Phylogeny, historical biogeography and the evolution of migration in accipitrid birds of prey (Aves: Accipitriformes)
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O nis Hunga ica 2014. 22(1): 15–35.
doi: 10.2478/o hu-2014-0008
Phylogeny, his o ical biogeog aphy and he
e olu ion o mig a ion in accipi id bi ds o
p ey (A es: Accipi i o mes)
Jenő nagy1 & Jácin ökölyi2,*
Jenő Nagy & Jácin Tökölyi 2014. Phylogeny, his o ical biogeog aphy and he e olu ion o
mig a ion in accipi id bi ds o p ey (A es: Accipi i o mes). – O nis Hunga ica 22(1): 15–35.
Abs ac Mig a ion plays a undamen al pa in he li e o mos empe a e bi d species. The e
gu la , la gescale seasonal mo emen s ha cha ac e ize empe a e mig a ion sys ems appea o
ha e o igina ed in pa allel wi h he pos glacial no he n expansion o opical species. Mig a o iness is also in-
luenced by a numbe o ecological ac o s, such as he abili y o su i e ha sh win e s. Hence, unde s anding
he o igins and e olu ion o mig a ion equi es in eg a ion o he biogeog aphic his o y and ecology o bi ds in a
phylogene ic con ex . We used molecula da ing and ances al s a e econs uc ion o in e he o igins and e olu-
iona y changes in mig a o y beha io and ances al a ea econs uc ion o in es iga e his o ical pa e ns o ange
e olu ion in accipi id bi ds o p ey (Accipi i o mes). Mig a ion e ol ed mul iple imes in bi ds o p ey, he ea -
lies o which occu ed in ue hawks (Accipi inae), du ing he middle Miocene pe iod, acco ding o ou analy-
ses. In mos cases, a opical ances al dis ibu ion was in e ed o he nonmig a o y ances o s o mig a o y line-
ages. Resul s om di ec ional e olu iona y es s indica e ha mig a ion e ol ed in he opics and hen inc eased
he a e o coloniza ion o empe a e habi a s, sugges ing ha empe a e species migh be descendan s o opi-
cal ones ha dispe sed in o hese seasonal habi a s. Finally, we ound ha die gene aliza ion p edic s mig a o i-
ness in his g oup.
Keywo ds: ances al a ea econs uc ion, annual cycle, compa a i e, die specializa ion, diu nal bi ds o p ey, mo-
lecula da ing, seasonali y
Össze oglalás A leg öbb mé sékel ö i madá aj éle ciklusában alap e ő sze epe öl be a onulás. A endsze es, nagy
ki e jedésű mozgások, melyek a mé sékel ö i onulási endsze eke jellemzik, egyes el é elezések sze in a ópusi
ajok posz glaciális, északi i ányú e jeszkedésé el pá huzamosan jelen ek meg. Ezen elül a onulás elő o dulásá
számos ökológiai ényező is be olyásolha ja, min például a kö nyeze szezonali ásának mé éke agy a éli úlélés
be olyásoló ényezők. A onulás e ede e és e olúciója ezé csak úgy é he ő meg, ha a mada ak biogeog á iai ö é-
ne iségé és ökológiájá ilogene ikai kon ex usban anulmányozzuk. Jelen izsgála ban a ágómadá alakúak (Acci-
pi i o mes) onulásának e olúciójá elemez ük kompa a í módsze ekkel. Első lépésben lé ehoz unk egy osszilis
ada ok alapján da ál molekulá is ö zs á , amelyen jelleg ekons ukció égez ünk és ekons uál uk a ajok ősi el e -
jedési e üle é . Az elemzéseink alapján a onulás öbbszö alakul ki a agadozók ese ében, legko ábban a héja o -
mákon (Accipi inae) belül, élhe ően a Miocén közepén. A leg öbb ese ben a onuló leszá mazási onalak nem o-
nuló őseinél ópusi el e jedés e kö e kez e he ünk. A di ekcionális e olúciós esz alapján a onulás a ópusokon
jelen meg és megnö el e a mé sékel égö kolonizációjának á ájá . Esze in ehá a mé sékel ö i agadozómadá a-
jok onuló ópusi ajok leszá mazo ainak ekin he ők, melyek az e ősen szezonális, északi élőhelyek i ányába e -
jeszked ek. Végeze ül nega í kapcsola o alál unk a onulás megjelenése és a áplálékspecializáció mé éke közö .
Kulcssza ak: é es ciklus, jelleg ekons ukció, kompa a í , molekulá is da álás, nappali agadozómada ak, sze-
zonali ás, áplálékspecializáció
1
MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Resea ch G oup, 1117 Budapes , Pázmány Pé e sé ány 1/C, Hunga y, e-mail: jenon-
agy[email p o ec ed]
2
MTA-DE “Lendüle ” Beha iou al Ecology Resea ch G oup, Depa men o E olu iona y Zoology and Human
Biology, Uni e si y o Deb ecen, 4032 Deb ecen, Egye em é 1., Hunga y
*
co esponding au ho : [email p o ec ed]
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In oduc ion
Bi ds o igina ed, acco ding o ou cu en
knowledge o he ossil eco d, abou 150
200 million yea s ago du ing he geologi-
cal e a o Ju assic (Padian & Chiappe 1998).
The appea ance o powe ed ligh , p o bab
ly in combina ion wi h se e al o he a i-
an ea u es such as wa mbloodedness and
he p esence o ex ensi e pa en al ca e has
uelled he di e si ica ion o his g oup o
e eb a es, which seems o ha e accele
a ed a ound, o sho ly a e he C e aceous
Pa leo gene bounda y (E icson e al. 2006,
B own e al. 2008, Je z e al. 2012).
The widesp ead occu ence o bi ds is
g ea ly acili a ed by hei excellen dis-
pe sal capabili ies. This is pe haps mos
clea ly seen in mig a o y bi ds, which can
a el housands o kilome es on con inen-
al scale wi hin a single yea . Mig a ion is
a cha ac e is ic ea u e o bi ds ha is ex-
emely common especially in species in-
habi ing he No he n Hemisphe e empe
a e zone and he A c ic, bu i also occu s,
al hough in less ex eme o ms, in o he e-
gions o he globe in he o m o in a opi-
cal mig a ion sys ems (Ale s am 1993, Be
hold 2001, New on 2008).
Mig a ion i sel p o oundly in luences he
dis ibu ion, ecology and di e si ica ion o
bi ds (New on 2008), hence i is no su p i
sing ha a g ea deal o in o ma ion has ac-
cumula ed on i s in e nal, p oxima e de e -
minan s and i s phenology e e since Hans
Ch is ian Mo ensen s a ed inging bi ds a
he e y end o he 19
h
cen u y. These s u dies
e ealed ha he mig a o y pheno ype is de-
e mined by a se o complex and igh ly e
gu la ed mechanisms (Gwinne 1990), which
includes, among o he s (1) senso y elemen s
unde lying o ien a ion and na iga ion, (2)
mechanisms esponsible o he egula ion o
mig a o y es lessness (‘zugun uhe’) du ing
he annual cycle and (3) a ange o physio-
logical adap a ions ha co e he me abolic
equi emen s o longdis ance ligh s du ing
mig a ion. Unde s anding how such a comp
lex pheno ype could ha e e ol ed is a majo
challenge in o ni hology.
While a weal h o in o ma ion has accu-
mula ed on he de ails o he p ocess o mig
a ion, compa a i ely li le is known abou
how mig a ion o igina ed and e ol ed in
bi ds. This is no su p ising, since beha io-
al ai s, such as he mig a o y ha bi s o a
species do no ossilize and hence ou cu -
en ideas o i a e s ic ly in e ed om
phylogene ic o biogeog aphic s udies. Cu -
en heo ies o he e olu ion o mig a-
ion can be di ided in o wo g oups (Rap-
pole & Jones 2002, B ude e & Salewski
2008). The ‘ opical o igin’ hypo hesis p o-
poses ha mig a o y bi ds de i e om spe-
cies inhabi ing egions whe e en i onmen-
al ac o s we e cons an du ing he yea ,
so he e was no need o mig a ion. These
species could ha e colonized mo e sea-
sonal, no he n habi a s, which, du ing he
summe mon hs p o ided app op ia e con-
di ions o ep oduc ion. Howe e , du ing
win e ood a ailabili y dec eased, hence
hese bi ds we e o ced o e u n o sou he n
la i udes (Rappole & Jones 2002, B ude e
& Salewski 2008). Cox (1985) de eloped
a s eppings one model o his hypo hesis.
Acco ding o his model, esou celimi a-
ion due o compe i ion o ood o ced ce -
ain opical esiden species o expand hei
ange o he sub opics. These bi ds con i nu
ed o e u n o he opics du ing he win e ,
esul ing in he o ma ion o pa ial mig an
species. These pa ial mig an s hen con inu
ed o sp ead o highe la i udes whe e hey
we e able o b eed success ully while s ill
e u ning o he o iginal a ea in he win e
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(S iles 1980, Cox 1985). Thus, his hypo he
sis p edic s ha mig a o y species e ol ed
om opical ances o s.
Se e al lines o e idence suppo he o
pi cal o igin o longdis ance mig an s. Jo-
seph e al. (1999), in a s udy o wade s,
analyzed he e olu ion o b eeding and win-
e ing dis ibu ion o 16 species om he
genus Cha ad ius using phylogene ic me
hods. By econs uc ing he hypo hesized
dis ibu ion o he ances o s o hese bi ds,
hey showed ha species ha a e mig a o y
oday de i e om ances o s whose b ee ding
and nonb eeding anges we e loca ed in he
opical zone. Ano he simila s udy in es-
iga ed he e olu ion o mig a ion in Ca-
ha us h ushes (Ou law e al. 2003). This
s udy showed ha No h Ame ican (mig a-
o y) h ushes a e sis e o opical species,
and he ances al a ea o he whole lineage
was in e ed o be in he Neo opics, p o-
iding u he suppo o he “ opical o i-
gin” hypo hesis. This pa e n is no es ic
ed o in e speci ic compa isons bu is also
seen among popula ions di e ing in mig a-
o y s a us. Fo ins ance, in a s udy o No h
Ame ican Chipping Spa ows (Spizaella
passe ina), Milá e al. (2006) ha e shown
ha he no he n, longdis ance mig an
popula ions descend om nonmig a o-
y Mexican popula ions, which colonized
No h Ame ica a e he las glacial maxi-
mum 18,000 yea s ago. Thus, longdis ance
mig a ion and coloniza ion o empe a e e-
gions in his species de eloped in andem.
