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Trochilidae (5 Viewers)

andrew147 said:
I'm struggling with this one. The sister sp to Eriocnemis glaucopoides, is the outrageously different Loddigesia mirabilis and the very similar Eriocnemis mirabilis is not included.

Has human error definitely been ruled out?
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And just to confuse things further, the illustrated example they give for the Brilliants clade is the (supposedly) unsampled Eriocnemis mirabilis!
 
Selasphorus

Clark 2014. Harmonic hopping, and both punctuated and gradual evolution of acoustic characters in Selasphorus hummingbird tail-feathers. PLoS ONE 9(4): e93829. [article] [pdf]
 
cajanuma said:
I'm also intrigued by the presence of a Colibri sp. sister to C. thalassinus (Green Violetear) in the phylogenetic trees.
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A search for the B-number (49711) on the LSU Museum of Natural History's website gives this specimen as Aglaeactis aliciae (which, after checking the tree, would appear to be unsampled).

Liam
 
José Gerardo Ham Dueñas (2011) Filogenia molecular en Lampornis (Aves: Trochilidae): nueva inferencia en las interrelaciones evolutivas a partir de ADNmt. Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas (Sistemática), Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
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Blanca Estela Hernandez Baños, 1998. Filogenia del genero Eupherusa Gould (aves: Trochilidae). Tesis de Doctorado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
[PDF] (links for other chapters on the left side)

Lucas Eduardo Araújo Silva, 2012. Phylogeography of the Straight-billed Hermit Phaethornis bourcieri (Aves:Trochilidae): biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Dissertação, Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA.
PDF here (on the bottom of the page)

Clementina González Zaragoza, 2011. Diversidad vocal y estructura genética en Campylopterus curvipennis (Aves: Trochilidae). Tesis de Doctorado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
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Rosa Daniela Tovilla Sierra, 2012. Variación geográfica del espacio morfológico del colobrí Eugenes fulgens (Trochilidae). Tesis de Maestría, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
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Vítor de Queiroz Piacentini, 2011. Taxonomia e distribuição geográfica dos representantes do gênero Phaethornis Swainson, 1827 (Aves: Trochilidae). Tesis de Doctorado, Universidade de São Paulo.
PDF here

Luz Estela Zamudio Beltrán, 2010. Filogenia y variación dentro del complejo Hylocharis leucotis Vieillot, 1818 (Aves: Trochilidae) utilizando secuencias de DNA. Tesis de Maestría, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
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Trochilus

Judy, Brumfield & Graves. Speciation and hybridization in Jamaican Streamertail Hummingbirds. Evolution 2014. (p242)
Trochilus polytmus and Trochilus scitulus are known to hybridize, but the hybrid zone has stayed shockingly narrow through time. The origin and maintenance of such a narrow hybrid zone linking species with high dispersal capabilities on a small oceanic island defies traditional explanations. The standard toolbox of techniques and genetic markers used to study hybrid zones has failed to reveal fixed differences that are generally needed to reconstruct speciation scenarios. We use genotyping-by-sequencing to gather a genomic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) dataset for both parental types and putative hybrids. We use these data to examine patterns of genomic differentiation and introgression and look for signatures of selection. We discuss the implications of these results for Trochilus, and also discuss ways these genomic data can be used in conjunction with other datasets for hybrid zone studies.
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Schuchmann 1999 (HBW 5):
[With thanks to Nick Sly.]
 
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Mexican Sheartail

Licona-Vera & Ornelas 2014. Genetic, ecological and morphological divergence between populations of the endangered Mexican Sheartail hummingbird (Doricha eliza). PLoS ONE 9(7): e101870. [article] [pdf]

Peterson 1999 (HBW 5).
 
Evolution of sweet taste perception

Jiang & Beauchamp 2014. Sensing nectar's sweetness. Science 345(6199): 878–879. [summary]

Baldwin, Toda, Nakagita, O'Connell, Klasing, Misaka, Edwards & Liberles 2014. Evolution of sweet taste perception in hummingbirds by transformation of the ancestral umami receptor. Science 345(6199): 929–933. [abstract] [[URL="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6199/929.figures-only"]figures[/URL]] [suppl]

Harvard Medical School, 21 Aug 2014: How hummingbirds evolved to detect sweetness.
 
