Dario Zuccon, Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.
Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2012 Jan;62(1):414-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.013. Epub 2011 Oct 25.
The affinities of Piopio Turnagra capensis, an extinct New Zealand passerine, remain poorly known. It has been included into or associated with several bird families (Calleatidae, Cracticidae, Pachycephalidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Turdidae), often on tenuous grounds. We reassessed Turnagra phylogenetic relationships using nuclear and mitochondrial sequences and a set of morphological and behavioural traits. Molecular and phenotypic characters strongly suggest a novel hypothesis, congruently placing Turnagra in Oriolidae, a highly dispersive corvoid family distributed from the Austro-Papuan landmass to Eurasia and Africa, but missing from the Pacific islands. We show also that the published molecular support to link Turnagra with Ptilonorhynchidae was biased by the use of incorrect genetic data and weak analyses.
灭绝的新西兰雀形目鸟类 Piopio Turnagra capensis 的亲缘关系仍知之甚少。它曾被归入或与几个鸟类科（Calleatidae、Cracticidae、Pachycephalidae、Ptilonorhynchidae、Turdidae）有关联，其依据往往不够充分。我们使用核和线粒体序列以及一系列形态和行为特征重新评估了 Turnagra 的系统发育关系。分子和表型特征强烈表明了一个新的假设，即一致地将 Turnagra 置于 Oriolidae 中，这是一个高度分散的 corvoid 科，分布于从澳大拉西亚大陆到欧亚大陆和非洲，但在太平洋岛屿上没有分布。我们还表明，将 Turnagra 与 Ptilonorhynchidae 联系起来的已发表的分子支持受到使用不正确遗传数据和薄弱分析的影响。
