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54 relations: Arthropod, Basal (phylogenetics), Bird, Black catbird, Brown trembler, Caribbean, Catbird, Charles Darwin, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Charles Sibley, Chris Perrins, Clade, Cladistics, Darwin's finches, Digital object identifier, DNA–DNA hybridization, Early Miocene, East Asia, Evolution, Galápagos Islands, Genus, Gray catbird, Iris (anatomy), Journal of Avian Biology, Latin, Lesser Antilles, Melanotis, Mimus, Mockingbird, Monophyly, Monotypic taxon, New World, Oxpecker, Paraphyly, Passerida, Passerine, Pearly-eyed thrasher, Philippine creeper, Phylogenetics, Rainforest, Sage thrasher, Scaly-breasted thrasher, Songbird, Species, Starling, The Auk, Thrasher, Thrush (bird), Toxostoma, Trembler, ..., Tribe (biology), White-breasted thrasher, Wren, Year. Expand index (4 more) »
Arthropod
An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.
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Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
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Bird
Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Black catbird
The black catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris) is a songbird species in the monotypic genus Melanoptila, part of the family Mimidae.
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Brown trembler
The brown trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda) is a species of bird in the Mimidae family.
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Caribbean
The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.
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Catbird
Several unrelated groups of songbirds are called catbirds because of their wailing calls, which resemble a cat's meowing.
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Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin, (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.
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Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), was a French biologist and ornithologist.
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Charles Sibley
Charles Gald Sibley (August 7, 1917 – April 12, 1998) was an American ornithologist and molecular biologist.
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Chris Perrins
Christopher Miles Perrins, (born 11 May 1935) is Emeritus Fellow of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology at the University of Oxford, Emeritus Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford and Her Majesty's Warden of the Swans since 1993.
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Clade
A clade (from κλάδος, klados, "branch"), also known as monophyletic group, is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, and represents a single "branch" on the "tree of life".
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Cladistics
Cladistics (from Greek κλάδος, cládos, i.e., "branch") is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on the most recent common ancestor.
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Darwin's finches
Darwin's finches (also known as the Galápagos finches) are a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds.
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Digital object identifier
In computing, a Digital Object Identifier or DOI is a persistent identifier or handle used to uniquely identify objects, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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DNA–DNA hybridization
DNA–DNA hybridization generally refers to a molecular biology technique that measures the degree of genetic similarity between pools of DNA sequences.
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Early Miocene
The Early Miocene (also known as Lower Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages: the Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages.
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East Asia
East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system." terms.
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Evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
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Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands (official name: Archipiélago de Colón, other Spanish name: Las Islas Galápagos), part of the Republic of Ecuador, are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, west of continental Ecuador.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Gray catbird
The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), also spelled grey catbird, is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family.
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Iris (anatomy)
In humans and most mammals and birds, the iris (plural: irides or irises) is a thin, circular structure in the eye, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupil and thus the amount of light reaching the retina.
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Journal of Avian Biology
The Journal of Avian Biology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of ornithology published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Nordic Society Oikos.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.
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Melanotis
Melanotis is a genus of bird in the Mimidae family.
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Mimus
Mimus is a bird genus in the family Mimidae.
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Mockingbird
Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family.
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Monophyly
In cladistics, a monophyletic group, or clade, is a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor.
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Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
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New World
The New World is one of the names used for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands such as those of the Caribbean and Bermuda).
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Oxpecker
The oxpeckers are two species of bird which make up the family Buphagidae.
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Paraphyly
In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor excluding a few—typically only one or two—monophyletic subgroups.
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Passerida
Passerida is, under the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, one of two parvorders contained within the suborder Passeri (standard taxonomic practice would place them at the rank of infraorder).
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Passerine
A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.
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Pearly-eyed thrasher
The pearly-eyed thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) is a bird in the thrasher family Mimidae.
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Philippine creeper
The Philippine creepers or rhabdornises are small passerine birds.
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Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: φυλή, φῦλον – phylé, phylon.
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Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with annual rainfall in the case of tropical rainforests between, and definitions varying by region for temperate rainforests.
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Sage thrasher
The sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) is a medium-sized passerine bird from the family Mimidae, which also includes mockingbirds, tremblers, and New World catbirds.
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Scaly-breasted thrasher
The scaly-breasted thrasher (Allenia fusca) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae found in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.
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Songbird
A songbird is a bird belonging to the clade Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes).
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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Starling
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae.
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The Auk
The Auk: Ornithological Advances is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official publication of the American Ornithological Society (AOS).
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Thrasher
Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds.
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Thrush (bird)
The thrushes are a family, Turdidae, of passerine birds with a worldwide distribution.
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Toxostoma
Toxostoma is a genus of bird in the family Mimidae.
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Trembler
Tremblers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds.
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Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily.
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White-breasted thrasher
The white-breasted thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus), also known as Goj blan in Creole, is a species of bird in the Mimidae family.
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Wren
The wrens are mostly small, brownish passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae.
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Year
A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving in its orbit around the Sun.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimid
