Systematics

Trochilus curvipennis Deppe, 1830, Preis-Verzeichniss der Säugethiere, Vögel, Amphibien, Fische und Krebse, welche von den Herren Deppe und Schiede in Mexico gesammelt worden. Type locality given as "Mexico" (16 Deppe, W. (1830). Preis-Verzeichniss der Säugethiere, Vögel, Amphibien, Fische und Krebse, welche von den Herren Deppe und Schiede in Mexico gesammelt worden, und bei dem unterzeichneten bevollmächtigten in Berlin gegen baare Zahlung in Preuss. Published by the author, Berlin, Germany. Close ). Formerly included in Campylopterus (e.g., AOU 17 American Ornithologists' Union (1983) Check-list of North American Birds. Sixth edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC, USA. Close , 18 American Ornithologists' Union (1998). Check-list of North American Birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC, USA. Close ), but see Stiles et al. (15 Stiles, F. G., J. V. Remsen Jr., and J. A. McGuire (2017). The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny. Zootaxa 4353(3):401–424. Close ) for resurrection of Pampa based on genetic data (14 McGuire, J. A., C. C. Witt, J. V. Remsen, Jr., A. Corl, D. L. Rabosky, D. L. Altshuler, and R. Dudley (2014). Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds. Current Biology 24:910–916. Close ).

Eastern and southern Mexico from southwestern Tamaulipas through southeastern San Luis Potosí, south Veracruz and northeastern Puebla to northern Oaxaca (19 American Ornithologists' Union (1998). Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC, USA. Close , 1 González, C., Ornelas, J.F. and Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C. (2011). Selection and geographic isolation influence hummingbird speciation: genetic, acoustic and morphological divergence in the Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis). BMC Evol. Biol. 11(38): 1–19. Close ).

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Ornismya pampa Lesson, 1832, Histoire Naturelle des Colibris: Suivie d'un Supplément à l'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches, p. 127. Type locality given as "Interior of la Plata" [= Guatemala] (20 Lesson, R. P. (1830). Histoire Naturelle des Colibris. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. Close ). Pampa curvipennis yucatanensis Simon, 1921 ( 21 Simon, E. (1921). Histoire Naturelle des Trochilidés (Synopsis et Catalogue). Encyclopedia Roret, L. Mulo, Paris, France. Close ), is considered a synonym of this form (22 Friedman, H., L. Griscom and R. T. Moore. (1950). Distributional checklist of the birds of Mexico. Part 1. Pac. Coast Avifauna 29. Close , 10 Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen, Editors (2013). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Fourth edition. Volume 1. Aves Press, Eastbourne, UK. Close ).

Yucatán Peninsula south to northern Guatemala and Belize; eastern Honduras. Research needed to determine whether records from Tabasco and northeastern Chiapas correspond to pampa or excellens subspecies.

Similar to curvipennis, but bill slightly yet significantly shorter, crown brighter violet, and underparts brownish gray (not pale gray or grayish white) (2 Ridgway, R. (1911). The birds of North and Middle America. Part V. United States National Museum Bulletin 50. Close , 1 González, C., Ornelas, J.F. and Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C. (2011). Selection and geographic isolation influence hummingbird speciation: genetic, acoustic and morphological divergence in the Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis). BMC Evol. Biol. 11(38): 1–19. Close ).

Pampa pampa excellens Wetmore, 1941, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 54, p. 207 (23 Wetmore, A. (1941). New forms of birds from Mexico and Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54:203–210. Close ). Recognition of Campylopterus excellens (now Pampa curvipennis excellens, 11 Chesser, R. T., S. M. Billerman, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, B. E. Hernández-Baños, R. A. Jiménez, A. W. Kratter, N. A. Mason, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen Jr., D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker (2022). Sixty-third supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds. Ornithology 139:ukac020. Close ) as a distinct species follows Lowery and Dalquest (24 Lowery, G.H. and Dalquest, W. (1951). Birds from the State of Veracruz, Mexico. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 531-649. Close ) .

Holotype: USNM 359708, adult male, Volcán San Martín, Tuxtla Mountains, Veracruz, Mexico. Collected 22 April 1940, by M. A. Carriker, Jr. (25 Friedmann, H., L. Griscom, and R. Moore (1950). Distributional checklist of the birds of Mexico, Part I. Pacific Coast Avifauna 29. Close )

Endemic to a small area in southeastern Mexico centered around the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Jesús Carranza and Uxpanapa (southern Veracruz) and eastern Oaxaca (26 Wetmore, A. (1943). The birds of southern Veracruz, Mexico. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 93: 215–340. Close , 27 Peters, J. L. (1945) Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 5. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, USA. Close , 3 Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb (1995). A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. Close , 28 Züchner, T. (1999). Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus curvipennis. In Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 5. Barn-owls to hummingbirds (del Hoyo, J., A. Elliot and J. Sargatal), Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. pp. 550. Close , 1 González, C., Ornelas, J.F. and Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C. (2011). Selection and geographic isolation influence hummingbird speciation: genetic, acoustic and morphological divergence in the Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis). BMC Evol. Biol. 11(38): 1–19. Close ). Research needed to determine whether records from Tabasco and northeastern Chiapas correspond to pampa or excellens subspecies (29 Patten, M. A., H. Gómez de Silva, A. C. Ibarra, and B. D. Smith-Patten. (2011). An annotated list of the avifauna of Palenque, Chiapas. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 82(2): 515–537. Close ).

Very similar to nominate curvipennis, but overall larger (both sexes) with wings and tail longer (especially males). Broader rectrices and slightly paler underparts (6 Lowery, G. H. and W. W. Dahlquest. (1951). Birds from the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Univ. Kans. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3:531-649. Close , 1 González, C., Ornelas, J.F. and Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C. (2011). Selection and geographic isolation influence hummingbird speciation: genetic, acoustic and morphological divergence in the Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis). BMC Evol. Biol. 11(38): 1–19. Close ).