The not-so-great speciator: Systematics and species limits in a rapid radiation, the Asiatic white-eye complex (Zosterops spp.)
Herman L. Mays, Bailey D. McKay, Isao Nishiumi, Chengte Yao, Fasheng Zou, Madeline Boyd, Devon A. DeRaad, Rueyshing Lin, Kazuto Kawakami, Chang-Hoe Kim, Laura Salter Kubatko, Robert G. Moyle
The paper investigates the systematics and species limits of the Asiatic white-eye complex using genomic and morphological data, finding nested species and paraphyletic groups within the clade.
bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology