# Reply to Sangster, G.; Luksenburg, J.A. Contamination of Consensus Sequences in Next-Generation Mitogenomics: The Published Mitochondrial Genome of Haliastur indus Is a Chimera with DNA from Butastur indicus. Comment on “Sonongbua et al. Insights into Mitochondrial Rearrangements and Selection in Accipitrid Mitogenomes, with New Data on Haliastur indus and Accipiter badius poliopsis. Genes 2024, 15, 1439”

**Authors:** Jumaporn Sonongbua, Worapong Singchat, Artem Lisachov, Kornsorn Srikulnath

PMC · DOI: 10.3390/genes17010088 · 2026-01-14

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- **Species:** Haliastur indus (brahminy kite, species) [taxon 8971], Accipiter badius poliopsis (subspecies) [taxon 1028790], Butastur indicus (Grey-faced buzzard, species) [taxon 335207]

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