Miocitta Brodkorb 1972 (perching bird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1972. Neogene fossil jays from the Great Plains. The Condor 74(3):347-349

Parent taxon: Corvidae according to P. Brodkorb 1972

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Aphelocoma, Corvinae, Corvus, Cyanocitta, Cyanopica, Garrulinae, Garrulus, Gymnorhinus, Miocorvus, Nucifraga, Palaeocorax, Perisoreus, Pica, Protocitta, Pyrrhocorax

Subtaxa: Miocitta galbreathi

View classification

Type: Miocitta galbreathi

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution: found only at Miocitta galbreathi type locality (Miocene of Colorado)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.