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Post by Melanie on May 12, 2012 16:56:51 GMT
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Post by Melanie on Oct 20, 2019 18:21:39 GMT
Mountain-gem sp. nov. (Lampornis sp. nov.) In 1996, GRA observed a Lampornis hummingbird that he attributed to L. calolaemus homogenes (Purple-throated Mountain-gem) found in the western central cordillera of Panama. The 1996 expedition failed to collect a specimen. In 2011, OGL and fellow expedition members collected two males that provided phenotypic, and ultimately genetic evidence, of the distinctiveness of the Cerro Hoya form (Figure 3). In 2013, six additional specimens were obtained, all males showing the distinctive rufous belly and non-iridescent crown traits that separate the Cerro Hoya taxon from L. calolaemus homogenes. A full species description is under review. Lampornis hummingbirds are tolerant of mixed forest and open habitat, and while the global population of this species is likely small given the available montane habitat in the Azuero Peninsula, the population is likely stable, having last been connected to populations in other montane areas in Panama when lowland temperatures were cooler during the Pleistocene (Piperno et al. 1990). In fact, the loss of montane habitats due to global climate change likely represents the greatest conservation threat to this newly discovered species (e.g., Pounds et al. 1999; Şekercioğlu et al. 2012). Annotated checklist of the birds (Aves) of Cerro Hoya National Park, Azuero Peninsula, Panamá www.researchgate.net/publication/272563979_Annotated_checklist_of_the_birds_Aves_of_Cerro_Hoya_National_Park_Azuero_Peninsula_Panama |
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Post by Melanie on Oct 20, 2019 18:25:57 GMT
Seems that the description is still pending:
M.J. Miller, J.L. Garzón, O. López Ch., D. Buitrago-Rosas. A new species in the Variable Mountain-gem complex (Trochilidae: Lampornis) from Cerro Hoya, Panama
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