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Violet Sabrewing

Escalante & Hernández-Baños. Cryptic species detected by DNA in the Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus). 26th IOC, Tokyo, 2014.
In the course of barcoding the birds of Mexico using a 650 bp of the CO1 mitochondrial gene, we came across one specimen that differed remarkably from 2 other specimens collected in the same area of Veracruz (Los Tuxtlas, Mexico). Sequences were checked to discard mislabelling of specimens, or nuclear sequences. Blast of the odd sequence matched almost completely one sample of Violet Sabrewing in the Barcode of Life Data System from Panama. Twelve more samples of Violet Sabrewings from Veracruz have been analysed and a more robust pattern has emerged, revealing two populations in southern Veracruz of different genetic origin (7.6% genetic distance with a neighbour joining algorithm between the two groups). Because these samples show a clear-cut difference the only plausible explanation is that they belong to different lineages. Violet Sabrewings are abundant in tropical rain forest ranging from southern Mexico to Panama. Although seasonal fluctuations had been detected in Nicaragua and Costa Rica (Skutch 1967, Stiles ad Skutch 1989) they are usually recorded as resident hummingbirds. Altitudinal and intratropical migratory behavior are expected in frugivorous or nectarivorous species (Levey and Stiles 1992) due to the high spatial and temporal variation in their resource base, but patterns of movement in tropical species are basically unknown. Morphological data corroborates this result. The pattern now indicates that either the Veracruz population receives an intra-tropical migratory population from the south, or the two putative species are sympatric in this part of the range. A more detailed study throughout the species range is under way.
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Stiles 1999 (HBW 5).
 
Hylocharis/Basilinna

Hernández-Baños, Zamudio-Beltrán, Eguiarte-Fruns, Klicka & García-Moreno 2014. The Basilinna genus (Aves: Trochilidae): an evaluation based on molecular evidence and implications for the genus Hylocharis. Rev Mex Biodivers 85(3): 797–807. [abstract] [pdf]

Basilinna is treated as valid genus by Howell & Webb 1995, HBW/BirdLife and IOC; but is merged into Hylocharis by AOU, H&M4 and eBird/Clements.
 
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Beta diversity in South American hummingbirds

Weinstein, Tinoco, Parra, Brown, McGuire, Stiles & Graham 2014. Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and trait beta diversity in South American hummingbirds. Am Nat 184(2): 211–224. [abstract & preview] [pdf]

[With thanks to Manuel Plenge for reporting on NEOORN.]
 
Feeding ecology

Abrahamczyk & Kessler (in press). Morphological and behavioural adaptations to feed on nectar: how feeding ecology determines the diversity and composition of hummingbird assemblages. J Ornithol. [abstract & preview]
 
Inagua Woodstar

Feo, Musser, Berv & Clark 2015. Divergence in morphology, calls, song, mechanical sounds, and genetics supports species status for the Inaguan hummingbird (Trochilidae: Calliphlox "evelynae" lyrura). Auk 132(1): 248–264. [abstract]

Schuchmann & Kirwan 2013 (HBW Alive).
 
Lyre-tailed/Inagua/Inaguan Hummingbird/Woodstar/Sheartail/Lyretail

Richard Klim said:
Feo, Musser, Berv & Clark 2015. Divergence in morphology, calls, song, mechanical sounds, and genetics supports species status for the Inaguan hummingbird (Trochilidae: Calliphlox "evelynae" lyrura). Auk 132(1): 248–264. [abstract]
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Now open access: [pdf]
Several common names have previously been given to lyrura: Lyre-shaped Woodstar (Gould 1887), Lyre-tailed Hummingbird (Cory 1880), Inagua Woodstar (Cory 1918), and Inagua Sheartail (Howell 2002). "Lyre-tailed" refers to the uniquely shaped tail feathers of males, which originally characterized the species, whereas "Inagua" is the appropriate toponym. Given the unique, outwardly curving tail feathers of males and their endemic Inaguan geography, we recommend the common name Inaguan Lyretail.
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IOC World Bird List.
www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/update-diary/
2014 Dec 18: Post proposed split of Lyre-tailed Woodstar (Inaguan Lyretail?) on Updates/PS
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West Indies

Abrahamczyk, Souto-Vilarós, McGuire & Renner (in press). Diversity and clade ages of West Indian hummingbirds and the largest plant clades dependent on them: a 5–9 Myr young mutualistic system. Biol J Linn Soc. [abstract] [supp info]
 

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