Using Color to Define Species Boundaries: Quantitative Analysis in The Orchard Oriole Complex Supports the Recognition of Two Species

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dc.contributor.authorKiere, Lynna M.
dc.contributor.authorHofmann, Christopher M.
dc.contributor.authorTracy, Ian E.
dc.contributor.authorCronin, Thomas W.
dc.contributor.authorLeips, Jeff
dc.contributor.authorOmland, Kevin E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-12T17:53:14Z
dc.date.available2018-11-12T17:53:14Z
dc.date.issued2007-03-15
dc.description.abstractThe recent divergence of Orchard (Icterus spurius spurius) and Fuertes’s Orioles (I. s. fuertesi) makes them an ideal system for investigating species boundaries. Orchard and Fuertes’s Orioles differ in several respects. They have distinct breeding ranges—Fuertes’s Orioles breed in eastern coastal Mexico, whereas Orchard Orioles breed throughout eastern and central North America—and differ in plumage coloration, with adult male Orchard Orioles appearing ‘‘chestnut’’ and Fuertes’s Orioles ‘‘ochre.’’ However, no detailed quantitative color analyses have been conducted. To characterize these differences we quantitatively measured plumage color using reflectance spectrometry. The colored plumages of adult male Orchard and Fuertes’s Orioles have unique spectral characteristics, with no color overlap between them. Combined with life history differences and previous molecular studies, these findings support the classification of Orchard and Fuertes’s Orioles as separate species. Additionally, this study demonstrates the utility of quantitative color measurement as a tool for examining species boundaries.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.americanornithologypubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1650/8203.1en_US
dc.format.extent6 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2Q814W8G
dc.identifier.citationLynna M. Kiere, Christopher M. Hofmann , Ian E. Tracy, Thomas W. Cronin, Jeff Leips, And Kevin E. Omland, Using Color to Define Species Boundaries: Quantitative Analysis in The Orchard Oriole Complex Supports the Recognition of Two Species, The Condor 109:692–697, http://www.americanornithologypubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1650/8203.1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/11961
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Ornithological Societyen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Biological Sciences Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)*
dc.rights© The American Ornithologists’ Union, 2008
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/*
dc.subjectFuertes’s Orioleen_US
dc.subjectIcterus spurius fuertesien_US
dc.subjectOrchard Orioleen_US
dc.subjectplumage colorationen_US
dc.subjectreflectance spectrometryen_US
dc.subjectspecies boundariesen_US
dc.titleUsing Color to Define Species Boundaries: Quantitative Analysis in The Orchard Oriole Complex Supports the Recognition of Two Speciesen_US
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