An extinct hummingbird species that never was: a cautionary tale about sampling issues in molecular phylogenetics
J. L. Perez-Eman, J. Perdigon Ferreira, N. Gutierrez-Pinto, A. M. Cuervo, L. N. Cespedes, C. C. Witt, C. D. Cadena
The paper reanalyzes mitochondrial DNA data to challenge the status of Heliangelus zusii as a distinct species, suggesting it may result from hybridization with Aglaiocercus kingii.
bioRxiv · Jun 14, 2017Evolutionary Biology