Ramosomyia
Genus of birds
Ramosomyia is a genus in family Trochilidae , the hummingbirds, that was created in 2021 to replace Leucolia .
Taxonomy and species list
The genus contains three species:[ 1]
Genus Ramosomyia – M.D. Bruce & F.G. Stiles , 2021 – three species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Violet-crowned hummingbird
Ramosomyia violiceps (Gould, 1859)
R. v. violiceps
R. v. ellioti
Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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LC
Green-fronted hummingbird
Ramosomyia viridifrons (Elliot, 1871)
Mexico and possibly Guatemala
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
Cinnamon-sided hummingbird
Ramosomyia wagneri (Phillips, AR, 1966)
Mexico
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
These species were early placed in the genus Amazilia . A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Amazilia was polyphyletic .[ 2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, these Mexican species were placed in the resurrected genus Leucolia by some taxonomic systems.[ 3] However, a study published in 2021 showed that Leucolia was not available because of the principle of priority . The authors proposed the new genus Ramosomyia and in mid-2022 it was adopted by the North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society and the International Ornithological Committee .[ 4] [ 5] [ 1] As of that date the Clements taxonomy retains the three species in Leucolia and BirdLife International 's Handbook of the Birds of the World in the earlier Amazilia .[ 6] [ 7]
References
^ a b Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds" . IOC World Bird List . v 12.2. Retrieved August 8, 2022 .
^ 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 .
^ Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny" . Zootaxa . 4353 (3): 401–424. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3 . PMID 29245495 .
^ Bruce, M.D.; Stiles, F.G. (2021). "The generic nomenclature of the emeralds, Trochilini (Apodiformes: Trochilidae): two replacement generic names required". Zootaxa . 4950 (2): 377–382. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.4950.2.8 . PMID 33903443 . S2CID 233410575 .
^ "Check-list of North and Middle American Birds" . American Ornithological Society. August 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022 .
^ Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ Retrieved August 25, 2021
^ HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip retrieved August 7, 2022