Lesbiinae
{{Short description|Subfamily of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Hummingbird (132680679).jpeg
|image_caption = Female black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)
|taxon = Lesbiinae
|authority = Reichenbach, 1854
|subdivision_ranks = Tribes
|subdivision = 2, see text
}}
Lesbiinae is one of the six subfamilies that make up the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
The subfamily is divided into two tribes: Heliantheini ("brilliants") containing 14 genera and Lesbiini ("coquettes") containing 18 genera.{{ cite journal | last1=McGuire | first1=J. | last2=Witt | first2=C. | last3=Remsen | first3=J.V. | last4=Corl | first4=A. | last5=Rabosky | first5=D. | last6=Altshuler | first6=D. | last7=Dudley | first7=R. | date=2014 | title=Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds | journal=Current Biology | volume=24 | issue=8 | pages=910–916 | doi=10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 | pmid=24704078 | doi-access=free | bibcode=2014CBio...24..910M }}{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2020 | title=Hummingbirds | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=8 January 2020 }}
Phylogeny
A molecular phylogenetic study of the hummingbirds published in 2007 found that the family consisted of nine clades.{{Cite journal | last1=McGuire | first1=J.A. | last2=Witt | first2=C.C. | last3=Altshuler | first3=D.L. | last4=Remsen | first4=J.V. | date=2007 | title=Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of hummingbirds: Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of partitioned data and selection of an appropriate partitioning strategy | journal=Systematic Biology | volume=56 | issue=5 | pages=837–856 | doi=10.1080/10635150701656360 | pmid=17934998 | doi-access= }} When Edward Dickinson and James Van Remsen, Jr. updated the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World for the 4th edition in 2013 they divided the hummingbird family into six subfamilies and proposed using the name Lesbiinae for a subfamily containing the tribes Heliantheini and Lesbiini. The subfamily Lesbiinae had been introduced by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1854.{{ cite journal | last=Reichenbach | first=Ludwig | author-link=Ludwig Reichenbach | year=1854 | title=Aufzählung der Colibris Oder Trochilideen in ihrer wahren natürlichen Verwandtschaft, nebst Schlüssel ihrer Synonymik | journal=Journal für Ornithologie (Supplement) | volume=1 | pages=1–24 [8] | language=German | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13867386 }}{{sfn|Dickinson|Remsen|2013|p=111}}
Molecular phylogenetic studies by Jimmy McGuire and collaborators published between 2007 and 2014 determined the relationships between the major groups of hummingbirds.{{Cite journal | last1=McGuire | first1=J.A. | last2=Witt | first2=C.C. | last3=Remsen | first3=J.V. | last4=Dudley | first4=R. | last5=Altshuler | first5=D.L. | date=2009 | title=A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds | journal=Journal of Ornithology | volume=150 | issue=1 | pages=155–165 | doi=10.1007/s10336-008-0330-x | doi-access= | bibcode=2009JOrni.150..155M }} In the cladogram below the English names are those introduced in 1997.{{Cite journal | last1=Bleiweiss | first1=R. | last2=Kirsch | first2=J.A. | last3=Matheus | first3=J.C. | date=1997 | title=DNA hybridization evidence for the principal lineages of hummingbirds (Aves:Trochilidae). | journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution | volume=14 | issue=3 | pages=325–343 | doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025767 | pmid=9066799 | doi-access=free}} The Latin names are those proposed by Dickinson and Remsen in 2013.{{sfn|Dickinson|Remsen|2013|pp=105–136}}
{{Clade | style=font-size:100%;line-height:100%
|label1=Trochilidae
|1={{clade
|1={{clade
|1=Florisuginae – topazes
|2=Phaethornithinae – hermits
}}
|2={{clade
|1=Polytminae – mangoes
|2={{clade
|label1=Lesbiinae
|1={{clade
|1=Heliantheini – brilliants
|2=Lesbiini – coquettes
}}
|2={{clade
|1=Patagoninae – giant hummingbird
|label2=Trochilinae
|2={{clade
|1=Trochilini – emeralds
|2={{clade
|1=Lampornithini – mountain gems
|2=Mellisugini – bees
}}
}}
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References
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Sources
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- {{ cite book | editor-last1=Dickinson | editor-first1=E.C. | editor1-link=Edward C. Dickinson | editor-last2=Remsen | editor-first2=J.V. Jr. | editor2-link=James Van Remsen, Jr. | year=2013 | title=The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World | volume= 1: Non-passerines | edition=4th | place=Eastbourne, UK | publisher=Aves Press | isbn=978-0-9568611-0-8 }}
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