Post by Melanie on May 7, 2009 6:59:18 GMT
Chalcostigma purpureicauda Hartert, 1898. "Purple-tailed Thornbill": known from one "Bogotá" specimen; treated as a valid species by Cory (1918); treated as a valid species in the genus Metallura by Peters (1945); probably a hybrid (Aglaiocercus kingi X Lesbia victoriae) (Berlioz REF, Meyer de Schauensee 1966, Fjeldså & Krabbe 1990, Sibley & Monroe 1990, Schuchmann et al. 1999). Current HM makes no mention of it anywhere.