Martin H. Moynihan - Tangara birds (Tanagers), Barro Colorado Island, Cerro Punta and Cerro Campana, Panama, 1957-1962

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Do related species always have a common ancestor? How do researchers group species into a genus? Resident naturalist Martin H. Moynihan (1928-1996) of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute went on expedition after expedition studying primates, birds and cephalopods in the the neotropical Americas. In these field notes, Moynihan gathers his observations of several species of tanagers in three different areas of Panama over a four year period. Please help us transcribe his observations and learn what goes into determining whether a genus comes from a common ancestor or is polyphyletic in nature.

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