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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Trochilidae
Subfamilia: Trochilinae
Genus: Amazilia
Species:
A. boucardi –
A. luciae –
A. rutila –
A. tzacatl –
A. yucatanensis
Species transferred to other genera:
- To Saucerottia: A. beryllina – A. castaneiventris – A. cyanifrons – A. cyanocephala – A. cyanura – A. edward – A. saucerottei –A. tobaci – A. viridigaster
- To Amazilis: A. amazilia
- To Polyerata: A. amabilis – A. decora – A. rosenbergi
- To Chrysuronia A. brevirostris – A. leucogaster – A. versicolor
- To Chlorestes: A. candida
- To Elliotomyia: A. chionogaster – A. viridicauda
- To Chionomesa: A. fimbriata – A. lactea
- To Uranomitra: A. franciae
- To Ramosomyia: A. violiceps – A. viridifrons – A. wagneri
Name
[edit]Amazilia Lesson, 1843
- Typus: Ornismya rutila Delattre, 1843 = Amazilia rutila
Synonyms
[edit]- Eranna Heine, 1863 J.Ornith. p. 187 BHL
- Arena Mulsant, 1877 Hist.Nat.Ois.-Mouches p. 5 BHL
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Lesson, R.P. 1843. Complément a l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches; tom.4 inédit. L'Écho du monde savant et l'Hermès: journal analytique des nouvelles et des cours scientifiques (2)10: no.31 3º art. col.732–735 BHL; no.32 4º art. col.755–758 BHLReference page. col. 757
Additional references
[edit]- Schuchmann, K-L. 1999. Family Trochilidae (hummingbirds). Pp. 468-680 in Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 5. Barn-owls to hummingbirds. (J. del Hoyo et al., eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. AbstractReference page.
- McGuire, J.A., Witt, C.C., Altshuler, D.L. & Remsen, Jr., J.V. 2007. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of hummingbirds: Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood analyses of partitioned data and selection of an appropriate partitioning strategy. Systematic Biology 56(5):837–856. DOI: 10.1080/10635150701656360
Reference page.
- McGuire, J.A., Witt, C.C., Remsen, Jr., J.V., Dudley, R. & Altshuler, D.L. 2008. A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds. Journal of Ornithology 150:155–165. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0330-x Full article (PDF)Reference page.
- McGuire, J.A., Witt, C.C., Remsen, Jr., J.V., Corl, A., Rabosky, D.L., Altshuler, D.L. & Dudley, R. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of Hummingbirds. Current Biology 24: 910–916. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016
ErratumReference page.
- Stiles, F.G., Piacentini, V.Q. & Remsen, Jr., J.V. 2017. A brief history of the generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): the chaos of the past and problems to be resolved. Zootaxa 4269(3): 396–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.4 PDF.Reference page.
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