Abstract
In this study we explore the phylogenetic relationships within the hummingbird genera Doryfera, Schistes and Colibri (Family Trochilidae), distributed in the Andes, the Pantepui, the southern Brazilian uplands and the lowlands of South America including the Chocó, the Amazon Basin, the Chaco, the Cerrado, and the southeastern Brazilian coast, as well as Central and Mesoamerica. To do this, we included a comprehensive sampling of the 16 traditionally recognized subspecies within this group. We found that Doryfera, Schistes and Colibri form a well-supported monophyletic group, and that most of the traditionally recognized subspecies are indeed evolutionary lineages. As there is a high likelihood that the ancestors of this clade of hummingbirds were distributed in the lowlands, we ask: what events might account for the diversification of this subclade of mangoes into the Andes with a later potential dispersal episode from the Andes to the lowlands? We found that several phenomena such as the uplift of the Andes, the marine transgressions of the Plio–Pleistocene, the final closure of the Isthmus of Panama and the climatic oscillations of the Pleistocene might be at least, in part, responsible for the diversification of this group in both the lowlands and the highlands of this region of South America.
Zusammenfassung
Phylogenie und Biogeografie einer Untergruppe von Mangokolibris (Aves, Trochilidae) Diese Studie untersucht die phylogenetischen Beziehungen innerhalb der Kolibrigattungen Doryfera, Schistes und Colibri (Trochilidae), deren Verbreitung sich über die Anden, den Pantepui, das südbrasilianische Hochland und das südamerikanische Tiefland einschließlich der Provinzen Choco (Kolumbien) und Chaco (Argentinien), dazu die Savannen in Zentral-Brasilien (Cerrados), das Amazonas Becken, die südöstliche Küste Brasiliens sowie über Zentral- und Mittelamerika erstreckt. In die Studie wurden in einer umfangreichen Beprobung 16 bekannte Unterarten aus der genannten Untergruppe einbezogen. Doryfera, Schistes und Colibri bilden eine monophyletische Gruppe. Die meisten der bekannten Unterarten haben eine gemeinsame evolutionäre Abstammung. Da mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit die Vorfahren dieser Kolibri-Gruppe im Tiefland verbreitet waren, stellt sich die Frage, welche Ereignisse für die Diversifizierung der Untergruppe der Mangokolibris in die Anden mit einer späteren potentiellen Ausbreitungsperiode von den Anden in das Tiefland verantwortlich waren. Wir fanden heraus, dass mehrere Phänomene, wie beispielsweise die Hebung der Anden, die marinen Transgressionen im Plio-Pleistozän, die endgültige Schließung der Landenge von Panama sowie die klimatischen Schwankungen im Pleistozän zumindest in Teilen verantwortlich sein könnten für die Diversifizierung dieser Gruppe in das Tiefland und in das Hochland in dieser Region in Südamerika.
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We wish to thank the following individuals and institutions for providing tissues and toe pads for this study: the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Nate Rice), the Field Museum of Natural History (David E. Willard and John Bates), and the National Museum of Natural History (James P. Dean and Storrs L. Olson), Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science (Donna Dittman and Robb Brumfield), and the Natural History Museum of Denmark (Jon Fjeldså). E. Q. is extremely thankful to Joel Cracraft, John Bates, Eleanor Sterling, Nancy Simmons, and A. Townsend Peterson for making valuable comments and additions to earlier versions of this manuscript, as well as to two anonymous reviewers and the subject editor who suggested improvements to this final version. This paper was part of E. Q.’s doctoral dissertation. Research funding for E. Q.’s doctoral degree was provided by Fulbright, the OAS, the GSAS at Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History Graduate Student Fellowship Program, CONACyT (145857), and the Frank. M. Chapman Memorial Fund of the American Museum of Natural History. Research funding for U. P. was provided by a Frank M. Chapman Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Museum Of Natural History. This paper is a contribution from the Monell Molecular Laboratory and the Cullman Research Facility of the Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, and has received generous support from the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies, a joint initiative of the New York Botanical Garden, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Sackler Institute of Comparative Genomics.
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Quintero, E., Perktaş, U. Phylogeny and biogeography of a subclade of mangoes (Aves, Trochilidae). J Ornithol 159, 29–46 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1486-z
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