O he hypo heses on he o igin o mig a-
ion emphasize he impo ance o chan ges
on he b eeding e i o ies o bi ds wi h a
no he n dis ibu ion (‘no he n o igin’ hy-
po hesis) (Bell 2000, 2005, B ude e &
Salewski 2008). Acco ding o hese suppo-
si ions, clima ic o o he ecological chan ges
(e.g. global cooling) could ha e led o he
e olu ion o mig a ion by o cing nonmig
a o y empe a e and a c ic species o lea e
he e home anges du ing he win e (Bell
2000, 2005), esul ing in mig a o y s a e-
gies which allowed he su i al o popu-
la ions in a s ongly seasonal milieu (Bell
2000, 2005). Thus, his hypo hesis p edic s
ha mig a ion e ol ed om empe a e esi
den species, a p edic ion ha has ecei ed
ela i ely low suppo o da e. I is clea ,
howe e , ha mig a ion can e ol e wi h-
ou he expansion o he b eeding anges,
as exampli ied by he la ge numbe o in-
a opical mig an s (e.g. Boyle & Conway
2007, Boyle e al. 2011). Compa a i e s u
dies o he occu ence o mig a ion among
some o hese opical axa, such as he pas-
se ine g oup Ty anni e ealed ha a num-
be o ecological ai s, speci ically die and
habi a , p edic whe he a species is mig a-
o y o no in he opics (Boyle & Conway
2007, Boyle e al. 2011). Thus, yea ound
a ia ion and p edic abili y o ood sou ces
(Boyle & Conway 2007, Boyle e al. 2011),
as well as he abili y o exploi hese sou
ces (Bell 2011, Boyle e al. 2011) appea s
o p edispose some a ian axa o mig a ion.
As he examples abo e sugges , he e olu-
ion o mig a ion in bi ds is a complex p ob-
lem ha equi es an in eg a i e app oach
combining aspec s o he his o ical biogeo
g aphy ( ange expansions), ecology (habi-
a , ood a ailabili y) and beha io al ecology
(die specializa ion) o bi ds. Ye , phyloge-
ne ic s udies o en a ge only one o hese
aspec s, while igno ing o he s. He e, we de-
sc ibe an a emp o such an in eg a i e app
oach using accipi id bi ds o p ey (Accipi
i o mes) as a model g oup. This axon is
ideal o ou pu pose because i includes bo h
opical and empe a e species and he e is
wide a ia ion in mig a o y beha io , habi-
a and die wi hin he g oup (Fe gusonLees
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& Ch is ie 2001). Speci ically, we in es iga e
he ollowing: (1) he phylogeny and his o i
cal biogeog aphy o diu nal bi ds o p ey;
(2) he e olu iona y o igins o mig a ion in
ap o s in a phylogene ic con ex and (3)
he ecological and beha io al ai s ha a e
associa ed wi h mig a o iness in his g oup.
The ai s we in es iga e a e body mass, die
and habi a . Body mass in luences nea ly all
aspec s o bi ds’ li e and could be a c ucial
ac o de e mining which species can su -
i e pe iods o ood sho age and/o cold
whea he (e.g. New on 2008). The e o e, we
hypo hesize ha la ge bi ds a e mo e like-
ly o become esiden s (o ice e sa: esi-
den s migh be selec ed o become la ge )
(Tökölyi & Ba a 2011). Die can be impo -
an o wo easons: i s , ap o s eeding on
wa mblooded p ey o ca cass a e mo e like-
ly o su i e he win e a empe a e la i udes
and hence be nonmig a o y. Second, species
wi h a gene alis die should be mo e likely
o subsis du ing pe iods o esou ce sho age
by inding al e na i e ood sou ces, hence
we p edic ha ood gene alis s a e mo e e-
quen in mig an s. Las ly, habi a ype was
hypo hesized o be impo an in he e olu-
ion o opical empe a e mig a ion sys ems
because i could ha e de e mined he a aila-
bili y o sui able co ido s o opical em-
pe a e dispe sal ou es (Rappole & Jones
2002). Rappole and Jones (2002) no ed ha
he majo i y o longdis ance mig an s in he
Nea c ic spend he win e in o es s, whe eas
almos none o he Palea c ic/Asian mig an s
do so. They p oposed ha he lack o o es ed
habi a s in No h A ica could ha e ac ed as
a dispe sal ba ie , e ec i ely il e ing ange
expansions om sou h. The e o e, we es ed
whe he habi a ype is associa ed wi h mig
a o iness in bi ds o p ey.
Me hods
Phylogene ic econs uc ion and
molecula da ing
The lis o genes used o econs uc he
molecula phylogeny o bi ds o p ey o
Table 1. Gene sequences used o econs uc he phylogeny o Accipi i o mes, hei a ailabili y,
leng h and he mos app op ia e e olu iona y model o sequence e olu ion applying o
hem, as e alua ed by jModelTes
1. ábláza A ágómadá -alakúak ö zs a- ekons ukciójához használ génszek enciák ne e, elé he ő-
sége ( ajok száma), hossza és a jModelTes ál al megha á ozo legmeg elelőbb e olúciós
modell
Gene (Abb e ia ion) No species No. bp Model
12S ibosomal RNA (12S) 74 900 TIM2+I+G
16S ibosomal RNA (16S) 53 1527 GTR+I+G
ATP syn hase F0 subuni 6 (ATP6) 56 684 T N+I+G
ATP syn hase F0 subuni 8 (ATP8) 56 168 T N+I+G
β- ib onigen in on 7 (BFI7) 69 922 TVM+G
Cy och ome c oxidase subuni 1 (COX1) 86 1551 TIM2+I+G
Cy och ome b (CYTB) 164 1146 TIM3+I+G
NADH-ubiquinone oxido educ ase subuni 2 (ND2) 151 1047 GTR+I+G
NADH-ubiquinone oxido educ ase subuni 2 (ND6) 66 525 GTR+I+G
Recombinase ac i a ing gene 1 (RAG1) 87 2872 GTR+I+G
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which gene ic da a is a ailable is shown in
Table 1. All sequences we e e ie ed om
GenBank (h p://ncbi.nlm.nih.go /). Se-
quences we e aligned using MAFFTLINSI
(Ka oh e al. 2005) wi h de aul pa ame e s
and alignmen s we e isually checked. Two
alignmen s (12S and 16S) con ained mul-
iple indels and we e un h ough Gblocks
(Cas esana 2000) o emo e poo ly aligned
posi ions. Sequence managemen was done
in he R s a is ical en i onmen (R De elop-
men Co e Team 2012) using unc ions om
lib a ies ape (Pa adis e al. 2004) and seqin
(Cha i & Lob y 2007).
