PBDB Collection

Liko Cave, bed V (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Crete, Greece (35.4° N, 24.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 24.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. D. M. Weesie. 1988. The Quaternary avifauna of Crete, Greece. Palaeovertebrata 18:1-94 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 192949: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
Falconiformes - Falconidae	Falco peregrinus, Falco eleonorae, Falco tinnunculus Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon Falco eleonorae Gené 1839 Eleonora's falcon Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel
Passeriformes - Sturnidae	Sturnus sp. Sturnus sp. Linnaeus 1756 starling
Passeriformes - Fringillidae	Fringilla sp., "Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris, Coccothraustes coccothraustes Fringilla sp. Linnaeus 1758 finch "Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Linnaeus 1758 hawfinch
Passeriformes - Corvidae	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus, Corvus sp., Corvus monedula Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw
Passeriformes - Muscicapidae	Monticola cf. solitarius, cf. Erithacus rubecula Monticola cf. solitarius Linnaeus 1758 blue rock-thrush cf. Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin
Passeriformes - Turdidae	Turdus "sp. 1", Turdus "sp. 2" Turdus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush Turdus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Strigiformes - Tytonidae	Tyto alba Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
Strigiformes - Strigidae	Athene cretensis Athene cretensis Weesie 1982 true owl
Columbiformes - Columbidae	Columba sp., Columba livia, Columba palumbus Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758 dove C. livia/oenas Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 common wood-pigeon
Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae	Apus cf. apus Apus cf. apus Linnaeus 1758 common swift
Accipitriformes - Accipitridae	Aegypius monachus, Haliaeetus albicilla, Aquila chrysaetos, Accipiter nisus, Accipiter gentilis, Buteo buteo Aegypius monachus Linnaeus 1766 cinereous vulture Haliaeetus albicilla Linnaeus 1758 white-tailed eagle Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle ssp. simurgh Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus 1758 northern goshawk Buteo buteo Linnaeus 1758 common buzzard
Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae	Calidris canutus, Scolopax rusticola Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian woodcock