
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Christidis, L 
T1  - Phylogeny and Systematics of Estrildine Finches and Their Relationships to Other Seed-eating Passerines
JF  - Emu
JO  - EMU
Y1  - 1987
VL  - 87
IS  - 2
SP  - 119
EP  - 123
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9870119 
N2  - A cladistic analysis of chromosomal and electrophoretic data provided the basis for a phylogeny and revision of estrildine finches. The results indicate that estrildines are best treated as a subfamily, Estrildinae, within the Passeridae. The Estrildinae themselves comprise three natural tribal assemblages: Poephilini (grassfinches), Lonchurini (mannikins) and Estrildini (waxbills). Of these, the Lonchurini appear to be the most recently evolved. The Red-browed Finch Aegintha temporalis and Plum-headed Finch Aidemosyne modesta are each other's closest relatives and, together with the Star Finch Neochima ruficauda and Crimson Finch N. phaeton, constitute a single genus. The currently recognised genera, Poephila, Emblema and Lonchura are split into several smaller genera. 
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