Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Synonyms: Catoptrophorus Bonaparte 1827, Symphemia Rafinesque 1819, Totanus Bechstein 1803
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Scolopacidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Emslie 1992, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Parmalee 1992, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1962
Sister taxa: Actitis, Arenaria, Bartramia, Calidriinae, Calidrinae, Calidris, Coenocorypha, Elorius, Eroliinae, Gallinago, Heteroscelus, Limnodromus, Limosa, Limosinae, Lymnocryptes, Numeniinae, Numenius, Nuntius, Palaeotringinae, Paractitis, Parvelorius, Phalaropus, Philohela, Prosobonia, Scolopacinae, Scolopax, Totanus, Tringinae, Tryngites, Villetus, Xenus
Subtaxa: Totanus majori Totanus praecursor Totanus scarabellii Totanus totanus Tringa ameghini Tringa antiqua Tringa erythropus Tringa flavipes Tringa glareola Tringa incana Tringa melanoleuca Tringa nebularia Tringa ochropus Tringa semipalmata Tringa solitaria Tringa totanus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (2), Ecuador (1), France (1), French Polynesia (1), Greece (1), Italy (2), Jordan (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (1), Micronesia (2), Peru (1), Pitcairn (1), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Solomon Islands (3), Spain (2), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (22: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, Utah, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (2: Florida, Kansas)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 53 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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