Inagua woodstar

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Inagua woodstar
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Nesophlox
Species:
N. lyrura
Binomial name
Nesophlox lyrura
(Gould, 1869)
Synonyms

Nesophlox evelynae lyrura

The Inagua woodstar (Nesophlox lyrura) is a species of hummingbird. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Bahama woodstar before being split by the NACC of the AOU in 2015. It is endemic to Inagua in the Bahamas.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Calliphlox. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Calliphlox was polyphyletic.[2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the Inagua woodstar was moved to the resurrected genus Nesophlox.[3][4]

Description[]

The bird itself is quite small, with long, forked tail feathers. Males have brilliant purple iridescent foreheads and throats, and females have orange on their flanks and edges of their tail feathers. Their calls are a series of harsh 'tit' or 'tit-it' notes. Males often use their tails as a percussive instrument in flight. [5]

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Nesophlox lyrura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T133484007A133490508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T133484007A133490508.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Inagua Woodstar". eBird. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  • Feo, T. J., J. M. Musser, J. Berv, and C. J. Clark, Divergency in morphology, calls, song, mechanical sounds, and genetics supports species status for the Inaguan hummingbird (Trochilidae: Calliphlox "evelynae" lyrura) Auk: Ornithological Advances 132:248-264.


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