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Taxonomic notes on hummingbirds (Aves : Trochilidae) 2. Popelairia letitiae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) is a valid species

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dc.contributor.author Graves, Gary R.
dc.date.accessioned 2011-06-20T20:25:54Z
dc.date.available 2011-06-20T20:25:54Z
dc.date.issued 1999
dc.identifier 0006-324X
dc.identifier.citation Graves, Gary R. 1999. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/16731">Taxonomic notes on hummingbirds (Aves : Trochilidae) 2. Popelairia letitiae (Bourcier &amp; Mulsant, 1852) is a valid species</a>." <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington</em>, 112, (4) 804–812.
dc.identifier.issn 0006-324X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10088/16731
dc.description.abstract Popelairia letitiae (Bourcier &amp; Mulsant, 1852), known from two specimens supposedly from Bolivia, appears to be a valid species. Analysis of plumage color and morphometrics indicates that P. letitiae does not represent an immature plumage or geographic variant of Discosura longicauda, although this species and P. letitiae may be sister taxa. No credible evidence for a hybrid origin of P. letitiae was discovered. &quot;Letitia&#39;s Coquette&quot; is proposed as the common English name for P. letitiae.
dc.format.extent 804–812
dc.publisher BIOL SOC WASHINGTON
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112 (4)
dc.title Taxonomic notes on hummingbirds (Aves : Trochilidae) 2. Popelairia letitiae (Bourcier &amp; Mulsant, 1852) is a valid species
dc.type article
sro.identifier.refworksID 19940
sro.identifier.itemID 75005
sro.description.unit NMNH
sro.description.unit NH-Vertebrate Zoology
sro.identifier.url https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/16731
sro.publicationPlace WASHINGTON; NAT MUSEUM NAT HIST SMITHSONIAN INST, WASHINGTON, DC 20560 USA


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