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- Title
On the absence of the Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna (Trochilidae) from Venezuela: an analysis based on environmental niche modelling.
- Authors
Perazzi, Paolo Ramoni; Schuchmann, Karl L.; Bortone, Magdiel Ablan; Werschitz, Alejandra Soto
- Abstract
Background Lesbia nuna, a hummingbird distributed in the tropical Andes, has been included in Venezuela's bird list on the basis of a specimen collected in 1873 at Sierra Nevada, Mérida and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, with no further records for this country since then. This record, largely considered as valid by most authors, has been questioned by others, although without formal analyses. New information The potential habitat range of the Green-Tailed Trainbearer, Lesbia nuna gouldii (Trochilidae), in the northern Andes from Ecuador to Venezuela was modelled, using maximum entropy niche modelling, environmental covariates and records from locations across the Colombian Andes. The predicted suitable habitat range corresponded well to the known range of the subspecies L. n. gouldii in Colombia and clearly excluded Sierra Nevada. Therefore, these analyses suggest that this species should be removed from the Venezuelan bird list.
- Subjects
VENEZUELA; BIOLOGICAL extinction; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; MOUNTAINS; NATURAL History Museum (London, England)
- Publication
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2017, p1
- ISSN
1314-2836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/BDJ.5.e22092