Hydropsalis Wagler, 1832

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 117-118

Hydropsalis Wagler

347. cf. Hydropsalis sp.

Quaternary – PI

cf. Hydropsalis – Guérin et al. 1996: 84.

cf. Hydropsalis – Guérin et al. 2002: 136.

Guérin et al. (1996) reported material comparable to this genus from Toca da Janela da Barra do Antonião.At least one adult individual is present in the material .

348. Hydropsalis anomala (Gould)

Quaternary – MG

Eleothreptus anomalus – Winge 1887: 42.

Eleothreptus anomalus – Goeldi 1894: 248.

Eleothreptus anomalus – Lambrecht 1933: 773.

Eleothreptus anomalus – Brodkorb 1971: 235.

Eleothreptus anomalus – Mones 1986: 96.

Eleothreptus anomalus – Cuello 1988: 58.

Hydropsalis anomala – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 494.

Winge (1887) reported two humeri from Lapa da Escrivânia V, one left and one right, and noted they are slightly smaller than those observed in a recent skeleton.

349. Hydropsalis torquata (Gmelin)

Quaternary – MG

Hydropsalis torqvata – Winge 1887: 43.

Hydropsalis torquata – Goeldi 1894: 248.

Hydropsalis torquata – Lambrecht 1933: 773.

Hydropsalis brasiliana [in part] – Brodkorb 1971: 235.

Hydropsalis [in part?] – Sick 1984a: 336.

Hydropsalis brasiliana [ Hydropsalis torqvata ] [in part?] – Mones 1986: 96.

Hydropsalis brasiliana – Cuello 1988: 57.

Hydropsalis [in part?] – Sick 1993: 303.

Hydropsalis [in part?] – Sick 1997: 412.

Hydropsalis torquata – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 494.

Winge (1887) reported several humeri from Lapa da Escrivânia V and some bones of recent age [28] represented by the mandible, sternum, scapula, ulna, and femur, which can be attributed to this species, although they show some differences. He noted that Nyctidromus albicollis is larger and divergent.

Apart from this material’s description and the remains he defined as G. sp. indet. ( Antrostomus , sp. e parvis,?) (see Caprimulgidae indet. 2), Winge reported the existence of several bones from the same cave (Lapa da Escrivânia V) in addition to the humeri, represented by the coracoid, ulna, femur, and tibiotarsus. Part of these roughly match H. torquata , while part is too small and slightly divergent, without clear boundaries.

Apodiformes Peters

Apodidae Olphe-Galliard

Streptoprocne Oberholser

350. Streptoprocne zonaris (Shaw)

Quaternary – MG, PI

Cypsellus collaris [in part] – Lund 1841d: 18.

Cypselus ? [?; in part] – Giebel 1846: 313.

Cypselus [in part] – Giebel 1847: 8.

Cypselus collaris [in part] – Pictet 1853: 413.

“une autre [espèce] de celui des hirondelles” [?; in part] – Liais 1872: 303.

Cypsellus aff. collari [in part] – Lund (in Winge 1887): 44. Chaetura zonaris – Winge 1887: 44.

Chaetura zonaris – Goeldi 1894: 248.

Chaetura zonaris – Lambrecht 1933: 773.

Cypselus? affinis (“ Cypselus und Caprimulgus nach Lund in den Knochenhöhlen Brasiliens”) [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 774.

Streptoprocne zonaris – Brodkorb 1971: 240.

Streptoprocne zonaris – Sick 1984a: 345.

Streptoprocne zonaris [ Chaetura zonaris ] – Mones 1986: 97. Streptoprocne zonaris – Cuello 1988: 58.

Streptoprocne zonaris – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 494.

Winge (1887) reported several individuals (including some very young) from Lapa da Escrivânia V, two bones from “various caves” [26], and some bones from an unknown locality, including four humeri determined as “ Cypsellus aff. collari ”in Lund’s catalog. The total material is represented by the coracoid, sternum (anterior part), humerus (in large numbers), ulna, radius, carpometacarpus, the first phalanx of the major digit of the wing, femur, tibiotarsus, and tarsometatarsus.

Apodidae – Guérin et al. 1993a: 198.

Apodidae – Guérin et al. 1993b: 328.

Streptoprocne zonaris – Guérin et al. 1996: 85.

Streptoprocne zonaris – Guérin et al. 2002: 136.

Guérin et al. (1996) reported this species from Toca da Janela da Barra do Antonião. At least one adult individual is present in the material .

Trochilidae Vigors

351. Trochilidae indet. 1

Quaternary – MG

“Oiseau-mouche dépassant à peine la dimension du Trochilus minimus de Linné ” – Liais 1872: 303.

Trochilidae indet. 1 – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 494.

While living in Brazil, the French scientist Emmanuel Liais (1826–1900) found a well-preserved sternum among the bones of Lapa do Gambá in the Lagoa Santa region during his first voyage ( Liais 1872). He believed it belonged to a hummingbird slightly larger than Trochilus minimus (= Mellisuga minima ) due to its shape and size. Ruschi (1979: 32), on the possible identity of the specimen, commented:“as in this locality some species of slightly larger size still live today, such as: Calliphlox a. amethystina Boddaert, 1831; Heliactin cornuta Wied, 1821 ; Chlorostilbon aureoventris pucherani Bourcier and Mulsant, 1848 and Amazilia versicolor kubitschecki Ruschi, 1959 , it is difficult to determine the fragment without a comparative examination”. We contacted the staff of the Muséum Emmanuel Liais, in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France, about the possible whereabouts of this material, but it could not be located.

352. Trochilidae indet. 2

Quaternary – MG

G. sp. indet. e majoribus – Winge 1887: 44.

“uma especie, combinando no tamanho e na configuração com o Clytolaema rubinea ” [sic] – Goeldi 1894: 248.

sp. indet. grössere Formen – Lambrecht 1933: 774. “Undetermined species” – Storer 1960: 79.

Gen. and sp. indet. – Fisher 1967: 750.

Clytolaema rubricauda – Brodkorb 1971: 243.

Clytolaema rubricauda – Mones 1986: 97.

Clytolaema rubricauda – Cuello 1988: 58.

Clytolaema rubricauda – Unwin 1993: 729.

Trochilidae indet. 2 – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 494.

Winge (1887) reported a carpometacarpus from Lapa da Escrivânia V of a large species, somewhat larger than that observed in Heliodoxa rubricauda .

Brodkorb (1971), most likely following Winge’s comment, listed the material under this name, associating it with the locality “Lapa da Escrivânia?”.

Phaethornithinae Jardine Phaethornis Swainson

353. Phaethornis pretrei (Lesson & Delattre) ?

Quaternary – MG

Phaëthornis pretrei ? – Winge 1887: 50.

Phaethornis pretrei ? – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 494.

Winge (1887) reported a carpometacarpus and a fragment of the anterior part of a sternum, both of recent age, without attributing them to a specific locality. They belong to a smaller form than the indeterminate trochilid [30] from Lapa da Escrivânia V (see above). The size and shape correspond to Phaethornis pretrei , but whether it belongs to this species could not be defined.

354. Phaethornis pretrei (Lesson & Delattre)

Quaternary – MG

Phaethornis pretrei sp. – Sales 2003: 214.

Sales (2003) reported a specimen among the bones and mummified carcasses from Zona II of Lapa do Rezar in Itacarambi , Minas Gerais .

Trochilinae Vigors