Florisuginae

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Florisuginae
White-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora mellivora) male Tr.jpg
Male white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Florisuginae
Bonaparte, 1853
Genera

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Florisuginae is one of the six subfamilies in the hummingbird family Trochilidae.

Contents

The subfamily contains two genera, Topaza and Florisuga , which each contain two species.

Phylogeny

A molecular phylogenetic study of the hummingbirds published in 2007 found that the family was composed of nine major clades. [1] When Edward Dickinson and James Van Remsen, Jr. updated the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World for the 4th edition in 2013 they divided the hummingbirds into six subfamilies and proposed using the name Florisuginae for the clade consisting of the genera Topaza and Florisuga . The subfamily Florisuginae had originally been introduced (as Florisugeae) by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1853. [2] [3]

Molecular phylogenetic studies by Jimmy McGuire and collaborators published between 2007 and 2014 determined the relationships between the major groups of hummingbirds. [4] [1] [5] In the cladogram below the English names are those introduced in 1997. [6] The Latin names are those proposed by Dickinson and Remsen in 2013. [7]

Trochilidae

Florisuginae – topazes

Phaethornithinae – hermits

Polytminae – mangoes

Lesbiinae

Heliantheini – brilliants

Lesbiini – coquettes

Patagoninae – giant hummingbird

Trochilinae

Lampornithini – mountain gems

Mellisugini – bees

Trochilini – emeralds

Taxonomic list

The subfamily contains four species. [8]

ImageGenusLiving species
Crimson Topaz (Topaza pella).jpg Topaza
White-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora mellivora) male Tr.jpg Florisuga

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References

  1. 1 2 McGuire, J.A.; Witt, C.C.; Altshuler, D.L.; Remsen, 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. PMID   17934998.
  2. ↑ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1853). "Classification ornithologique par séries". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 37: 641–647 [645].
  3. ↑ Dickinson & Remsen 2013, p. 105.
  4. ↑ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. Bibcode:2014CBio...24..910M. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 . PMID   24704078.
  5. ↑ McGuire, J.A.; Witt, C.C.; Remsen, J.V.; Dudley, R.; Altshuler, D.L. (2009). "A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds". Journal of Ornithology. 150 (1): 155–165. doi:10.1007/s10336-008-0330-x.
  6. ↑ Bleiweiss, R.; Kirsch, J.A.; Matheus, J.C. (1997). "DNA hybridization evidence for the principal lineages of hummingbirds (Aves:Trochilidae)". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14 (3): 325–343. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025767 . PMID   9066799.
  7. ↑ Dickinson & Remsen 2013, pp. 105–136.
  8. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

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