Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves : Trochilidae). 10. Cyanomyia salvini Brewster, 1893, is an intergeneric hybrid of Amazilia violiceps and Cynanthus latirostris

Abstract

Cyanomyia salvini Brewster, 1893, collected in Sonora, Mexico, is shown to be a hybrid between Amazilia violiceps ellioti and Cynanthus latirostris magicus, whose breeding ranges overlap extensively in northwestern Mexico. This specimen represents the only known intergeneric hybrid between species currently placed in Amazilia and Cynanthus (Sibley and Monroe 1990).