"Racket-tailed Thorntail" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. But if there is a Dark-eyed White-eye, then sure, why not?
I was taken aback for a moment... I thought that Thorntails were in Furnariidae, not Trochilidae. But that's Spinetails... and Thornbirds. So okay, carry on SACC.
Ah yes...and then there's the following names, shared across different orders:
Spinetail: Apodidae (e.g. Zoonavena, Mearnsia), Furnariidae (e.g. Cranioleuca, Synallaxis)
Sicklebill: Trochilidae (Eutoxeres), Paradisaeidae (Drepanornis, Epimachus)
Thornbill: Trochilidae (Ramphomicron, Chalcostigma), Acanthizidae (Acanthiza)
Racket-tail (or Racquet-tail): Trochilidae (Ocreatus), Psittacidae (Prioniturus)
Note that at least one family in each pair is apodiform. Additionally, "Vulture" can now be considered to be shared between two orders, with the separation of Cathartiformes from Accipitriformes.
Liam
Ah yes...and then there's the following names, shared across different orders:
Spinetail: Apodidae (e.g. Zoonavena, Mearnsia), Furnariidae (e.g. Cranioleuca, Synallaxis)
Sicklebill: Trochilidae (Eutoxeres), Paradisaeidae (Drepanornis, Epimachus)
Thornbill: Trochilidae (Ramphomicron, Chalcostigma), Acanthizidae (Acanthiza)
Racket-tail (or Racquet-tail): Trochilidae (Ocreatus), Psittacidae (Prioniturus)
Note that at least one family in each pair is apodiform. Additionally, "Vulture" can now be considered to be shared between two orders, with the separation of Cathartiformes from Accipitriformes.
Liam
A cryptic new species of hummingbird of the Campylopterus largipennis complex (Aves: Trochilidae)
LEONARDO ESTEVES LOPES, MARCELO FERREIRA DE VASCONCELOS, LUIZ PEDREIRA GONZAGA
Abstract
A new species of Campylopterus sabrewing is described from eastern Brazilian tropical dry forests occurring below 900 m asl. Its holotype (MZUSP 99024) is an adult female from Sítio Duboca (16°43’19’’S, 43°58’20’’W, elevation 840 m), municipality of Montes Claros, state of Minas Gerais. A taxonomic revision based on more than 1,000 museum specimens revealed that the new taxon, together with C. largipennis, C. diamantinensis and C. obscurus (with C. aequatorialis considered as a subjective junior synonym) should be ranked as species. We provide a key to permit easy identification of the four species. The new species is very similar to the parapatric C. diamantinensis of high altitude “campos rupestres” above 1,000 m asl, differing from it by its smaller size and longer light tail tips, as well as by sternum measurements. Given the several threats faced by the habitat to which the new species is endemic, we propose to consider it as Vulnerable under the IUCN criteria.
Keywords
cryptic biodiversity, Neotropical, Trochilidae, tropical dry forests, Aves
http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4268.1.1
Campylopterus calcirupicola sp. nov
Proposal (808) to SACC:
Species limits in Oreotrochilus
A. Elevate Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni to species rank
B. Recognize newly described Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus
Treat Lophornis verreauxii as a separate subspecies from Lophornis chalybeus
Francisco Sornoza-Molina, Juan F. Freile, Jonas Nilsson, Niels Krabbe, and Elisa Bonaccorso (2018) A striking, critically endangered, new species of hillstar (Trochilidae: Oreotrochilus) from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador. The Auk: October 2018, Vol. 135, No. 4, pp. 1146-1171.
Proposal (808) to SACC:
Species limits in Oreotrochilus
A. Elevate Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni to species rank
B. Recognize newly described Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus