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Meaning of "superspecies"
superspecies (noun) - a taxonomic category that includes closely related species which are very similar and often difficult to distinguish
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- A group of at least two more or less distinct species with approximately parapatric distributions
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The other species form two superspecies.
It forms a superspecies with the closely related eastern spinebill.
They are allopatric and can therefore be regarded as a superspecies.
The rufous fantail is a superspecies comprising eighteen recognised subspecies.
The two species are closely related and form a superspecies.
The eastern spinebill forms a superspecies with the closely related western spinebill.
The two have been separated but they are considered to form a superspecies complex.
It forms a superspecies with Symbrenthia hippoclus.
The species was once treated as part of a superspecies with the shining starling.
It forms a superspecies with other rather similar members of the genus Batis.
This species is believed to form a superspecies complex with Hirundo striolata.
It forms a superspecies with the closely related zitting cisticola and the Socotra cisticola.
Sociologically, they were educated not to be a subspecies, but a superspecies of humanity.
The proposed name of the superspecies was formerly a synonym for the Pacific swift.
It seems to be convergent in some aspects with the punctatus superspecies "Stictocarbo" proper.
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This species forms a superspecies with Halcyon cyanoventris and most major works recognize four geographic races.
Grey and Daurian partridges are very closely related and similar in appearance, and form a superspecies.
Forms a superspecies with C. leucophaea, and has in the past been treated as conspecific.
The species is very closely related to the Alagoas foliage-gleaner and forms a superspecies with it.
The red warbler forms a superspecies with the pink-headed warbler of Chiapas and Guatemala.
Combined, the two form a superspecies.
The grey shrike superspecies consists of I. excubitor and its parapatric southern relatives.
The tufted tit-tyrant is believed to form a superspecies with the Juan Fernández tit-tyrant.
It forms a superspecies with the green-winged teal and the speckled teal A. flavirostris.
As informal taxonomic ranks, species group, species aggregate, and superspecies are also in use.
Also, there is another superspecies in sub-Saharan Africa, three white-throated species with a black breast-band.
These two and the Sulawesi woodpecker ( Y. temminckii ) appear to form a superspecies.
This superspecies is closely related to the Tongan, Santa Cruz, and thick-billed ground doves.
This species, along with the white-rumped swallow, T. leucorrhoa, form a superspecies.
May form a superspecies with P. cinereus.
May form a superspecies with P. oreas.
The taxonomy of the C. mellisugus superspecies is highly complex and, depending on view, includes 1-8 species.
They were declared to form a superspecies by the American Ornithologists ' Union in 1983.
