Sibley-Monroe checklist 1

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The Sibley-Monroe checklist was a landmark document in the study of birds conducted by Charles Sibley and Burt Monroe. It drew on extensive DNA-DNA hybridisation studies to reassess the relationships between modern birds.

The Sibley-Monroe assignment of individual species to families, and of families to orders remains controversial however. Critics maintain that while it marks a great leap forward so far as the evidence from DNA-DNA hybridisation goes, it pays insufficient attention to other forms of evidence, both molecular and on a larger scale. There is no true consensus but the broad middle-ground position is that the Sibley-Monroe classification, overall, is "about 80% correct". The key question, of course, is which 80%? Research and debate continue.

There are 9993 species on the checklist, and this page continues in several parts, which are linked to below.

Contents

[edit] Struthioniformes

[edit] Struthionidae

[edit] Rheidae

[edit] Casuariidae

[edit] Apterygidae

[edit] Tinamiformes

[edit] Tinamidae

[edit] Craciformes

[edit] Cracidae

[edit] Megapodiidae

[edit] Galliformes

[edit] Phasianidae

[edit] Numididae

[edit] Odontophoridae

  • Dendrortyx barbatus Bearded Wood Partridge
  • Dendrortyx macroura Long-tailed Wood Partridge
  • Dendrortyx leucophrys Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge
  • Oreortyx pictus Mountain Quail
  • Callipepla squamata Scaled Quail
  • Callipepla douglasii Elegant Quail
  • Callipepla californica California Quail
  • Callipepla gambelii Gambel's Quail
  • Philortyx fasciatus Banded Quail
  • Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite
  • Colinus nigrogularis Black-throated Bobwhite
  • Colinus cristatus Crested Bobwhite
  • Odontophorus gujanensis Marbled Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus capueira Spot-winged Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus melanotis Black-eared Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus erythrops Rufous-fronted Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus atrifrons Black-fronted Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus hyperythrus Chestnut Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus melanonotus Dark-backed Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus speciosus Rufous-breasted Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus dialeucos Tacarcuna Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus strophium Gorgeted Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus columbianus Venezuelan Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus leucolaemus Black-breasted Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus balliviani Stripe-faced Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus stellatus Starred Wood Quail
  • Odontophorus guttatus Spotted Wood Quail
  • Dactylortyx thoracicus Singing Quail
  • Cyrtonyx montezumae Montezuma Quail
  • Cyrtonyx ocellatus Ocellated Quail
  • Rhynchortyx cinctus Tawny-faced Quail

Continued at: Sibley-Monroe checklist 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

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