Alignmen s we e conca ena ed and spe-
cies wi h ew da a (<500 nucleo ides) we e
emo ed. The median sequence leng h o
he emaining 180 species was 1,038 base
pai s ( ange 5192,872) (Table 1). This axo
nomic sample ep esen s app oxima ely
70% o ex an species.
The esul ing spa se supe ma ix was
used o econs uc he phylogene ic ela-
ionships o he 180 species. Fi s , RAxML
(S ama akis 2006) was used o ob ain a
s a ing ee o phylogeny es ima ion. We
used a apid boo s ap analysis wi h 100
boo s ap eplica es ollowed by a sea ch o
he bes sco ing maximum likelihood ee,
using he GTR+I+G model o e olu ion.
The Sec e a y Bi d Sagi a ius se pen inus
(Sagi a iidae) was used as an ou g oup in
his p ocess; he sis e ela ionship be ween
Sagi a iidae and he es o he Accipi i-
o mes (Pandionidae and Accipi idae) is
well suppo ed om molecula phylogene
ic s udies (e.g. E icson e al. 2006, B own
e al. 2008, Hacke e al. 2008).
Nex , he bes sco ing ee ob ained om
his analysis was used as a s a ing ee in
a Bayesian MCMC analysis (implemen ed
in BEAST; D ummond & Rambau 2007)
o simul aneously econs uc he phylo ge
ny and di e gence imes o bi ds o p ey.
The en gene segmen s we e pa i ioned
sepa a ely and each gene segmen was as-
signed i s own bes i e olu iona y mo del,
as e alua ed by Akaike In o ma ion C i-
e ion (AIC) in he so wa e jModelTes 2
(Guindon & Gascuel 2003, Da iba e al.
2012) (Table 1).
Molecula da ing was done using an un-
co ela ed elaxed molecula clocks app
oach, which akes in o accoun a ia ion in
he a e o molecula e olu ion among line
ages (D ummond e al. 2006). Th ee os-
sil cons ain s we e used o da e he phy-
logene ic ee ( ollowing do Ama al e al.
2009 and e e ences he ein): (1) he mini
mum age o di e gence be ween Pandio-
nidae and Accipi idae was se o 37 Mya,
based on he oldes known ossil belon ging
o Pandionidae (Ha ison & Walke 1976);
(2) he maximum age o di e gence o Bu-
eo galapagoensis was se o 4 Mya and
(3) he maximum age o di e gence o B.
soli a ius was se o 5.1 Mya. B. galapa go-
ensis and B. soli a ius a e bo h island spe-
cies ( es ic ed o he Galapagos Islands
and Hawaii, espec i ely) and he la e wo
age cons ain s a e based on he assump-
ion ha hese species canno be olde hen
he islands which hey inhabi (do Ama
al e al. 2009). Two independen BEAST
uns we e pe o med, each allowed o un
o 50,000,000 gene a ions wi h a hinning
in e al o 5,000 gene a ions. Con e gence
was e alua ed by checking e ec i e sample
size (ESS) o pa ame e s in T ace (Ram-
bau & D ummond 2012). All pa ame
e s had ESS alues >100 and mos we e
>>200. The wo uns we e combined (a e
emo ing 10% bu nin) and esampled a in-
e als o 10,000 gene a ions o yield 9,000
ees ha ep esen s a sample o he pos-
e io dis ibu ion o phylogene ic ees. A
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maximum clade c edibili y ee was gene
a ed om his sample in T eeAnno a o
(Rambau & D ummond 2012).
To isualize di e si ica ion a e h ough
ime, we c ea ed a lineages h ough ime
plo o 100 ees selec ed andomly om
he pos e io sample and he maximum
clade c edibili y ee.
Ances al a ea econs uc ion
We collec ed b eeding season dis ibu ion
da a on 180 species om Fe gusonLees
and Ch is ie (2001). Species we e sco ed
as p esen /absen in he ollowing biogeo-
g aphical ealms: Nea c ic, Palea c ic, Neo
opical, A o opical, Malagasy, Indoma-
layan, Aus alasian. The delimi a ion o
hese ealms is based on Fe gusonLees and
Ch is ie (2001).
We in e ed ances al anges based on
his dis ibu ion da a by employing p o ba
bilis ic his o ical biogeog aphy me hods
using he BioGeoBEARS R package (Ma z-
ke 2013). These me hods model geog aphic
ange e olu ion by assuming di e en o ms
o anagene ic and cladogene ic changes in
geog aphic dis ibu ion du ing specia ion
e en s: dispe sal, ex inc ion, ica iance,
sympa ic specia ion and ounde e en spe-
cia ion. We e alua ed which o he adi io
nally used his o ical biogeog aphic models
bes i s ange e olu ion in bi ds o p ey by
calcula ing and compa ing six models using
Akaike In o ma ion C i e ion. These mo
dels a e he Dispe salVica iance (DIVA)
model (Ronquis 1997), he Dispe salEx-
inc ionCladogenesis (DEC) model (Ree e
al. 2005, Ree & Smi h 2008) and he Bay
A ea model (Landis e al. 2013), oge he
wi h he combina ion o hese h ee wi h
ounde e en specia ion. The h ee base-
line models all assume dispe sal, ex inc ion,
sympa ic specia ion and ica iance as pos-
sible ange e olu ion mechanisms bu di e
in he way hey ea sympa ic and ica ian
specia ion e en s: he DIVA model allows
na owscale sympa y bu bo h na ow and
widesp ead ica iance. The DEC model as-
sumes na owscale and subse sympa y,
bu only na owscale ica iance whe eas
BayA ea assumes na owscale and wide
scale sympa y o occu (Ma zke 2013).
