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Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves : Trochilidae). 7. Probable parentage of Calliphlox iridescens Gould, 1860
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Graves, Gary R. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | —Calliphlox iridescens Gould, 1860 is hypothesized to be a hybrid between Calliphlox amethystina and Chlorostilhon aureoventris. The hybrid, collected at Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, exhibits a blended mosaic of plumage characters of the presumed parental species. External measurements of the hybrid fall between the character means of the parental species and approach the values expected from least squares regression of parental measurements. The miniature woodstar, Calliphlox iridescens Gould, 1860, was described from a unique specimen collected at Nova Friburgo. about 100 km northeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gould (1860:310) observed. "If. as 1 believe. I am right in referring this little bird to the genus Calliphlox, it is one of the most remarkable Humming-birds that it has fallen to my lot to describe. In its SUS and form it is very similar to C. ameShystirux, hut in colouring it is like a Chlti- |
| Starting Page | 443 |
| Ending Page | 450 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 112 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/12855/vz_Graves_1999_PBSW_hummerhybrid_7.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
