Family Motacillidae Horsfield 1821 (perching bird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Motacillidae

Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Brunet 1970 and Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Alaudidae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Calyptophilidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cinclidae, Cinclosomatidae, Climacteridae, Coerebidae, Corvidae, Corvitalusoides, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Eopsaltriidae, Estrildidae, Eurylaimidae, Fringillidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passerellidae, Passeres, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Phaenicophilidae, Phylloscopidae, Pipridae, Ploceidae, Polioptilidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Scytalopidae, Sittidae, Spindalidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Thamnophilidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Tyrannidae, Vangidae, Vireonidae, Wieslochia, Winnicavis, Yunnanus, Zosteropidae

Subtaxa: Anthus Motacilla Motacillinae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1), East Timor (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), France (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Madagascar (2), New Zealand (11), Norway (1), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Virginia)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1)

Total: 40 collections including 46 occurrences

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