TAXONOMY OF THE STRIPE-HEADED TANAGER, GENUS SPINDALIS (AVES:THRAUPIDAE) OF THE WEST INDIES
1997; Wilson Ornithological Society; Volume: 109; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1938-5447
AutoresOrlando H. Garrido, Kenneth C. Parkes, George B. Reynard, Arturo Kirkconnell, R. L. Sutton,
Tópico(s)Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
ResumoThe systematics of the genus Spindak of the Greater Antilles and Cozumel Island, off Yucatan, are herein analyzed. Meristic data, coloration, and weight of the eight described taxa are compared. A table with extremes and means of all measurements is provided. Vocalizations of most of the principal taxa are compared. Final analysis of these comparisons suggests that rather than representing a single polytypic species, this complex is a superspecies with four allospecies: zena, portoricensis, dominicensis, and nigricephala. Therefore the Jamaican population becomes an endemic species, Spindalis nigricephala, as does the Puerto Rican S. portoricensis. Hispaniola and Gonave Island are inhabited by S. dominicensis. The fourth allospecies, S. zena, is a polytypic species represented by five endemic subspecies: S. z. zena in some islands of the Northern and Central Bahamas; S. z. townsendi confined to Grand Bahama, the Abacos, and Green Turtle Cay; S. z. pretrei in Cuban territory; S. z. salvini confined to the island of Grand Cayman; and S. z. benedicti confined to Cozumel Island, east of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. A zoogeographic com- parison with other endemic West Indian genera is presented. Received II June 1996, ac- cepted I May 1997.
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