A revised classification of the Icteridae (Aves) based on DNA sequence data
Author
Remsen, J. V.
Author
Powell, Alexis F. L. A.
Author
Schodde, Richard
Author
Barker, F. Keith
Author
Lanyon, Scott M.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4093
2
285
292
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.9
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Subfamily AMBLYCERCINAE Remsen, Powell, Schodde, Barker & Lanyon,
new subfamily
Type
genus:
Amblycercus
Cabanis, 1851
.
Diagnosis.
Wing more rounded than in any other icterid: outer primary (p9)>
20 mm
shorter than p6, numbered outwards (<
15 mm
in similar sized, short-winged species of
Cacicus
); primary extension typically <
5 mm
(>
10 mm
in same species of
Cacicus
). Culmen absolutely straight and nares covered or partially covered by operculum (
contra
Ridgway 1902). Pneumotricipital fossa of humerus of condition “F” or “DT”, as defined by Webster (2003), unlike its form in species of
Cacicus
or
Psarocolius
. Retroarticular process of the mandible proportionally longer than in other icterids (Webster 2003). According to Webster (2003),
A. holosericeus
has the relatively smallest pseudotemporal process in the family, but the data in his tables do not support this, possibly due to typographical errors.
Component genera:
Amblycercus
Cabanis, 1851
.