DIAGNOSES OF HYBRID HUMMINGBIRDS (AVES, TROCHILIDAE) .3. PARENTAGE OFLESBIA-ORTONI LAWRENCE

Authors
GRAVES GR
Citation
Gr. Graves, DIAGNOSES OF HYBRID HUMMINGBIRDS (AVES, TROCHILIDAE) .3. PARENTAGE OFLESBIA-ORTONI LAWRENCE, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 110(2), 1997, pp. 314-319
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
110
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
314 - 319
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1997)110:2<314:DOHH(T>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Lesbia ortoni Lawrence, 1869, collected in the Quite Valley, Ecuador, is shown to be a hybrid between Lesbia victoriae and Ramphomicron micr orhynchum, sympatric inhabitants of Andean forest edge and shrublands from Colombia to Peru. The hybrid exhibits a blended mosaic of plumage characters of the parental species. Although the parental species dif fer significantly in size, the external measurements of the hybrid app roximate those predicted by least squares regression.