Ramosomyia

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Ramosomyia is a genus in family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds, that was created in 2021 to replace Leucolia.

Ramosomyia
Cinnamon-sided hummingbird, (Ramosomyia wagneri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Ramosomyia
M.D. Bruce & F.G. Stiles, 2021
Species

3, see text

Synonyms

Leucolia

Taxonomy and species list

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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)

Two subspecies
  • R. v. violiceps
  • R. v. ellioti
Mexico and the southwestern United States.
 
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Green-fronted hummingbird

 

Ramosomyia viridifrons
(Elliot, 1871)
Mexico and possibly Guatemala
 
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
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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

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  1. ^ a b Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  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. Bibcode:2014CBio...24..910M. 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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Check-list of North and Middle American Birds". American Ornithological Society. August 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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