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New records of birds from the summit of Cerro Guaiquinima, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela

2003; British Ornithologists' Club; Volume: 123; Linguagem: Inglês

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Jorge L. Pérez‐Emán, Christopher J. Sharpe, R Lentino, Richard O. Prum, Francisco Carreño,

Plant and soil sciences

Cerro Guaiquinima, located in the Paragua river basin in the Estado Bolivar, is one of the largest isolated sandstone mesas of the Pantepui region, with an estimated summit area of 1,096 km (Mayr & Phelps 1967, Berry et al. 1995). It lies between the eastern and western tepui clusters, isolated from them respectively by the basins of the Caroni and Paragua rivers. No ornithological accounts of Cerro Guaiquinima have yet been published. Floristic and palaeoecological data have been reported by Steyermark & Dunsterville (1980), Rull (1991), and Berry et al. (1995). Herpetological accounts have been provided by Donnelly & Myers (1991) and Magdefrau et al. (1991). The summit of Cerro Guaiquinima was first explored ornithologically by the topographer, Felix Cardona, who reached it in October 1943 and returned in Junename. In context, however, it is clear that he was proposing sarothrura as the name of a species of Monacanthus. It is presently a junior synonym, but I do not know of which species. A search of various websites of fish names and synonyms yielded no hits. Peculiarities in van Hasselt’s names have created problems elsewhere, and have led to Kottelat (1987). Thus there is no justification whatsoever for the new generic name Daseioura that I proposed in the version published in vol. 123: 133-45, and the names published on page 40 containing Daseioura should all revert to Sarothrura. I maintain, however, my argument that Slender-billed Flufftail S. watersi should be allocated to a distinct genus, Lemurolimnas Salomonsen 1934.