We used he bes i o hese models o es i-
ma e he mos likely ancien dis ibu ions a
each node (ances o s a e) o he phylogeny.
The me hod also gi es a ela i e p obabili-
y, anging om 0 o 1, which gi es he p o
babili y ha he node was in he gi en s a e.
The highe his alue, he highe is ou con-
idence in he ac ual econs uc ion is co -
ec and unce aini y in he ances al ange
econs uc ion is low. These analyzes we e
done using he maximum clade c edibili y
ee.
Li e his o y da a
All da a, wi h he excep ion o body mass
in o ma ion, we e collec ed om Fe gu-
sonLees and Ch is ie (2001), complemen
ed om he Global Rap o In o ma ion
Ne wo k (2013), i necessa y. Mig a o-
y beha io was ca ego ized based on p e-
ious phylogene ic s udies (e.g. Kondo &
Omland 2007, do Ama al e al. 2009) as:
(1) nonmig a o y (no seasonal mo emen s
p e sen ), (2) pa ially mig a o y (pa o he
popula ions, o pa o he indi iduals wi h-
in he species pe o m egula seasonal
mo emen s) and (3) comple ely mig a o y
(all popula ions and indi iduals mig a o y).
We used his a iable o in e a es o e o-
lu ion o and om comple e mig a ion (see
below). Howe e , he numbe o comple ely
mig a o y species was ela i ely low in ou
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sample (N=13), he e o e, mig a ion was bi-
na ized in all o he analyzes as ei he mig a-
o y o nonmig a o y.
In o ma ion on body mass was ob ained
om Dunning (2008), and in a ew cases
om Fe gusonLees and Ch is ie (2001).
We used he a e age o male and emale
body masses (log ans o med) when hey
we e a ailable; howe e , in 8 cases da a on
male o emale body mass was a ailable on-
ly. Fo 29 species no eliable body mass da-
a could be ound.
Die (win e die ) was ca ego ized ollow-
ing Roulin and Wink (2004). These au ho s
assigned a ela i e impo ance alue an
ging om 1 o 9 o each o nine ood ca e
go ies (li e bi ds, mammals, ep iles, ish,
amphibians, c us aceans, insec s, wo ms
and ca ion) based on desc ip ions o indi i
dual species’ die in Fe gusonLees and
Ch is ie (2001). Food ypes ha do no ap-
pea in he die o a species ecei ed a sco e
o 9, whe eas he mos impo an ood ype
ecei ed a sco e o 1. F om hese alues, we
calcula ed eliance on wa mblooded p ey
and ca ion as he minimum o he impo -
ance sco es ecei ed o bi d o mammal
p ey o ca ion. Die speci ici y was es i-
ma ed by coun ing he numbe o ood ypes
in he die o a gi en species ha ecei ed a
sco e <9.
Finally we classi ied habi a ype as open
o closed based on desc ip ions in Fe gu-
sonLees and Ch is ie (2001).
Compa a i e analyzes
We pe o med Bayesian ances al s a e e-
cons uc ion in BEAST (D ummond &
Rambau 2007) o in e he mig a o y be-
ha io a ances al nodes in he phylogeny
o bi ds o p ey. Mig a o y beha io was e-
coded as a bina y a iable o his analysis
(as ei he mig a o y o nonmig a o y, hus
comple e and pa ial mig an s we e colla
ed). Bayesian ances al s a e econs uc ion
akes in o accoun phylogene ic unce ain-
y and calcula es he p obabili y ha a gi
en node was mig a o y o nonmig a o y,
based on he ai alues o i s ances o and
descendan s. By aking in o accoun unce -
aini y in phylogene ic econs uc ion, his
me hod is subs an ially be e han pa simo-
nybased econs uc ions, whose ou come
is condi ional on a single (possibly e one-
ous) opology. In addi ion, Bayesian ances-
al s a e econs uc ion also akes in o ac-
coun di e ences in b anch leng hs, which
makes hem mo e ealis ic han pa simo-
nybased me hods.
Nex , we in es iga ed how changes in mi-
g a o y beha io occu ed on he phyloge-
ny by es ima ing ansi ion a es be ween
he h ee le els o mig a o y beha io (i.e.
he a e o ansi ion om mig a o y o pa -
ial o comple e mig an and ice e sa, and
he a e o ansi ion om pa ial o comp
le e mig an and ice e sa). This analysis
was done using he Mul iS a e module o
BayesT ai s 1.0 (Pagel e al. 2004).
We de e mined whe he body size (log
ans o med), habi a ype, die b ead h,
eliance on wa mblooded p ey and geo-
g aphical loca ion (Old s. New Wo ld) a -
ec s mig a o y beha io by cons uc ing a
mul i a ia e phylogene ic gene alized line-
a mixed models as implemen ed in he MC-
MCglmm package in R (Had ield & Naka
gawa 2010), wi h hese ai s as dependen
a iables. We also included he in e ac ion
be ween habi a and geog aphical occu -
ence o model he di e ences in habi a use
among Old Wo ld and New Wo ld mig an s.
Las ly, we es ed he co ela ed e olu-
ion among mig a ion and explana o y a i
ables ound o be signi ican in he mul i a
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ia e analyses using he Disc e e module o
BayesT ai s 1.0 (Pagel & Meade 2006). This
me hod e alua es ansi ion a es among
pai s o bina y ai s on a phylogeny e ea
ling de ails o co ela ed e olu ion among
ai s. Fo example, when analy zing he co -
ela ed e olu ion be ween mig a ion and di-
e speci ici y one can ask whe he mig a ion
is mo e likely e ol e in gene alis (o spe-
cialis ) lineages o ice e sa: does a gene
alis (o specialis ) die e ol e mo e likely
in mig an s? Since his analysis can hand
le only bina y ai s we dicho omized die
speci ici y as specialis (<5 ood ypes con-
sumed) o gene alis (a leas 5 ood ypes
consumed).
