![]() ![]() Our study shows that only an integrative approach combining all sources of evidence provides the necessary feedback to evaluate the taxonomic status of existing species and to detect putative new ones. The separate analysis of differences in advertisement calls (evidence of reproductive isolation) or of phylogenetic data alone also shows limitations, because they do not support some morphological species. The use of divergence in morphological characters seems to be the most conservative approach to delineate species boundaries because it does not allow the identification of some sibling reciprocally monophyletic species differing in their advertisement calls. Five species show congruence of two lines of evidence, whereas the remaining six are supported by only one. Full congruence between lines of evidence is restricted to only four out of the 15 species. Our study reveals that morphology alone is not sufficient to uncover all species, as there is no other single line of evidence independently. In a case study of taxonomic research on Neotropical frogs, we combine several lines of evidence (morphological characters, prezygotic reproductive isolation and phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA) to test the status of 15 nominal species and to assess the degree of agreement of the different lines of evidence. But some emerged criticisms plead for a taxonomic conservatism grounded either on the requirement of providing evidences of morphological distinctiveness or reproductive barriers to erect new species names. Progress in molecular techniques together with the incorporation of phylogenetic analyses of DNA into taxonomy have caused an increase in the number of species’ discoveries in groups with morphological characters that are difficult to study or in those containing polytypic species. Ressalta‑se o registro de algumas espécies importantes do ponto de vista biogeográfico e de conservação como: Neochen jubata, Ortalis guttata, Aratinga weddellii, Pyrilia barrabandi, Phaethornis philippii, Sclerurus mexicanus, Cercomacra nigrescens, Grallaria varia, Phlegopsis nigromaculata, Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi, Lepidothrix nattereri. Nesse levantamento registramos um total de 288 espécies de aves, distribuídas em 59 famílias. Nesse sentido, fizemos no período de 04 a 13 de setembro de 2004 um inventário da avifauna na Terra Indígena Igarapé Lourdes na região de Ji‑Paraná. Diante desse cenário, as Unidades de Conservação e Terras Indígenas têm um papel importante na manutenção dessa biodiversidade. Entretanto, essa região é uma das mais impactadas pelo desmatamento na Amazônia o que implica em uma forte preocupação sobre a conservação de toda a biota do estado. We also examined a Moorea specimen in the National Museums Liverpool (LIVCM D2366) that is almost as old as NMW 50.633, but which X-rays suggest had a different origin than NMW 50.633.Īvifauna da Terra Indígena Igarapé Lourdes, Jí‑Paraná, Rondônia, Brasil - O estado de Rondônia é certamente uma das regiões brasileiras de maior complexidade ambiental e uma das mais importantes áreas de endemismos de aves da América do Sul. While this finding does not compromise the definition of Society Kingfisher veneratus, it leaves it without a safely identified type specimen. However, whereas the description and an unpublished illustration in Latham's archives agree closely with veneratus from Tahiti, NMW 50.633 appears to represent Moorea youngi. NMW 50.633 has been assumed to be the one, or one of a number of, specimen(s) used by Latham to describe and illustrate his 'Venerated Kingfisher' (present-day Society Kingfisher), which was the basis of the later valid introduction of the name Alcedo venerata by J. X-rays reveal that it was prepared using techniques common in the late 18 th century, and that its preparation style matches that of other specimens collected during Cook's three voyages. veneratus youngi Sharpe, 1892, rather than nominate T. Gmelin, 1788) in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NMW 50.633) and conclude based on plumage that it represents the taxon from Moorea, T. ![]() We reexamined the putative type specimen of Society Kingfisher Todiramphus veneratus (J. ![]()
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