RECENT SPECIATION BETWEEN THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE ANDTHE BLACK-BACKED ORIOLE

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Science Article 1

abstract

A recent phylogenetic survey of the New World orioles (genus Icterus; Omland et al. 1999) suggested that the Baltimore Oriole (I. galbula) and the Black-backed Oriole (I. abeillei) are sister taxa. That survey examined mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from a single representative of each species in the genus. Here, we examine mtDNA sequences from 15 Blackbacked and 20 Baltimore Orioles.

BEATRICE KONDO, The Condor 106:674-680

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