Resul s
Phylogeny and di e si ica ion o
Accipi i o mes
Figu e 1 shows he ela ionship be ween
majo lineages o ap o s. Ou analysis e-
co e ed he ela ionships among majo line
ages o bi ds o p ey desc ibed in p e i-
ous molecula phylogene ic s udies (Wink
& Saue Gü h 2004, Le ne & Mindell
2005, G i i hs e al. 2007). C own g oup
Accipi i o mes (i.e. he spli be ween Sa-
gi a ius and he es o he species) is in-
e ed o ha e o igina ed ~44 million yea s
ago (95% highes pos e io densi y in e al:
56.4 – 37.4), du ing he Eocene pe iod. The
Figu e 1. Simpli ied phylogeny showing majo sublineages o Accipi i o mes
1. áb a Egysze űsí e ö zs a a ágómadá -alakúak őbb csopo jainak ilogene ikai iszonyai ól
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spli be ween Pandion and he es o Ac-
cipi i o mes occu ed ~39.5 million yea s
ago (95% highes pos e io densi y in e al:
49.5–37). The wo ea lies b anchings wi h-
in Accipi idae esul ed in he appea ance o
elanid ki es (Elaninae) ~34.7 million yea s
ago (95% highes pos e io densi y in e al:
44.3–29.4) and he g oup con aining Gy-
pae inae and Pe ninae (~27.7 million yea s
ago; 95% highes pos e io densi y in e al:
35.3–23.2). Then, a ound he s a o he
Miocene pe iod he di e si ica ion o ap-
o s accele a ed and con inued a a high a e
un il ecen imes (Figu e 2).
Ances al a ea econs uc ion
The bes model desc ibing ange e olu ion
in bi ds o p ey was he DEC model con-
aining ounde e en specia ion. Based on
his model, a sou he n o igin was in e ed
o all ap o sub amilies. These analyses
sugges ha Accipi inae, Aegypiinae and
Gypae inae ha e an A o opical o igin,
whe eas Elaninae and Pe ninae de i e om
he Neo opics. Bu eoninae and Ha piinae
had a join A o opical/Neo opical dis-
ibu ion acco ding o ou econs uc ion,
whe eas Aquilinae ha e an A o opical/
Neo opical and Indomalayan o igin, al-
hough we no e ha he accu acy o hese
econs uc ions is qui e low (<0.3) (Table
2). Ci cea inae we e assigned an Indoma-
layan o igin wi h ela i ely high p obabili
y (0.87) (Table 2). Las ly, he mos likely
ances al dis ibu ion o Haliaee inae was
Aus alasia.
Figu e 2. Lineages- h ough- ime plo showing he pa e n o di e si ica ion and accumula ion o ap-
o species h ough ime as econs uc ed by ou mul i-gene elaxed molecula da ing ana-
lysis. G ey lines show andom ees (N=100) om he pos e io sample o da ed ul ame ic
ees ob ained om BEAST; he black line deno es he maximum clade c edibili y ee
2. áb a A ágómadá -alakúak di e zi ikációja a molekulá is da álás alapján. A szü ke onalak a
ö zs a- ekons ukció so án lé ehozo posz e io min ából 100 éle lensze űen ki álasz-
o ul ame ikus a, a eke e onal pedig az összegze min ából számol ul ame ikus a
ágainak számá mu a ja az idő ügg ényében
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mig a ion occu ed wi h a highe a e in lin-
eages wi h a opical dis ibu ion (9.08 s.
0.73 in lineages wi h a non opical dis i-
bu ion) (Figu e 5A). Fu he mo e, ansi-
ions o a non opical dis ibu ion a e much
mo e likely in mig a o y (30.01) han in
nonmig a o y lineages (0.15). The an-
si ion a es also e ealed ha swi ches in
he geog a phic dis ibu ion om a opical
o a non opical dis ibu ion o ice e sa
a e i ually lacking in nonmig a o y line-
ages, whe eas hey occu a a ela i ely high
a e in mig an s (Figu e 5A). In he second
case, ansi ion a es indica e ha mig a ion
Pa ame e
es ima e
lowe 95%
con idence
in e al
uppe 95%
con idence
in e al
P- alue
Habi a (Fo es /Open) 1.30 0.13 2.27 0.02
Old/New Wo ld 0.78 -0.75 1.75 0.16
log(body mass) -0.06 -0.51 0.33 0.78
Die gene alism 0.44 0.21 0.75 <0.01
Reliance on wa m-blooded p ey o ca cass 0.00 -0.21 0.23 0.99
Habi a : Old/New Wo ld in e ac ion -1.39 -3.35 0.40 0.18
Table 4. Fac o s a ec ing he occu ence o mig a ion in diu nal bi ds o p ey (N=151 species); pa-
ame e es ima es, hei 95% con idence in e als and P- alues om a mul i a ia e mixed
e ec models con olling o phylogeny
4. ábláza A onulás elő o dulásá be olyásoló ényezők ágómadá -alakúaknál (N=151 aj); iloge-
ne ikai iszonyok a kon ollál öbb ál ozós ke e lineá is modellből szá mazó becsül
é ékek, azok 95%-os kon idenciain e alluma és a P-é ékek
Figu e 5. Resul s om pai wise di ec ional es be ween mig a o y beha io (mig a o y o non-mi-
g a o y) and (A) geog aphic dis ibu ion: opical (species no p esen in he Nea c ic o he
Palea c ic) o non- opical (species p esen in he Nea c ic o he Palea c ic); (B) die speci-
ici y: specialis (consumes <5 ypes o ood) o gene alis (a leas 5 ood ypes consumed).
