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Article: Affinities of the Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius) determined by cytochrome-b sequence data.
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- Wilson Bulletin
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Hermit hummingbirds are common inhabitants of forest interior throughout the Neo-tropics. The distinctive appearance of hermits has led to their designation as a subfamily within the Trochilidae since the first systematic treatments of hummingbirds (Reichenbach 1854, Cabanis and Heine 1860, Gould 1861, Ridgway 1911). However, the intrafamilial affinities of the enigmatic Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius), a large and distinctive form endemic to the humid lowlands of southeastern Brazil (Ruschi 1986, Grantsau 1988, Sick 1993), have been the subject of considerable debate (Monroe and Sibley 1993, Hinkelmann and Schuchmann 1997, Gerwin and Zink 1998, del Hoyo et al. ...