Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 17. Documentation of the intrageneric hybrid (Archilochus colubris × Archilochus alexandri)

Gary R. Graves; Donna L. Dittmann; Steven W. Cardiff

doi:10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q1.1

Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 17. Documentation of the intrageneric hybrid (Archilochus colubris × Archilochus alexandri)

Gary R. Graves^*, Donna L. Dittmann, Steven W. Cardiff

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Abstract

Although the breeding ranges of Archilochus alexandri (Black-chinned Hummingbird) and Archilochus colubris (Ruby throated Hummingbird) are narrowly parapatric in central Texas and central and southern Oklahoma, there have been few reports of hybridization in the literature and no well-documented hybrid specimens. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of two male hybrids collected, respectively, in Grayson County, Texas, and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. As has been the pattern in other hummingbird hybrids, both specimens exhibit a blended mosaic of plumage characters of the parental species. Sequence for mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) for the hybrid specimen from East Baton Rouge Parish (LSU 182,831) confirms A. colubris as the female parent.

Original language	English
Journal	Biological Society of Washington. Proceedings
Volume	129
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0006-324X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q1.1
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Archilochus alexandri
Archilochus colubris
Black-chinned Hummingbird
hybridization
Ruby throated Hummingbird

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Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 17. Documentation of the intrageneric hybrid (Archilochus colubris × Archilochus alexandri). / Graves, Gary R.; Dittmann, Donna L.; Cardiff, Steven W.

In: Biological Society of Washington. Proceedings, Vol. 129, No. 1, 2016, p. 1-9.

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Diagnoses of hybrid hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). 17. Documentation of the intrageneric hybrid (Archilochus colubris × Archilochus alexandri)

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