The g aph show ansi ion a es among pai s o ai s indica ing he a e wi h which hese
e olu iona y changes a e in e ed o ha e occu ed on he phylogeny
5. áb a A onulási iselkedés és a öld ajzi el e jedés (A) ille e a áplálékspecializáció (B) közö i di-
ekcionális esz ek e edményei. A onulási iselkedés kódolása: onuló ( észlegesen agy
eljesen) agy nem onuló. A öld ajzi el e jedés kódolása: ópusi (nem o dul elő sem a Pa-
lea k iszban sem a Nea k iszban) agy nem ópusi (az előző ellen e je). A áplálékspeciali-
záció kódolása: specialis a (<5 áplálék ípus ogyasz ) agy gene alis a (az előző ellen e -
je). Az áb a a különböző jellegpá ok közö i e olúciós anzíciós á áka mu a ja
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is mo e likely o a ise in specialis lineages
and ha a gene alis die is mo e likely o
e ol e in mig an s han in nonmig an s.
Hence, i appea s ha die b ead h e ol es
as in esponse o he selec i e en i onmen s
imposed by mig a o iness, a he han p e-
disposing species o mig a ion.
Discussion
Phylogeny o Accipi i o mes
The phylogene ic ela ionships among and
wi hin majo lineages o Accipi i o mes
ha e been ex ensi ely s udied be o e (e.g.
Wink & Saue Gü h 2004, Helbig e al.
2005, Le ne & Mindell 2005, G i hs e
al. 2007, do Ama al e al. 2009). He e, we
combined all a ailable gene ic in o ma ion
o p oduce a mul igene phylogeny o Ac-
cipi i o mes wi h a b oad axonomic sam-
pling, including app oxima ely wo hi ds o
ex an species o accipi id bi ds o p ey. The
phylogene ic hypo hesis ob ained om his
analysis is b oadly cong uen wi h p e ious
epo s showing ha se e al adi ionally es-
ablished clades a e in ac polyphyle ic o
pa aphyle ic. Fo ins ance, Old Wo ld ul-
u es o m a polyphyle ic clade comp ised
o : (1) Gypae inae which is monophyle -
ic wi h Pe ninae and includes he Bea ded
Vul u e Gypae us ba ba us and he Egyp ian
Vul u e Neoph on pe cnop e us and (2) Ae-
gypiinae which con ains all emaining Old
Wo ld ul u es and is he sis e clade o Ci -
cae inae. Accipi e hawks a e pa aphyle ic
and should include ha ie s (Ci cus spp.),
which a e closely ela ed o he clade con-
aining goshawks (see also B eman e al.
2013 o a mo e de ailed analysis). In addi-
ion, we also obse ed widesp ead pa aphy-
ly in aquiline eagles and bu eonine hawks, as
epo ed p e iously (Helbig e al. 2005, do
Ama al e al. 2009).
On he o he hand, we also obse ed se e
al disc epancies in he highe le el ela ion-
ships o Accipi idae be ween ou econs uc-
ions and hose o ob ained om p e ious
s udies (e.g. Le ne & Mindell 2005, G i -
i hs e al. 2007). Fo ins ance, we eco e ed
Aqui linae and Ha piinae as sis e clades, al-
bei wi h ela i ely low suppo (pos e io
p obabili y: 0.45). Ha pagus ki es we e in-
e ed as he sis e g oup o he clade con-
aining Bu eoninae and Haliaee inae wi h
ela i ely high suppo (pos e io p obabili y:
0.83). Las ly, he sis e ela ionship be ween
he clade con aining Aquilinae and Ha pii-
nae on one hand and Bu eoninae, Haliaee i-
nae and Accipi inae on he o he was s ong-
ly suppo ed (pos e io p obabili y: 1).
His o ical biogeog aphy and e olu ion o
mig a ion in Accipi i o mes
Ou ances al s a e econs uc ion sugges s
ha mig a o y beha io in bi ds o p ey
e ol ed mul iple imes. Mos o hese ap-
pea o be ela i ely ecen e en s (occu -
ing du ing he Pliocene o Pleis ocene, i.e.
<5 million yea s ago). In one case howe e ,
mig a o y beha io appea s o be much mo e
ancien . In ue hawks (Accipi inae) mig a-
ion appea s o ha e e ol ed app oxi ma ely
1412 million yea s ago, du ing he middle
o he Miocene pe iod. By compa i son, do
Ama al e al. (2009) econs uc ed he o i-
gin o mig a ion in one Bu eo clade a app
oxima ely 5 million yea s ago, a esul ha
is suppo edby ou analyses (Figu e 3B).
Mo e di ec es ima es based on he age dis-
ibu ion o ossilized indi iduals (speci i-
cally, he lack o ju eniles) ound a Oldu ai
Go ge, in Tanzania, sugges ha his si e was
a win e ing loca ion o sho ebi ds belon
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ging o Cha ad iidae 1.91.74 million yea s
ago, implying ha mig a ion was p esen a
his ime (Loucha 2008). Hence, ou es i-
ma e o he o igin o mig a ion in accipi id
hawks appea s o be one o he oldes da es
published so a . Such es ima es a e impo -
an (ye ema kably lacking) i we a e o un-
de s and he e olu ion o mig a ion in a con-
s an ly changing spa io empo al con ex a a
global scale (Loucha 2008).
