Canwei Xia

Canwei Xia, Chinese ornithologist.

• Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University,

Norbyvägen 18 D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden

• Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Taxon names authored

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• 1 taxon names authored by Canwei Xia

Publications

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2015

• Alström, P.; Xia, C.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Olsson, U.; Dai, B.; Zhao, J.; Leader, P.J., Carey, G.J.; Dong, L.; Cai, T.; Holt, P.I., Manh, H.L.; Song, G.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, Y-Y.; & Lei, F. 2015. Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China. Avian Research 6: 9. Full article. Reference page. 

2021

• Alström, P., Rasmussen, P.C., Xia, C., Zhang, L., Liu, C., Magnusson, J., Shafaeiopur, A. & Olsson, U. 2021. Morphology, vocalizations, and mitochondrial DNA suggest that the Graceful Prinia is two species. Ornithology 138(2): ukab014 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab014 Reference page. 

2026

• Saitoh, T., Shipilina, D., Xia, C.-w., Zhang, L.-j., Seki, S., Olsson, U. & Alström, P. 2026. Discovering and protecting cryptic biodiversity: A case study of a previously undescribed, vulnerable bird species in Japan. PNAS Nexus 5(3): pgag037. DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag037 . Reference page.