Hybrid, subspecies, or species? the validity and taxonomic status of phaethornis longuemareus aethopyga zimmer, 1950 (Trochilidae)

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 604-612

  Piacentini, Vítor De Q ^a   Aleixo , Alexandre ^b   Silveira, Luís F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distribution; Hybridization; Little Hermit; P. longuemareus aethopyga; Phaethornis aethopyga; Tapaj s Hermit; Taxonomy; Trochilidae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLUMAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION;

AETHOPYGA; PHAETHORNIS; PHAETHORNIS LONGUEMAREUS; PHAETHORNIS RUBER; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 73349114902     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08130     Document Type: Article

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