The middle o he Miocene pe iod saw a
se ies o global cooling e en s (Zachos e
al. 2001), which esul ed in he expansion
o g asslands and con ac ion o o es habi
a s, possibly opening new niches o bi ds
o p ey. Ou analyses sugges ha accipi id
hawks appea ed sho ly be o e his pe iod,
p obably in he A o opical ealm and colo-
nized o he pa s o he wo ld sho ly he e-
a e . Since mos ex an species belonging
o his lineage a e a leas pa ly mig a o-
y oday, i is likely ha hei ances o al-
so pe o med seasonal mig a o y mo e-
men s. Al e na i ely, mig a ion could ha e
e ol ed sepa a ely in hese lineages due
o simila selec i e en i onmen s (i.e. as a
consequence o con e gen e olu ion a
he han sha ed phylogene ic backg ound).
Since mig a ion is a phylogene ically labile
ai ha can e ol e e y quickly (see e.g.
Zink 2011), independen e olu ion in mul-
iple lineages expe iencing simila selec i e
en i onmen s is a plausible scena io o he
occu ence o mig a o y beha io in clus e s
o closely ela ed species. Howe e , his ex-
plana ion is clea ly less pa simonious in ex-
plaining he e olu ion o mig a ion in ue
hawks, since his g oup con ains bo h em-
pe a e opical and in a opical mig an s
on di e en con inen s, which would im-
ply simul aneous, independen selec ion o
mig a ion in a wide a ie y o di e en en-
i onmen s on di e en pa s o he wo ld.
Join econs uc ion o ances al dis ibu-
ion and mig a o y beha io sugges s ha in
ap o s, mig a ion appea ed mos ly in spe-
cies wi h a sou he n o igin. This is u he
s eng hened by ou di ec ional analyses,
which sugges ha mig a ion is mo e like-
ly o e ol e in opical species and ha mig
a o y ap o s a e mo e likely o swi ch o a
non opical b eeding ange, hence sugges
ing ha mig a o y beha io and ange ex-
pansions a e e ol ing in pa allel. In e es
ingly, we also ound ha he ansi ion a e
om a opical o non opical dis ibu ion
(and ice e sa) is e y low in nonmig a-
o y ap o s, bu no in mig an s, sugges ing
ha mig a ion g ea ly enhanced ange ex-
pansions in his g oup o bi ds.
The sou he n o igin o mig a o y ap o s is
in line wi h p e ious s udies ob aining simi-
la esul s in a a ie y o axonomic g oups
(Joseph e al. 1999, Ou law e al. 2003, Milá
e al. 2006). We ha e o emphasize, howe e ,
ha his esul helps li le in unde s anding
he e olu ion o mig a ion in bi ds o p ey.
As we ha e shown, all majo lineages wi h-
in Accipi idae ace back hei o igin o one
o he sou he n biogeog aphic ealms. Hence,
bo h mig a o y and nonmig a o y species
cu en ly inhabi ing he empe a e zone des
cend om he opics. Ou analyses do sug-
ges , howe e , ha mig a ion is mo e likely
o eme ge in he opics han in he empe
a e zone, and ha mig a o y bi ds a e mo e
likely o dispe se and swi ch om a opi-
cal dis ibu ion o a non opical one. Hence,
he ela ionship be ween coloniza ion o he
empe a e zone and he e olu ion o mig a-
ion could be he e e se o wha adi ional-
ly is assumed, i.e. mig a o y bi ds (in a opi
cal mig an s) mo e likely o colonize no el
habi a s and expand o No h. This hypo he-
sis could be es ed in he u u e by in es iga
ing he ecological and beha io al ai s p o-
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mo ing he coloniza ion o empe a e habi a s
in a b oade sample o bi ds.
Since all bi ds o p ey a e o opical an-
ces y, hei ances o s mus ha e unde gone
ange expansions o he empe a e egion.
Ye , no all o hese species became mig a-
o y. We ound ha win e die specializa ion
p edic s he occu ence o mig a ion in acci
pi id bi ds o p ey, wi h mig a o y species
elying on mo e a iable die s. The abili y
o eed on a wide sou ce o ood ypes could
g ea ly enhance he p obabili y ha a species
su i es he win e in he empe a e zone
whe e ood a ailabili y is much lowe du ing
he win e (New on 2008). Hence, his could
a leas pa ly explain in e speci ic di e en
ces in mig a o iness. In e es ingly, we ound
no associa ion be ween mig a ion and eli-
ance on wa mblooded p ey o ca cass, sug-
ges ing ha hese ood sou ces alone migh
no be enough o sus ain mos species in he
empe a e zone du ing win e . Fo ins ance,
wo o he ou ul u e species ha occu in
Eu ope ( he G i on Vul u e Gyps ul us, and
he Egyp ian Vul u e) a e mig a o y, despi e
he ac ha hei majo ood sou ce – ca cass
– is mos likely a ailable yea ound. How-
e e , hese ood sou ces migh also show sea-
sonal luc ua ions (e.g. Kendall e al. 2012).
Al e na i ely, o he ac o s, such as selec ion
o ea ly b eeding o ex ended b eeding sea-
son could gene a e di e ences in mig a o-
iness be ween popula ions o species (e.g.
Tökölyi & Ba a 2011, Camacho 2013). Fu -
he wo k is equi ed o cla i y ecological de-
e minan s o mig a ion in bi ds o p ey.
Acknowledgemen s
We would like o exp ess ou g a i ude o
he wo anonymous e e ees o hei use ul
commen s on ou manusc ip . J. N. was sup-
po ed by a schola ship om he Uni e si-
y o Deb ecen’s Talen De elopmen P og
am (DETEP). J. T. was suppo ed by he
TÁMOP 4.2.2.C11/1/KONV20120010
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opean Social Fund and he Eu opean Re-
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