Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves : Trochilidae). 7. Probable parentage of Calliphlox iridescens Gould, 1860

Abstract

Calliphlox iridescens Gould, 1860 is hypothesized to be a hybrid between Calliphlox amethystina and Chlorostilbon aureoventris. The hybrid, collected at Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, exhibits a blended mosaic of plumage characters of the presumed parental species. External measurements of the hybrid fall between the character means of the parental species and approach the values expected from least squares regression of parental measurements.