Taxonomy and biogeography of Stephanoxis Simon, 1897 (Aves: Trochilidae)

After the description in the 19th century of two hummingbird species currently allocated to the genus Stephanoxis, Peters (1945) merged both taxa into a single species without providing any rationale. Here we re-evaluate the taxonomy and species limits of the representatives of this genus based on a...

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Main Authors: Vagner Cavarzere, Luís Fábio Silveira, Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos, Rolf Grantsau, Fernando Costa Straube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-01-01
Series:Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492014000700001&lng=en&tlng=en