中国柳莺属鸟类分类研究进展
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国家自然科学基金项目 (No.30970344, 30620130110)


Progress of Taxonomy of the Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopus, Aves) in China
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    柳莺属(Phylloscopus)是广泛分布于旧大陆地区的小型食虫鸟类,目前全世界已知66种,其中约50种见于亚洲。该属鸟类外部形态十分相近且同域分布种数较多,历来是鸟类分类学中的研究难点及热点。2003年贾陈喜等介绍了20世纪90年代以来发表的分布于我国的柳莺属鸟类新种及相关分类学变动,涉及3个新描述种和9个由亚种提升的种,共计30种26亚种。2003年以来关于柳莺属鸟类的分类学研究取得了许多新的成果,同时我国境内也发现了一些新的分布记录。综合最新的文献及分布资料,整理得知我国现有柳莺属鸟类41种31亚种,与2003年的状况相比已有较大的变化。主要表现在:新描述种方面,德国学者Martens等2008年描述了黄腹柳莺(P.affinis)种组中的一新种——华西柳莺(P. occisinensis);2010年瑞典学者Alström等报道在越南和老挝地区新发现的灰岩柳莺(P.calciatilis)已被证实在我国有分布;亚种提升为种方面,如日本柳莺(P.xanthodryas)自极北柳莺(P.borealis)中独立,冠纹柳莺(P.claudiae)和西南冠纹柳莺(P.reguloides)分开等;分类地位再评议方面,如灰头鹟莺(Seicercus xanthoschistos)实为灰头柳莺(P.xanthoschistos)等;新分布纪录方面,如欧柳莺(P.trochilus)在内蒙古达里诺尔湖地区发现确切记录等。现今对柳莺属鸟类分类学方面的研究已明显呈现出传统形态学、分子遗传学、声谱分析及野外鸣声回放实验等新老技术手段相整合,多方面多角度地阐述问题的局面。中国是世界柳莺属鸟种分布最多的国家(其中有9种仅在或主要于我国境内繁殖),但我国鸟类学者关于该属鸟类的研究工作并不多见。柳莺属鸟类在分类学和进化生物学等领域具有重要的研究价值,我国鸟类学工作者应当引起足够的重视和关注。

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    The Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopus) is a group of small insectivorous birds which widely distributed in the Old World. Currently 66 species are recognized in the world, and around 50 species of this group can be found in Asia. Due to very similar external morphology and sympatrical distribution of some close related species, the taxonomy of leaf warblers has been a longstanding challenge, a difficult problem and a hot topic to the avian taxonomists. In 2003, Dr. Jia Chen-Xi et al. reviewed the taxonomical status changes of leaf warblers since 1990s’, including 3 newly described species and 9 species elevated from subspecies to species rank; this sums up of 30 species and 26 subspecies. Since 2003, taxonomic and systematic research on Phylloscopus yielded many new achievements. A combined literature and additional distribution information survey, a review of taxonomic progress related to the leaf warblers in China in the past decade is presented here. For instances, Prof. Martens and his colleagues have described the West China Leaf Warbler (P.occisinensis) from western China in 2008, which is closely related to the Tickell’s Leaf Warbler (P.affinis). Dr. Alström and his colleagues have described the Limestone Leaf Warbler (P.calciatilis) from the Vietnam and Laos karst area in 2010. This novelty proved to occur in southwestern Guangxi Province, China. Besides these newly described taxa, the Japanese Leaf Warbler (P.xanthodryas) has been split from the Arctic Warbler (P.borealis), as well as the La Touche’s Leaf Warbler (P.claudiae) has been split from the Blyth’s Leaf Warbler (P.reguloides) etc. Taxonomic status re-evaluations were also proposed, such as the Grey-headed Warbler (Seicercus xanthoschistos) turned out to be member of the genus Phylloscopus. The record of the Willow Warbler (P.trochilus) in the Dalinor National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia adds new distribution information to this uncommon species in China. According to these new taxonomic recommendations, we count 41 species and 31 subspecies of the genus Phylloscopus in China. The ongoing taxonomy research on the leaf warblers clearly shows a trend of integration of the traditional morphology with modern molecular genetics, vocalization analysis and field playback experiments, which enabled researchers to solve many longstanding systematic uncertainties through different chains of evidence. China holds the most species of the genus Phylloscopus in the world, with six species breeding only within China plus three endemics. However, only few publications or research projects on Phylloscopus have been carried out solely by Chinese ornithologists. Undoubtedly the leaf warblers have very important research potential in systematics and evolutionary biology and related fields. Chinese ornithologists should pay sufficient attention to these birds and concern them as major research projects.

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朱磊,贾陈喜,孙悦华.2012.中国柳莺属鸟类分类研究进展.动物学杂志,47(3):134-146.

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