@article {57405,
	title = {A new Myzomela honeyeater (Meliphagidae) from the highlands of Alor Island, Indonesia},
	journal = {Journal of Ornithology},
	year = {2019},
	month = {May-10-2019},
	abstract = {<p>We here describe a new species of Myzomela honeyeater from the Lesser Sunda island of Alor (southeast Indonesia). The new species is phylogenetically most closely related to Myzomela kuehni from the adjacent island of Wetar and most closely resembles that species in plumage. However, it differs in important morphological, bioacoustic and ecological characteristics. The discovery of a new bird species on Alor is of great biogeographic importance and elevates this island to the status of an Endemic Bird Area. The new Alor Myzomela is restricted to montane eucalypt woodland mostly above 900 m elevation and is currently known from few sites across the island. Based on its occurrence records and human population trends in the highlands of Alor Island, we recommend classification under the IUCN threat status endangered.</p>
},
	keywords = {Alor, bioacoustics, Ecological characteristics, Honeyeater, Myzomela, Novel species, Plumage, Wetar},
	issn = {2193-7192},
	doi = {10.1007/s10336-019-01722-2},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10336-019-01722-2},
	author = {Irham, Mohammad and Ashari, Hidayat and Suparno and Verbelen, Philippe and Wu, Meng Yue and Rheindt, Frank E.}
}
@article {53262,
	title = {A striking new species of leaf warbler from the Lesser Sundas as uncovered through morphology and genomics},
	journal = {Scientific Reports},
	volume = {8},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Jan-12-2018},
	abstract = {<p>Leaf warblers (Aves; Phylloscopidae) are a diverse clade of insectivorous, canopy-dwelling songbirds widespread across the Old World. The taxonomy of Australasian leaf warblers is particularly complex, with multiple species-level divergences between island taxa in the region requiring further scrutiny. We use a combination of morphology, bioacoustics, and analysis of thousands of genome-wide markers to investigate and describe a new species of Phylloscopus leaf warbler from the island of Rote in the Lesser Sundas, Indonesia. We show that this new Rote Leaf Warbler is morphologically and genomically highly distinct from its congenerics, but do not find vocal differentiation between different island taxa. We discuss the behaviour and ecology of this highly distinctive new species, and make recommendations about its conservation status. We believe this constitutes the first description of a novel bird species that is partly based on insights from massive amounts of genome-wide DNA markers.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1038/s41598-018-34101-7},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34101-7},
	author = {Ng, Nathaniel. S. R. and Prawiradilaga, Dewi. M. and Ng, Elize. Y. X. and Suparno and Ashari, Hidayat and Colin R. Trainor and Verbelen, Philippe and Rheindt, Frank. E.}
}
