (Platycercus) Reveals Discordance among Molecules and Plumage

• Published in: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
• Main Authors: Shipham, Ashlee, Schmidt, Daniel J, Joseph, Leo, Hughes, Jane M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press 2015
• Subjects: Evolutionary biology; Phylogeny and comparative analysis; Genetics; Zoology; Griffith; Avian Studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/129503; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.012

Relationships and species limits among the colourful Australian parrots known as rosellas (Platycercus) are contentious because of poorly understood patterns of parapatry, sympatry and hybridization as well as complex patterns of geographical replacement of phenotypic forms. Two subgenera are, howev...