A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds |
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| Authors: | Jimmy A. McGuire Christopher C. Witt J. V. Remsen R. Dudley Douglas L. Altshuler |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, 94720-3160, USA;(2) Museum of Southwestern Biology and Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA;(3) LSU Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, 119 Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA;(4) Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521-0427, USA |
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| Abstract: | In the context of a recently published phylogenetic estimate for 151 hummingbird species, we provide an expanded informal taxonomy, as well as a formal phylogenetic taxonomy for Trochilidae that follows the precepts of the PhyloCode, but remains consistent with the hierarchical nomenclature of the Linnaean system. We compare the recently published phylogenetic hypothesis with those of prior higher-level and more taxonomically circumscribed phylogenetic studies. We recommend the recognition of nine new clade names under the PhyloCode, eight of which are consistent with tribes and one with a subfamily under the Linnaean system. |
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| Keywords: | Phylogenetic taxonomy PhyloCode Phylogeny Trochilidae |
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