The ecological co‐dependency between plants and hummingbirds is a classic example of a
mutualistic interaction: hummingbirds rely on floral nectar to fuel their rapid metabolisms …

The sedentary subspecies of Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin sedentarius) was
originally endemic to the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California, but it …

Phenotypic characters with a complex physical basis may have a correspondingly complex
evolutionary history. Males in the “bee” hummingbird clade court females with sound from …

The genus Pygocentrus contains three valid piranha species (P. cariba, P. nattereri and P.
piraya) that are allopatric in tropical and subtropical freshwater environments of South …

Background Geographical and temporal patterns of diversification in bee hummingbirds
(Mellisugini) were assessed with respect to the evolution of migration, critical for colonization …

Changes in this supplement include the following:(1) seven species (Alopochen aegyptiaca,
Phoebastria irrorata, Pterodroma madeira, Syrigma sibilatrix, Patagioenas goodsoni …

Sonations are sounds that animals produce with structures other than the vocal apparatus
for communication. In birds, many sonations are usually produced with modified flight …

We analysed breeding sounds of the two subspecies of South American Snipe Gallinago
paraguaiae paraguaiae and Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica to determine whether they …

Hummingbirds have been recognized, along with songbirds and parrots, as capable of
learning songs. However, it is still unclear whether singing can be treated as a homologous …

Among size-dimorphic animals, a few clades such as hummingbirds show “reversed” sexual
size dimorphism: females tend to be the larger sex. What selects for this pattern? Sexual …